DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 4TH NOV 2016
(Daily News India)
1. PARIS
CLIMATE AGREEMENT BECOMES INTERNATIONAL LAW
i. The Paris Agreement officially
entered into force on 4 November 2016 and decklared as international law.
ii. The agreement deals with greenhouse
gases emissions mitigation, adaptation and finance.
iii. The Paris Agreement’s entry into
force comes a month after countries representing 55% of the world’s emissions
committed to joining the deal.
iv. 192 states and the European Union
have signed the Agreement.
2. GST
COUNCIL APPROVES 4-TIER RATE AT 5%, 12%, 18% AND 28%
i. GST Council approved a four-tier GST
tax structure of 5%, 12%, 18% and 28%, with lower rates for essential items and
the highest for luxury and de-merits goods that would also attract an
additional cess.
ii. Goods and Services Tax is a
proposed system of indirect taxation in India merging most of the existing
taxes into single system of taxation.
3. INDIA
TO HOST 7TH SESSION OF COP7 ON TOBACCO CONTROL FROM NOV 7-12
i. 7th Session of the Conference of
Parties to WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco
Control will be held from november 7th
to 12th at Greater Noida.
4. YOUNG
INDIAN LAWYER GETS ELECTED INTO UN'S TOP BODY OF LEGAL EXPERTS
i. An Indian lawyer won an election in
the United Nations General Assembly for membership to the world body's top body
of legal experts.
ii. 33-year-old Aniruddha Rajput is
among the 34 individuals elected by the General Assembly as members of the
International Law Commission.
5. MINISTER
OF RAILWAYS INAUGURATES INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DECARBONISATION OF INDIAN
RAILWAYS IN NEW DELHI
i. Minister of Railways Shri Suresh
Prabhakar Prabhu has inaugurated the International Conference on
Decarbonisation of Indian Railways – Mission Electrification in New Delhi on
November 3, 2016.
ii. It was organised by Institution of
Railways Electrical Engineer (IREE) in partnership with ASSOCHAM India.
6. FORMER
J&K DEPUTY CHIEF MINISTER PASSES AWAY
i. Former Jammu and Kashmir Deputy
Chief Minister Mangat Ram Sharma died on 03 November 2016, after a prolonged
illness.
ii. He was 85 years old.
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED
ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1. NAME
THE FORMER CM OF J&K WHO DIED RECENTLY?
a. Mangat Ram
b. Suresh Kumar
c. Santosh Khanna
d. Ashish Bhardwaj
Q2. NAME THE PLACE WHERE CONFERENCE ON DECARBONISATION OF INDIAN
RAILWAYS INAUGURATED?
a. Mumbai
b. New Delhi
c. Gujrat
d. Kerela
Q3. NAME
THE INDIAN LAWYER ELECTED TO UN’S TOP BODY OF LEGAL EXPERTS?
a. Arjun Kapor
b. Anisudha Rajput
c. Ravi Karmakar
d. Sanjay Bansal
Q4. NAME THE COUNTRY THAT RECENTLY SIGNED PARIS CLIMATE SUMMIT?
a. Iran
b. Brazil
c. UK
d. USA
Q5. NAME THE WORLD’S MOST POLLUTING CITY?
a. Zabol
b. Delhi
c. Bejing
d. Patna
ANSWERS:
1. A 2. B 3.
B 4. D 5.
A
