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Monday, January 9, 2017
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 8TH JAN 2017
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 8TH JAN 2017
(Daily News India)
1.
CAPGEMINI APPOINTED ANIL JALALI OF IBM AS HR HEAD FOR INDIA OPERATION
i.
French Consulting Corporation Capgemini has nominated Anil Jalali as Chief
Human Resources Officer for its India operation .
ii.
Jalali will replace BL Narayan who is joining Capgemini’s Business Services
Strategic Business unit as head of solutions and sales support.
2.
16TH FINANCIAL STABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL MEETING HELD IN NEW DELHI
i.
The 16th edition of the Financial Stability and Development Council meeting was
held in New Delhi under the Chairmanship of the Union Finance Minister Arun
Jaitley.
ii.
The Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
emphasized the significance of demonetization decision saying that the
government’s measures to eliminate the shadow economy and tax evasion are
expected to have a positive impact both on GDP and on fiscal consolidation in
the long run.
iii.
The main aim of this meeting was to discuss about the obstacles faced by the
economy and to bring out the solution to tackle them. It also aimed at bringing
new suggestions and outcomes in order to benefit the upcoming Budget 2017-18.
3.
IBM INDIA APPOINTS KARAN BAJWA AS MD
i.
IBM has appointed Karan Bajwa as MD of IBM India Pvt Ltd succeeding Vanitha
Narayanan, who has been appointed as chairman of the Indian subsidiary.
ii.
Karan Bajwa joined IBM in 2016 as Executive for Strategy and Transformation in
the Asia Pacific region.
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ - 7 JANUARY
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIR QUIZ - 7 JANUARY
1. WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE CHAIRMAN OF TATA
POWER CO LTD?
a) S Padmanabhan
b) Vikram Desai
c) Aditya Choudhari
d) Mohan Sekhar
ANS - A
2.
WHICH BANK HAS TIED UP WITH LIFE
INSURANCE CORPORATION OF INDIA TO BOOST VENTURE CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN MSME
SECTOR?
a) Securities and Exchange Board
of India (SEBI)
b) Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
c) Small Industries Development
Bank of India (SIDBI)
d) National Bank for Agriculture
and Rural Development (NABARD)
ANS - C
3.
IN WHICH STATE THE INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE ON “YOGA FOR DIABETES” WAS ORGANIZED?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) New Delhi
c) Maharashtra
d) Haryana
ANS - B
4.
WHO OF THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN APPOINTED
AS THE NEW UK’S AMBASSADOR TO EUROPEAN UNION AFTER THE RESIGNATION OF SIR IVAN
ROGERS?
a) Sir Michael Arthur
b) Sir James Bevan
c) Sir Dominic Asquith
d) Sir Tim Barrow
ANS - D
5.
WITH WHICH INDUSTRY THE GUWAHATI BIOTECH PARK ORGANIZED THE ASSAM
BIOTECH CONCLAVE 2017?
a) The Confederation of Indian
Industry (CII)
b) Federation of Indian Chambers
of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)
c) Federation of Industry &
Commerce of North Eastern Region (FINER)
d) North East Federation on
International Trade (NEFIT)
ANS - C
6.
WHICH MINISTRY HAS LAUNCHED AN IPR ENFORCEMENT
TOOLKIT FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF ALL THE STATES TO ENABLE THEM BETTER DEAL
WITH IP CRIMES?
a) Ministry of Commerce and
Industry
b) Ministry of Law and Justice
c) Ministry of External Affairs
d) Ministry of Heavy Industries
and Public Enterprises
ANS - A
7.
WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE MD FOR
IBM’S INDIA OPERATIONS REPLACING VANITHA NARAYANA?
a) Sanjay Kapoor
b) Akshay Patra
c) Rekha Menon
d) Karan Bajwa
ANS - D
8. GANGMUMEI KABUI WHO DIED RECENTLY WAS FORMER MINISTER OF
WHICH STATE?
a) Arunachal Pradesh
b) Mizoram
c) Manipur
d) Assam
ANS - C
9.
NAME THE BOOK ON THE FORMER PRESIDENT
APJ ABDUL KALAM RECENTLY RELEASED BY THE VICE PRESIDENT HAMID ANSARI.
a) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam as
People’s President
b) The People’s President A.P.J.
Abdul Kalam
c) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s Journey
as President
d) President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul
Kalam
ANS - B
10.
WHICH ACCIDENT INSURANCE SCHEME LAUNCHED
BY THE KARNATAKA BANK FOR ITS SAVING BANK ACCOUNT CUSTOMERS?
a) KBL Insurance
b) KBL Bima Yojana
c) KBL Suraksha Bima
d) KBL Suraksha
ANS - D
Saturday, January 7, 2017
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 7TH JAN 2017
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 7TH JAN 2017
(Daily News India)
1.
