DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 6 DEC
1.
International Volunteer Day – 5 December
i. The International Volunteer Day was
observed across the world with the theme Global Applause– give volunteers a
hand.
ii. This year's theme recognizes the
volunteers worldwide and their efforts in making peace and sustainable
development a reality.
iii. The Day was designated in 1985 by the
United Nations as an international observance day to celebrate the power and
potential of volunteerism.
2.
World Soil Day 2016 – 5 December
i. The World Soil Day was observed at the
Food and Agriculture Organization headquarters in Rome.
ii. The theme for the WSD is “Soils and
pulses, a symbiosis for life.”
iii. The year 2016 was declared as the
International Year of Pulses by 68th UN General Assembly.
3. The
6th Ministerial Conference of Heart of Asia
i. The 6th Ministerial Conference of the
Heart of Asia - Istanbul Process concluded on after adopting the Amritsar
Declaration. The declaration recognised terrorism as the biggest threat to
peace and demands an immediate end to all forms of terrorism.
ii. The Conference was co-chaired by Arun
Jaitley, Union Finance Minister and Salahuddin Rabbani, Minister of Foreign
Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
iii. The Sixth Ministerial Conference was
inaugurated by Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, President of Afghanistan and Narendra
Modi, Prime Minister of India.
4. RBI
to issue new Rs 50 & Rs 20 currency notes
i . The Reserve Bank of India announced to
issue Rs 50 and Rs 20 denomination banknotes.
ii. The old Rs 50 and Rs 20 notes will also
continue to be legal tender.
Features
of Rs 50 denomination banknotes
• These notes of the Mahatma Gandhi
Series-2005 will not have inset letter in both the number panels.
• It will bear the signature of Dr Urjit R
Patel, Governor of Reserve Bank of India.
• The year of printing that is '2016' will be
printed on the reverse of the banknote.
Features
of Rs 20 denomination banknotes
• The new Rs 20 denomination currency notes will
be printed with inset letter ‘L’ in both the number panels.
• It will bear the signature of Dr Urjit R
Patel, Governor of Reserve Bank of India.
• The year of printing '2016' will be printed
on the backside of the banknote.
5.
Narendra Modi won reader’s poll for the TIME Person of the Year
i. Indian
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the winner of online reader’s poll for the
TIME ‘Person of the Year 2016’.
ii. Among the total votes cast, 18 percent
went to Modi, which is almost two times more than the percentage of yes votes
received by U.S President Barack Obama.
iii. The Indian elected head was also way
ahead of U.S presidential nominee Hillary Clinton who received 4 percent votes
and the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, who just received 2 percent votes
in his favour.
7.
Srinidhi Shetty - Miss Supranational
i. Srinidhi Shetty, a girl from Mangalore,
was crowned Miss Supranational 2016. She was crowned at a ceremony held in
Krynica Zdroj, Poland.
ii. India became the first country to win
Miss Supranational twice in three years.
8.
Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa passes away
i. Chief
Minister of Tamil Nadu, J Jayalalithaa passed away on 5 December 2016.
About
Jayalalitha
• In the 1980s, she was made the propaganda
secretary of AIADMK by founder-leader MG Ramachandran
• She entered the Rajya Sabha in 1984
• In 1989, she was elected to the Tamil Nadu
assembly for the first time after which she became the Chief Minister of the
state in 1991
• She is the second female chief minister of
Tamil Nadu after Janaki Ramachandran
• She is called Amma (Mother) and Puratchi
Thalaivi (Revolutionary Leader) by her followers.
• Before starting her political career, she
acted in over 100 movies mostly in Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. She also acted in few Hindi and English
films.
9. B
S Bhullar appointed Chief of Directorate General of Civil Aviation
i. Senior IAS officer B.S. Bhullar was appointed the Chief of the Directorate
General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).
ii. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation
is the Indian governmental regulatory body for civil aviation under the
Ministry of Civil Aviation.
iii. It is headquartered in New Delhi.
10.
O Panneerselvam sworn-in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
i. O Panneerselvam was sworn-in as the Chief
Minister of Tamil Nadu on 5 December 2016. He succeeded AIADMK supremo and
former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister who
died at the Apollo Hospital.
ii. Governor Ch. Vidyasagar Rao administered
the oath of office and secrecy for Panneerselvam
iii. This was Panneerselvam’s third
swearing-in as Chief Minister. Earlier, he had served Tamil Nadu as its Chief
Minster, during 2001-02 and 2014-15, after Jayalalithaa was unseated by the
courts.
OBJECTIVE
QUESTIONS BASED ON TODAY’S CURRENT AFFAIRS
1. Who was recently appointed as the Chief of
the Directorate General of Civil Aviation?
a) Pashupati Ashok Gajapathi
b) B.S. Bhullar
c) M Sathiyavathy
d) None of the above
2. Who won 2016 Miss Supranational title?
a) Yamaha
Fascino
b) Geljana Elmasllari
c) Stephania Stegman
d) Srinidhi Shetty
3. What is the theme of 2016 Heart of Asia
(HoA) ministerial conference?
a) Connect world with harmony
b) Addressing challenges, achieving
prosperity
c) E-connectivity for prosperity
d) Peace: Priority for all
4. Who was sworn-in as the Chief Minister of
Tamil Nadu in December 2016?
a) Edappadi K Palaniswami
b) E Madhusoothanan
c) O Panneerselvam
d) Sasikala
5. J. Jayalalitha, who passed away, recently,
was the former chief Minister of which of the following states?
a) Telangana
b) Tamil Nadu
c) Gujrat
d) Andhra Pradesh
ANSWER: 1- B 2 – D 3 – B
4 – C 5 - B
