DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 1 JULY 2016
(Daily News India)
1.
CABINET CLEARS PAY HIKE FOR 1 CR. GOVT EMPLOYEES AND PENSIONERS
i. The
Cabinet has approved pay hike in the salay of more than 1 Cr. central
government employees.
ii. They
will get a pay hike after the government
approved the implementation of the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay
Commission.
ii. The
report submitted by the commission headed by Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur in November
last year recommended a 14.27 percent hike in basic pay at junior levels, 23.55
per cent overall hike in salaries, allowances and pension.
iii.
The entry level pay was recommended to be raised to Rs. 18,000 per month from
the current Rs. 7,000 a month.
2. FSSAI
SIGNS MOU WITH ASCI
i. Food
Safety and Standards Authority of India and the Advertising Standards Council
of India signed MoU with each other to put check on the issues of misleading
advertisements in the food sector.
ii.
Under this MoU they will make it a compulsory check upon the process of
complaints against misleading ads by food companies.
3. NASA
TESTS ROCKET BOOSTER FOR SPACE MISSION
i. A
booster for NASA’s Space Launch System the most powerful rocket in the world,
has been successfully tested.
ii. It will
pave the way for future human exploration in deep space, including the journey
to Mars.
iii. This
final qualification test of the booster system shows real progress in the
development of the Space Launch System.
4. AMUL
SIGNS UP AS OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF INDIAN TEAM TO THE OLYMPICS
i.
India’s leading food products company Amul has signed up as the official
sponsor for the Indian contingent to the Rio Olympics 2016.
ii. The
company will launch a series of advertising campaigns for milk and other dairy
products to promote this association.
iii.
Amul has embarked upon an ‘Eat Milk with Every Meal’ campaign.
5.
EXERCISE ‘JALRAHAT’ COMMENCES IN ASSAM
i. The
armed forces conducted a exercise to
control Natural calamities named as exercise ‘Jalrahat’ started in Narangi Cantt in Assam.
ii. It
is a joint initiative by State Govt and Armed Forces for relief during floods.
6. GOVT
LAUNCHES WEB PORTAL TO KEEP A CHECK ON ENVIRONMENTAL APPROVALS FOR MINING OF
MINERALS
i. A
new web portal has been launched for online submission and monitoring of
environmental approvals for mining of sand and minor minerals.
ii. Prakash Javadekar Minister of State of
Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the web portal will enhance transparency
of the entire application process.
7.
INDIA'S SANJEEV RAJPUT WINS SILVER IN ISSF
i.
Sanjeev Rajput shooter of India bagged a silver medal for India in men's
50-metre rifle.
ii. The
gold medal was acquired by Petar Gorsa from Croatia.
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
1. WHO
HEADS THE COMMITTEE OF “7TH PAY COMMISSION”?
a. Justice
HL Dattu
b. Justice
TS Thakur
c. Justice
Ashok Kumar Mathur
d. All of
the above
2. WHERE
ARE THE HEADQUARTERS OF NASA SITUATED?
a.
Washington DC
b. New York
c. Houstan
d. Texas
3. WHAT
IS THE FULL FORM OF “NASA”?
a. National
Areospace Agency
b. National
Aeronautics & Space Administration
c. National
Aeroresearch & Space Aministration
d. None of
these
4. “EAT MILK WITH EVERY MEAL” CAMPAIGN HAS
LAUNCHED BY WHICH FOOD PRODUCT COMPANY?
a. Nestle
b. Mother
Dairy
c. Nutralite
d. Amul
5. NAME
THE OPERATION WHICH IS CONDUCTED IN ASSAM TO CONTROL NATURAL CALAMITIES?
a. JALRAHAT
b.
JALRAKSHAK
c. JEEVAN
SURAKSHA
d. All of
the above
6. THE
FAMOUS SHOOTER “PETER GORSA” BELONGS TO WHICH COUNTRY?
a. Finland
b. Croatia
c. Denmark
d. Canada
ANSWERS:
1. C 2.
A 3. B 4.
D 5. A 6.
B
