DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 10TH JAN 2017
(Daily News India)
1.
TAMIL NADU BECOMES 21ST STATE TO JOIN UDAY
i. The Tamil Nadu
Government signed an MoU with the Ministry of Power to join the Ujwal DISCOM
Assurance Yojana scheme which aims at reviving the financial turnaround of debt
stressed electricity distribution companies of India. With the agreement Tamil
Nadu has become the 21st state to join UDAY scheme.
ii. Tamil Nadu’s discom
TANGEDCO, would save around Rs 11,000 crore by 2019 under UDAY by saving
interest cost, interventions in energy efficiency, reduction in AT&C and transmission
losses, coal reforms etc. The state will take over 75 per cent of Rs 30,420
crore debt of TANGEDCO.
iii. Under the scheme the
balance debt is also issued as state guaranteed discom bonds, at coupon rates
around 3-4 per cent less than the average existing interest rate.
2.
9TH JAIPUR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL BEGINS IN JAIPUR
i. The 9th edition of the
world’s fastest growing film festival, Jaipur International Film Festival began
on 7 January 2017 and will conclude on January 11, 2017 at the Golcha Cinema in
Jaipur, Rajasthan.
ii. The five-day event
aims to promote emerging directors, as well as encourage the exchange of
knowledge, information, ideas and culture between India and the participating
nations.
iii. A Committee headed
by noted film director Shaji N Karun has selected internationally acclaimed
cine-visionary Ramesh Prasad for the Life Time Achievement award at the JIFF.
3.
ANDHRA PRADESH ORGANIZES ITS FIRST DIGI DHAN MELA
i. The first Digi Dhan
Mela in the state of Andhra Pradesh was launched by the Urban Development and
Information Broadcasting M. Venkaiah Naidu along with Andhra Pradesh CM N.
Chandrababu Naidu in Vijayawada at the Indira Gandhi Municipal Stadium.
ii. The two-day event to
be concluded on January 10, 2107 emphasized on teaching the people about the
digital payment system like Internet, Debit cards, Credit cards, E-Wallet and
other modes to encourage the cashless transactions.
4.
RAJNATH SINGH LAYS THE FOUNDATION STONE FOR NEW NDRF CAMPUS
i. Union Home Minister
Rajnath Singh laid the foundation stone for the construction of a new campus of
the National Disaster Response Force at Kondapavuluru village of Gannavaram
mandal in Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh.
ii. The campus would
consist of world class training centre, dormitories, administrative block,
residential area, swimming pool, helipad, play ground, guest house, quarters
for officials, vehicle depot, training centre, school and other facilities.
iii. 10th Battalion NDRF
is responsible for providing rescue operation during natural calamities,
accidents, cyclones and floods in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka.
5.
ASSAM GOVT COMES UP WITH E-WALLET
i. The Assam government
will be shortly launching its indigenously-developed e-Wallet, Tokapoisa.in.
ii. Its main aim is to
enable the people of the state for hassle-free online transactions in local
language.
iii. The mobile
application Tokapoisa.in has been developed by the Assam Electronics
Development Corp. Ltd. Besides being an e-Wallet, it will be a virtual payment
terminal.
6.
HDFC BANK LAUNCHES HUMANOID ROBOT IRA
i. India’s second largest
private sector lender HDFC Bank has launched a human shaped robot named IRA at
its Mumbai branch to help the assist the customers in banking activities.
ii. IRA which stands for
Intelligent Robotic Assistant aims to provide smoother customer service,
employee assistance, marketing, and automate the banking process. Depending on
customer reaction the Bank would install more such robots across its branches
in the country.
iv. The bank launched the
second edition of its Digital Innovation Summit on the occasion.
7.
JAIPUR TO BE NEXT DESTINATION FOR STARTUPS AFTER BENGALURU
i. The state government
of Rajasthan led by CM Vasundhara Raje has collaborated with the American MNC
Cisco to develop the state capital Jaipur as the second startup destination
after Bengaluru.
ii. The joint programme,
Jaipur Lighthouse City programme, would comprise of series of initiatives for
the digial transformation of the state.
iii. The main focus of
the initiative would be the girls. The state government and Cisco will focus on
training the girls in information and communication technology. For this
purpose the networking giant would set up video-enabled digital classrooms in
women colleges covering 10,000 women students in both rural and urban areas in
one year.
8.
LA LA LAND WINS RECORD 7 AWARDS AT GOLDEN GLOBES
i. The 74th Annual Golden
Globe Awards ceremony was organized at Beverly Hills, California, United
States.
ii. La La Land, an
American romantic musical comedy-drama film, broke the record at the 74th
Golden Globe Awards winning in every category of award it was nominated.
iii. The movie won all
seven awards including best musical or comedy film, best director, screenplay,
score and song along with the actors of the film.
iv. Veteran actress Meryl
Streep was bestowed with the Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award.
9.
AMITABH BACHCHAN AWARDED BY US EMBASSY FOR TB AWARENESS
i. The Bollywood Actor
Amitabh Bachchan was honoured by the US Embassy for his immense contribution to
the India-US partnership on tuberculosis.
ii. The award was presented
by US Ambassador to India Richard R Verma to the 74-year-old actor, who himself
was diagnosed TB in 2000.
iii. The US and Indian
government has been working for over 20 years on tuberculosis.
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS BASED
ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1.
WHO HAS BEEN ACCLAIMED FOR THE LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD AT THE 9TH JAIPUR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL?
a) Abbas Rafei
b) Narges Abyar
c) Ramesh Prasad
d) Sadegh Daghighi
Q2.
IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CITIES OF ANDHRA PRADESH WAS THE FIRST DIGI DHAM MELA
OF THE STATE ORGANIZED?
a) Amaravati
b) Vijaywada
c) Tirupati
d) Nellore
Q3.
IN WHICH DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH IS THE NEW CAMPUS FOR THE NATIONAL DISASTER
RESPONSE FORCE’S 10TH BATTALION BEING BUILT?
a) Visakhapatnam
b) Guntur
c) Vizianagaram
d) Assam
Q4.
WHICH STATE HAS LAUNCHED ITS OWN E-WALLET TOKAPOISA.IN TO ENABLE THE RESIDENTS
PERFORM DIGITAL TRANSACTION?
a) Assam
b) Arunachal Pradesh
c) West Bengal
d) Sikkim
Q5.
WHICH BANK HAS INTRODUCED A HUMANOID ROBOT IRA FOR EASY SERVICE TO CUSTOMERS?
a) Andhra Bank
b) Citi Bank
c) HDFC Bank
d) ICICI Bank
ANSWER:
1 - C 2 - B 3 - D 4
- A 5 - C
