DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 5TH APR 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
GOVERNMENT SETS UP NATIONAL BOARD FOR ELECTRIC MOBILITY
i. To promote electric
mobility and manufacturing of electric/hybrid vehicles and their components,
Central Government constituted National Board for Electric Mobility.
ii. Its Chairperson is
the Secretary of Department of Heavy Industry.
iii. Members are Senior
Bureaucrats including Secretaries in the Department of Revenue, Ministry of
Road Transport & Highways, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of
Power and Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas.
2.
SOUTH ASIA SUBREGIONAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION FINANCE MINISTERS’ MEETING HELD IN
NEW DELHI
i. South Asia Subregional
Economic Cooperation Finance Ministers’ Meeting held in New Delhii. Mr. Arun Jaitley, Union Finance Minister chaired
the South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation Finance Ministers’ Meeting at
Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi. Along with Finance Ministers from Bangladesh,
India, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka, officials from Asian
Development Bank were also present.
ii. From this meeting,
Myanmar has become the 7th nation to join SASEC as a member country.
3.
MALAYSIAN PRIME MINISTER MOHD NAJIB TUN RAZAK’S 5 DAY VISIT TO INDIA
i. Mohd Najib Tun Razak,
the PM of Malaysia was on an official visit to India for 5 days.
ii. Seven MoUs that were
signed in presence of Malaysian PM Mohd Najib Tun Razak and Indian PM Narendra
Modi in New Delhi.
iii. Out of the 7 MoUs
signed between Malaysia and India, the most significant was the one between
Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board and MIGHT Technology Nurturing Sdn.
Bhd for implementation of 4th Generation Technology Park in Andhra Pradesh.
4.
BERHAMPUR THAKURANI YATRA FESTIVAL BEGINS IN ODISHA
i. The festival of
Goddess Budhi Thakurani called Berhampur Thakurani Yatra begun in southern
Odisha.
ii. The month long
festival will be celebrated by the weaving community, known as Devangiris.
iii. The festival was
organized by P Durga Prasad Desibehera, whose family has been conducting the
festival for generations.
iv. Berhampur is called
the Silk city of Odisha. The festival has been celebrated in Berhampur from
1672.
5.
INDIAN ARMY CHIEF CONFERRED WITH NEPAL ARMY HONORARY TITLE IN KATHMANDU
i. General Bipin Rawat,
the Chief of Army Staff has visited Nepal and Bangladesh on his first foreign
visit.
ii. On his visit to
Nepal, the Army Chief was presented with Honorary General of the Indian Army
Chief conferred with Nepal Army honorary title in KathmanduNepalese Army title
by the President of Nepal.
iii. When General
Rajendra Chettri, Chief of Army Staff of Nepalese Army visited India, he was
presented with Honorary General of the Indian Army.
iv. The main aim of his visit
is to strengthen India’s defense cooperation.
6.
NEW RS 200 DENOMINATED NOTES PROPOSAL CLEARED BY RBI
i. India’s central bank,
the Reserve Bank of India has cleared a proposal to introduce new currency
notes of Rs 200.
ii. The proposal was
cleared during the RBI board meeting held in March. The information was passed
by officials from RBI.
iii. The process of
producing the Rs 200 notes will begin after June, if the central government
officially approves the new denomination.
iv. The move was made to
reduce the cash crunch after demonetization and Rs 200 will be the 2nd new
denomination after Rs 2000.
v. As per RBI governor
Urjit Patel, 9.2 lakh cr worth new notes were introduced into the economy after
demonetization.
7.
MAHESH KUMAR JAIN NAMED AS IDBI BANK MD AND CEO
i. The Former MD and CEO
of Indian Bank, Mahesh Kumar Jain took charge as the MD and CEO of Industrial
Development Bank of India Bank.
ii. K Kharat, former MD
and CEO of IDBI Bank has been transferred to Indian bank.
iii. The move was focused
mainly on retail lending and resolution of bad assets. On his 1st address to the employees, Jain said, maximum
efforts should be put on the resolution and recovery from stressed assets of
the bank.
iv. IDBI bank booked a
net loss of Rs 1958 cr in April-December 2016. The losses were Rs 3665 cr in
the year 2015-16.
v. Jain was also a member
of the steering committee on Risk Management of Indian Banking Association and was also the secretary and coordinator to
Basant Seth Committee.
8.
DGP GEETHA JOHRI: GUJARAT’S FIRST WOMAN
POLICE CHIEF
i. Director General of
Police Geetha Johri was appointed as Police Chief (in-charge) of Gujarat. By
this, Johari has become the 1st woman IPS officer to be appointed as the Police
Chief in Gujarat.
ii. The minister of state
for home Pradeepsinh Jadeja officially announced the appointment of Johri.
iii. Johri had replaced
PP Pandey, who resigned as the DGP after his appointment was challenged by
former Police Julio Riberio in the Supreme Court.
iv. Johri was posted as
managing director, Gujarat Police Housing Corporation, Gandhinagar before this
appointment.
9.
KISHORI AMONKAR A HINDUSTANI CLASSICAL VOCALIST PASSED AWAY
i. Classical singer
Kishori Amonkar passed away at her house in Mumbai.
ii. Beside a singer,
Amonkar was also a popular speaker and traveled throughout India giving
lectures, most notably on the theory of rasa in music.
vi. Amonkar received
Padma Bhushan in 1987 and Padma Vibhushan in 2002. She also received Sangeet
Natak Academy award in that year
10.
INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR MINE AWARENESS AND ASSISTANCE IN MINE ACTION: APRIL 4,
2017
i. The International Day
for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action was celebrated on April 4.
ii. The theme of this
year was “Needs driven. People Centered”
iii. The United Nations
Mine Action Service has been serving for past 20 years to save lives, to
facilitate deployment of UN missions and the delivery of humanitarian
assistance and to protect civilians.
vi. The North Atlantic
Treaty Organization marked the International Day for Mine Awareness to
highlight the deadly threat that mines pose to civilians ’ lives and nations’
development.
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS BASED
ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1.
THE SOUTH ASIA SUBREGIONAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION FINANCE MINISTERS MEETING HAS
STRATED IN WHICH COUNTRY?
a) China
b) South Korea
c) India
d) Nepal
Q2.
WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED THE FIRST WOMAN DIRECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE OF GUJARAT?
a) Neha Arusia
b) Geeta Johri
c) Nidhi Mathur
d) Nikita Sharma
Q3.
NAME THE RENOWNED HINDUSTANI CLASSICAL VOCALIST OF JAIPUR GHARANA WHO DIED IN
APRIL 2017?
a) Mogubai Kurdikar
b) Mallikarjun Mansur
c) Gangubai Hangal
d) Kishori Amonkar
Q4.
WHAT IS THE THEME OF THE 2017 INTERNATIONAL DAY OF MINE AWARENESS AND
ASSISTANCE IN MINE ACTION THAT WAS OBSERVED RECENTLY?
a)
Needs driven. People Centred.
b) Peace without mine action is incomplete peace
c) Mine Action is Humanitarian Action
d) More than Mines
Q5.
BERHAMPUR THAKURANI YATRA FESTIVAL BEGINS IN WHICH INDIAN STATE?
a) Nagaland
b) Manipur
c) Assam
d) Odisha
ANSWERS:
1 - C 2 - B 3
- D 4 - A 5 - D