UNITED NATION RECOGNIZES 2017 AS YEAR OF SUSTAINABLE TOURISM FOR DEVELOPMENT
i.
The United Nations 70th General Assembly has recognised the year 2017 as the
International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development.
ii.
The declaration of 2017 as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for
Development is a unique opportunity to raise awareness among decision-makers
and the public about the contribution of sustainable tourism towards
development along with mobilizing all stakeholders to work together in making
tourism a catalyst for positive change.
iii. The Year also aims to support a change in policies, business
practices and consumer behavior towards a more sustainable tourism sector than
can contribute to the universal 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the
Sustainable Development Goals.
iv .The World Tourism Organization , the United Nations
Specialized Agency for Tourism, has been mandated to facilitate the
organization and implementation of the International Year.
2.
INDIA & KAZAKHSTAN SIGNS DOUBLE TAXATION AVOIDANCE CONVENTION AMENDMENT
PROTOCOL
i.
India and Kazakhstan have signed a Protocol to amend the existing Double
Taxation Avoidance Convention between the two countries in New Delhi.
ii.
The Protocol provides internationally accepted standards for effective exchange
of information on tax matters.
iii.
The Agreement was originally signed on 9th December, 1996 for the avoidance of
double taxation and for the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes
on income.
3.
4TH ASSAM INTERNATIONAL AGRI-HORTI SHOW TO BEGIN IN GUWAHATI
i.
The Fourth Assam International Agri-Horti Show began in Guwahati, Assam.
ii.
The CM of Assam, Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the programme.
iii.
The Four-Day Show will be attended by about 200 organisations from 10 foreign
countries. Nearly 600 farmers from Assam will be trained on doubling farmers’
income, more crops per drop and agri-preneurship development.
4.
3 DAYS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON YOGA FOR DIABETES ORGANISED
i.
The Minister of State Shri Shripad Yesso Naik inaugurated the International
Conference on “Yoga for Diabetes” which began in New Delhi.
ii.
The 3 days conference aims to generate discussions on the role of Yoga in the
prevention and management of Diabetes and draw up a roadmap to be adopted for
the control of Diabetes through Yoga.
5.
UNION GOVT. APPROVES ASSISTANCE OF RS 1782 CRORE FOR KARNATAKA
i.
The Centre has approved an assistance of 1782.44 crore rupees for Karnataka.
The state will get this sum from the National Disaster Relief Fund as drought
relief.
ii.
The decision was taken during a meeting of the High Level Committee chaired by
Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
iii.
The committee approved the grant after examining the proposal based on the
reports of the Inter-Ministerial Central Team which visited the state. The
assistance has been approved from the National Disaster Relief Fund.
iv.
The committee also approved a grant of Rs. 209 crore to Uttarakhand which had
been hit by floods in 2013.
v.
The committee approved the assistance from the National Disaster Relief Fund
and National Rural Drinking Water Programme in respect of Uttarakhand.
6.
VETERAN ACTOR OM PURI PASSES AWAY
i.
Veteran actor Om Puri has passed away after a massive heart attack.
ii.
He has received an Order of the British Empire as well as Padma Shri, the
fourth highest civilian award of India.
Friday, January 6, 2017
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 6TH JAN 2017
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 6TH JAN 2017
(Daily News India)
1. GOOGLE INDIA LAUNCHES MY BUSINESS AND DIGITAL
UNLOCKED TOOL FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM BUSINESSES IN INDIA.
i. Google India has
launched two new initiatives named My Business and Digital Unlocked for the
small and medium businesses in India.
ii. My Business tool
small businesses would be able to set up website from their Digital Unlocked mobile devices.
iii. Digital Unlocked
programme will impart mobile and online courses to help small businesses. It is
a digital training programme to enable the small businessman to adapt them with
the changing technologies.
2.
JOVENEL MOISE ELECTED AS THE PRESIDENT OF HAITI
i. Jovenel Moise has been
elected as the President of Haiti.
ii. Jovenel Moise is a
businessman from Haiti capital city of Port-au-Prince and is related to banana
export business. Mr. Moise who is from
Bald Heads Party has won 55.6% of the total votes casted.
3.
RBI APPOINTED SUREKHA MARANDI AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
i. India’s central
banking institution Reserve Bank of India was appointed Surekha Marandi as its
Executive Director.
ii. She replaced U S
Paliwal.
iii. Marandi was working
as the Chief Vigilance Officer and Principal Chief General Manager in the
Reserve Bank.
iv. She has also served
on the Boards of United Bank of India and Bank of Baroda.
4.
AUSTRALIAN CRICKETER ARTHUR MORRIS INDUCTED INTO ICC CRICKET HALL OF FAME
i. Former Australian
cricketer Arthur Morris was inducted into the International Cricket Council’s
Hall of Fame.
ii. Morris, who became
the 82nd player to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame, was given the
honour posthumously.
