DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 19TH JAN 2017
(Daily News India)
1.
BHEL COMMISSIONS 500 MW THERMAL UNIT IN WEST BENGAL
i.
Government owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited has commissioned new 500 MW
Thermal Unit in West Bengal.
ii.
This was the second 500 MW at Sagardighi Thermal Power Station Phase II project
in Murshidabad district of West Bengal.
2.
KIRAN DOSHI WON THE HINDU PRIZE 2016
i.
Kiran Doshi won The Hindu Prize 2016 at the 7th edition of The Hindu Lit for
Life festival 2017 held in Chennai.
ii.
The festival was inaugurated by contemporary artist Gulamohammed Sheikh at Sir
Mutha Kiran Doshi Conferred 'The Hindu
Prize 2016' for Jinnah Often Came to Our House Venkatasubba Rao Concert Hall in
Chennai.
3.
CABINET APPROVALS: JANUARY 18, 2017
i.
The Memorandum of Understanding signed
between India and Serbia for promoting cooperation in the field of Information
Technology and Electronics.
ii.
The Indian Space Research Organisation and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration
Agency has signed a Memorandum of Understanding at Tokyo, Japan for cooperation
in the field of outer space.
iii.
India and United Arab Emirates signed a Memorandum of Understanding for
cooperation in the field of Small and Medium Enterprises and Innovation.
iv.
The Memorandum of Understanding was also signed between India and the United
Arab Emirates for Institutional Cooperation in Maritime Transport for
multi-lateral and bilateral benefit in sustainable trading activities.
v.
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between India and Vietnam in the field
of Cyber Security at Hanoi.
vi.
The Union Cabinet has approved the 12th Plan Proposal of the DARE/ICAR Plan
Scheme for the ‘Establishment of Indian Agricultural Research Institute -
Jharkhand’.
4.
ANANDAM SCHEME LAUNCHED IN MADHYA PRADESH TO HELP POOR
i.
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has launched Aanandam
programme of the newly-formed Aanand Department.
ii.
Its main aim is to help the poor and the needed person.
iii.
The people who wishes to help others can visit website www.anandsansthanmp.in
to become Anandak under Anandam Scheme.
iv.
Aanandam scheme will help the poor people to get the daily needs like blankets,
jackets, sarees, utensils, school bags from the wealthy people. For this
particular place is alloacted in each district to collect this items.
5.
ASIA’S CLEANEST VILLAGE MAWLYNNONG IN MEGHALAYA BECOMES ROLE MODEL FOR
CLEANLINESS
i.
Mawlynnong village in the district of the Meghalaya state has become a role
model for cleanliness said by the Secretary of the village. Mawlynnong was
awarded the prestigious tag of ‘Cleanest Village in Asia‘ in 2003.
ii.
To maintain its cleanliness, all villagers carry cleanliness drive on every
Saturday. Now it have created opportunities to become tourists’ prime
destination in North East.
iii.
Every family in this village have constructed toilets in 1989 and 3 public
toilets have been constructed under Swachh Bharat Mission.
6.
KANGRA FIRST EVER DISTRICT TO GEO-TAG ALL ASSETS UNDER MGNREGA
i.
Kangra village in Himachal Pradesh achieved the geo-tag 100 % of the assets
generated under the MGNREGA.
ii.
Kangra was the first district in India to achieve this target. It would help
people in integrated development of all sectors like education, agriculture,
irrigation, health etc.
7.
BENGALURU RANKED MOST DYNAMIC CITY IN THE WORLD IN WEF REPORT
i.
India’s IT Hub, Bengaluru has been ranked Most Dynamic City in the World in WEF
Report Momentum Index released by Jones Lang LaSalle at the World Economic
Forum Annual Meeting held in Davos.
ii.
India’s six cities have find place in top 30 most dynamic cities. The list
includes Hyderabad (5), Pune (13), Chennai (17), Delhi (23) and Mumbai (25).
iii.
The rankings are based on parameters such as technology and R&D,
population, connectivity, output and education, real estate investment and
corporate activity.
8.
INDIA RANKS 78TH IN THE PASSPORT INDEX 2017
i.
India has been placed at 78th position in the Passport Index 2017 with a
visa-free score of 46.
ii.
The Index was launched by the global financial advisory firm Arton Capital
assigns a “visa-free score” to countries based on the number of nations their
citizens can visit without a visa or on arrival.
iii.
Germany was placed at the top with a visa-free score of 157, Singapore and
Sweden both stood second with a visa-free score of 156.
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS BASED
ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1.
WHAT IS THE INDIA’S RANK IN PASSPORT INDEX 2017?
a) 78th
b) 73rd
c) 77th
d) 82nd
Q2.
WHICH CITY RANKED MOST DYNAMIC CITY IN THE WORLD IN WEF REPORT?
a) Hyderabad
b) Pune
c) Bengaluru
d) Chennai
Q3.
WHICH STATE HAS LAUNCHED AANANDAM SCHEME TO HELP POOR?
a) Telangana
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Karnataka
d) Andhra Pradesh
Q4.
WHO OF THE FOLLOWING HAS WON THE HINDU PRIZE 2016?
a) Anil Menon
b) Manjula Padmanabhan
c) Kunal Basu
d) Kiran Doshi
ANSWER:
1 - A 2 - C 3 - B 4 - D
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