DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 19 AUG 2016
(Daily News India)
1. OVER
10000-YEAR-OLD CAMPING SITE DISCOVERED IN LADAKH
i. The Archaeological Survey of India has discovered an ancient camping site dating
8500 BC in Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir.
ii. This site was unearthed at 14,000
feet above the sea level on the way from Saser La to Ladakh.
2.
PUNJABI WRITER GURDIAL SINGH PASSED AWAY
i. Padma Shri awardee Punjabi writer
Gurdial Singh passed away in Bathinda due to long illness.
ii. He started his literary career in
1957 with a short story, "Bhaganwale".
iii. He became known as a novelist when
he published the novel Marhi Da Deeva.
3. SHASHI
SHEKHAR COMMITTEE ON WORLD CULTURE FESTIVAL OF AOL SUBMITTED REPORT TO NGT
i. The Shashi Shekhar Committee was
formed by National Green Tribunal and directed Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of
Living to submit its response within
three weeks on the inspection report.
ii. The report of the expert committee
deal with the damage caused to the Yamuna flood plains due to the World Culture
Festival.
iii. The festival was organised by the
AOL in March 2016 along the River Yamuna in New Delhi.
iv. The inspection report of the committee
concluded that the event has caused damage to the riverbed.
4.
WRESTLER SAKSHI MALIK WON INDIA’S FIRST MEDAL AT RIO OLYMPICS
i. Freestyle wrestler Sakshi Malik won
India’s first medal at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games by clinching the bronze in
the 58kg category.
ii. She created history by becoming the
first Indian woman wrestler to win an Olympic medal.
iii. She becomes only the fourth woman
athlete from India to win an Olympic medal.
iv. Weight-lifter Karnam Malleshwari
was the first Indian to win an Olympic medal.
v. Sakshi Malik is from Rohtak in Haryana.
5.
INDIA’S FIRST BIO-CNG PLANT INAUGURATED IN PUNE
i. The plant was jointly inaugurated by
Union Minister of Transport Nitin Gadkari and Union Defence Minister Manohar
Parrikar.
ii.The plant will use agricultural
residue to generate compressed natural gas that can be used in automobiles as
fuel.
iii. The technology involves treating
the waste with a special bacterial solution, after which the gas so generated
is cleaned and compressed for use in vehicles.
6. INDIA
RANKS 66TH IN 2016 GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX
i. India has ranked 66th in the 2016
Global Innovation Index.
ii. India has jumped up by 15 spots
from 81st position in 2015 GII.
iii. The annual index was released by
France-based international business school INSEAD and World Intellectual
Property Organisation.
iv. The index is topped by Switzerland
followed b y Sweden.
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
1. THE
REPORT ON “WORLD CULTURE FESTIVAL AOL” SUBMITTED TO WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING
OFFICIALS BODIES?
a. National Green Tribunal
b. Finance Ministry
c. Forest and Environment Department
d. Both a & c
2. WHO
HAS BECOME FOURTH WOMAN ATHLETE FROM INDIA TO WIN AN OLYMPIC MEDAL?
a. Karnam Malleshwari
b. PV Sindhu
c. Sakshi Malik
d. Mary Kom
3.
INDIA’S FIRST BIO-CNG PLANT WAS INAUGURATED IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CITIES OF
INDIA?
a. Hyderabad
b. Jalandhar
c. Surat
d. Pune
4. NAME
THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE COMMITTEE ON WORLD CULTURE FESTIVAL OF AOL?
a. Shekhar Kumar
b. Sashi Shekhar
c. Ravi Shekhar
d. Chandra Shekhar
5. WHO
CLINCHES BRONZE MEDAL IN FREESTYLE WRESTLING IN RIO OLYMPICS,2016?
a. Mary Kom
b. Sarab Nanda
c. Sakshi Malik
d. None of the above
ANSWERS:
1. A 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. C
