DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 3 FEB 2018
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
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1. PM MODI INAUGURATES GLOBAL INVESTMENT SUMMIT IN ASSAM
i. The first two-day Global Investment
Summit has been organized in Assam. The summit emphasises on promoting
investments in the state and the North East. The conference was inaugurated by
Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
ii. Businessmen like Ratan Tata and Mukesh
Ambani are taking part in the Summit. Investor's from Bhutan, Bangladesh,
Germany and Japan as well as ASEAN countries will attend the summit.
2. CRISIL, SIDBI LAUNCH INDIA’S FIRST MSE SENTIMENT INDEX
i. The Union Minister for Finance and
Corporate Affairs Mr Arun Jaitley launched CriSidEx, India’s 1st sentiment
index for micro and small enterprises developed jointly by CRISIL & SIDBI.
ii. CriSidEx is a composite index based
on a diffusion index of 8 parameters and measures MSE business sentiment on a
scale of 0 (extremely negative) to 200 (extremely positive).
iii. CriSidEx will have 2 indices, one
for the ‘survey quarter’ and another for the ‘next quarter’ once a trend
emerges after few rounds of the survey, providing independent time series data.
3. EAM SUSHMA SWARAJ GOODWILL VISIT TO NEPAL- COMPLETE COVERAGE
i. External Affairs Minister Sushma
Swaraj has returned home after successful completion of the goodwill visit to
Nepal. This was the 1st high-level visit from India after completion of
historic three-tier elections in Nepal.
ii. In her 1st meeting, Swaraj held
talks with CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda.
iii. EAM also held discussions with
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and Sanghiya Samajwadi Forum Nepal, Chairman
Upendra Yadav.
4. SHABNAM ASTHANA WINS TIMES POWER WOMAN 2017 AWARD
i. Shabnam Asthana was awarded the
'Times Power Women of the Year 2017'- Pune for Global PR. The Times Group
celebrated the invaluable contribution of women by introducing The Times Power
Woman 2017 awards.
ii. The award was conferred on her by
Dilip Kamble, Minister of State for Social Justice and Special Assistance in
the Government of Maharashtra.
5. JOHN HENNESSY APPOINTED ALPHABET'S NEW BOARD CHAIRMAN
i. Alphabet has appointed John L.
Hennessy as the new board chairman of the company. Hennessy has been on the
board since 2004 and Lead Independent Director since 2007. He has replaced Eric
Schmidt.
ii. Schmidt will remain as a
"technical advisor" to Alphabet. Hennessy is a former president of
Stanford University and has had an extensive career in the tech industry.
6. SHYAM BENEGAL AWARDED V SHANTARAM LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
i. Mumbai International Film Festival
committee has decided to bestow V. Shantaram lifetime achievement Award to
veteran film producer and director Shyam Benegal. The award will be presented
at concluding ceremony of MIFF in Mumbai.
ii. He will be awarded a trophy, cash
price of 10 lakh rupees, a certificate and a shawl by Governor of Maharashtra
C. Vidyasagar Rao.
7. SAURAV GHOSAL BECOMES THE HIGHEST-RANKED INDIAN SQUASH PLAYER
i. India’s leading squash player,
Saurav Ghosal jumped five places to No. 14 to become the highest ranked Indian
in the latest Professional Squash Association rankings.
ii. Ghosal beat Joshna Chinappa who
slipped three places to No. 17 while Dipika Pallikal Karthik remained on 20.
Former Indian national champion Harinder Pal Sandhu was placed at 49th.
8. INDIA LIFTS U-19 WORLD CUP 2018
i. India has defeated Australia to lift
the Under 19 World cup for the fourth time. The Men in Blue defeated the
three-time champions Australia at Bay Oval, New Zealand.
ii. The Australian team had set the
target of 217 runs and was chased down
easily by India. Manjot Kalra was the Hero of the match with his brilliant
century.
iii. Manjot Kalra was declared Man of
the Match. Shubman Gill was declared Player of the Tournament.
Anukul Roy finished the 2018 edition
with joint-highest 14 wickets.
9. SUDEEP LAKHTAKIA APPOINTED NSG DIRECTOR GENERAL
i. Sudeep Lakhtakia took charge as the
Director General of National Security Guard. Sudeep Lakhtakia has replaced S P
Singh as the Director General.
ii. Sudeep Lakhtakia was working as a
Special DG in the Central Reserve Police Force headquarters.
OBJECTIVE
QUESTIONS BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS INDIA’S FIRST SENTIMENT INDEX
LAUNCHED BY FINANCE MINISTER ARUN JAITLEY FOR MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES?
a)
SidCriIndex
b) CriSidMSME
c)
CriSidEx
d) SidCriEx
Q2. EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER SUSHMA SWARAJ HAS RETURNED HOME
AFTER SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE
GOODWILL VISIT TO WHICH COUNTRY?
a)
Bangladesh
b) Bhutan
c)
Myanmar
d) Nepal
Q3. PM NARENDRA MODI HAD RECENTLY INAUGURATED THE FIRST TWO-DAY
GLOBAL INVESTMENT SUMMIT HAS BEEN
ORGANIZED IN WHICH STATE?
a)
Meghalaya
b) Sikkim
c) Assam
d) Tripura
Q4. WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING WAS AWARDED THE 'TIMES POWER WOMEN
OF THE YEAR 2017'- PUNE FOR GLOBAL
PR?
a) Shabnam Asthana
b)
Shobhana Bhartia
c)
Kiran Mazumdar
d) Chanda Kochhar
Q5. WHO TOOK CHARGE AS THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF NATIONAL SECURITY
GUARD?
a)
Suraj Kushwas
b)
Sudeep Lakhtakia
c) Bipin Rawat
d) Dawaat Singer
ANSWERS:
1 - C 2 - D 3 - C 4
- A 5 - B
