DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 20 JUNE 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 20 JUNE 2016

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1. NRIS CAN NOW JOIN NPS ONLINE THROUGH ENPS

i. The Union Finance Ministry has announced that non-resident Indians can now open National Pension Savings accounts online.

ii. They can invest through eNPS if they have Aadhaar Card or Permanent Account Number card.

iii. NPS are being regulated by the PFRDA a regulator established by the Finance Ministry.

2. STATE BANK OF INDIA CREATES A RS 200 CRORE FUND FOR STARTUPS

i. India's largest public sector lender State Bank of India has created a IT innovations and startup fund.

ii. The fund is setup with the corpus of Rs 200 crore for investment in promising startups.

3. RIO DECLARES FINANCIAL CRISIS

i. Rio de Janeiro's governor declared a state of financial emergency.

ii. They requested federal funds to help fulfill obligations for public services during the Olympics that start Aug. 5.

iii. Rio is expecting about 500,000 foreign visitors during the Olympics, which led a financial crisis and political crisis that last month led to the suspension of President Dilma Rousseff.

4. UN WOMEN ANNOUNCES ANNE HATHAWAY AS ‘GOODWILL AMBASSADOR’ TO PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY

i. The United Nations entity tasked with promoting gender equality today announced the appointment of American actor Anne Hathaway as global Goodwill Ambassador.

ii. She previously served as an advocate for Nike Foundation and travelled to Kenya and Ethiopia to raise awareness on child marriage.

5. GOVT DECIDES TO ALLOW EXPORT OF 10% MISSILE SYSTEMS TO FRIENDLY COUNTRIES

i. Government has decided in principle to allow export of missile systems to 'certain' countries who have friendly relationship with India.

ii. The deal was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in April last year during his visit to France.

6. INDIA, SOUTH KOREA LAUNCH PLATFORM TO PROMOTE INVESTMENTS

i. India and South Korea today launched a platform to promote and facilitate investments from the east Asian country.

ii. The platform 'Korea Plus' was launched by Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and her South Korean counterpart Joo Hyunghwan in New Delhi.

iii. It is a special initiative to promote and facilitate Korean Investments in India.

CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS

1. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS OF INDIA THE NRIS MUST HAVE TO OPEN ENPS ACCOUNT IN INDIA?

a. Adhar Card

b. PAN Card

c. Voter ID Card

d. Both (a) & (b)

2. WHAT AMOUNT OF LOAN HAS BEEN GIVEN BY SBI TO STARTUP FUNDS?

a. Rs 200 Cr

b. Rs 300 cr

c. Rs 350 Cr

d. Rs 250 Cr

3. SBI HEADQUARTERS LOCATED AT?

a. Chennai

b. New Delhi

c. Mumbai

d. Kolkata

4. WHO IS THE UNION MINISTER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY OF INDIA?

a. Nirmala Sitharaman

b. Nitin Jairam Gadkari

c. Sushma Swaraj

d. Manohar Parrikar

5. NAME THE PLATFORM WHICH IS LAUNCHED BY INDIA-SOUTH KOREA TO PROMOTE INVESTMENT IN INDIA?

a. South Korea Plus

b. Indo-Korea Plus

c. Korea Plus

d. None of these

ANSWERS:

1. D     2. A     3. C     4. A     5. C

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 19 JUNE 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 19 JUNE 2016

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1. PETER THOMSON ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF 71ST SESSION OF UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

i. The United Nations General Assembly elected Peter Thomson as President of its upcoming 71st session.

ii. He will replace current General Assembly President Mogens Lykketof.

2. GOVERNMENT APPROVES RS 2,070-CRORE HIGHWAY PROJECT IN PUNJAB

i. The Union Cabinet has approved a Rs 2,070-crore highways project in Punjab.

ii. The project are approved under its hybrid annuity mode to ensure faster movement of traffic between Chandigarh and Ludhiana.

3. SUPRIYA SAHU APPOINTED AS DIRECTOR GENERAL OF DOORDARSHAN

i. Supriya Sahu has been  appointed as Director General of Doordarshan.

ii. She will be the full-time director general of Doordarshan after two year as the post was lying vacant since July 2014.

4. SURESH CHANDRA APPOINTED AS UNION LAW SECRETARY

i. Senior legal service officer Suresh Chandra was appointed as Union Law Secretary

ii. He is currently Additional Secretary in the department.

iii. He will replace G Narayana Raju.

5. PIYUSH GOYAL LAUNCHES VIDYUT PRAVAH AND URJA MOBILE APP

i. Union Minister of State for Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy Piyush Goyal has launched ‘URJA’- Urban Jyoti Abhiyaan Mobile app.

ii. The app is developed  to improve consumer connect with the Urban Power Distribution sector by providing information of IT enabled towns on important parameters.

6. FIRST BATCH OF THREE FEMALE FIGHTER PILOTS COMMISSIONED

i. Creating history, the first batch of three female pilots - Bhawana Kanth, Avani Chaturvedi and Mohana Singh were inducted in Indian Air Force fighter squadron.

ii. In February 2016 President Pranab Mukherjee had announced that all military combat roles will be opened to women in the future.

