DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 1ST APR 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
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1.
INDIA BECOMES ASSOCIATE MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY
i. India, the world’s
3rd-largest oil consumer has now joined International Energy Agency as an
associate member. India’s entry into this elite energy group was jointly
announced by Mr. Fatih Birol, IEA executive director, Petroleum and Natural Gas
Minister Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan and Minister of State (I/C) for Power, Coal,
New and Renewable Energy and Mines, Mr. Piyush Goyal.
ii. With India’s
inclusion, IEA now has 70% of world’s energy consumption under its ambit.
2.
GUJARAT ASSEMBLY PASSES GUJARAT ANIMAL PRESERVATION (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2017
i. Gujarat State Assembly
passed Gujarat Animal Preservation (Amendment) Bill, 2017 that amends the
existing Gujarat Animal Preservation Act, 1954.
ii. This amendment bill
is aimed at adopting stringent measure for stopping illegal slaughter of
animals protected by the law.
3.
CHHATTISGARH GOVERNMENT IMPLEMENTS 7TH PAY COMMISSION FOR STATE EMPLOYEES FROM
APRIL 2017
i. The state government
of Chhattisgarh has announced to implement the 7th Central Pay Commission for
the state government employees from April 1, 2017, the beginning of new
financial year.
ii. The announcement of
the 7th pay commission was made by Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Raman Singh.
iii. The implementation
is expected to benefit 2.5 lakh state government employees with hiked payment.
iv. Haryana was the 1st
state to implement the 7th Central Pay Commission to give the benefit of hiked
pay to its employees with effect from January 1, 2016.
v. The state government
also announced to increase the salary of managers of Primary Minor Forest
Produce Cooperative Societies by 25%. Thus it would become Rs 12,500 per month
from existing Rs. 10,000 per month.
vi. Among other things,
Prabandhak Kalyan Nidhi was also announced to be set up for them and their families.
4.
TURKEY CONCLUDES MILITARY OPERATION “EUPHRATES SHIELD” IN NORTHERN SYRIA
i. The military operation
under the name “Euphrates Shield” undertaken by the Turkish troops in northern
Syria about 7 months ago for national security, finally concluded on March 29.
ii. The announcement
regarding this was made by Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s President.
iii. The PM of Turkey,
Binali Yildirim, has said that, though the operations was completed but in
future many more such operations are likely to be undertaken with different
names.
iv. Turkey aimed to
secure Turkish Syrian border security against ISIS terrorist group and enable
the Syrian refugees to return to their home.
v. Operation Euphrates
Shield began by Turkish troops and Turkey-backed Syrian (Free Syrian Army)
rebels to drive away Islamic State jihadists and Syrian Kurdish militia
fighters from a 100km stretch of the border that Turkey controls in northern
Syria.
vi. The operation also
aimed to prevent the Kurdish Popular Protection Units to acquire any more area
in northern Syria.Turkey believes that Kurdish Popular Protection Units is a
terrorist organization.
5.
GOVERNMENT LAUNCHED TWO MOBILE APPS- ECHALLAN AND MPARIVAHAN
i. The government has
launched 2 mobile apps, echallan and mParivahan, that provide access to various
services and information, and enable citizens to report any traffic violation
or road accident.
ii. 'mParivahan' is an
empowering app for the citizen which provides access to various services,
information and utilities related to the transport sector.
iii. 'eChallan' is an
integrated enforcement solution to manage traffic violations.
6.
ASIAN HOCKEY PLAYER OF YEAR – S.V SUNIL AND HARMANPREET SINGH IN AWARDEES LIST
i. Asian Hockey
Federation named SV Sunil as the Asian Player of the Year 2016 and Harmanpreet
Singh as Asian Promising Player of the Year 2016 (Junior team).
ii. The nominations for
these awards were made by coaches of the national teams across Asia and the
criteria of nomination were based on the performance in the previous year.
7.
VANAJA N SARNA APPOINTED NEW CHAIRMAN OF CENTRAL BOARD OF EXCISE AND CUSTOMS
i. Senior bureaucrat,
Vanaja N. Sarna, has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Central Board of
Excise and Customs.
ii. She is taking over
Shri Najib Shah upon his superannuation on March 31.
iii. Her appointed was
confirmed by the Appointments Committee of Cabinet chaired by PM Narendra Modi.
iv. Prior to this, the
1980 batch officer of IRS (Customs and Central Excise) served Member
(Administration) in the CBEC.
v. Before this, Sarna was
the Director General of Vigilance and Chief Vigilance Officer of the
Department.
vi. She has also served
as an additional Director General, National Academy of Customs, Excise &
Narcotics, in Chennai and Directorate General of Revenue Intelligence, New
Delhi.
8.
FIRST RECYCLED ROCKET LAUNCHED AND RETRIEVED AFTER SUCCESSFUL MISSION BY SPACEX
i. Space Exploration
Technologies Corporation successfully launched it Falcon 9 from space launch
complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida and retrieved it on March 30. The
rocket was used to launch SES communications satellite into space.
ii. Falcon 9 rocket used
a booster that had previously flown cargo to the astronauts living at the
International Space Station which makes it as the 1st ever recycled rocket sent
by SpaceX.
9.
KERALA BASED HISTORIAN NAMBOODIRI PASSES AWAY
i. Renowned Indian
historian and writer, Dr N M Namboodiri died after prolonged illness at Mannar
in Alapuzha district of Kerala.
ii. Dr. Namboodiri has
immensely contributed towards historical research. Some of his valuable contributions are
writings on the Zamorin Royals and Malabar region.
iii. He was the recipient
of state Sahitiya Akademi award, has written many well known books such as the
Keralacharithrathinte Nalluvazhikal, Kerala Samskaram Akavum Puravum.
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS BASED
ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1.
NAME THE SENIOR BUREAUCRAT WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS NEW CHAIRMAN OF CENTRAL
BOARD OF EXCISE AND CUSTOMS?
a) Vanaja N Sarna
b) Sheetal P Rathod
c) Vishesh K Vaghela
d) Jaspreet S Ahluwalia
Q2.
INDIA, THE WORLD’S THIRD-LARGEST OIL CONSUMER HAS JOINED INTERNATIONAL ENERGY
AGENCY AS AN ASSOCIATE MEMBER. SECRETARIAT OF IEA IS LOCATED IN:
a) Geneva, Switzerland
b) Paris, France
c) New York, US
d) London, UK
Q3.
CHIEF MINISTER OF WHICH STATE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED TO IMPLEMENT THE SEVENTH
CENTRAL PAY COMMISSION FOR THE STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES FROM APRIL 1, 2017?
a) Haryana
b) Jharkhand
c) Punjab
d) Chhattisgarh
Q4.
MILITARY OF WHICH COUNTRY RECENTLY CONCLUDED OPERATION “EUPHRATES SHIELD” IN
NORTHERN SYRIA?
a) China
b) United States of America
c) Turkey
d) Russia
Q5.
S.V. SUNIL AND HARMANPREET SINGH ARE ASSOCIATED WITH WHICH SPORT?
a) Tennis
b) Hockey
c) Badminton
d) Wrestling
ANSWER:
1
- A 2 - B 3 - D 4 - C 5 - B
