DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 24TH JAN 2017
(Daily News India)
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1.
NATIONAL GIRL CHILD DAY TO BE CELEBRATED ON 24 JANUARY
i. National Girl Child Day will be
celebrated at a special function in New Delhi in view of exemplary achievements
by nation's daughters during last year.
ii. They presented commendable
performance at the Olympics and Paralympics besides historic induction of the
first batch of female fighter pilots into the Indian Air Force.
iii. Minister of State Krishna Raj and
Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi will be addressing the
audience.
iv. The occasion shall be marked by
release of National Plan of Action for Children 2016. 10 districts under the
'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' scheme for their exemplary performance will also be
felicitated.
2. T-HUB
LAUNCHES ‘GIS INNOVATION HUB’ POWERED BY ESRI INDIA
i. T-Hub, the start-up engine
catalysing innovation, announced the launch of ‘GIS Innovation Hub’ for
start-ups.
ii. The GIH is powered by Esri India,
the Geographic Information System software and solutions provider. The facility
was inaugurated by Jack Dangermond, Co-founder, President and CEO of Esri Inc.
3. STAMP
COVER ON SINDHU, DIPA AND SAKSHI RELEASED BY POSTAL DEPARTMENT
i. The postal department of India
released a special stamp cover titled Golden girls of India – Pride of Nation
during a district-level philatelic exhibition in Agartala to honor the sports
personalities in the country.
ii. The special covers feature the 2016
Olympic medalist gymnast shuttler PV Sindu, wrestler Sakshi Malik and Dipa
Karmakar. They were also awarded the nation’s highest sports award Rajiv Gandhi
Khel Ratna in 2016.
iii. The cover also depicted the image
of Dipa’s coach Bishweshwar Nandi who was awarded the 2016 Dronacharya award.
4. N.K.
SINGH COMMITTEE ON FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND BUDGET MANAGEMENT PRESENTS ITS REPORT TO THE UNION FINANCE MINISTER
SHRI ARUN JAITLEY
i. The Fiscal Responsibility and Budget
Management Committee under the chairmanship of Shri N.K. Singh, former Revenue
and Expenditure Secretary and former Member of Parliament presented its Report
to the Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley in New Delhi.
ii. The Committee was constituted by
the Union Cabinet in May 2016 to review the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget
Management Act.
iii. The Committee had wide-ranging
Terms of Reference to review the existing FRBM Act based on the past outcomes,
best international practices, global economic developments and to recommend the
future fiscal framework and roadmap for the country.
iv. Other members of the committee
include, Shri Sumit Bose, former Finance Secretary, Dr. Urjit R. Patel,
Governor, Reserve Bank of India, Dr. Rathin Roy, Director, National Institute
of Public Finance & Policy and Dr. Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic
Adviser.
5. KYOTO
PROTOCOL: GOVT GIVES NOD TO RATIFY SECOND COMMITMENT PERIOD
i. The Centre gave its nod to ratify
the 2nd commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol that commits countries to
contain the emission of greenhouse gases.
ii. The Cabinet chaired by PM Narendra
Modi gave its approval to ratify the 2nd commitment period of the international
treaty, which was adopted by nations in 2012. 65 countries have ratified the
2nd commitment period.
6. VODAFONE
TO INVEST RS 3,000 CR IN WEST BENGAL IN NEXT 3 YEARS
i. Vodafone India signed an MoU with
the West Bengal government to invest Rs 3,000 cr for capacity augmentation and
new business initiatives over next 3 years.
ii. The MoU signed on the sidelines of
Bengal Global Business Summit 2017 to improve Vodafone’s leadership position in
the state by offering customers a SuperNet experience through enhanced network.
7. NEW
UNIVERSAL RAIL MILL WORTH RS. 1200 CR INAUGURATED IN BHILAI STEEL PLANT
i. Moving towards the Make in India
initiative, the Steel Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh inaugurated the new
Universal Rail Mill at Bhilai Steel Plant of Steel Authority of India Ltd and
flagged off the mills first and world’s longest single rail of 130 meters from
the new Universal Rail Mill.
ii. URM established at a cost of about
Rs 1200 crore. It will take BSP’s total capacity to produce rails at 2.0
million tons per annum.This will be the largest rail production capacity in any
single location for a plant world over.
8. DELHI
AIRPORT WINS AWARD FOR CSR
i. The Delhi International Airport Pvt.
Limited has won the ‘Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility
in the transportation sector under the Aviation category for the year 2016.
ii. Delhi Airport has also been
adjudged the world’s number one airport in ACI ASQ survey in 25- 40 Million
Passengers Per Annum category for 2 consecutive years - 2014 and 2015.
9. VIRAT
BECOMES FASTEST BATSMAN TO SCORE 1000 RUNS AS ODI CAPTAIN
i. Virat Kohli became the fastest
batsman in the world to score 1,000 runs as captain in One-Day Internationals
in the third ODI against England at the Eden Gardens.
ii. Virat took 17 innings to reach the
landmark, breaking the earlier record set by South Africa’s AB de Villiers
which was achieved in 18 innings.
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS BASED
ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1. THE
NATIONAL GIRL CHILD DAY IS CELEBRATED ON WHICH DAY?
a)
January 25
b)
January 22
c)
January 23
d)
January 24
Q2. WHICH
COMMITTEE HAS RECENTLY SUBMITTED REPORT ON FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND BUDGET
MANAGEMENT ACT TO THE UNION GOVERNMENT?
a)
H Devaraj committee
b)
N K Singh committee
c)
H R Khan committee
d)
N R Madhav committee
Q3. WHO
OF THE FOLLOWING BECAME FASTEST BATSMAN TO SCORE 1000 RUNS AS ODI CAPTAIN?
a)
Virat Kohli
b)
Steve Smith
c)
Eoin Morgan
d)
Kane Williamson
Q4. WHICH
AIRPORT HAS WON THE ‘GOLDEN PEACOCK AWARD FOR CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
IN THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR?
a)
Kochi Airport
b)
Mumbai Airport
c)
Delhi Airport
d)
Tirupati Airport
ANSWER:
1 - D 2 - B 3 - A 4 - C
