DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 22 AUG 2017
1.
8TH WORLD RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CONGRESS IN DELHI
i. The Minister of State for Power, Coal, New
and Renewable Energy and Mines (I/C) Shri Piyush Goyal addressing the 3- day
8th World Renewable Energy Technology Congress in New Delhi.
ii. The Energy And Environment Foundation
would be organizing 8th World Renewable Energy Technology Congress &
Expo-2017 at the Expo & Convention Centre, Manekshaw Centre, Delhi Cantt,
Delhi, India.
iii. The theme of the conference is
“Renewable Energy: What Works”.
iv. During the opening session of the
conference, the Minister also gave away Energy and Environment Foundation
Global Excellence awards 2017. The Annual Conference also pictures and planned
in the backdrop of India’s vision on achieving “Energy Independence and Power
for all by 2022”.
v. Shri Goyal talked about the 3Ds related to
energy such as De-carbonization of the energy space; to look at more
Decentralization of energy space; and more and more Digitalization of the
energy space.
2.
40% RESERVATION FOR GIRLS AT PLANNED SCHOOLS, HIGHER EDU INST.
i. Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has
informed that the government has decided to offer 40% reservation for girls at
100 Navodaya-type schools and five higher education institutes.
ii. A panel formed by The Maulana Azad
Education Foundation, a government-funded agency, had recommended a 3-tier
model to tackle educational backwardness among minorities, particularly the
Muslims.
iii. There are 6 notified minority
communities in the country: Muslims, Buddhists, Christians, Sikhs, Parsis and
Jains. The suggested model includes creating infrastructure to impart education
at primary, secondary and tertiary levels by opening 211 schools, 25 community
colleges and the five institutes. The proposed schools could work on the
patterns of Kendriya Vidayala or Navodaya Vidyalaya.
iv. Multi-sectoral development programme is
for developing infrastructure and creating assets in areas dominated by
minority community with an aim to take tangible and intangible benefits to
them. The governments in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh have expressed interest in
setting up the institutes for higher education.
3.
ASSAM PLANS TO INTRODUCE COMPASSIONATE FAMILY PENSION SCHEME
i. Assam state government is introducing a
new Scheme called; Scheme for Compassionate Family Pension at GAUHATI. The
scheme plans to offer the compassionate family pension instead of job offers to
family members due to some practical difficulties.
ii. A new scheme called ‘Scheme for
Compassionate Family Pension in lieu of Compassionate Appointment’, which will
be known as ‘Compassionate Family Pension Scheme’ or CFP Scheme.
iii. Current Policy couldn’t satisfy the
objectives completely and legal heir fails to get an appointment immediately
due to lack of educational qualifications and sometimes non-availability of
vacancies.
iv. The new scheme will be applicable to all
employees of the state government, all others as eligible under Assam Services
(Pension) Rules, 1969, all state government employees under NPS category and
All India Services officers borne on Assam cadre.
4.
HRD MINISTER SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR LAUNCHES ‘SWASTH BACHCHE, SWASTH BHARAT’
i. ‘Swasth Bachche, Swasth Bharat’ Programme,
was launched in Kochi. The program is an initiative of Kendriya Vidyalaya
Sangathan to prepare a physical Health and Fitness Profile Card for more than
12 lakhs of Kendriya Vidyalaya students.
ii. Union Minister for Human Resource
Development Shri. Prakash Javadekar unveil the Profile Card in a function held
at Kendriya Vidyalaya at KV NAD, Aluva (Kochi). District Collector Muhammed Y
Safeerulla and Kendriya Vidyalaya Additional Commissioner U N Khaware were also
attended the programme.
iii. The programme aims to make students,
teachers and parents aware of the importance of good health and fitness and
encourage ‘60 minutes of play’ every day.
iv. Swasth Bachche, Swasth Bharat programme
will provide a comprehensive and inclusive report card for children covering
all age groups and children of different abilities.
5.