7. KERALA TOURISM GRABBED FOUR AWARDS AT ‘FILMAT’ INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IN POLAND

i. Kerala Tourism won four awards at ‘FilmAT’ in one  of the biggest international film festivals dedicated to tourism art and ecology in Poland.

ii. Three of the honours were won by a single campaign named ‘Responsible Tourism’ initiative started by Kerala Tourism.

iii. The three awards were won under the categories of the Best Promotional Social Campaign, Protection of Nature, and Eco-Food categories respectively.

iv. The tourism board's ad film ‘The Great Backwaters of Kerala’ won the ‘Best Editing Award’.

CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS

1. WHO IS THE UNION TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS MINISTER OF INDIA?

a. Manohar Parrikar

b. Suresh Prabhu

c. Nitin Jairam Gadkari

d. None of these

2. RECENTLY, SURESH CHANDRA HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING POSTS?

a. Union Law Secretary

b. Union Legal Advisor

c. Union Labour Secretary

d. Union Defence Secretary

3. WHO IS THE CHIEF MINISTER OF GOA?

a. Manohar Parrikar

b. Laxmikanth Parsekar

c. Digmbar Kamat

d. Pratap Singh Rawat

4. WHICH MOBILE APP HAS BEEN LAUNCHED IN GOA TO ENHANCE CONSUMER CONNECTIVITY BY UNION POWER MINISTER ‘PIYUSH GOYAL’?

a. Vidyut Pravah & URJA

b. Ujjwal

c. YUVA

d. All of the above

5. WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF POLAND?

a. Krakow

b. Gdarisk

c. Warsaw

d. Zakopane

6. NAME THE STATE OF INDIA WHICH GOT FOUR AWARDS AT ‘FILMAT’ INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IN POLAND?

a. Himachal Pradesh

b. Rajasthan

c. Jammu & Kashmir

d. Kerela

ANSWERS:

1. C     2. A     3. B     4. A     5. C     6. D

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 18 JUNE 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 18 JUNE 2016

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1. 17 JUNE IS OBSERVED AS WORLD DAY TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION

i. The World Day to Combat Desertification is being observed on 17^th June across the world.

ii. The day is observed to promote public awareness related to international cooperation to combat desertification and the effects of drought.

iii. The theme of the day is “Inclusive cooperation for achieving Land Degradation Neutrality”.

2. SUNIL MITTAL ELECTED AS CHAIRMAN OF INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

i. The chief executive of Bharti Group, Sunil Bharti Mittal has been elected chairman of the International Chambers of Commerce.

ii. He replaced Terry McGraw.

iii. International Chambers of Commerce  is the world’s largest business organisation that was founded in 1919.

 Headquarters: Paris, France.

3. SENIOR IAS OFFICER SUPRIYA SAHU APPOINTED AS DIRECTOR GENERAL OF DOORDARSHAN

i. Senior IAS officer Supriya Sahu was appointed as Director General of Doordarshan.

ii. She would replace Aparna Vaish who was acting head of Doordharsan.

4. HOLLYWOOD ACTRESS ANNE HATHAWAY APPOINTED AS UN WOMEN GOODWILL AMBASSADOR

i. Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway was named as the Global Goodwill Ambassador for UN Women.

ii. She will focus her efforts on injustices mothers around the world and also challenging issues like unpaid leave, wage gaps and a lack of access to affordable childcare.

iii. Anne Hathaway Anne Hathaway is Hollywood actress and singer from United States.

iv. The UN Women agency work for promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women.

5. UNION CABINET APPROVES MOU BETWEEN ISRO AND CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY

i. The Union Cabinet has given approval for the Memorandum of Understanding  between Indian Space Research Organization  and Canadian Space Agency  on cooperation in the field of outer space.

ii. It will help in the establishment of joint team, drawing members from CSA and ISRO.

iii. It will provide opportunities for diverse research and development in the field of peaceful uses of space technologies

CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS

1. WHICH DAY HAS THEME AS AN ‘INCLUSIVE COOPERATION FOR ACHIEVING LAND DEGRADATION NEUTRALITY’?

a. World Disaster Day

b. World Day to Combat Desertification

c. World Management day

d. None of these

2. RECENTLY, SUNIL MITTAL ELECTED AS CHAIRMAN OF INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. WHOM HE HAS REPLACED?

a. Terry Mcgraw

b.Thomas Gray

c. Rayan Booth

d. Shaleb Booth

3. WHERE IS HEADQUARTER OF INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE?

a. New York, USA

b. Washington, USA

c. Rome, Italy

d. Paris, France

4. RECENTLY, WHO IS APPOINTED AS DIRECTOR GENERAL OF DOORDARSHAN?

a. Arpana Vaish

b. Supriya Sahu

c. Manpreet Saini

d. Animesh Saini

5. HOLLYWOOD ACTRESS “ANNE HATHWAY” IS RECENTLY APPOINTED AS AN AMBASSADOR TO WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS?

a. UN Women goodwill

b. UN Women sport goodwill

c. UN peace

d. UN security

6. WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY?

a. Robert Lynn

b. Sylvain Lo Parte

c. Boondar Lynn

d. None of these

ANSWERS:

1. B     2. A     3. D     4. B     5. A     6. B

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