DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 15TH JAN 2017
(Daily News India)
1. PONGAL
BEING CELEBRATED WITH TRADITIONAL GAIETY IN TAMIL NADU
i. Pongal
the harvest festival is being celebrated in Tamil Nadu with traditional gaiety
and grandeur.
ii. The
whole State especially the rural areas is having a festive look to celebrate
Pongal.
iii. For as
long as people have been planting and gathering food, there has been some form
of harvest festival.
2. KERALA
LAUNCHED ITS FIRST SOLAR POWERED BOAT ADITYA
i. The CM of
Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the first solar-powered boat of the state
water transport department, Aditya at a function held in Vaikom boat Jetty in
Kerala.
ii. Piyush
Goyal, Minister of State with independent charge for New & Renewable
Energy, Solar Powered boat was the chief
guest.
3. 4TH
INTERNATIONAL KITE FESTIVAL BEGINS IN NEW DELHI
i. Fourth
International Kite Festival begins in New Delhi .
ii.
Professional kite flying experts from across India and the globe are taking
part in the three-day festival.
iii. A
special kite making demonstration will also be organized where professional
kite flyers will showcase their expertise and demonstrate the art of kite
making.
4. 69TH
ARMY DAY BEING OBSERVED ON 15TH JANUARY
i. The
Indian Army celebrated its 69th Army Day. The day is celebrated every year on
January 15 to respect the Lieutenant General of India, K. M. Cariappa who was
the first Indian Army’s Commander-in-Chief.
ii. Large
number of serving, veteran and civil dignitaries paid homage to martyrs at the
Vijay Smarak. To mark the day, Army Parade was organised in New Delhi.
5. SEBI
CUTS BROKER FEES BY 25 % TO RS 15 PER TRANSACTION
i.
Securities and Exchange Board of India has decided to lower broker fees by 25 %
to 15 rupees per transaction of one crore rupees as part of calibration of
various other fees collected by the regulator from different market
intermediaries.
ii. It also
decided to give an option to all market intermediaries and companies to make
their regulatory payments in digital mode.
6. RAJEEV
SINGH TO TAKE CHARGE AS INTERIM CEO OF PRASAR BHARTI
i. Rajeev
Singh, Member in Prasar Bharati Board, will take charge as interim CEO of the
public broadcaster after S C Panda retires.
ii. The
previous CEO Jawhar Sircar had quit in October last year, a few months before
his tenure was due to end.
7.
SHATRUGHAN SINHA HONOURED WITH THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IN 62ND FILMFARE Awards
i.
Shatrughan Sinha was presented the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 62nd Jio
Filmfare Awards 2017.
ii. The
award, which is his first Filmfare, was presented to him by daughter and
actress Sonakshi Sinha.
8.
FILMFARE AWARDS 2017: DANGAL, AAMIR KHAN, ALIA BHATT BAG TOP HONOUR THIS YEAR
i. At the
glittering Filmfare awards night, "Dangal" swept away three of four
major awards - Best Film, Aamir Khan won Best Actor and Nitesh Tiwari won Best
Director award while Alia Bhatt won the Filmfare Best Actor Award (Female) for
her performance in "Udta Punjab".
9. MADHYA
PRADESH LAUNCHES DIGITAL DAKIYA SCHEME FOR DIGITAL LITERACY
i. Madhya
Pradesh government inaugurated a first of its kind scheme of the country,
“Digital Dakiya” in Indore to encourage cashless transaction in the state.
ii .Under
this scheme, a Digital Postman referred as Digital Dakiya would visit door to
door in both rural and urban areas to train households about digitized
transactions.
iii. The
scheme was inaugurated by the State Finance Minister Jayant Malliya. State
government will provide Identity cards to the volunteers deployed in this
programme.
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS BASED
ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1. IN
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING CITIES IS THE 3-DAY INTERNATIONAL KITE FESTIVAL 2017
ORGANIZED?
a) Mumbai
b) Patna
c) Lucknow
d) New Delhi
Q2. WHICH
STATE HAS LAUNCHED DIGITAL DAKIYA SCHEME TO ENCOURAGE DIGITAL LITERACY IN THE
STATE?
a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Bihar
d) Himachal Pradesh
Q3. HOW
MUCH % HAS THE SEBI LOWERED THE BROKERS FEES TO REDUCE THE OVERALL COST OF
TRANSACTION?
a) 25 Percent
b) 10 Percent
c) 15 Percent
d) 20 Percent
Q4. WHO
HAS WON THE BEST DIRECTOR AWARD AT THE 62ND FILMFARE AWARDS 2017?
a) Shakun Batra
b) Nitesh Tiwari
c) Abhishek Chaubey
d) Karan Johar
Q5. THE
INDIAN ARMY DAY IS CELEBRATED ON?
a) January 11
b) January 13
c) January 15
d) January 8
ANSWER:
1 - D 2
- B 3 - A 4 - B 5 - C
