DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 22 & 23 FEBRUARY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 22&23 FEBRUARY 2015

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1)      IPCC MEET

Ø  IPCC meet is scheduled for next week in Nairobi, the largest and capital city of Kenya.

Ø  P.K.Pachauri, the chairman of ‘IPCC’ will not attend the meet due to sexual harassment allegations on him.

Ø  P.K.Pachauri is world’s top climate change official. He is the chairman of the UN’s IPCC and Director General of ‘TERI’.

IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

TERI - The Energy and Resources Institute.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIR NEWS

Q.1 Who is the Director General of ‘TERI’?

A.      AmartyaSen

B.      Hillary Clinton

C.      Narendra Modi

D.     P.K. Panchauri

Q.2 Who is the chairman of UN’s IPCC?

A.      Tony Abbott

B.      Michelle Obama

C.      P.K. Panchauri

D.     Peter Cosgrove

2)      RANCHI RAYS BAGS HIL CHAMPIONSHIP:

Ø  M.S. Dhoni’s Ranchi rays bags HIL championship.

Ø  Ranchi rays defected Punjab warriors by 2-0 in the final match of HIL championship.

Ø  Final game held at Dhyan Chand stadium in New Delhi

Ø  Note: A total of 8 teams took part in the tournament

Ø  HIL- Hokey India League

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIR NEWS

Q.1 Which team won HIL-2015:

A.      Dabang Mumbai

B.      Punjab Warriors

C.      Ranchi Rays

D.     Kalinga lancers

3)      LAHIRI BAGS INDIAN OPEN GOLF TITLE

Ø  Amir Ban Lahiri bags Indian Open title

Ø  Lahiri had a thrilling fight with overnight leader SSP Chowrasia

Note:Indian Open Title is associated with Golf and held at Delhi Gold Club on Sunday.

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ALL ABOUT SWINE FLU WHICH YOU SHOULD KNOW

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 ALL ABOUT SWINE FLU

Swine Flu is an infection found in Pigs and commonly known as H1N1. This infection is caused by a virus SIV OR S-OIV.

Ø  SIV-Swine influenza virus.

Ø  S-OIV-Swine Origin Influenza Virus.

Ø  Transmission of this virus from Pigs to Humans is not common and if it does, it is called zoonotic Swine flu.

Ø  The virus first appeared in Mexico in 2009 & rapidly spread all over the world.

Ø  In august 2010,WHO officially declared swine Flu as Paendamic.

Ø  Swine Influenza is caused by influenza ‘A’.

Ø  Four Influenza ‘A’ virus subtypes is Pigs are:-

A.      H1N1

B.      H1N2

C.      H3N2

D.     H7N9

SWINE FLU IN INDIA:

Ø  Currently India is struggling hard against the Deadly swine Flu outbreak. This year’s outbreak of the deadly virus.H1N1 which causes Swine Flu is the deadliest in India since 2010.

Ø  More than 11000 have been infected with this disease and above 700 deaths have been accounted in India till now from 9 different states.

Ø  States like Gujarat, Rajasthan, Delhi, Maharashtra and Telangana have witnessed a rapid increase in H1N1 cases.

Ø  Oseltamivir drug is used to tackle the virus.

NOTE:-  J. P. Nadda is union Health Minister.

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DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 21 FEBRUARY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 21 FEBRUARY 2015

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1.      BIHAR’S POLITICAL TRAUMA COMES TO AN END:

Ø  The political trauma in Bihar comes to an end.

Ø  Jitan Ram Manjhi resigned the post of CM of Bihar.

Ø  Nitish Kumar is to take the oath on 22^nd February as CM of Bihar.

Note:- Nitish Kumar was the CM of Bihar but he resigned the post after the debacle of his party JDU in lok sabha elections in 2014 and made Jitan Ram Manjhi as the new CM but soon the two parted away on various issues and recently both were eager to hold the chair but things didn’t work out for Jitan Ram Manjhi and he quited the post of CM just before the floor test.

Ø  Keshari Nath Tripathi is the Governer of Bihar.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIR NEWS

Q-1) Who is the Governer of Bihar?

Ø  Kalyan Singh

Ø  Sheila Dixit

Ø  Keshari Nath Tripathi

Ø  Captain singh Solanki

2.      LALJIBHAI PATEL BIDS HIGHEST FOR MODI’S SUIT:-

Ø  Laijibhai Patel bids highest at Rs.4.31 Crore at an auction to buy Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s management Suit.

Ø  Laljibhai Patel is a Surat- based Diamond merchant and private airline owner.

Ø  Auction was carried out for 3 days.

Ø  Prime Minister Narendra Modi wore this suit during his meeting with the US President Barack Obama.

EXPECTED QUESTION FROM THIS CURRENT AFFAIRS NEWS

Q-2) Who baide the highest for Modi’s Suit at an Auction in Gujrat?

Ø  Laljibhai Patel

Ø  Lavji Badshah

Ø  Hitesh Patel

Ø  Rajesh Juneja

3.      NIRAD MAHAPATRA PASSED AWAY:-

Ø  Odia Filmmaker Nirad Mahapatra passed away following a brief illness.

Ø  Nirad Mahapatra died at an age of 67.

Ø  ‘ Maya Miriga ‘ is the very first film of Nirad Mahapatra.

