WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS
Saturday, April 8, 2017
Thursday, April 6, 2017
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 5TH APR 2017
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 5TH APR 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
GOVERNMENT SETS UP NATIONAL BOARD FOR ELECTRIC MOBILITY
i. To promote electric
mobility and manufacturing of electric/hybrid vehicles and their components,
Central Government constituted National Board for Electric Mobility.
ii. Its Chairperson is
the Secretary of Department of Heavy Industry.
iii. Members are Senior
Bureaucrats including Secretaries in the Department of Revenue, Ministry of
Road Transport & Highways, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of
Power and Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas.
2.
SOUTH ASIA SUBREGIONAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION FINANCE MINISTERS’ MEETING HELD IN
NEW DELHI
i. South Asia Subregional
Economic Cooperation Finance Ministers’ Meeting held in New Delhii. Mr. Arun Jaitley, Union Finance Minister chaired
the South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Finance Ministers’ Meeting at
Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi. Along with Finance Ministers from Bangladesh,
India, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka, officials from Asian
Development Bank were also present.
ii. From this meeting,
Myanmar has become the 7th nation to join SASEC as a member country.
3.
MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER MOHD NAJIB TUN RAZAK’S 5 DAY VISIT TO INDIA
i. Mohd Najib Tun Razak,
the PM of Malaysia was on an official visit to India for 5 days.
ii. Seven MoUs that were
signed in presence of Malaysian PM Mohd Najib Tun Razak and Indian PM Narendra
Modi in New Delhi.
iii. Out of the 7 MoUs
signed between Malaysia and India, the most significant was the one between
Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board and MIGHT Technology Nurturing Sdn.
Bhd for implementation of 4th Generation Technology Park in Andhra Pradesh.
4.
BERHAMPUR THAKURANI YATRA FESTIVAL BEGINS IN ODISHA
i. The festival of
Goddess Budhi Thakurani called Berhampur Thakurani Yatra begun in southern
Odisha.
ii. The month long
festival will be celebrated by the weaving community, known as Devangiris.
iii. The festival was
organized by P Durga Prasad Desibehera, whose family has been conducting the
festival for generations.
iv. Berhampur is called
the Silk city of Odisha. The festival has been celebrated in Berhampur from
1672.
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 4TH APR 2017
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 4TH APR 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
PRESIDENT 3 DAY VISITS TO WEST BENGAL, JHARKHAND AND BIHAR
i.
Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, President of India is on an official visit to Jharkhand,
West Bengal, and Bihar.
ii.
1st April – Kolkata, West Bengal: President was the Chief Guest at 52nd Annual
Convocation of Indian Institute of Management – Calcutta.
iii.
2nd April – Jharkhand: In the capital city Ranchi, President laid foundation
stone of Rabindra Bhawan and Haj House.
iv.
Other functions and ceremonies attended by President in Jharkhand included:
Inauguration of 44 Kms Deoghar – Basukinath Solar Street Light Project, laying
foundation stone of Software Technology Parks of India, Centre and Employees
State Insurance Corporation Hospital.
v.
3rd April – Bihar: President concluded his 3-day tour by visiting Vikramshila
University Monument, Shyama Charan Lahiri Peeth, Museum at Vikramshila and
Gurudham-Bounsi in Bihar.
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 3 & 4 APRIL
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIR QUIZ – 3 & 4 APRIL
1. INDIA’S FIRST INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR FOOT
AND MOUTH DISEASE (ICFMD) HAS SET UP IN WHICH STATE?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Odisha
c) Haryana
d) Assam
ANS - B
2.
THE 19TH EDITION OF COMMONWEALTH FORESTRY CONFERENCE HAS STARTED IN WHICH
STATE?
a) Kerala
b) Odisha
c) Assam
d) Uttarakhand
ANS - D
3. WHAT IS THE THEME OF THE 2017 WORLD AUTISM
AWARENESS DAY (WAAD)?
a) Towards Autonomy and
Self-Determination
b) Autism and the 2030 Agenda:
Inclusion and Neuro diversity
c) Sustainable Development: The
Promise of Technology
d) Employment: The Autism
Advantage
ANS - A
4.
WHICH UNION MINISTER HAS LAUNCHED POWERTEX INDIA SCHEME TO BOOST POWERLOOM
SECTOR?
a) Arun Jaitley
b) Rajnath Singh
c) Smriti Irani
d) Narendra Modi
ANS - C
5.
