DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 28 JULY 2016
(Daily News India)
Shared By: WWW.DailyGk.IN
1. CENTRE
GOVERNMENT APPROVES RS. 1600 CRORE FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
i. The Union Government has approved fund of
1600 crore rupees for Jammu and Kashmir under skill development programme 'Himayat'.
ii. Under this programme the youth from
both rural and urban areas of J&K would be imparted with training in
various job-intensive vocational courses.
iii. Himayat programme will provide
skill training for youth.
iv.It aims to train 100000 youth in 5
years and provide at least 75% of them with jobs.
2.
BEZWADA WILSON AND T.M. KRISHNA WON RAMON MAGSAYSAY AWARD
i. Classical singer Thodur Madabusi Krishna
and Bezwada Wilson won Ramon Magsaysay Award 2016.
ii. The Ramon Magsaysay Award is an
annual award established the memory of former Philippine President Ramon
Magsaysay's.
3. IOM
BECOMES PART OF UNITED NATIONS
i. The UN General Assembly has adopted a
resolution approving an agreement to make the International Organisation for
Migration part of the UN as a related organisation.
ii. IOM is an intergovernmental
organisation is founded in the wake of the World War II to resettle refugees
from Europe.
Headquarters of the
United Nations: Manhattan, New York City
4.
INDIA'S CSIR RANKED WORLD'S 12TH BEST GOVERNMENT INSTITUTE
i. The Council of Scientific Industrial
Research has been ranked world's 12th best government institution.
ii. The institutes were ranked by a
prestigious Scimago Institutions Rankings that ranks institutes based on the
research performance, innovation and social impact.
iii. France's National Centre for
Scientific Research was ranked first followed by Chinese Academy of Science,
China.
5.
MUTTAIAH MURALITHARAN TO ENTER ICC HALL OF FAME
i. Muttaiah Muralitharan will be the first Sri
Lankan to be included in the ICC's Hall of Fame.
ii. Australia's Arthur Morris, Karen
Rolton and George Lohmann of England are the three along with Muralitharan to
share the honours.
6. UNION
GOVERNMENT ISSUES NOTIFICATION FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF 7TH PAY COMMISSION
i. The Union Government has issued
notification for the implementation of 7th Pay Commission.
ii. Union Government has given CBSE
chief Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi an additional charge of Chief of the
implementation cell of the Seventh Central Pay Commission.
iii. The 7th Pay Commission headed by
Justice AK Mathur had recommended 14.27 per cent hike in basic pay at junior
levels.
7. BCCI
CHIEF ANURAG THAKUR TO JOIN TERRITORIAL ARMY
i. BJP MP and Anurag Thakur will be
commissioned into the Territorial Army as a regular officer
ii. He cleared the exam of territorial army
and cleared a personal interview.
iii. He will be the first serving BJP
MP to join the military force.
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
1. NAME
THE SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM FOR WHICH CENTRAL GOVERNMENT APPROVES
RS.1601 CRORE TO JAMMU & KASHMIR?
A. Inayat
B. Shadat
C. Himayat
D. Hunar
2. THE “RAMON MAGASAYSAY AWARD” FOUNDATION IS SITUATED
IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES?
A. Philippines
B. Iran
C. Spain
D. Greece
3. THE
HEADQUARTERS OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR MIGRATION IS SITUATED AT
_________________.
A. Sydney-australia
B. New york, usa
C. Geneva, switzerland
D. New delhi, india
4. THE
RANK OF SCIENTIFIC INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH OF A COUNTRY IS DECIDED BY WHICH
ORGANIZATION?
A. Scimago institutions
B. Csir institutions
C. Ncsr institutions
D. None of these
5. NAME
THE NOTABLE COMMANDER OF TERRITORIAL ARMY?
A. Dalbeer Singh
B. Gursharn singh
C. Gd bakshi
D. Deepak rao
ANSWERS:
1) C 2) A 3) C 4) A 5)
D
