DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 5 JUNE 2016
(Daily News India)
1. BOXING
LEGEND MUHAMMAD ALI DIES AT 74
i. Muhammad
Ali former world magnificent heavyweight boxing champion has died at 74.
ii. Ali had
suffered for three decades from Parkinson's disease, a progressive neurological
condition that slowly robbed him of both his legendary verbal grace and his
physical dexterity.
iii. He also
wrote some famous books such as ‘The Greatest: My Own Story and The Soul of a
Butterfly’
2. ODISHA
BECOMES FIRST STATE TO GIVE SOCIAL WELFARE BENEFITS TO TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY
i. Odisha
become the first in the country to give transgender people social welfare
benefits for pension, housing and food grains.
ii. The
government is giving the same benefits as those living below the poverty line are
getting.
iii.They
would also be entitled 5 kg of food grains every month under National Food
Security Act.
3. IBC
GETS AFFILIATION FROM COMMONWEALTH BOXING COUNCIL
i. The
Indian Boxing Council a has been granted
approval by the Commonwealth Boxing Council.
ii. It is a
National Boxing Governing body that sanctions professional boxing matches.
iii. It is
the first time in India an opportunity for the Boxers to be professional.
iv. It also
aims to promote and serve the sport of boxing, to implement fair, scientific
and objective computerised systems.
4. KHATTAR
INUAGURATES ‘JAI JAWAN AWAS YOJNA’ TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO SERVING,
RETIRED JCOS
i. CM of
Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar laid the foundation stone of Jai Jawan Awas Yojna
an initiative to provide affordable housing to serving and retired JCOs and
Other Ranks at Bahadurgarh, Haryana.
ii. General
Dalbir Singh, Chief of Army Staff was the Guest of Honour during the event.
iii. The
project is aimed to provide low cost housing.
5. INDIA
RANKS 70TH ON 2015 GOOD COUNTRY INDEX
i.In 2015
Good Country Index India has been
ranked at 70th position in the list.
ii. The list
has been topped by Sweden as the best country in the world for serving the
interests of its people and contributing to the common good of humanity.
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK
QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
1.
WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK” THE GREATEST: MY OWN STORY AND SOUL OF THE
BUTTERFLY”?
a.
Muhammad Ali
b.
APZ Abdul Kalam
c.
Pranab Mukherjee
d. None of these
2.
WHICH STATE HAS BECOME 1ST STATE TO GIVE SOCIAL WELFARE BENEFITS TO
TRANSGENDER COMMUNITY?
a.
Kerela
b.
Tamil Nadu
c.
Orrisa
d.
Karnataka
3.
“COMMON WEALTH BOXING COUNCIL” GIVES AFFILIATION TO WHICH COUNTRY BOXING
COUNCIL?
a.
Pakistan
b.
Afghanistan
c.
India
d.
Srilanka
4.
“JAI JAWAN AWAS YOJNA” LAUNCHED IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATES OF INDIA?
a.
Punjab
b.
Haryana
c.
Rajasthan
d.
All of the above
5.
WHICH COUNTRY TOPS THE LIST OF “GOOD COUNTRY INDEX”?
a.
Sweden
b.
USA
c.
China
d.
UK
6.
WHAT IS THE RANK OF INDIA IN THE “GOOD COUNTRY INDEX”?
a.
61
b.75
c.
80
d.
71
ANSWER
KEY
1. a 2. C 3. C 4.
B 5. A 6. d
