DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 03 SEP 2016
(Daily News India)
1. MICHEL
TEMER SWORN IN AS NEW BRAZIL PRESIDENT
i. Michel
Temer former vice president of Brazil has been sworn in as the country's new
president
ii. He will
replace ve Dilma Rousseff former President of Brazil.
2. ASHOK
CHAWLA IS NEW CHANCELLOR AT TERI UNIVERSITY
i. The
Energy and Resources Institute has appointed former Finance Secretary Ashok Chawla
as the new Chancellor of Teri university.
ii. The
former Teri chancellor R.K. Pachauri was accused of sexually harassing a female
colleague in 2015 is replaced.
3. BRICS
CONVENTION ON TOURISM TO BEGIN TODAY
i. The
two-day long "BRICS Convention on Tourism" has been started at world
heritage site Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh.
ii. Union
Culture Mahesh Sharma will inaugurate the convention.
iii. Delegations
from the BRICS countries India, Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa will
participate in it.
4. SUDARSAN
PATTNAIK HONOURED WITH PRIZE IN MOSCOW SAND ART SHOW
i. India's
Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the people's choice prize for his sand
sculpture.
ii. The
sculpture titled "Mahatma Gandhi - World Peace" is unvield at Moscow
Sand Sculpture Championship 2016.
iii.
Sudarsan has already won a gold medal for the 15-foot-high sculpture.
5. PRESIDENT
OF EGYPT TO ARRIVE ON THREE-DAY VISIT TO INDIA TODAY
i. President
of Egypt, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, is going to visit India today.
ii. He will
be accompanied by a high-level delegation comprising Ministers, officials and
business leaders.
6. ARMY
DESIGN BUREAU FORMED TO REDUCE DEPENDENCE ON IMPORTS
i. Indian
Army announced establishment of the Army
Design Bureau to indigenise procurements
and reduce import dependence.
ii. The ADDB
will facilitate the weapons and technology building efforts between the Defence
Research & Development Organisation
industry and the army.
iii. The
bureau is established during seminar on ‘Make in India.
7. GUINNESS
WORLD RECORDS DECLARE MAJULI AS THE LARGEST RIVER ISLAND
i. The
Guinness World Records declared Assam's
Majuli as the largest river island in the world.
ii. The
island is located in the Brahmaputra River.
iii. Majuli
had a total area of 1250 square kilometres at the beginning of the 20th
century. However, it had lost significantly to erosion.
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
1.
“MICHEL TEMER”, THE NEW PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL SUCCEEDED WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING?
a. Dilma
Rousseff
b. Dilma
Dalmai
c. Dezuza
Rousseff
d. Dilma
Dalai
2. WHO
WILL INAUGURATE “BRICS CONVENTION ON TOURISM “ AT WORLD HERITAGE SITE KHAJURAHO
IN MADHYA PRADESH?
a. Narendra
Modi
b. Pranab
Mukherjhee
c. Mahesh
Sharma
d. Suresh
Prabhu
3. NAME
THE SAND SCULPTURE FOR WHICH SURESH PATTNAIK HAS BEEN HONOURED WITH PEOPLE’S CHOICE
PRIZE IN MOSCOW?
a. Indira
Gandhi- World Peace
b. Mahatma
Gandhi- World Peace
c. Narendra
Modi- Make in India
d. Mother
Teresa- World Peace
4. WHAT
IS THE CURRENCY OF EGYPT?
a. Ringitt
b. Krone
c. Dollar
d. Pound
5. RIVER
MAJULI FLOWS THROUGH WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATES OF INDIA?
a. Assam
b. West
Bengal
c. Bihar
d. Tripura
ANSWERS:
1. A 2.
C 3. B 4.
D 5. A
