(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
INDIA & SRI LANKA SIGN MOU TO DEVELOP VILLAGE IN ANURADHAPURA DISTRICT
i. India and Sri Lanka
have signed a MoU to develop a village in Anuradhapura District. The total
estimated cost is Rs 30 cr Sri Lankan rupees.
ii. The MoU was signed by
Mr. Taranjit Singh Sandhu, High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka and Mrs.
W.K.K. Athukorala, Secretary to the Ministry of Housing and Construction in the
presence of Parliament Speaker Mr. KaruJayasuriya.
iii. The project is in
line with Government of Sri Lanka’s policy of rehabilitation of rural villages
for economic development. It will benefit 153 families residing in the village.
iv. The village in the
name of a famous Buddhist monk SobithaThero, a multipurpose community building,
internal water supply system and renovation of monk’s quarters & library.
2.
JUSTICE GOPAL PRASAD PARAJULI TO BE THE NEW CHIEF JUSTICE OF NEPAL
i. Justice Gopal Prasad
Parajuli will be the new Chief Justice of Nepal. A special programme is
organised at the office of the President in Sheetal Niwas and President Bidya
Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office and secrecy to CJ Parajuli.
ii. After endorsement by
PHSC the President will now appoint him as the Chief Justice. No complaints
were registered against him in the PHSC.
iii. He will head the
judiciary till 28th April 2018. Justice Parajuli is the senior most judge of
the Supreme Court after the retirement of Chief Justice Sushila Karki.
iv. PM Sher Bahadur
Deuba, Vice-President Nanda Bahadur Pun, judges of the Supreme Court and Chief
Secretary, Speaker Onsari Gharti, chiefs of constitutional bodies, Rajendra
Kishor Chhetri, among others, were present on the occasion.
3.
J-K GOVT LAUNCHES WEEKLY FESTIVAL ‘CULTRUE OF CRUISE’ AT DAL LAKE
i. The Jammu and Kashmir
has launched a 1st ever ‘Cultrue of Cruise’, a weekly cultural programme at Dal
lake.2017.
ii. The J&K Academy
of Art, Culture and Languages in association with the tourism department of
Kashmir launched the event. It aimed to bring artists from various fields on
one stage.
iii. The innovative
programme series brings writers, performance artistes, musicians, poets and
academics together and offers a program of performances, workshops, talks,
forums and debates.
iv. The inaugural
programme of the series saw artistes such as Mohammed Yaseen Gundpuri, Mohammed
Subhan Shah, and Bashir Kotur.
v. Kashmir Divisional
Commissioner Baseer Ahmad Khan also announced that water transport for public
in the Jhelum River will be free of cost for a period of one month.
4.
FAROOQ ABDULLAH, KUNHALIKUTTY TAKE OATH AS LOK SABHA MEMBERS
i. National Conference
patron and former Jammu and Kashmir CM Farooq Abdullah and Indian Union Muslim
League’s PK Kunhalikutty took oath as the Member of Parliament in the Lok
Sabha.
ii. Abdullah took the
oath in Kashmiri, while Kunhalikutty opted for English. Abdullah was elected to
the lower house of Parliament after defeating his Peoples Democratic Party
rival Nazir Ahmed Khan.
iii. Kunhalikutty was
elected after winning the Malappuram by-poll in Kerala. He defeated Communist
Party of India-Marxist candidate and youth leader MB Faisal.
5.
WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017: AN OVERVIEW
i. 131st edition of the
Wimbledon Championships tennis tournament took place at All England Lawn Tennis
and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom.
ii. Roger Federer has won
Men’s Singles title and become oldest Wimbledon male champion in the Open era.
iii. Garbine Muguruza won
Women’s Singles title. Men’s Doubles won by Lukasz
Kubot & Marcelo Melo.
iv. Ekaterina Makarova
& Elena Vesnina has won Women’s Doubles title.
v. Jamie Murray &
Martina Hingis won Mixed Doubles title by defeating Heather Watson & Henri
Kontinen.
6.
INDIAN DAMNEET SINGH WINS SILVER MEDAL AT IAAF WORLD U18 CHAMPIONSHIPS IN
HAMMER THROW
i. Indian youngster
Damneet Singh has won the India’s 1st silver medal at the IAAF World U18
Championships. He has won in the boys’ hammer throw category.
ii. The IAAF World U18
Championships being held in Nairobi, Kenya. Damneet has achieved best mark of
74.20m in his first attempt.
iii. Ukraine’s Mykhaylo
Kokhan won the gold medal with a throw of 82.31m. Raphael Winekelvoss won the
bronze with a 71.78m.
iv. Damneet Singh
qualified for the worlds with a 70.29m throw at the 2nd Asian Youth Athletics
Championship held in Bangkok in May 2017. It is India’s first hammer medal at
global championships.
7.
PRESIDENT OF INDIA TO RECEIVE FIRST COPY OF BOOK ‘FUTURE OF INDIAN
UNIVERSITIES: COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES’
i. The President of
India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee receives the 1st copy of the book ‘Future of
Indian Universities: Comparative and International Perspectives’ at a function
to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
ii. It has been complied
by Professor (Dr.) C. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor of JGU University and is
published by Oxford University Press.
iii. The President
receives the first copy of this book from Nobel Laureate Professor Amartya Sen
who will formally release it.
iv. The book ‘Future of
Indian Universities: Comparative and International Perspectives’ is the
academic and research work of scholars, educationists and practitioners from
India and abroad.
v. It aims to provide
international and comparative perspectives on higher education and highlights
issues being faced by Indian Universities.
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS BASED
ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1.
WHICH STATE GOVERNMENT LAUNCHED A 1ST EVER ‘CULTRUE OF CRUISE’, A WEEKLY
CULTURAL PROGRAMME AT A PROMINENT LAKE IN THE STATE?
a) Kerala
b) Goa
c) Rajasthan
d) Jammu & Kashmir
Q2.
WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN SWORN IN AS NEW CHIEF JUSTICE OF NEPAL?
a) Birendra Gharti
b) Mandar Koirala
c) Gopal Prasad Parajuli
d) Jivan Lal Bhandari
Q3.
INDIA AND SRI LANKA HAVE SIGNED A MOU TO DEVELOP A VILLAGE IN WHICH DISTRICT IN
SRI LANKA?
a) Mannar District
b) Anuradhapura District
c) Badulla District
d) Ampara District
Q4.
WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING TOOK OATH AS MEMBERS OF THE LOK SABHA?
a) Farooq Abdullah and PK Kunhalikutty
b) Farooq Abdullah and Majid Sheikh
c) Farooq Abdullah and LK Qadri
d) LK Qadri and PK Kunhalikutty
Q5.
WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING HAS WON WIMBLEDON CHAMPIONSHIPS 2017 IN MEN’S SINGLES
CATEGORY?
a)
Novak Djokovic
b) Stan Warinka
c) Roger Federer
d) Andy Murray
ANSWERS:
1 - D 2
- C 3 - B 4 - A 5 - C
