DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 16 AUG 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 16 AUG 2016

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1. NAWAZUDDIN SIDDIQUI, SONAM KAPOOR WIN TOP AWARDS AT IFF MELBOURNE

i. Bollywood star actors Sonam Kapoor and Nawazuddin Siddiqui bagged the best actress and best actor awards at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne 2016.

ii. The theme for this year 2016 is ‘Women Empowerment’. Angry India Goddesses, will bring the curtains down for the festival.

Award winners are:

1. Best Actor (Male) – Nawazuddin Siddiqui for Raman Raghav

2. Best Actor (Female) – Sonam Kapoor for Neerja

3. Best Film Award – Kapoor & Sons

4. Best Indie Film – Thithi

5. Best Director – Shakun Batra

6. Indian Film Festival Excellence in Cinema Award(lifetime achievement award) – Rishi Kapoor.

2. SOUTH INDIAN BANK, SBI CARD TO LAUNCH CO-BRANDED CREDIT CARD

i. Kochi Based leading private sector Lender South Indian Bank and SBI Card, one of India's leading Credit Card issuers, announced the launch of co-branded credit cards for the customers of South Indian Bank.

ii. Through this alliance South Indian Bank and SBI Card will launch two variants of credit card on VISA platform, namely South Indian Bank Platinum SBI Card and South Indian Bank SimplySAVE SBI Card.

3. IRDAI SLAPS RS 35 LAKH FINE ON BHARTI AXA GENERAL INSURANCE

i. IRDAI has imposed Rs 35 lakh fine on Bharti AXA General Insurance Co Ltd for violation of various norms including outsourcing activities and corporate governance guidelines.

ii. The fine is based on violation related with an inspection finding during December 2012 to March 2013.

4. SMART GANGA CITY PROGRAMME LAUNCHED IN 10 CITIES

i. Union Ministers M Venkaiah Naidu and Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti has jointly launched 'Smart Ganga City' programme in 10 cities located along Ganga to set up Sewage Treatment Plants.

ii. The plans are started to improve drainage network there on hybrid annuity mode on public private partnership basis.

iii. These cities has been chosen by the National Mission for Clean Ganga.

5. INDIAN ACE WINS AUSTRALIAN OPEN SQUASH

i. India squash queen Dipika Pallikal won the Australian Open squash title by beating Mayar Hany of Egypt

ii. Pallikal stands on 10th in ranking table and this is Dipika’s 11th  title.

6. NUCLEAR SUPPLIERS’ INSURANCE POLICY UNVEILED

i. New India Assurance Co and india nuclear insurance pool will issue the policy and administer the claims on behalf of the pool.

ii. INIP is the 27th global nuclear insurance pool which was launched by General Insurance Corporation of India in association with non-life.

iii. This pool provides capacity for insurance coverage to operators and suppliers for any nuclear liability towards third party.

7. CLRI SCIENTIST BAGS A P J ABDUL KALAM AWARD

i. Central Leather Research Institute's Principal Scientist P Shanmugam has bagged the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Award for meritorious services in the Higher Education Department of Tamil Nadu .

ii. Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa presented the award comprising a certificate, Rs. 5 lakh cheque and 8 gram gold medal.

CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS

1. NAME THE DIRECTOR OF THE FILM “KAPOOR & SONS”?

a. Karan Johar

b. Sanjay Leela Bhansali

c. Shakun Batra

d. None of these

2. SBI IS LAUNCHING CO-BRANDED CREDIT CARD WITH WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING BANKS?

a. South Indian Bank

b. Punjab National Bank

c. Karnataka Bank

d. Bandhan Bank

3. IN HOW MANY CITIES “SMART GANGA CITY” PROGRAMME HAS BEEN LAUNCHED?

a. 15

b. 10

c. 16

d. 19

4. INDIAN ACE CHAMPION “DIPIKA PALLIKAL” HAS DEFEATED WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES PLAYER?

a. China

b. Greece

c. Egypt

d. Malaysia

5. DR. APJ ABDUL KALAM AWARD HAS BEEN GIVEN TO WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING?

a. P. Shanmugam

b. S. Chandran

c. IR Iyer

d. None of these

ANSWERS:

1) C   2) A     3) B     4) C     5) A

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 15 AUG 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 15 AUG 2016

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1. HINDUSTAN COPPER LIMITED INAUGURATES COUNTRY'S FIRST FACILITY TO PRODUCE NICKEL

i. Hindustan Copper Limited has inaugurated the country's first facility to produce nickel.

ii. The company is totally dependent on imports for this metal.

iii. The new Plant is located at the company's Indian Copper Complex at Ghatshila in Jharkhand.

iv. The capacity of the plant is initially poised to be 50 tonnes per annum.

v. Demand of pure nickel in India is around 45,000 tonne

2. PHELPS 3RD TO WIN GOLD IN THE SAME EVENT AT 4 OLYMPICS

i. Michael Phelps won the gold medal in the 200m individual .

ii. He become the third athlete to win an individual Gold in the same event at four Olympics.

iii. He won the first medal in 2004 olymic then in 2008, 2012 and now in 2016.

