DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 15 JUNE 2016
(Daily News India)
1. PRESIDENT
MUKHERJEE RECEIVES THE HIGHEST CIVILIAN AWARD OF IVORY COAST
i. President
Pranab Mukherjee has been awarded the highest civilian award of Ivory Coast,
'the National Grand Crois’.
ii. The
award was given on his two days visit to
Ivory Coast on the second leg of his three-nation African tour.
iii. It is
the first ever high-level visit from India to Ivory Coast.
President
of Ivory Coast : Alassane Ouattara.
2. CABINET APPROVES
SBI TAKEOVER OF UNITS
i. A cabinet
chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the takeover by State Bank
of India of several subsidiaries.
ii. SBI
wants to take over five units as well as state-run Bharatiya Mahila Ban\
iii. This is
the first move to consolidate the country's struggling public sector banks.
3. INDIA TO PROVIDE
RS 48 MILLIONN AID FOR COLLEGE BUILDING IN NEPAL
i. India has
pledged a financial assistance of Rs 48.84 million to Nepal for the
construction of a college building in the capital Kathmandu.
ii. The
ambassador of India to Nepal Ranjit Rae laid the foundation stone of the
building the Campus in Kathmandu district.
iii. The
campus building is constructed with financial aid from India and the project is
being implemented through District Development Committee of Kathmandu.
4. JAL MARG VIKAS
PROJECT ON RIVER GANGA TO ENABLE COMMERCIAL NAVIGATION
i. Jal Marg
Vikas is a project on the river Ganga that is being developed between Allahabad
and Haldia to cover a distance of 1620 kilometers.
ii. The
project is being implemented with technical and investment support from World
Bank.
iii. It
envisages the development of a fairway with three metres depth which would
enable commercial navigation of at least 1500 ton vessels on the river.
iv. The
construction of multimodal terminals, jetties, river information system,
channel marking, navigational lock, river training and conservancy works are to
be undertaken as part of the project.
5. UNION GOVERNMENT
LAUNCHES SCHEME FOR SETTING UP 1000 MW CTU- CONNECTED WIND POWER PROJECT
i. The Union
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has launched a scheme for setting up of
1000 Mega Watt Wind Power Project
connected to transmission network of Central Transmission Utility
ii. The
objective of the scheme is to facilitate the supply of wind power to the
non-windy states at a price discovered through the transparent bidding process.
6. DCB BANK LAUNCHES
AADHAAR ENABLED ATM IN BENGALURU
i. DCB Bank
has launched Bengaluru's first ATM that accepts Aadhaar number and Aadhaar
fingerprint (biometric) instead of ATM/Debit Card and PIN to dispense cash.
ii. The
"cardless and PIN less" ATM was launched by former Chairman of the
Unique Identification Authority of India, Nandan Nilekani.
iii. The
Bank pilot launched India's first aadhaar based ATM in Mumbai.
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
1. ‘THE NATIONAL
GRAND CROIS’ IS THE HIGHEST CIVILIAN AWARD OF WHICH COUNTRY?
a. Ivory
Coast
b. Ghana
c. Namibia
c. Durban
2. WHO IS THE
AMBASSADOR OF INDIA TO NEPAL?
a. Manjit Rae
b. Ranjit Rae
c. Dinesh Oli
d. Sultan Cosi
3. WHO IS THE
PRESIDENT OF IVORY COAST?
a. Alassane Quattara
b. Nimah Quattara
c. Miah Cosi
d. Sultan Cosi
4. WHAT AMOUNT OF
LOAN HAS BEEN PROVIDED BY INDIA TO NEPAL FOR BUILDING OF COLLEGE?
a. Rs 58 million
b. Rs 68 million
c. Rs 48 million
d. Rs 78 million
5. ‘JAL MARG VIKAS
‘PROJECT ON RIVER GANGA IS BEING DEVELOPED BETWEEN WHICH TWO CITIES?
a. Patna-Kolkata
b. Haridwar-Kolkata
c. Rishikesh-Allahabad
d. Allahabad-Haldia
6. WHICH BANK
LAUNCHED “ADHAR ENABLE ATM” IN BENGALURU?
a. HDFC bank
b. DCB bank
c. Kotak Mahindra bank
d. All of the above
ANSWERS:
1. A 2. B 3. A 4.
C 5. D 6.
B
