DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 20 AUG 2016
(Daily News India)
1. UP
ANNOUNCES RANI LAXMI BAI AWARD FOR SAKSHI MALIK
i. The UP
government will honour wrestler Sakshi Malik with Rani Laxmi Bai award.
ii. The
award carries a cash prize of Rs. 3.11 lakh.
iii. The
23-year-old won the bronze in the 58-kg category wrestling in olympics.
2. GOVT
SLAPS RS 2,500 CRORE PENALTY ON RELIANCE INDUSTRIES
i. Government
of India has slapped an penalty of USD 380 million on Reliance Industries and
its partners for producing less than targeted natural gas from KG-D6 fields.
ii. The
total penalty for missing the target in 5 fiscal years beginning April 1, 2010,
now stands at USD 2.76 billion.
3. FEDERAL
BANK STARTS DISTRIBUTING MMTC GOLD COINS
i. Federal
Bank has become the first private sector bank to start distributing gold coins
made by government-controlled Metals and Minerals Trading Corporation of India.
ii. The
Indian gold coins are of 24 karat purity and has the National Emblem of Ashok
Chakra engraved on one side and the face of Mahatma Gandhi as in currency notes
on the other.
iii. These
coins were launched by the government of India last year.
iv. The
first-ever national gold offering by the Government was launched by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi In November 2015.
4.
WORLD'S LONGEST AND HIGHEST GLASS BRIDGE TO OPEN IN CHINA
i. The
world's longest and highest glass bridge will open to visitors.
ii. The
bridge concreted with 99 panes of three-layer transparent glasses, hangs
between two steep cliffs 300 metres altitude is maintained from the ground.
iii. The
bridge has set 10 world records spanning its design and construction.
5. COURT
OF ARBITRATION FOR SPORT SUSPENDS WRESTLER NARSINGH YADAV FOR FOUR YEARS
i. The Court
of Arbitration for Sport banned wrestler Narsingh Yadav for four years
following an appeal by World Anti-Doping Agency.
ii. The CAS
also ruled to disqualify all the competitive results obtained by Narsingh from
25 June 2016.
iii. He will
not be able to participate at the Rio 2016 Olympics.
iv. In July
2016 he was tested positive for a banned substance steroid in an
out-of-competition test conducted by the National Anti-Doping Agency.
v. World
anti doping agency headquarters are situated in Lausanne, Switzerland
6. INDIAN
BADMINTON PLAYER P V SINDHU WINS SILVER IN WOMEN'S SINGLES BADMINTON EVENT AT
RIO OLYMPICS
i. Badminton
player P V Sindhu won historic silver
medal in women’s singles badminton event at Rio Olympics.
ii. She became the first Indian woman to clinch a
silver medal in Olympics.
iii. P V
Sindhu is an Indian professional badminton player.
iv. She
became the first ever Indian women's singles player to win a medal at the 2013
World Championships.
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
1. HOW MUCH IS THE AMOUNT OF CASH PRIZE FOR
“RANI LAXMI BAI AWARD”?
a. 4 lakh
b. 4.12 lakh
c. 3.11 Lakh
d. 3.13 Lakh
2. WHICH
STATE HAS ANNOUNCED RANI LAXMI BAI AWARD FOR FREESTYLE WRESTLER “SAKSHI MALIK”?
a. Uttar
Pradesh
b. Haryana
c. Rajasthan
d. Gujrat
3. NAME
THE PRIVATE SECTOR BANK WHICH HAS STARTED DISTRIBUTING GOLD COINS MADE BY
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AND CONTROLLED BY MMTCI?
a. Axis Bank
b. ICICI
Bank
c. YES Bank
d. Federal
Bank
4. WHICH
OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES HAVE MADE WORLD’S LONGEST, HIGHEST GLASS BRIDGE?
a. Japan
b. China
c. Korea
d. USA
5. WHERE
ARE THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE WORLD ANTI DOPING AGENCY LOCATED?
a. Lusanne,
Switzerland
b. New York,
USA
c. New
Delhi, India
d. Moscow,
Russia
ANSWERS:
1. C 2. A 3.
D 4. B 5.
A