WHO OF THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS NEW CHIEF JUSTICE OF MADRAS HIGH
COURT?
a) Justice Manjula Chellur
b) Justice Pritinker Diwaker
c) Justice G. Rohini
d) Indira Banerjee
ANS - D
6. WHO HAS CLINCHED THE 2017 WOMEN’S SINGLES
INDIA SUPER SERIES TOURNAMENT?
a) Carolina Marin
b) Sung Ji-Hyun
c) P V Sindhu
d) Saina Nehwal
ANS - C
7. WHO HAS WON THE 2017 MEN’S SINGLES MIAMI OPEN
TENNIS TOURNAMENT?
a) Milos Raonic
b) Dominic Thiem
c) Rafael Nadal
d) Roger Federer
ANS - D
8. WHO HAS BEEN CHOSEN FOR THE 2017
UNESCO/GUILLERMO CANO WORLD PRESS FREEDOM PRIZE?
a) Mazen Darwish
b) Dawit Isaak
c) Ahmet Sik
d) Reeyot Alemu
ANS - B
9. VIPUL, AN INDIAN FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICER HAS
BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW INDIAN CONSUL-GENERAL IN WHICH POPULAR ARAB CITY?
a) Dubai
b) Abu Dhabi
c) Baghdad
d) Riyadh
ANS - A
10.
UNION MINISTRY OF TOURISM HAS SANCTIONED RS 98.35 CR FOR TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN
WHICH STATE?
a) Sikkim
b) Uttarakhand
c) Himachal Pradesh
d) Assam
ANS - D
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 1 & 2 APRIL
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIR QUIZ – 1 & 2 APRIL
1.
NAME THE SENIOR BUREAUCRAT WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS NEW CHAIRMAN OF CENTRAL
BOARD OF EXCISE AND CUSTOMS?
a) Vanaja N Sarna
b) Sheetal P Rathod
c) Vishesh K Vaghela
d) Jaspreet S Ahluwalia
ANS - A
2.
INDIA, THE WORLD’S THIRD-LARGEST OIL CONSUMER HAS JOINED INTERNATIONAL ENERGY
AGENCY AS AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER. SECRETARIAT OF IEA IS LOCATED IN:
a) Geneva, Switzerland
b) Paris, France
c) New York, US
d) London, UK
ANS - B
3.
CHIEF MINISTER OF WHICH STATE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED TO IMPLEMENT THE SEVENTH
CENTRAL PAY COMMISSION FOR THE STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES FROM APRIL 1, 2017?
a) Haryana
b) Jharkhand
c) Punjab
d) Chhattisgarh
ANS - D
4.
MILITARY OF WHICH COUNTRY RECENTLY CONCLUDED OPERATION “EUPHRATES SHIELD” IN NORTHERN
SYRIA?
a) China
b) United States of America
c) Turkey
d) Russia
ANS - C
5. S.V. SUNIL AND HARMANPREET
SINGH ARE ASSOCIATED WITH WHICH SPORT?
a) Tennis
b) Hockey
c) Badminton
d) Wrestling
ANS - B
6. WHICH INDIAN CHIEF MINISTER HAS BEEN SELECTED
FOR THE USIBC TRANSFORMATIVE CHIEF MINISTER AWARD?
a) Raman Singh
b) Sarbananda Sonowal
c) Nitish Kumar
d) N Chandrababu Naidu
ANS - D
7. WHICH COUNTRY HAS BECOME THE NEW MEMBER OF
SOUTH ASIA SUB-REGIONAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION PROGRAM?
a) Pakistan
b) Bhutan
c) Myanmar
d) Iran
ANS - C
8. WHICH YOJANA HAS BEEN LAUNCHED BY MINISTER
FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT, MR.THAAWARCHAND GEHLOT FOR PROVIDING
PHYSICAL AIDS AND ASSISTED-LIVING DEVICES TO SENIOR CITIZENS BELONGING TO BELOW
POVERTY LINE CATEGORY?
a) Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana
b) Deen Dayal Vayoshri Yojana
c) Atal Vayoshri Yojana
d) Pradhan Mantri Vayoshri Yojana
ANS - A
9. WHICH AMONG THE FOLLOWING ATOMIC POWER
PROJECTS IS LOCATED IN TAMIL NADU?
a) Narora Atomic Power Station
b) Kundankulam Nuclear Power
Project
c) Tarapur Atomic Power Station
d) Kakrapar Atomic Power Station
ANS - B
10. THE CABINET COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AFFAIRS HAS
APPROVED THE AMENDMENTS IN THE MEGA POWER POLICY 2009. WHICH AMONG THE
FOLLOWING STATES DOES NOT HAVE A PROJECT UNDER THIS POLICY?
a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Jammu & Kashmir
c) Jharkhand
d) Sikkim
ANS - C
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 3RD APR 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1. GOVT LAUNCHES POWERTEX INDIA SCHEME FOR POWERLOOM SECTOR
i. Ms. Smriti Irani, Union
Textiles Minister has launched PowerTex India Scheme at Bhiwandi in Thane
district of Maharashtra. It is a gamut of schemes aimed at development of
powerloom sector in India with a special focus on small powerloom weavers.
ii. She also launched PowerTex
India helpline for scheme related assistance. For nationwide publicity of
scheme, a PowerTex van was also flagged off.
