DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 25 MAR 2018


DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 25 MAR 2018
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
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  1. 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.

  1. 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.

  1. 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.

  1. 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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