DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 20TH OCT 2016
(Daily News India)
1. SAINA
NEHWAL APPOINTED MEMBER OF IOC'S ATHLETES' COMMISSION
I. Indian shuttler
Saina Nehwal has been appointed as a member of the International Olympic
Committee’s
Athletes’ Commission.
II. Saina
received a letter from the IOC President Thomas Bach.
III. The IOC Athletes' Commission is a body
maintained by the International Olympic Committee for the purpose of
representing athletes.
2. PM
MODI LAUNCHES NATIONAL HUB FOR SC/ST ENTREPRENEURS IN LUDHIANA
I. Prime
Minister Narendra Modi has launched
national Schedule Castes/Schedule Tribes hub in Ludhiana.
II. The
SC/ST hub aims to facilitate technology knowhow to reserved categories and
increasing procurement by public and government units from SC/ST industrial
units from existing 0.4% to 4%.
3. RUSSIA
TO LEASE ANOTHER NUCLEAR-POWERED SUBMARINE TO INDIA
I. Russia
has signed an agreement with India to lease out a second Russian Akula-2 class
nuclear-powered submarine to the Indian Navy.
II. The
attack submarine will arrive in Indian waters in 2020-21.
III. The
lease agreement was signed between PM Narendra Modi and Russian President
Vladimir Putin during the BRICS Summit in Goa.
4. INDIAN
WRESTLERS WIN FOUR MEDALS AT 2016 TAFISA WORLD GAMES
I. Four
Indian wrestlers have won four medals individually including a gold medal, at
the sixth
edition of
the TAFISA World Games held in Jakarta, Indonesia.
II. Wrestler
Dalmiya won gold medal in 60kg category.
III. Luv
Singh won the silver medal in the 80 kg category.
iv. Naveen
Kumar won the bronze medal in 90 Kg category.
IV. Josil
won the bronze medal in the super heavyweight category
5. GEETA PHOGAT
APPOINTED DSP IN HARYANA POLICE
I. Haryana
Government has appointed international woman wrestler Geeta Phogat as a Deputy
Superintendent of Police in Haryana Police.
II. Geeta
Phogat is a female wrestler from India who won India's first ever gold medal in
women's wrestling in the 55 kg freestyle category at the 2010 Commonwealth
Games
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED
ON TODAY’S NEWS
1. NAME
THE PRESIDENT OF INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE?
a. Thomas
Bach
b. Thomas
Han
c. Thomas
Jap
d. Thomas
John
2. WHERE
ARE THE HEADQUARTERS OF INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE?
a. Geneva
b. Basel
c. Lausanne
d. Sydney
3. WHERE
ARE THE 6TH TAFISA WORLD GAMES HELD AT?
a.
Singapore, Malaysia
b. Jakarta,
Indonesia
c.
Beijing,China
d. New
Delhi, India
4. WHAT
IS THE CURRENCY OF RUSSIA?
a. Pound
b. Dollar
c. Dinar
d. Ruble
5. WHO
AMONG OF THE FOLLOWING ARE APPOINTED AS THE MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC
COMMITTEE’S ATHLETES COMMISSION?
a. Sania
Nehwal
b. Geeta
Phogat
c. Dipika
Pallikar
d. Mary Kom
ANSWERS:
1. A 2.
C 3. B 4.
D 5. A
