DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 3rd OCT 2016
(Daily News India)
1. CENTRE
GOVERNMENT CONSTITUTES INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY BOARD OF INDIA
I. The
Centre has constituted a four-member Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India
under the Chairmanship of M.S. Sahoo.
ii.Members
of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India are:
a.
Ajay Tyagi Additional Secretary, Finance
Ministry;
b.
Amardeep Singh Bhatia Joint Secretary,
Ministry of Corporate Affairs
c.
G.S. Yadav Joint Secretary, Department of
Legal Affairs
d.
Unnikrishnan Legal Advisor, Reserve Bank of
India.
e.
2. KIEREN
DSOUZA BECOMES THE FIRST INDIAN TO COMPLETE WORLD'S TOUGHEST RACE, SPARTATHLON
I.
Bengaluru's Kieren Dsouza has become the first Indian to complete the
Spartathlon.
ii.Spartathlon
is widely described as the "world's toughest race".
iii. He
completed the 246.6 km distance in the 2016 edition, in 33 hours, one minute
and 38 seconds.
3. GUJARAT
WORLD HERITAGE SITE RANI KI VAV BAGS ‘CLEANEST ICONIC PLACE’ AWARD
I. Gujarat’s
900-year-old World Heritage Site Rani ki Vav bagged an award for the “Cleanest
Iconic Place” at the Indian Sanitation Conference 2016 at Vigyan Bhavan in New
Delhi.
II. The
Archaeological Survey of India has maintained the monument and its surroundings
very well, offering clean drinking water and proper sanitation, among other
things, to tourists.
4. S
SIVAKUMAR APPOINTED AS FULL TIME MEMBER OF 21ST LAW COMMISSION OF INDIA
i.The Union
Government has appointed S. Sivakumar as a full-time Member of the 21st Law
Commission of India .
ii. Former
Supreme Court judge Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan is Chairman of the commission.
Iii.The aim
of the 21st LCI is to give major recommendations on a review of the Indian
Penal Code
5. ABU
DHABI CROWN PRINCE TO BE CHIEF GUEST ON REPUBLIC DAY IN INDIA
I. Crown
Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan will be the Chief Guest
at the Republic Day celebrations on 26 January 2017.
ii.The Crown
Prince has accepted the Indian invitation.
iii.It will
give a strong boost to the bilateral ties between the two nations in key areas
like trade and security.
CURRENT
AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
1. THE
“SPARTATHLON” IS AN ANNUAL RACE BETWEEN WHICH TWO CITIES OF GREECE?
a. Athens
& Patras
b. Athens
& Sparta
c. Volos
& Thebes
d. None of
these
2. WHO
HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE FULL TIME MEMBER OF 21ST LAW COMMISION OF
INDIA BY THE UNIO GOVERNMENT?
a. R.
Shivkumar
b. M.
Shivkumar
c. S.
Shivkumar
d. K.
Shivkumar
3. WHO
WILL BE THE CHIEF GUEST ON 2017 REPUBLIC DAY OF INDIA?
a. President
of UAE
b. President
of Russia
c. Crown
Prince of Britain
d. Crown
Prince of Abu Dhabi
4. WORLD
HERITAGE SITE “RANI KI VAV” IS SITUATED IS IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CITIES OF
GUJARAT?
a. Patan
b.
Gandhinagar
c. Surat
d. Rajkot
5. WHICH
ICONIC HERITAGE OF THE COUNTRY HAS BAGGED AN AWARD FOR THE “CLEANEST ICONIC
PLACE” AT 2016 INDIAN SANITATION CONFERENCE?
a. Taj Mahal
b. Red Fort
c. Rani ki
Vav
d. Jantar
Mantar
ANSWER
KEY
1. B
2. C
3. D
4. A
5. C
