DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 5 APR 2018
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
CABINET APPROVES PROTECTION OF HUMAN
RIGHTS (AMENDMENTS) BILL, 2018
i.
The Union Cabinet has given its approval to the Protection of Human Rights
(Amendments) Bill, 2018 for better protection and promotion of human rights in
the country.
ii.
It proposes to include “National Commission for Protection of Child Rights” as
deemed Member of the Commission;
It
proposes to add a woman Member in the composition of the Commission;
It
proposes to enlarge the scope of eligibility and scope of selection of
Chairperson, National Human Rights Commission as well as the State Human Rights
Commission
2.
EAM SUSHMASWARAJ ON 3-DAY VISIT TO
AZERBAIJAN
i.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has begun her three-day visit to
Azerbaijan to participate in the Mid-Term Ministerial Meeting of the
Non-Aligned Movement in Baku.
ii.
MsSwaraj held bilateral consultations with the Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan,
ElmarMammadyarov.
3.
1ST BI-MONTHLY MONETARY POLICY
STATEMENT RELEASED BY RBI
i.
The Monetary Policy Committee decided to
keep the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility unchanged at 6.0%.
ii.
The Reverse Repo Rate under the LAF
remains at 5.75%, and the Marginal Standing Facility rate and the Bank Rate at
6.25%.
III.India’s
real gross domestic product growth marginally upward to 6.6% from 6.5% in the
first advance estimates.
DrUrjit
Patel is the 24th Governor of RBI.
RBI
Headquarters in Mumbai.
I.
SubrataBhattacharjee has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the
Republic of Serbia.
ii.
He is an IFS poffice of 1989 batch. He is currently Joint Secretary in Ministry
of External Affairs
5.
HIMANTABISWASARMA ELECTED BAI PRESIDEN
i.
Assam Health and Education Minister HimantaBiswaSarma was unanimously elected
the Badminton Association of India President during its annual general body
meeting in Goa.
ii.
Ajay Kumar Singhania was elected the Secretary General of BAI..
iii.MrSarma
had taken over as the interim BAI President in 2017 after the demise of
Akhilesh Das Gupta. He will serve for four years.
6.
CWG 2018: MIRABAICHANU WINS INDIA’S
FIRST GOLD MEDAL
i.
Weightlifter and current world champion MirabaiChanu has clinched India’s first
gold medal of the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
ii.MirabaiChanu
becomes the first Indian to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games 2018.
iii.
After finishing with the best lift of 86 kg in the snatch round, the
23-year-old finished with a total score of 196 points. She competed in the 48
kg category.
7.
CWG 2018: WEIGHT LIFTER P. GURURAJA
WINS SILVER
i.
On the first day of competitions at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games 2018, in
Australia, India began their campaign with a Silver Medal in Weightlifting.
In the 56 kilogram category, P Gururaja lifted
a total weight of 249 kg to finish second in the event.
ii.
The 25-year old Gururajaequalled his personal best.Malaysia took the Gold,
while Sri Lanka settled for the Bronze.
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS BASED ON
TODAY’S NEWS
Q1. ON THE FIRST DAY OF COMPETITIONS AT THE
GOLD COAST COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2018, P GURURAJA
WON THE SILVER MEDAL. HE IS RELATED WITH WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SPORTS?
(A) Archery
(B) Shooting
(C) Weightlifting
(D) Table Tennis
Q2. TO WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTRY THE
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER SUSHMA SWARAJ HAS
BEGUN HER THREE-DAY VISIT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MID-TERM MINISTERIAL MEETING OF THE
NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT (NAM)?
(A) Iraq
(B) Oman
(C) Serbia
(D) Azerbaijan
Q3. NAME THE WEIGHTLIFTER AND CURRENT WORLD
CHAMPION WHO HAS CLINCHED INDIA’S FIRST GOLD
MEDAL OF THE 2018 COMMONWEALTH GAMES
(A) Mirabai Chanu
(B) Sanjita Chanu
(C) Sushil Kumar
(D) Nandini Devi
Q4. THE RBI HAS RECENTLY RELEASED ITS FIRST
BIMONTHLY POLICY FOR 2018-19. INDIA’S REAL GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP) GROWTH
MARGINALLY UPWARD TO_____________ IN THE FIRST ADVANCE ESTIMATES.
(A) 6.5%
(B) 6.6%
(C) 6.7%
(D) 6.8%
Q5. SBI LIFE INSURANCE HAS APPOINTED
______________ AS ITS NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR AND
CEO.
(A) Arijit Basu
(C) Atul Agnihotri
(C) Jubeen Garg
(D) Sanjeev Nautiyal
ANSWERS:
1-C 2-D 3-A 4-B 5-D
