DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 07 SEP 2016
(Daily News India)
1. URJIT
PATEL TAKES OVER AS RBI GOVERNOR
i. Urjit
Patel assumed charge as the 24th
Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.
ii. He replaced
Raghuram Rajan whose 3-year term came to end on September 4.
2. INDIA
POST RELEASES COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP ON SAINT TERESA
i. The
Postal Department has released a commemorative stamp to honour the Mother
Teresa’s canonization in Mumbai.
ii. Mother Teresa
worked for the destitute in Kolkata and became a global icon of Christian
charity.
iii. Recently
she was declared a saint by Pope Francis at the Vatican.
3.
ANKASAMUDRA TO BECOME A CONSERVATION RESERVE
i. The Karnataka
State Wildlife Board has declared Ankasamudra tank in Hagari Bommanahalli taluk
as a bird conservation reserve.
ii. This is
the first bird conservation reserve declared in the entire Hyderabad-Karnataka
region.
4. GOA TO
HOST THREE-DAY BIRD FESTIVAL FROM NOV 11
i. Goa will
host a three-day bird festival from November 11 to 13 persons from both within the country and from
international countries will also participate
ii. Goa's
state bird “Bulbul” has been chosen as the logo for the festival.
5.
CANADA’S BRITISH COLUMBIA BECOMES FIRST FOREIGN GOVERNMENT TO ISSUE MASALA
BONDS
i. Canada’s
British Columbia province has become the first foreign government to issue of
masala bonds..
ii. Masala
bonds are rupee-denominated bond.
iii. It had
issued Rs 500 crore rupee denominated overseas bonds (masala bond) on the
London Stock Exchange and successfully raised $75 million.
6. KERALA
APPOINTS SACHIN AS BRAND AMBASSADOR FOR ANTI-LIQUOR CAMPAIGN
i. Legendary
Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has been appointed as brand ambassador for anti-
liquor and drug campaign by the Kerala government.
ii. Kerala
has been implementing prohibition in a phased manner since 2014
7.
ABHINAV BINDRA ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM SHOOTING
i. Abhinav
Bindra India's individual Olympic gold
medallist, has officially announced his retirement from shooting.
ii. The
Indian Olympics Association appointed Abhinav Bindra as the Goodwill Ambassador
for Rio 2016 Olympic Games Indian Contingent
8. SAKSHI
MALIK APPOINTED WRESTLING DIRECTOR OF ROHTAK UNIVERSITY
i. The
Haryana Government has announced the appointment of Rio Olympics bronze
medallist Sakshi Malik as Wrestling Director at Maharshi Dayanand University.
ii. Sakshi
malik won bronze medal in wrestling at Rio Olympics.
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
1. NAME
THE 24TH GOVERNOR OF RBI?
a. Raghuram
Rajan
b.
Urjit Patel
c. HR Khan
d. Anand
Sinha
2.
RECENTLY, WHOSE COMMEMORATIVE POSTAGE STAMP HAS BEEN RELEASED BY INDIA POST IN MUMBAI?
a. Mother
Teresa
b. Lal
Bahadur Shastri
c. Bhagat
Singh
d.
Chandrashekhar Azad
3.
“ANKASAMUDRA”, THE BIRD CONSERVATION RESERVE IS LOCATED IN WHICH OF THE
FOLLOWING STATES?
a. Andhra
Pradesh
b. Gujarat
c. Karnataka
d.
Maharastra
4. NAME
THE STATE BIRD OF GOA?
a. Sparrow
b. Koel
c. Crow
d. Bulbul
5. WHO IS
THE GOODWILL AMBASSADOR OF RIO 2016 GAMES INDIAN CONTINGENT?
a. Virendra
Singh
b. Abhinav
Bindra
c. Sania
Mirza
d. PV Sindhu
6. WHAT
AMOUNT OF RUPEE DENOMINATED BOND HAS BEEN ISSUED BY CANADA’S BRITISH COLOMBIA
GOVERNMENT ON THE LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE?
a. Rs 500Cr
b. Rs 550Cr
c. Rs 510Cr
d. Rs 520Cr
7.
RECENTLY WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING HAVE WON UNESCO LITERARY AWARD?
a. Sarv
Sikhsha Abhyan
b. Sishu
Sikhsha Scheme
c. JSS
Malappuram
d. All of
the above
ANSWERS:
1.
B 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. B 6.
A 7. C