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ - 5 & 6 JANUARY
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIR QUIZ - 5 & 6 JANUARY
1.
TABLE TENNIS OLYMPIC CHAMPION LI XIAOXIA, WHO HAS ANNOUNCED HER RETIREMENT
BELONGS TO WHICH COUNTRY?
a) Japan
b) Thailand
c) China
d) South Korea
ANS - C
2.
WHICH COUNTRY HAS RANKED HIGHEST IN THE
WORLD AMONG THE COUNTRIES OFFERING THE HIGHEST AVERAGE ANNUAL SALARY TO
EXPATRIATES?
a) Norway
b) France
c) USA
d) Switzerland
ANS - D
3.
NAME THE CITY IN WHICH PM NARENDRA MODI HAS INAUGURATED THE FIVE-DAY ANNUAL
INDIAN SCIENCE CONGRESS?
a) Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
b) Patna, Bihar
c) Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
d) Kochi, Kerala
ANS - C
4.
WHICH E-COMMERCE COMPANY HAS BEEN AWARDED A PATENT FOR LAUNCHING A GIANT FLYING
WAREHOUSE THAT WOULD ACT AS A LAUNCH PAD FOR DRONES TO DELIVER ITEMS WITHIN
MINUTES?
a) Amazon
b) MobiKwik
c) Flipkart
d) Paytm
ANS - A
5.
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING MINISTER OF KARNATAKA FOR COOPERATION AND SUGAR, HAS
BEEN PASSED AWAY RECENTLY DUE TO CARDIAC ARREST?
a) Vera Rubin
b) H S Mahadeva Prasad
c) Sunderlal Patwa
d) Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
ANS - B
6.
WHICH COUNTRY HAS ANNOUNCED
FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND INITIATIVE TO OFFER SOME BASIC PAY TO UNEMPLOYED CITIZENS
EVERY MONTH SELECTED ON RANDOM BASIS?
a) Finland
b) Norway
c) Sweden
d) Russia
ANS - A
7.
WITH WHICH BANK CONSUMER ELECTRICAL
GOODS MANUFACTURER BAJAJ ELECTRICALS HAS TIED UP TO PROVIDE DIGITALIZED PAYMENT
TO ITS VENDOR USING BLOCK CHAIN TECHNOLOGY?
a) ICICI Bank
b) HDFC Bank
c) Andhra Bank
d) Yes Bank
ANS - D
8.
NAME THE SOCIAL REFORMER AND RENOWNED
POET TO WHOM GOOGLE DEDICATED ITS DOODLE TO PAY TRIBUTE ON HER 186TH BIRTH
ANNIVERSARY?
a) Mary Harris
b) Vijay Lakshmi Pandit
c) Savitribai Phule
d) Annie Besant
ANS - C
9. WORLD BRAILLE DAY IS OBSERVED ON?
a) January 3
b) January 4
c) January 2
d) January 5
ANS - B
10.
WHICH MOBILE COMMERCE AND PAYMENTS FIRM
HAS RECEIVED THE FINAL APPROVAL FROM RBI TO OPERATE AS PAYMENT BANK?
a) Freecharge
b) Oxigen
c) Paytm
d) MobiKwik
ANS - C
Thursday, January 5, 2017
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 5TH JAN 2017
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 5TH JAN 2017
(Daily News India)
1.
CHINA LAUNCHES FIRST FREIGHT TRAIN TO LONDON
i. China has launched its first freight train
to London.
ii. The train will travel for about 18 days
and more than 12,000 km before reaching its destination in Britain.
iii. It will pass through Kazakhstan, Russia,
Belarus, Poland, Germany, Belgium and France before arriving in London.
2.
CENTRE APPROVES NEW PROJECTS FOR GANGA CLEANING OVER RS. 370 CRORE
i. The National Mission for Clean Ganga has
approved many new projects at an estimated cost of over Rs 370 crore for its
ongoing Ganga rejuvenation programme in Haridwar and Varanasi
ii. In Haridwar, 68 MLD sewage treatment
plant in Jagjeetpur and 14 MLD STP in Sarai have been approved at an indicative
cost of Rs 110.30 crore and Rs 25 crore respectively under Hybrid Annuity based
PPP mode.
iii. The ‘Namami Gange’ programme was
launched as a mission to achieve the target of cleaning river Ganga in an
effective manner by involving all stakeholders.
3.
TELANGANA AND ASSAM JOINS UDAY SCHEME
i. Assam and Telangana signed a pact with the
Power Minister, Piyush Goyal to join the UDAY scheme in New Delhi in a bid to
improve the performance of state run power distribution companies.
ii. Since the launch of the UDAY Scheme, the
Power Ministry has signed Agreements with 18 states to join the Scheme. With
the joining of Assam and Telangana, the total states covered under the scheme
rose to 20.