3. NO RAIL BUDGET FROM NEXT FISCAL

i. The 92-year-old practice of presenting a separate Rail Budget is set to come to an end from the next fiscal.

ii. The proposal was made by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu’s merge it with the General Budget.

iii. Finance Ministry has now constituted a five-member committee comprising senior officials of the Ministry and the national transporter to work out the modalities for the merger.

iv. The committee has been asked to submit its report by August 31.

4. E-VERIFYING WITHOUT NET BANKING

i. After Punjab National Bank and United Bank of India, more banks are likely to soon start a facility wherein an account holder can verify his income tax return on e-filing site even without having netbanking.

ii. Electronic Verification Code can be generated by pre-validating the bank account on the e-filing portal of the Income Tax Department.

iii. CBDT said EVC can be generated by pre-validating a Demat Account on the e-filing portal.

5. 6,900 KM GAS PIPELINES TO CONNECT BANGLADESH, MYANMAR, INDIA

i. The government has planned to lay 6,900 km of gas pipelines linking Bangladesh, Myanmar, most north-eastern states, and West Bengal.

ii. Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation  and Indian Oil Corporation signed an agreement to jointly set up a LPG terminal plant in Chittagong port city which will help pipe gas to the north-eastern states.

6.USA WINS 1,000TH OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL
i. Simone Manuel anchored the U.S. women's 4x100 metres medley relay team to the 1,000th gold medal in her country's summer Olympic history, and the second of her career.
ii. Australia won the silver, with Cate Campbell touching out just 0.01 ahead of bronze medallists Denmark.

7. UNION MINISTER LAUNCHES CLEAN COOKING FUEL SCHEME FOR BPL WOMEN IN WEST BENGAL

i. Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan has launched the Pradhan Mantri UjjwalaYojana in West Bengal to provide clean cooking fuel to the women belonging to the 'Below Poverty Line' households across the country.

ii. PMUY which was launched by the Prime Minister of India on May 1, 2016 at Ballia in Uttar Pradesh.

iii. The main aim is to provide LPG connections to 5 Crore BPL households by 2019

  

CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS

1. “HINDUSTAN COPPER LIMITED” HAS INAUGURATED A COMPANY FOR THE PRODUCTION OF WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING METALS?

a. Copper

b. Nickle

c. Aluminium

d. Lead

2. THE MOST DECORATED OLYMPIAN “MICHAEL PHELPS” BELONGS TO WHICH NATION?

a. Sweden

b. Canada

c. Britain

d. USA

3. WITHOUT NET BANKING, AN ACCOUNT HOLDER CAN VERIFY WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION?

a. KYC Norms

b. Fund Transfer

c. Income tax return

d. Rate of Interest on FDs

4. RECENTLY, INDIAN OIL CORPORATION HAS SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES TO SETUP A LPG PLANT IN NORTH EASTERN STATES?

a. Bangladesh

b. Bhutan

c. China

d. Mayanmar

5. IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATES CLEAN COOKING FUEL SCHEME FOR BPL WOMEN ARE LAUNCHED?

a. Bihar

b. Odisha

c. West Bengal

d. Jammu & Kashmir

ANSWERS:

1) B     2) D    3) C     4) A     5) C

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 14 AUG 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 14 AUG 2016

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1. INDIA'S FIRST TOUCH-AND-FEEL GARDEN FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED INAUGRATED

i. A first-of-its-kind touch and feel garden for the visually impaired people in the country was inaugurated near Calicut University campus in Kerala.

ii. The garden has nearly 70 aromatic, medicinal and herbal plants brought from various parts the country.

iii. The visually impaired can study the plants not only by touching, feeling and smelling them but also getting information about them through audio inputs.

2. RBI TRANSFERS RS 65,876 CRORE SURPLUS TO GOVERNMENT

i. The Reserve Bank will transfer to the central government its surplus profit of Rs 65,876 crore.

ii. The approval to transfer the surplus was taken at the meeting of the Central Board of the RBI, chaired by Governor Raghuram Rajan.

iii. The surplus is generated through RBI's investment activities,lke sovereign bonds and  T-bills.

3.  PUNJAB CM BADAL INAUGURATES FIRST 'SEWA KENDRA' IN PUNJAB

i. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal has inaugurated city’s first Sewa Kendra at Ladhewali today where people will be able to avail services under one roof.

ii. A total of 2,147 Sewa Kendras has been constructed at a cost of Rs 500 crore.

iii. The Kendra's were being started to minimise public interaction with various offices and weeding out corruption besides enhancing the efficiency of the administration and delivery of services to common people.

4. ASSAM BECOMES THE FIRST STATE TO RATIFY GST

i. Assam has become the first state to ratify the Goods and Services Tax Constitutional Amendment Bill.

ii. The Parliament had earlier cleared the bill to usher in a uniform tax regime throughout the country.

iii. The bill is neded to be ratified by at least 15 states to make it a law.

iv. The Centre seeks to roll-out the GST by April 1, 2017.

