DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 16TH DEC 2016
(Daily News India)
Shared By: WWW.DailyGk.IN
1. PM
MODI 9TH MOST POWERFUL PERSON REPORT BY FORBES
i. Prime
minister Narendra Modi has ranked 9th on the Forbes list of 74 of the World's
Most Powerful People.
ii. The list
has topped by Russian President Vladimir Putin for a fourth straight year and
had US President-elect Donald Trump in the second place.
iii. Barack
Obama is at 48th spot.
2. 'BREXIT'
AND 'GET YOUR FREAK ON' ADDED TO OXFORD DICTIONARY
i. 'Brexit'
and 'Grexit' (hypothetical withdrawal of Greece from the EU) are among the
1,500 new words and phrases added to the Oxford English Dictionary.
ii. 'Get
your freak on' (sexual activity, especially unconventional) and 'glam-ma'
(glamorous grandmother) have also been added. 'Bomb', a surfing term for large
wave, and 'Bama', popularised by Beyoncé in Formation, are among the additions.
3. PAYTM
LAUNCHES ‘EACH ONE, TEACH ONE’ TO INCREASE DIGITAL INCLUSION
i. Paytm has
announced a program to increase the digital inclusion in the country where in
it is calling upon consumers and merchants across India to teach others on how
to use Paytm to pay and accept money.
ii. The
campaign is aimed at transforming user behaviour and further accelerating the
country’s ongoing shift from cash to digital payments.
4. RIO
GETS UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE STATUS
i. The
Marvelous City or Rio de Janeiro officially has entered into the UN’s list of
world heritage sites while UNESCO status was announced in 2012 in recognition
of its soaring granite cliffs, urban rainforest and beaches.
ii. The UN
cultural body, UNESCO given this status to Rio to highlighted the
“extraordinary fusion” of man-made and natural beauty.
5. GOVT
ANNOUNCES LUCKY GRAAHAK YOJANA FROM CHRISTMAS
i. The
Government has announced to launch a 'Lucky Graahak Yojana' and 'Digi Dhan
Yojana' to encourage digital payments.
ii. Schemes
will begin from 25th Dec till April 14, 2017.
iii. 7,000
weekly awards and a maximum award of Rs 50,000 each for merchants will be
awarded under Digi Dhan Vyapari Yojna.
6. SOCHI,
RUSSIA WON’T HOST 2017 BOBSLEIGH AND SKELETON WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
i. The
International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation has announced that Russia will not host the
2017 Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championships.
ii. The
reason cited by IBSF for this was that Russia is accused of state-sponsored
doping and IBSF wants to focus on sport rather than accusations.
7. WORLD
BANK DECLARES PAUSE TO PROTECT INDUS WATERS TREATY
i. The World
Bank Group has halted the two concurrent processes initiated by India and
Pakistan under the Indus Water Treaty.
ii. The Bank
initiated this move in order to protect the treaty.
iii. A
communication in this regard was sent by the World Bank Group President Jim
Yong Kim to finance ministers of both the countries.
8. ‘COURTS
OF INDIA – PAST TO PRESENT’ BY SUPREME COURT OF INDIA – BAR & BENCH
i. The book
titled ‘Courts of India – Past to Present’ released by the Supreme Court of
India.
ii. The book
is a comprehensive history of courts and judicial system in India.
iii. It was
authored by the Editorial Board comprises members of both the Bench and the
Bar.