2. RADHAMOHAN SINGH INAUGURATED INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR FOOT
AND MOUTH DISEASE
i. India’s 1st International
Centre for Foot and Mouth Disease has been inaugurated by Union Agriculture
Minister Radha Mohan Singh at Argul near Bhubaneswar in Odisha.
ii. This centre will play a key
role in protecting livestock from Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus.
iii. Construction of ICFMD
started in April 2014. The estimated cost has been Rs. 450 cr. Indian Council
of Agricultural Research has funded the establishment cost. 100 acres of land
for the centre has been provided by Odisha State Govt.
3. MIZORAM BECOMES 27TH STATE TO JOIN UDAY SCHEME
i. The Memorandum of
Understanding was signed between Government of India and Mizoram under the
scheme Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana. The agreement was signed for operational
improvement of the State’s Power Distribution Department.
ii. By this agreement Mizoram
would get an overall net benefit of approximately Rs.198 cr by participating in
UDAY.
iii. This benefit is achieved in
the way of cheaper funds, reduction in Aggregate Technical and Commercial and
transmission losses and interventions in energy efficiency.
4. INDIRA BANERJEE APPOINTED AS NEW CHIEF JUSTICE OF MADRAS HIGH
COURT
i. A sitting judge of the Delhi
High Court, Justice Indira Banerjee has been appointed as the new Chief Justice
of the Madras High Court.
ii. Banerjee succeeded Sanjay
Kishan Kaushal. With this, Justice Banerjee became the 2nd woman to head the
Madras High Court. Justice Kumari Bhatnagar was the 1st lady to head the
Charted court in 1992.
5. 19TH COMMONWEALTH FORESTRY CONFERENCE TO BEGIN IN UTTARAKHAND
TODAY
i. 19th Commonwealth Forestry
Conference 2017 will begin today at Forest Research Institute in Dehradun,
Uttarakhand.
ii. Dr. K.K. Paul, Uttarakhand
Governor will inaugurate the 19th Commonwealth Forestry Conference at the FRI
in Dehradun.
iii. The 5-day conference is
being organized on the theme ‘Forests for Prosperity and Posterity’.
6. RAJIV KUMAR CHANDER APPOINTED AS PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO
GENEVA UN OFFICES FROM INDIA
i. Rajiv Kumar Chander, who is
from 1983 batch Indian Foreign Service officer
has been appointed the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India
to the UN offices in Geneva.
ii. Rajiv will succeed Ajit
Kumar, who is from 1979 batch Indian Foreign Service at the Geneva office in May, 2017.
iii. Prior to this, Chander
served as Deputy Permanent Representative in the Geneva office, Chander also
served as India’s Ambassador to Ukraine. At present he is the Consul General in
Vancouver, Canada.
7. GRANT ELLIOTT ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM INTERNATIONAL CRICKET
i. Grant Elliott, New Zealand
all-rounder has confirmed his retirement from international cricket. He will
retire from cricket after playing his last T20 series against England.
ii. After retirement, Grant
Elliott will join New Zealand internationals Colin de Grandhomme and Jeetan
Patel at the Birmingham Bears after signing a Kolpak deal.
8. NDB INVESTS $1.5 BILLION IN 7 PROJECTS IN 2 YEARS OF
OPERATION
i. The BRICS-backed New
Development Bank has invested in seven projects totaling $1.5 billion in about
2 years of its operation. NDB began operations in July 2015. 7 projects have
been done so far which aggregate around $1.5 billion. 6 of them are in the
renewable energy sector and one in transport financing.
ii. The New Development Bank was
created with an objective of financing infrastructure and sustainable
development projects in BRICS and other emerging economies and developing
countries.
iii. The Bank seeks to complement
the efforts of other multilateral development institutions. And, it also seeks
to establish a network of global, regional and local partnerships with
multilateral and national development banks as well as other institutions and
market players.
9. WORLD AUTISM AWARENESS DAY: APRIL 2 ,2017
i. World autism Awareness Day is
observed on 2nd April every year by United Nations member countries to raise
awareness about autism and problems faced by people suffering from it.
ii. World Autism Awareness Day
Theme for this year was ‘Toward Autonomy and Self-Determination’
iii. The National Trust, a
statutory body functioning under Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment,
has organised a National Conference on Autism on 3rd April 2017 in New Delhi.
Mr. Thaawarchand Gehlot ,Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment, will
inaugurate the conference.
