DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 24 MAY 2016
(Daily News India)
1.
INDIA'S FIRST REUSABLE SPACE SHUTTLE, RLV-TD LAUNCHED
i. Indian
Space Research Organization has successfully launched its maiden indigenous Reusable Launch Vehicle from Sriharikota
spaceport in Andhra Pradesh.
ii. After launch from the Sriharikota
spaceport, it glided back onto a virtual runway in the Bay of Bengal.
iii. The
Re-Usable Launch Vehicle - Technology can put satellites into orbit around
earth and then re-enter atmosphere.
2. INDIA
AND IRAN SIGN 12 BILATERAL AGREEMENTS IN VARIOUS AREAS
i. India and
Iran has signed 12 Memorandum of Understanding and agreements in various areas
including building and operating the Chabahar port by India.
ii. some of
the agreements are:
1.
cooperation in culture,
2.
science and technology,
3.
library sciences,
4.
Cooperation between the EXIM banks of both
the countries.
5.
MoU between EXIM Bank and Iran’s Ports and
Maritime Organization (PMO),
3. GOVT
CONSTITUTES IEPF AUTHORITY
i.
Government has constituted the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority
to strengthen the framework for safeguarding the interest of investors.
ii. The
authority would have the responsibility of administering the fund as well as
maintain separate accounts and other records
iii.
Corporate Affairs Secretary Tapan Ray has been appointed as its chairman.
4.
JAYALALITHAA SWORN IN FOR 6TH TERM AS TAMIL NADU CHIEF MINISTER
i. All India
Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief J
Jayalalithaa has sworn in as chief minister of Tamil Nadu.
ii.
Jayalalithaa holds the distinction of being the second person in the State to
hold the CM office, she was first sworn-in as chief minister on June 24, 1991.
GOVERNOR OF TAMIL NADU: K ROSAIAH IV.
5.
GUJARAT CM LAUNCHES ‘SMART VILLAGE’ PROGRAM
i. Gujarat
government has launched Smart Village program.
ii. The
state government will select 300 villages for Smart Village program that will
get 80 lakh to 2 crore rupees cash assistance to improve public facilities in
the villages
iii. She
will felicitate villages that have 100 percent completion of toilet.
6. ANURAG
THAKUR ELECTED AS THE NEW BCCI PRESIDENT AND AJAY SHIRKE AS SECRETARY
i. Anurag
Thakur has been elected as the new BCCI president Senior BCCI vice-president C
K Khanna in Mumbai.
ii.He became
the second youngest BCCI President.
iii. Ajay
Shirke has been appointed as the BCCI Secretary.
7. SIKKIM
CM PAWAN CHAMLING CONFERRED WITH NEPAL’S LITERARY AWARD
i. Sikkim
Chief Minister Pawan Chamling has been conferred with the Yug Kavi Siddhicharan
Award by Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli.
ii.The award
is given for his commendable contributions in promoting Nepali literature in
India.
ii. The Yug
Kavi Siddhicharan Award is one of the Nepal’s prestigious literary award.
CURRENT
AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
1. WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF ISRO?
a. K. RadhaKrishan
b. A.S Kiran Kumar
c. Shailesh Nayak
2. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE INDIA’S FIRST RESUSABLE SPACE
SHUTTLER?
a. RLV-TD
b. RJV-ID
c. INS-TD
d. INS-DI
3. WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF IRAN?
a. Syed Ahemed
b. Hassan Ahemed
c. Hassan Rouhani
d. None of these
4. “CHABAHAR PORT” IS LOCATED IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTRY?
a. Pakistan
b. Afghanistan
c. Bangladesh
d. Iran
5. WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF IEPF AUTHORITY OF INDIA?
a. Tapan Ray
b. Raghuram Rajan
c. U.S Paliwal
d. Gyan Bhusan
6. HOW MANY TIMES JAYALALITHAA HAS BEEN ELECTED ASTHE CHIEF
MINISTER OF TAMIL NADU?
a. 7
b. 5
c. 6
d. 8
7. IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATE OF INDIA “ SMALL VILLAGE”
PROGRAM HAS BEEN LAUNCHED?
a. Himanchal Pradesh
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Gujrat
d. Kerela
8. WHO HAS BECOME THE NEW BCCI CHIEF ?
a. Shashank Manohar
b. Anurag Thakur
c. Ajay Shirke
d. U.K Sinha
9. WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW SECRETARY OF BCCI?
a. Shashank Manohar
b. Kapil Dev
c. Sunil Gavaskar
d. Ajay Shirke
10. “YUG KAVI SIDDHICHARAN” AWARD HAS BEEN GIVEN
TO_____________?
a. Pawan Chamling
b. Pawan Kumar
c. K.P Oli Sharma
d. None of these
ANSWER KEY
1. b 2. a 3. c 4.
d 5. a 6. c 7. c 8. b 9.
d 10. a
