DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 10th OCT 2016
(Daily News India)
1. UNION
POWER MINISTER ASSURES ELECTRICITY FOR ALL BY MAY 2017
i.Union
Power Minister Piyush Goyal assured that India would have 100 per cent
electrification for all by May 1, 2017.
ii. He also
launched the Urban Jyoti Abhiyaan Mobile app, developed by the state-run Power
Finance Corporation, to enhance consumer connect with the urban power
distribution sector.
2. WORLD
POST DAY OBSERVED ON 9TH OCTOBER
i. World
Post Day is celebrated each year on 9 October all over the world.
ii.The theme
for this year 2016 is Innovation, Integration and Inclusion.
3.
SPRINTER SRABANI NANDA WINS EKALABYA AWARD
i.Sprinter
Srabani Nanda has bagged the 24th Ekalabya Award for the year 2016 in
recognition of her sporting excellence.
ii. Srabani
won gold in 200m, silver in 100m and 4x100m relay in 12th South Asian Games
held in Guwahati in February.
iii. She had
also won bronze in 100m and 4x100m relay in Asian Grand Prix Athletics in
Thailand in June 2015.
4. PV SINDHU NOW BRAND AMBASSADOR OF VIZAG
STEEL
i. Rashtriya
Ispat Nigam Ltd the corporate entity of
Vizag Steel, has roped in top ranked Indian Badminton Player PV Sindhu as its
brand ambassador.
ii. She is
in the currently amongst the top 10 ranked players in the world and is the
first Indian female athlete to win the Olympic silver medal at the Rio
Olympics.
iii.She is
also the first athlete to win back-to-back medals at the World Badminton
Championships.
5. UNION
GOVERNMENT EXTENDS ANTI-DUMPING DUTY ON CERTAIN CHINESE PRODUCTS
i. The Union
Government has extended anti-dumping duty on import of certain Chinese
products, used in garment, toys and footwear manufacturing, for another five
years
ii. The
extension will protect domestic industry from the harm caused by dumping of the
cheap Chinese products.
iii.
Anti-Dumping Duty is a trade levy imposed by any government on imported
products which have prices less than their fair normal values in their domestic
market.
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON
TODAY’S NEWS
1. WHEN
WORLD POST DAY IS OBSERVED?
a. 9th
October
b. 8th
October
c. 12th
October
d. 11th
October
2. ‘PV
SINDHU’ IS RECENTLY APPOINTED AS THE BRAND AMBASSADOR OF WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING
ASSOCIATION?
a. Tata
Steel
b. Vizag
Steel
c. Make in
India
d. None of
these
3. WHO
BAGS THE TITLE OF 24TH EKALABYA AWARD FOR THE YEAR 2016?
a. PV Sindhu
b. Saniya
Mirza
c. Srabani
Nanda
d. Mary Kom
4. “URBAN
JYOTI ABHIYAAN MOBILE APP” IS LAUNCHED BY WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DEPARTMENTS?
a. Union
Finance Ministry
b. Union
Power Ministry
c. Union
Coal Ministry
d. Union
Railway Ministry
ANSWER
KEY
1. A
2. B
3. C
4. B