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1. INDIA’S FIRST
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE (ICFMD) HAS SET UP IN WHICH
STATE?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Odisha
c) Haryana
d) Assam
Q2. THE 19TH EDITION OF COMMONWEALTH FORESTRY CONFERENCE HAS
STARTED IN WHICH STATE?
a) Kerala
b) Odisha
c) Assam
d) Uttarakhand
Q3. WHAT IS THE THEME OF
THE 2017 WORLD AUTISM AWARENESS DAY (WAAD)?
a) Towards Autonomy and Self-Determination
b) Autism and the 2030 Agenda: Inclusion and
Neuro diversity
c) Sustainable Development: The Promise of
Technology
d) Employment: The Autism Advantage
Q4. WHICH UNION MINISTER HAS LAUNCHED POWERTEX INDIA SCHEME TO
BOOST POWERLOOM SECTOR?
a) Arun Jaitley
b) Rajnath Singh
c) Smriti Irani
d) Narendra Modi
Q5. WHO OF THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS NEW CHIEF JUSTICE
OF MADRAS HIGH COURT?
a) Justice Manjula Chellur
b) Justice Pritinker Diwaker
c) Justice G. Rohini
d) Indira Banerjee
ANSWERS:
1 - B 2
- D 3 - A 4 - C 5 - D
Monday, April 3, 2017
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 1ST APR 2017
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 1ST APR 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
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1.
INDIA BECOMES ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY
i. India, the world’s
3rd-largest oil consumer has now joined International Energy Agency as an
associate member. India’s entry into this elite energy group was jointly
announced by Mr. Fatih Birol, IEA executive director, Petroleum and Natural Gas
Minister Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan and Minister of State (I/C) for Power, Coal,
New and Renewable Energy and Mines, Mr. Piyush Goyal.
ii. With India’s
inclusion, IEA now has 70% of world’s energy consumption under its ambit.
2.
GUJARAT ASSEMBLY PASSES GUJARAT ANIMAL PRESERVATION (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2017
i. Gujarat State Assembly
passed Gujarat Animal Preservation (Amendment) Bill, 2017 that amends the
existing Gujarat Animal Preservation Act, 1954.
ii. This amendment bill
is aimed at adopting stringent measure for stopping illegal slaughter of
animals protected by the law.
3.
CHHATTISGARH GOVERNMENT IMPLEMENTS 7TH PAY COMMISSION FOR STATE EMPLOYEES FROM
APRIL 2017
i. The state government
of Chhattisgarh has announced to implement the 7th Central Pay Commission for
the state government employees from April 1, 2017, the beginning of new
financial year.
ii. The announcement of
the 7th pay commission was made by Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Raman Singh.
iii. The implementation
is expected to benefit 2.5 lakh state government employees with hiked payment.
iv. Haryana was the 1st
state to implement the 7th Central Pay Commission to give the benefit of hiked
pay to its employees with effect from January 1, 2016.
v. The state government
also announced to increase the salary of managers of Primary Minor Forest
Produce Cooperative Societies by 25%. Thus it would become Rs 12,500 per month
from existing Rs. 10,000 per month.
vi. Among other things,
Prabandhak Kalyan Nidhi was also announced to be set up for them and their families.
4.
TURKEY CONCLUDES MILITARY OPERATION “EUPHRATES SHIELD” IN NORTHERN SYRIA
i. The military operation
under the name “Euphrates Shield” undertaken by the Turkish troops in northern
Syria about 7 months ago for national security, finally concluded on March 29.
ii. The announcement
regarding this was made by Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s President.
iii. The PM of Turkey,
Binali Yildirim, has said that, though the operations was completed but in
future many more such operations are likely to be undertaken with different
names.
iv. Turkey aimed to
secure Turkish Syrian border security against ISIS terrorist group and enable
the Syrian refugees to return to their home.
v. Operation Euphrates
Shield began by Turkish troops and Turkey-backed Syrian (Free Syrian Army)
rebels to drive away Islamic State jihadists and Syrian Kurdish militia
fighters from a 100km stretch of the border that Turkey controls in northern
Syria.
vi. The operation also
aimed to prevent the Kurdish Popular Protection Units to acquire any more area
in northern Syria.Turkey believes that Kurdish Popular Protection Units is a
terrorist organization.
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 30 & 31 MARCH
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIR QUIZ – 30 & 31 MARCH
1. Third G-20 framework working
group meet was held at?
a) Bhopal,Madhya Pradesh
b) Kochi, Kerala
c) Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
d) Jaipur, Rajasthan
ANS - C
2.
Govt. of Jharkhand has signed Tripartite MoU with Airports Authority of India
and ___for Development of Deoghar Airport in Jharkhand?
a) Defense Research and
Development Organization
b) GMR Infrastructure
c) International Monetary Fund
d) Asian Development Bank
ANS - A
3.
Kerala, Tripura & Arunachal Pradesh have become the part of the Ujwal
DISCOM Assurance Yojana. Including these, total how many states have now joined
UDAY?
a) 23 states
b) 26 states
c) 25 states
d) 24 states