DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 12 JUNE 2016
(Daily News India)
1. WORLD DAY AGAINST
CHILD LABOUR HAS BEEN OBSERVED ON 12TH JUNE
i. Every
year the World Day against Child Labour has been Observed on 12th of June.
ii The day
was started by the International Labour Organisation to focus attention on the
global extent of child labour and the action and efforts needed to eliminate
it.
iii. The
theme for this year is 'End child labour in supply chains - It's everyone's
business.'
2. INDIA, JAPAN AND
US STARTED MALABAR EXERCISE NEAR THE SOUTH CHINA SEA
i. India,
Japan and US have started the Malabar Exercise, near to the South China Sea.
ii. The
exercise aims to achieve deeper military ties and greater interoperability amid
rising tensions in the region.
iii. In last
year 2015 the exercise is conducted in Chennai and included the participation
of Japan.
3. AAI HONOURED WITH
THE NATIONAL AWARD FOR BEST PERFORMING CENTRAL PSU FOR GREEN ENERGY INITIATIVES
i. The
Airports Authority of India has been honoured with the National Award for Best
Performing Central PSU for Roof Top Solar Power initiatives.
ii. It has
installed 4.8 megawatt peak power rooftop solar plants at 13 airports.
Minister of
State for Power, Coal and Renewable Energy: Piyush Goyal.
4. GOVERNMENT FORMS
PANEL ON PSU EXECUTIVES PAY REVISION
i. The
Government of India has constituted a committee to make recommendations on pay
scale revision of executives in PSUs.
ii. The
panel's suggestions will be submitted within six months of its constitution,
and the government's decision on them will take effect from January 1, 2017.
iii. The
last pay revision for the executives came into effect in 2007.
5. TELANGANA TO SET
UP 12,500-ACRE PHARMA CITY NEAR HYDERABAD
i. The CM of
Telangana state Mr. K. Chandrashekhar Rao has announced Telangana is going to
set up a 'Pharma City' on 12,500 acres of land in Rangareddy and Mahbubnagar
districts.
ii. The
state already has been the drugs capital of the country with almost one-third
of the total production in value terms.
iii. The
proposed park will attract all pharmaceutical
manufacturing companies in telangana.
6. 'SANSAD RATNA'
AWARDS CONFERRED ON 5 MPS
i. Four
first time Lok Sabha MPs were among five Parliamentarians who were honoured
with the 'Sansad Ratna' Awards for their performance in Parliament.
ii. The
award was were given to five Lok Sabha MPs and one former Rajya Sabha member.
iii. The
receipents of the awards are:
a. PP
Chaudhary,
b. Heena
Vijaykumar Gavit,
c. Shrirang
Appa Barne,
d. Raajeev
Shankarrao Satav,
e. Shivaji
Adhalrao Patil
f. P Rajeev
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
1. WHICH OF THE
FOLLOWING PSUS HAVE BEEN HONOURED WITH ‘NATIONAL AWARD’ FOR BEST PERFORMING
CENTRAL PSU FOR ROOF TOP SOLAR POWER INITIATIVES?
a. Airport
Authority of India
b. Air India
Engineering Services
c. Air India Limited
d. Antrix
Corporation
2. WHICH STATE KNOWN
AS ‘DRUG CAPITAL OF INDIA’?
a. Himachal
Pradesh
b. Tamil
Nadu
c. Punjab
d. Telangana
3. WHO IS THE
GOVERNOR OF TELANGANA?
a. ESL
Narasimhan
b. Kiran
Bedi
c. Shila
Dixit
d. Mridula
Sinha
4. NAME THE CEO OF
‘CAXIA BANK’?
a. Alexendra
Josheph
b. Gonzalo
Cortazar
c. Niano
Cortazar
d. None of
these
5. RECENTLY, SBI
SIGNED MOU WITH CAXIA BANK TO ENHANCE BUSINESS SYNERGIES . WHERE IS THE
HEADQUARTER OF CAXIA BANK LOCATED AT?
a.
Barcelona, Spain
b. London.
UK
c. Dubai,
Saudi Arabia
d. Dhaka ,
Bangladesh
6. AMONG THE ‘SANSAD
RATAN’ AWARDEES , WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING IS THE FORMER MEMBER OF RAJYA
SABHA?
a. PP
Choudhary
b. RS Satav
c. P Rajeev
d. H.
Vijaykumar Gavit
ANSWERS:
1. A 2. D 3. A 4.
B 5. A 6.
C