5. 12-DAY LONG KRISHNA PUSHKAR FESTIVAL BEGINS ON GRAND NOTE IN TELANGANA & AP

i. A 12-day long Krishna Pushkar festival began in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh started on a grand note today.

ii. The festival comes once in every 12 years.

iii. Telangana government has made arrangements for about three crore people.

6. NABARD SANCTIONS RS 26.06 CRORE TO PUNJAB

i. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development has sanctioned Rs 26.06 crore to the Punjab government.

ii. The fund has been sanctioned for tackling waterlogging by constructing lift schemes in low-lying areas, village ponds, and other allied works.

iii. The project will provide help to 87 villages of Muktsar and Fazilka districts.

CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS

1.  INDIA’S FIRST TOUCH-AND-FEEL GARDEN FOR VISUALLY DISABLE PEOPLE IS INAUGURATED BY?

a. Chief Minister of Kerela

b. Governor of Kerela

c. Health Minister of Kerela

d. Assembly Speaker of Kerela

2. NAME THE RECENTLY APPOINTED DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF RBI?

a. HR Khan

b. NS Vishwanathan

c. UK Sinha

d. R Gandhi

3. WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF PUNJAB?

a. Chandigarh

b. Ludhiana

c. Amritsar

d. Jalandhar

4. GST BILL IS RATIFIED IN HOW MANY STATES TO BECOME A LAW?

a. 19

b. 20

c. 15

d. 18

5. WHO IS THE CEO OF NABARD?

a. SK Munjal

b. MN Sinha

c. Viswajeet Singh

d. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala

6. THE HEADQUARTERS OF NABARD ARE LOCATED AT?

a. Lucknow

b. New Delhi

c. Mumbai

d. Chandigarh

ANSWERS:

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

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 13,14 AUGUST

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 13,14 AUGUST

1. Which state became the first to ratify The Constitution (122nd Amendment) (GST) Bill, 2014?

a)    Karnataka

b)    Assam

c)    Maharashtra

d)    Nagaland

ANS B

2. Which Indian music composer will honour legendary carnatic vocalist M. S. Subbulakshmi at the United Nations on 15 August 2016 at the United Nations General Assembly?

a)    Amit Trivedi

b)    A.R. Rahman

c)    Shankar Mahadevan

d)    Lucky Ali

ANS B

3. Anti-monopoly watchdog of which country ruled that Google would have to pay a 6.8 million dollar fine, for pre-installing applications on mobile devices running its Android operating system?

a)    Russia

b)    China

c)    Israel

d)    India

ANS A

4. What was the theme of the International Meeting on Counter Terrorism that was held in Bali, Indonesia?

a)    Countering Cross Border Movement of Terrorism

b)    Terrorism and the World

c)    Countering Terrorism

d)    Movement against Terrorism

ANS A

5. The 2016 International Youth Day was celebrated on

a)    11 August

b)    12 August

c)    13 August

d)    14 August

ANS B

6. Which State Government approved 33 percent reservation to women in urban local bodies?

a)    Assam

b)    Tripura

c)    Nagaland

d)    Manipur

ANS C

7. This State Government decided to make Aadhar Card mandatory for procurement of paddy from farmers?

a)    Odisha

b)    Telangana

c)    Karnataka

d)    Rajasthan

ANS A

8. The 2016 World Bio-Fuel Day was celebrated on

a)    10 August

b)    11 August

c)    12 August

d)    13 August

ANS A

9. To which country Russia delivered S-400 Triumph missile systems?

a)    Azerbaijan

b)    Crimea

c)    Armenia

d)    Latvia

ANS B

10. As per the CSO data, the Consumer Price Inflation for July 2016 rose to

a)    4.07%

b)    5.07%

c)    6.07%

d)    7.07%

ANS C

11. Antrix Corporation Limited that was in news is related to which of the following organsiations?

a)    Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

b)    Indian Space Research Organisation

c)    Medical Council of India

d)    Defence Research Development Organisation

ANS B

12. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley inaugurated a data bank portal for which of the following enterprises?

a)    Micro enterprises

b)    Small enterprises

c)    Medium enterprises

d)    All of the above

ANS D

13. Who was appointed as the head of committee on FDI norms pertaining to e-commerce industry?

a)    Madhav Chitale

b)    Ananad Desai

c)    Amitabh Kant

d)    N K Singh

ANS C

14. Who topped the 100 Richest Tech Billionaires In The World 2016 List of Forbes?

a)    Mark Zuckerberg

b)    Bill Gates

c)    Azim Premji

d)    Shiv Nadar

ANS B

15. Identify India’s top squash player who won the PSA Australian Open in Melbourne.

a)    Dipika Pallikal

b)    Joshna Chinappa

c)    L S Settipalli

d)    None of them

 ANS A

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