DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 13 MAY 2018
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
BOOK RELEASE BY CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF
i.
General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Army the Staff released the book 'Across the
Bench - Insight into the Indian Military Judicial System' by Lt Gen Gyan
Bhushan, former Army Commander and Member 'A', Armed Forces Tribunal, Lucknow
Bench.
ii.
The book deals with military judicial system vis-a-vis command and management
issues within the military establishments.
2.
INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAY: 12 MAY
i.
International Nurses Day is celebrated
every year all around the world on 12th of May to commemorate the birth
anniversary of the Florence Nightingale and to mark the nurse's contributions
towards people’s health.
ii.
The International Council of Nurses has
chosen the theme “Nurses A Voice to Lead – Health is a Human right” for IND
2018. It was first celebrated by ICN in the year 1965.
3.
PROF MUHAMMAD YUNUS CONFERRED KISS
HUMANITARIAN AWARD 2018
i.
Nobel laureate and noted economist Muhammad Yunus was honoured with the 11th
KISS Humanitarian Award 2018 at a function held in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
ii.
Yunus is the founder of Grameen Bank and is known as the Father of
Microfinance.
4.
OSCAR-WINNING FILM EDITOR ANNE V.
COATES PASSES AWAY
i.
British film editor Anne V. Coates, who won an Oscar for David Lean’s epic film
Lawrence of Arabia, has passed away.
ii.
She also received an Academy Honorary Award, known as a Lifetime Achievement
Oscar, in November 2016 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
5.
NOTED LYRICIST, POET, POLITICIAN
BALKAVI BAIRAGI PASSES AWAY
i.
Noted Hindi film lyricist, Nandram Das Bairagi, popularly known as Balkavi Bairagi,
passed away.
ii.
Bairagi, a Lok Sabha member between 1984 and 1989 and also a former Rajya Sabha
MP.
iii.
He also wrote several Hindi poems, among which, "Jhar gaye paat, bisar
gayi tehni" is considered a gem by many Hindi poets.
Q1.
INTERNATIONAL NURSES DAY (IND) IS CELEBRATED EVERY YEAR ALL AROUND THE WORLD ON
____________ TO COMMEMORATE THE BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE
AND TO MARK THE NURSE'S CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS PEOPLE’S HEALTH.
(a)
12 May
(b)
10 May
(c)
14 May
(d)
16 May
Q2.
GENERAL BIPIN RAWAT, CHIEF OF ARMY THE STAFF RELEASED THE BOOK 'ACROSS THE
BENCH - INSIGHT INTO THE INDIAN MILITARY JUDICIAL SYSTEM'. THE BOOK HAS BEEN
WRITTEN BY THE FORMER ARMY COMMANDER _____________.
(a)
Lt Gen Vijay Shankar
(b)
Lt Gen Tribhuvan Das
(c)
Lt Gen swamidev Aiyar
(d)
Lt Gen Gyan Bhushan
Q3.
NAME THE BRITISH FILM EDITOR WHO WON AN OSCAR FOR DAVID LEAN’S EPIC FILM
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA AND HAS PASSED AWAY, RECENTLY.
(a)
David Lean
(b)
Jim Clark
(c)
Anne V. Coates
(d)
Antony Gibbs
Q4.
NAME THE NOBEL LAUREATE AND NOTED ECONOMIST WHO WAS HONOURED WITH THE 11TH KISS
HUMANITARIAN AWARD 2018 AT A FUNCTION HELD IN BHUBANESWAR, ODISHA.
(a)
Zakir Khan
(b)
Muhammad Yunus
(c)
Abdullah Ansari
(d)
Mohammad Anas
ANSWERS:
1-a 2-d 3-c 4-b
