DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 6 MAY 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 6 MAY 2016

(Daily News India)

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1. VICE ADMIRAL SUNIL LANBA APPOINTED AS CHIEF OF THE NAVAL STAFF

i. Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba, presently Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief  Western Naval Command, was appointed as the next Chief of the Naval Staff.

ii. He will succeed present Navy Chief Admiral Robin K. Dhowan, who will superannuate from the post on 31 May 2016.

2. KUMAR RAJESH CHANDRA APPOINTED CHIEF OF BUREAU OF CIVIL AVIATION SECURITY

i. Senior IPS officer Kumar Rajesh Chandra was appointed as the Chief of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security.

ii. He will replace IPS officer G S Malhi.

iii. G.S Malhi had completed his tenure  in November 2012.

iv. The post was lying vacant since then.

v. The appointment for the post was delayed due to claims from officers of both Indian Administrative Service and Indian Police Service to the coveted post.

vi. Bureau of Civil Aviation Security is a regulatory authority for civil aviation security.

vii. The main responsibility of BCAS is to lay down standards and measures in respect of security of civil flights at international and domestic airports in India.

3. RADHA BINOD BARMAN TOOK OVER AS CHAIRPERSON OF NATIONAL STATISTICAL COMMISSION

i. Renowned statistician Dr Radha Binod Barman took over as the part-time Chairperson in the National Statistical Commission.

ii. Professor Rahul Mukherjee, Dr Rajiv Mehta ,Professor S. Mahendra Dev and Dr Manoj Panda also took over as other part-time members of the commission.

iii. National Statistical Commission is an advisory body on all statistical matters, set up to enhance public trust in official statistics.

4. AGRICULTURE PROJECT HARITA-PRIYA OF ANDHRA PRADESH WINS WSIS 2016 PRIZE

i. The agriculture project Harita-Priya of Andhra Pradesh won the World Summit on the Information Society  2016 prize in e-Agriculture category.

ii. Harita-Priya stands for Harmonized Information of Agriculture, Revenue and Irrigation for a Transformation Agenda - Precision Technology for Agriculture.

iii. It meant to collect very specific climate data from farms and give farmers personalised information through SMS

iv. The data is used to create advisories and alerts on irrigation schedules and pests and plant diseases.

5. UNION CABINET APPROVES INDIA-UAE CURRENCY SWAP AGREEMENT

i. The Union Cabinet has given its ex-post facto approval for the Memorandum of Understanding between Reserve Bank of India  and Central Bank of United Arab Emirates  on co-operation concerning currency swap agreement.

ii. The Agreement was signed in February 2016 during the official state visit of Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan to India.

iii. The MoU will help to further strengthen the close economic cooperation and relationship between India and UAE.

iv. A currency swap involves exchange of principal and interest in one currency for the same in another currency.

 CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS

1. WHO IS APPOINTED ASTHE NEW CHIEF OF NAVAL STAFF?

a. Arun Prakash     

b. Sureesh Mehta              

c. Sunil lanba

d. R.k dhawan

2. WHO IS THE PRESENT ARMY GENERAL?

a. General Dalbir Singh Suhag

b. R.K Dhawan

c. Pran Nath Thapard.

d. none of these

3. WHO IS THE PRESENT CABINET MINISTER OF CIVIL AVIATION DEPARTMENT OF INDIA?

a. Vayalar Ravi

b. Praful Patel

c. Ashok Gajapathi Raju

d. Rajiv Pratap Rudy

4. HOW MANY PART-TIME MEMBERS ARE APPOINTED IN  NATIONAL  STATISTICAL COMMISSION ?

a. 4

b.8

c.6

d.5

5. WHO IS THE PRESENT CHAIRPERSON OF NATIONAL STATISTICAL COMMISSION?

a. G.S Malhi

b. Radha Binod Barman

c. Rajesh Chandra

d. None of these

6. WHO WINS WSIS PRIZE 2016?

a. Harita-priya

b. Uday yojna

c. Atal pension yojna

d. PMJDY

7. HARITA-PRIYA PROJECT WINS AWARD FOR_

a. E-Banking

b. E-Commerce

c. E-Agriculture

d. None of these

ANSWERS:

                     1. C     2. A     3. C     4. B     5. B     6. A     7. C