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DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 20 FEBRUARY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 20 FEBRUARY 2015

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1.      KRISHI KARMAN AWARD-2015:

Ø  Prime Minister  Narendra Modi Presented Krishi Karman Awards in a function Suratgarh in Sri Ganganagar District, Rajasthan.

Ø  PM as a chief guest launched a nationwide scheme, “soil health card” under which 14crore soil health cards will be issued over next 3 years.

Ø  States to get the awards were Punjab, Odisha, Meghalaya, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Gujrat.

        EXPECTED QUESTION

        Q.1 Who was the chief guest at KRISHI KARMAN Awrad function 2015?

A.      Radha Mohan Singh

B.      Narendra Modi

C.      Sonia Gandhi

D.      Smriti Rani

      Q.2 Which new scheme was launched by the PM at KRISHI KARMAN Award function 2015?

A.      Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao

B.      Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan

C.      Green Card For Farmer

D.      Soil Health Card

A.      Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao

B.      Swachh Bharat Abhiya

C.      Green Card For Farm

D.      Soil Health Ca

2.      OIL MINISTRY’S SECRET PAPER’S LEAKED:

Ø  Controversy erupted  recently when Oil Ministry’s secret papers leaked yesterday.

Ø  5 Suspects were arrested by the Crime Branch of Delhi police for allegedly “stealing” confidential documents from the Ministry of petroleum and Natural Gas and selling them to private companies.

Ø  Notices to join the Investigation were sent to the officers of  RIl and ESSAR .

Note:- Dharmendra Pradhan is the petroleum Minister of India.

      EXPECTED QUESTION:-

      Q.3 Who is the Union Petroleum Minister?

A.      Uma Bhart

B.      Smriti Irani

C.      Dharmendra Pradhan

D.      Kalyan Singh

3.      GOVERNMENT GENERATES 80000CRORE RUPEES FROM COAL AUCTION:

Ø In a massive turnover of events recently, Union Government of India generated over, 80,000 crore rupees from Coal Auction.

Ø With only 21 coal blocks, the Govt. has generated a revenue of 80,000 crore rupees.

Ø There is a total of 204 coal blocks to be auctioned in various phases.

Note:- Coal Bearing states in India are Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh,West Bengal. Odisha, Maharashtra and Jharkhand.Piyush Goyal is the coal Minister

4.      NUCLEAR CAPABLE PRITHVI-II SUCCESSFULLY TEST-FIRED:

Ø  India successfully test-fired its Nuclear Capable missile.

Ø  Prithvi-II is Surface to Surface Missile with a strike range of 350 km.

Ø  Prithvi-II is Capable to carry 500kg. – 1000kg of Warheads.

Ø  The Missile was test fired from ITR, Chandipur, off ODISHA coast.

Ø  ITR- Intergrated Test range

Note- The Director of ITR is MVKV Prased.

EXPECTED QUESTION:-

Q.4 Which missile was test-fired by India?

A.        Agni-I

B.        PRITHVI-I

C.        PRITHVI-II

D.        PRITHVI-III.

Q.5 Which type of missile Prithvi-II is?

A.      Surface to Surface

B.      Surface to air

C.      Air to Air

D.      Surface to Water

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DAILY FREE CURRENT AFFAIRS 19 FEBRUARY 2015

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 19 FEBRUARY 2015

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1) FOOD GRAIN PRODUCTION MAY DECLINE BY 3 PERCENT:

Ø  India’s food grain production is expected to decline by 3% to 257.07 million tonnes due to deficient monsoon rain last year.

Ø  Last year’s record production was 265.67 million tonnes whereas for current year it was lowered by 8.5 million tonnes.

Ø  Production of rice, coarse cereals and pulses was lower.

Ø  Report was published by the agriculture Ministry.

Note - Radha Mohan Singh is the Agriculture Minister of India

2) D. RAMA NAIDU DIES AT 78:

Ø  Renowned Telugu producer Daggubati Rama Naidu died at an age of 78, fighting cancer.

Ø  Rama Naidu was awarded with DadasahebPhalke award in 2009 for his contribution to cinema.

Ø  Rama Naidu had also been honoured with Padma Bhushan in 2012.

EXPECTED QUESTION:-

Q.1 When did D Rama Naidu winDadasahebPhalke award?

A.      2007

B.      2009

C.      2010

D.     2012

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3) SWISS POLICE RAIDS HSBC BANK:

Ø  Swiss police Raided HSBC’s Geneva office.

Ø  HSBC Bank is under inquiry into alleged money laundering.

ABOUT HSBC BANK:-

Ø  HSBC is a private bank founded in 1865 as Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking corporation with its headquarter at London, United Kingdom.

EXPECTED QUESTION:

Q.2 Where is the headquarter of HSBC Bank?

A.      Hong Kong

B.      Shanghai

C.      Beijing

D.     London

Q.3 Which Bank is under Scrutiny for money Laundering case?

A.       SBI

B.      HSBC

C.      AXIS

D.     HDFC

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4)CROATIA GETS ITS FIRST WOMAN PRESIDENT:

Ø  KolindaGrabarKItarovic became the first ever woman the president of Croatia.

Ø  Kolindagrabarkitarovic won by just a margin of 1 % votes.

EXPECTED QUESTION:

Q.4 Who is the new president of Croatia?

A.      Jasipovic

B.      Kolindagrabar

C.      De launey

D.     Jakovkitarovic

Q.5 Which country has recently elected their first ever woman president?

A.      Croatia

B.      Nigeria

C.      Canada

D.     Cuba

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