DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 25 MAR 2018
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
- UIDAI SET TO
INTRODUCE FACE AUTHENTICATION FEATURE FROM JULY 1
The
Unique Identification Authority of India
is all set to make face authentication available alongside iris or
fingerprint scan as means of verifying Aadhaar users from July 1, 2018.
The
UIDAI in January had announced that it
will introduce face authentication feature to help those who run into problems
in biometric authentication due to old age, hardwork or worn-out fingerprints.
- GOVERNMENT
NOMINATES J S RAJPUT AS REPRESENTATIVE TO THE BOARD OF UNESCO
The
Government of India has decided to nominate Professor J S Rajput, former
Director NCERT, as India’s representative to the Executive Board of UNESCO.
The
executive board is one of the constitutional organs of UNESCO and is elected by
the General Conference.
- G.K. REDDY AWARD
FOR JOURNALIST KARAN THAPAR
Former
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has presented the G.K. Reddy Memorial National
Award for journalism to senior journalist and television presenter Karan
Thapar.
He
had given great contributions in the field of journalism.
- PUNJAB CROWNED
NATIONAL HOCKEY CHAMPION
Hockey
Punjab were crowned champions of the 8th Hockey India Senior Men National
Championship .
Hockey
punjab defeated Petroleum Sports Promotion Board by 2-[A]
Captain
of Indian hockey men PR seerejesh.
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS BASED ON
TODAY’S NEWS
Q1.
WHICH HOCKEY TEAM WON THE 8TH HOCKEY INDIA SENIOR MEN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
2018 (A DIVISION) AT THE PADMA SHRI MOHAMMAD
SHAHID SYNTHETIC HOCKEY STADIUM IN LUCKNOW, UTTAR
PRADESH?
[A]
Hockey Punjab
[B]
Hockey Uttar Pradesh
[C]
Petroleum Sports Promotion Board
[D]
Railway Sports Promotion Board
Q2.
WHO HAS BEEN NOMINATED BY THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AS INDIA’S
REPRESENTATIVE TO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD (EXB) OF UNESCO?
[A]
Aroon Purie
[B]
Fareed Zakaria
[C]
Geeta Dharmarajan
[D]
J S Rajput
Q3.
ON WHICH DATE, EARTH HOUR 2018 WAS OBSERVED ALL OVER THE WORLD?
[A]
26th March
[B]
25th March
[C]
24th March
[D]
27th March
ANSWERS:
1-A 2-D 3-C
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