QATAR TO BUILD ARABIAN CAP-SHAPED STADIUM FOR FIFA WORLD CUP
i. Qatar will build a stadium shaped like an
Arabian cap for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. This symbolic design embodies
everything that unites us as Arabs and Muslims, and is a fitting tribute to the
first FIFA World Cup in the Middle East. Qatar is building at least 8 air-conditioned
stadiums for the tournament.
ii. Doha’s Al Thumama stadium, designed by a
Qatari architect in the shape of a traditional knitted “gahfiya” Arabian cap,
will host 40,000 fans at a World Cup quarter final match, the country’s 2022
organising body.
6.
SBI WAIVES OFF UP TO 100% PROCESSING FEE ON CAR, GOLD, PERSONAL LOANS
i. State Bank of India has announced waiver
of up to 100% of processing fee on car loans, personal gold loans and personal
loans for the festive season.
ii. SBI had previously waived off processing
fee on the takeover of home loans. The bank has waived the entire processing
fee on car loans till 31st December 2017 and half of the processing fee on
personal gold loans till 31st October 2017. SBI launches realty website
'SBI-Realty' to facilitate home buyers.
iii. Customers can also avail 50% waiver on
processing fee on Xpress Credit, a personal loan offering by the bank, till
30th September 2017. SBI’s retail advances grew at 13.31% year-on-year from Rs
4,32,455 cr as on June 2016 to Rs 4,90,005 cr as on June 2017.
7. WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN 2017
i. The Cincinnati Masters currently called
the Western & Southern Open is an annual outdoor hard court tennis event.
The tournament was held annually at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason,
a northern suburb of Ohio near Cincinnati, in the United States.
ii. The 2017 Western & Southern Open was
a men’s and women’s tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts from August
14–20, 2017.
iii. The tournament is the 2nd largest summer
tennis event in the U.S. after the U.S. Open, as its men’s portion is one of
nine elite Masters 1000 tournaments on the ATP World Tour and its women’s event
is one of five Premier 5 events on the WTA Tour.
iv. The 2017 tournament was the 116th men’s
edition and the 89th women’s edition of the Cincinnati Masters.
v. Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov won his first
Men’s singles Masters 1000 title. Garbine Muguruza of Spain won women’s singles
vi. Frenchmen Pierre-Hugues Herbert and
Nicolas Mahut won Men’s Cincinnati Doubles. Chan Yung-jan and Martina Hingis
captured women’s double.
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS BASED
ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1.
WHAT IS THE THEME OF 8TH WORLD RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CONGRESS &
EXPO-2017 WHICH HAPPENED AT THE EXPO & CONVENTION CENTRE, MANEKSHAW CENTRE,
DELHI CANTT, DELHI, INDIA?
a)
”Steps to enhance the resource of Renewable Energy”
b)
“Making of Renewable Energy ”
c)
”Where to find Renewable Energy”
d)
“Renewable Energy: What works”
Q2.
WHO WON THE CINCINNATI MASTERS OR THE WESTERN & SOUTHERN OPEN 2017 MEN’S
SINGLES MASTERS 1000 TITLE?
a)
Grigor Dimitrov
b)
Novak Djokovic
c)
Nick Kyrgios
d)
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Q3.
WHICH STATE GOVERNMENT IS INTRODUCING SCHEME FOR COMPASSIONATE FAMILY PENSION
INSTEAD OF JOB OFFERS TO FAMILY MEMBERS DUE TO SOME PRACTICAL DIFFICULTIES?
a)
Maharashtra
b)
Uttar Pradesh
c)
Assam
d)
Punjab
Q4.
WHERE WAS THE ‘SWASTH BACHCHE, SWASTH BHARAT’ PROGRAMME LAUNCHED BY UNION
MINISTER FOR HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT SHRI. PRAKASH JAVADEKAR?
a)
Hyderabad
b)
Kochi
c) New
Delhi
d)
Bangalore
Q5.
WHO IS THE TITLE WINNER OF CINCINNATI MASTERS OR THE WESTERN & SOUTHERN
OPEN 2017 IN WOMEN SINGLES?
a) Martina Hingis
b)
Chan Yung-jan
c)
Venus Williams
d)
Garbine Muguruza
ANSWERS:
1 - D 2 - A 3 - C 4
- B 5 - D
