DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 26TH OCT 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 26TH OCT 2016
(Daily News India)
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1. INDIA RANKS 130 IN EASE OF DOING BUSINESS: WORLD BANK REPORT
i. According to the World Bank’s Ease of doing Business Report 2017, India now ranks 130 out of 190 countries.
ii. New Zealand has surpassed Singapore to become the easiest country in the world to do business.
iii. The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programs.

2. INDIA UP 21 PLACES IN WEF GENDER GAP REPORT: WEF
i. India has climbed 21 spots to rank 87th on the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2016.
ii. With this jump in ranking, India has now overtaken China which is ranked 99th out of 144 countries.  Iceland tops the latest rankings followed by Finland, Norway and Sweden.

3. BEATTY BECOMES FIRST US AUTHOR TO WIN MAN BOOKER PRIZE
i. Paul Beatty became the first author from the United States (US) to be awarded the Man Booker prize, for his book, 'The Sellout'.
ii. Beatty's book was awarded the 2016 prize of £50,000, in the third year since the award was opened to American writers.
iii. The Man Booker International Prize was established in 2005, biennially rewarding an author for a body of work originally written in any language as long as it was widely available in English.

4. INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY FEDERATION APPOINTS JASON MCCRACKEN AS NEW CEO
i. The International Hockey Federation has appointed New Zealand's Jason McCracken as its Chief Executive Officer.
ii. McCracken will be leaving his role as Head of Insurance and Investment Risk at banking group ANZ to take on his new post at FIH's headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.
iii. He will replace Kelly Fairweather, who is leaving for the International Tennis Federation after six years in the role.


5. KARNAL SINGH APPOINTED AS DIRECTOR OF ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE
i. Senior IPS officer Karnal Singh was appointed  as the Director of Enforcement Directorate
ii. The Directorate General of Economic Enforcement is a law enforcement agency and economic intelligence agency responsible for enforcing economic laws and fighting economic crime in India.
iii. It is a part of the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance.
6. HARYANA TO OBSERVE 2017 AS GARIB KALYAN VARSH
i. Haryana Government has decided to observe 2017 as the “Garib Kalyan Varsh”.
ii. The government would lay emphasis on welfare of poor people and generating employment opportunities for the youth.


CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS

Q1.  WHAT IS INDIA’S RANK ON THE EASE OF DOING BUSINESS INDEX, 2017?
a) 112                                            b)137
c) 127                                             d) 130
Q2.  WHAT IS INDIA’S RANK ON THE GLOBAL GENDER GAP REPORT, 2016?
a) 89th                                            b) 87th
c) 86th                                             d) 84th
Q3. WHERE IS THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM HEADQUARTER LOCATED?
a) Geneva                                      b) London
c) Paris                                           d) Washington DC
Q4.  WHO HAS WON THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016?
a) Deborah Levy                           b) Graeme Macrae Burnet
c) Paul Beatty                                d) David Szalay
Q5.  WHO IS THE NEW CEO OF INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY FEDERATION?
a) Jason McCracken                      b) Kelly Fairweather
c) Gianni Infantino                        d) Arthur Drewry
Q6.  WHO IS APPOINTED AS DIRECTOR OF ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE?
a) Om Prakash Rawat                   b) DK Gupta
c) Jayant Sinha                              d) Karnal Singh
Q7. WHICH STATE HAS DECIDED TO OBSERVE 2017 AS THE “GARIB KALYAN VARSH”?
a) Uttar Pradesh                           b) Bihar
c) Haryana                                     d) Punjab

ANSWERS:  
1- D     2- B     3- A     4- C     5- A     6- D     7- C