DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 20 JUNE 2016
(Daily News India)
1. NRIS
CAN NOW JOIN NPS ONLINE THROUGH ENPS
i. The Union
Finance Ministry has announced that non-resident Indians can now open National
Pension Savings accounts online.
ii. They can
invest through eNPS if they have Aadhaar Card or Permanent Account Number card.
iii. NPS are
being regulated by the PFRDA a regulator established by the Finance Ministry.
2. STATE
BANK OF INDIA CREATES A RS 200 CRORE FUND FOR STARTUPS
i. India's
largest public sector lender State Bank of India has created a IT innovations
and startup fund.
ii. The fund
is setup with the corpus of Rs 200 crore for investment in promising startups.
3. RIO
DECLARES FINANCIAL CRISIS
i. Rio de
Janeiro's governor declared a state of financial emergency.
ii. They requested
federal funds to help fulfill obligations for public services during the
Olympics that start Aug. 5.
iii. Rio is
expecting about 500,000 foreign visitors during the Olympics, which led a
financial crisis and political crisis that last month led to the suspension of
President Dilma Rousseff.
4. UN
WOMEN ANNOUNCES ANNE HATHAWAY AS ‘GOODWILL AMBASSADOR’ TO PROMOTE GENDER
EQUALITY
i. The
United Nations entity tasked with promoting gender equality today announced the
appointment of American actor Anne Hathaway as global Goodwill Ambassador.
ii. She
previously served as an advocate for Nike Foundation and travelled to Kenya and
Ethiopia to raise awareness on child marriage.
5. GOVT
DECIDES TO ALLOW EXPORT OF 10% MISSILE SYSTEMS TO FRIENDLY COUNTRIES
i.
Government has decided in principle to allow export of missile systems to
'certain' countries who have friendly relationship with India.
ii. The deal
was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in April last year during his
visit to France.
6. INDIA,
SOUTH KOREA LAUNCH PLATFORM TO PROMOTE INVESTMENTS
i. India and
South Korea today launched a platform to promote and facilitate investments
from the east Asian country.
ii. The
platform 'Korea Plus' was launched by Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman and her South Korean counterpart Joo Hyunghwan in New Delhi.
iii. It is a
special initiative to promote and facilitate Korean Investments in India.
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
1. WHICH
OF THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS OF INDIA THE NRIS MUST HAVE TO OPEN ENPS ACCOUNT IN
INDIA?
a. Adhar
Card
b. PAN Card
c. Voter ID
Card
d. Both (a)
& (b)
2. WHAT
AMOUNT OF LOAN HAS BEEN GIVEN BY SBI TO STARTUP FUNDS?
a. Rs 200 Cr
b. Rs 300 cr
c. Rs 350 Cr
d. Rs 250 Cr
3. SBI
HEADQUARTERS LOCATED AT?
a. Chennai
b. New Delhi
c. Mumbai
d. Kolkata
4. WHO IS
THE UNION MINISTER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY OF INDIA?
a. Nirmala
Sitharaman
b. Nitin
Jairam Gadkari
c. Sushma
Swaraj
d. Manohar
Parrikar
5. NAME
THE PLATFORM WHICH IS LAUNCHED BY INDIA-SOUTH KOREA TO PROMOTE INVESTMENT IN
INDIA?
a. South
Korea Plus
b.
Indo-Korea Plus
c. Korea
Plus
d. None of
these
ANSWERS:
1. D 2.
A 3. C 4.
A 5. C
