DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 12TH DEC 2016
(Daily News India)
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1.
INDIA-UK CONFERENCE ON EASE OF DOING BUSINESS
i. The India-UK Conference on Ease of
Doing Business concluded in New Delhi.
ii. This conference would act as an
opportunity to enhance the strategic bilateral partnership between the two
nations.
iii. The conference was jointly
inaugurated by Ramesh Abhishek, Secretary of Ministry of Commerce and Industry
and Dominic Asquith, the British High Commissioner.
2. 28TH
EDITION OF SIMCON 2016
i. The 28th State Information Ministers
Conference was organised by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting at
Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
ii. The conference was chaired by
Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu.
iii. The aim of the conference is to promote
partnership among Centre and State, to discuss key issues in the films &
broadcasting sector.
3.
RAJENDAR KUMAR APPOINTED AS NEW CBDT MEMBER
i. Senior IRS officer Rajendra Kumar
has been appointed as the new Member of the Central Board of Direct Taxes.
ii. The Central Board of Direct Taxes
is a statutory authority functioning under the Central Board of Revenue Act,
1963. It is headquartered at New Delhi.
4. RATAN
P. WATAL SUBMITTED ITS REPORT TO FINANCE MINSTER TO BOOST DIGITAL PAYMENT
i. The committee formed by Finance
Ministry to boost Digital Payment system in India submitted its report to
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
ii. The report recommended including
those group of citizens into the digital payment system who are not well versed
with it so that they can use it for their benefit and reduce dependence on
cash.
5.
RAJASTHAN HIGH COURT STRUCKS SBCS 5% QUOTA
i. The Rajasthan High Court cancelled
the Rajasthan Special Backward Classes
reservation Act 2015 that allowed for 5% quota to Gujjars and five other
communities of the state.
ii. A division bench of justices M N
Bhandari and J K Ranka struck down the notification of October 2015 saying that
it was in violation with the 50% limit set by the Supreme Court.
iii. In September 2015, the Rajasthan
Assembly, passed separate Bills to provide five per cent reservation to Gujjars
and other communities under Special Backward Classes and 14 per cent to Economically Backward
Classes of unreserved categories.
6. IQBAL
SAYED BECOMES FIRST INDIAN TO MEDAL AT MR OLYMPIA
i. Mumbai's Iqbal Sayed became the
first Indian to win a medal at the Mr Olympia event.
7. VIRAT
KOHLI: FIRST INDIAN CAPTAIN TO SCORE THREE DOUBLE CENTURIES
i. Virat Kohli became the first Indian
to score three double hundreds in a year.
ii. There are only three batsmen who
had scored three double centuries and one batsman who has scored 4 double
centuries in a single year.
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS BASED
ON TODAY’S NEWS
1. IN
WHICH CITY THE INDIA-UK CONFERENCE ON EASE OF DOING BUSINESS WAS JOINTLY
INAUGURATED IN DECEMBER 2016?
a)
New Delhi
b) Chennai
c)
Hyderabad
d) Mumbai
2. THE
INAUGURAL SESSION OF 28TH STATE INFORMATION MINISTERS CONFERENCE, SIMCON 2016
WAS HELD IN
a)
Mumbai
b) Hyderabad
c)
New Delhi
d)
Panaji
3. NAME
THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE ON DIGITAL PAYMENTS THAT SUBMITTED ITS FINAL
REPORT TO THE FINANCE MINISTER ARUN JAITLEY IN NEW DELHI.
a)
KS Valdiya
b)
Ratan P Watal
c)
Amitabh Kant
d)
SS Mudra
4. WHO IS
THE FIRST INDIAN TO WIN A MEDAL AT THE MR. OLYMPIA AMATEUR EVENT?
a) Neeraj Kumar
b) Wasim Khan
c) Varinder Ghuman
d) Iqbal Sayed
5. WHICH
CRICKETER BECAME THE FIFTH BATSMAN IN THE WORLD TO SCORE THREE DOUBLE-HUNDREDS
IN A CALENDAR YEAR?
a)
Joe Root
b)
AB de Villiers
c)
Virat Kohli
d)
Brendon McCullum
ANSWER:
1 - A 2 - C 3
- B 4 - D 5 - C