4.
FINLAND BECOME 1ST COUNTRY IN WORLD TO PAY BASIC INCOME TO RANDOMLY PICKED
CITIZENS ON NATIONAL LEVEL
i. Finland become First country in world to
pay basic income to Citizens to ensure a universal income offering greater
security, especially as technological advances reduce the need for human
labour.
ii. Its main aim to tackle unemployment,
which stands at 8.1 percent in a nation of 5.5 million.
iii. Under this programme every month 2,000
selected unemployed will get 560 Euros.
5.
MUNICH RE TO OPEN REINSURANCE BRANCH OFFICE IN MUMBAI
i. Germany based Munich Reinsurance Company
has planned to open its branch office in Mumbai to provide the
property-casualty, life, health reinsurance markets in India.
ii. Munich Re is one of the first foreign
reinsurers to receive approval for a dedicated branch in India.
6.
YES BANK TIES-UP WITH BAJAJ ELECTRICALS FOR VENDOR FINANCING USING BLOCK CHAIN
i. Yes Bank has tied-up with Bajaj
Electricals for vendor financing using block chain solution.
ii. Block chain solutions is a distributed
database that maintains a continuously-growing list of ordered records called
blocks
iv. ICICI Bank was the India’s first bank to
execute its first transaction on block chain.
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 4TH JAN 2017
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 4TH JAN 2017
(Daily News India)
1.
BHIM BECOMES MOST POPULAR ANDROID APP IN INDIA
i.
Govt's online payments app, BHIM that was launched by PM Modi to simplify
digital payments is now the number one free app on Google Play Store.
ii.
BHIM - which stands for Bharat Interface for Money - is named after Dr BR
Ambedkar.
2.
INDIA RANKS 3RD AMONG COUNTRIES OFFERING HIGHEST SALARIES TO EXPATS
i.
India has ranked 3rd among the countries offering the highest average annual
salary to expatriates.
ii.
Switzerland topped the list to offer highest average salary of about $188,275 a
year to expats that was almost twice the global average, while Hong Kong was
listed third.
3.
PM MODI INAUGURATES INDIAN SCIENCE CONGRESS AT TIRUPATI
i.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the 104th Indian Science Congress at the Sri
Venkateswara University in Tirupati.
ii.
‘Science and Technology for National Development’ would be the theme of the
Indian Science Congress.
iii.
The basic aim of the 104th Congress was to focus on strengthening the
scientific research in the country to make India among top three countries in
the world in the field of Science and Technology by 2030.
4.
BANKS CUT LENDING RATES: CORPORATE, HOME LOANS TO BE CHEAPER
i.
A day after PM Narendra Modi announced an interest subvention for home loans of
up to Rs. 12 lakh and asked banks to keep the poor and middle class at the
focus of their activities many PSUs and private banks reduced their benchmark
lending rate by up to 1.48 percent.
ii. State Bank of India, other lenders
including state-owned Oriental Bank of Commerce and largest private sector
lender ICICI Bank and Andhra Bank announced a cut in the marginal cost of funds
based lending rate following demonetisation.
iii.
SBI along with PNB and Union Bank of India, yesterday reduced the lending rate
by a good 0.9%.
iv.
The reduction in lending rates may lead to an increase in credit taking
frequency which has moderated substantially putting burden on balance sheet of
banks.
v.
The Union Government has kept interest rates on Small Savings Schemes like PPF
and Sukanya Samriddhi Account, Kisan Vikas Patra, and Senior Citizens Savings
Scheme unchanged for the January-March quarter.
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 3 & 4 JANUARY
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIR QUIZ – 3 & 4 JANUARY
1.
WHO HAS BEEN AWARDED WITH THE ‘POWER
& ENERGY PERSONA’S AWARD FOR INDIVIDUAL EXCELLENCE’ AT THE 10TH ENERTIA
AWARDS 2016 –INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA’S AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN SUSTAINABLE ENERGY
AND POWER?
a) Yogendra Prasad
b) R N Khazanchi
c) K M Singh
d) D.K. Jain
ANS - C
2. WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW MAJOR
GENERAL OF KYRGYZSTAN?
a) Abdil Segizbaev
b) Shaikh Rafik Mohammed
c) Amal Al Qubaisi
d) Khalifa bin Zayed
ANS - B
3.
WHICH HEALTH SCHEME HAS BEEN LAUNCHED BY
ANDHRA PRADESH GOVERNMENT FOR THE APL FAMILIES OF THE STATE?
a) Suraksha Bima Yojana
b) Arogya Swasthiya Bima Yojana
c) State Government Health Scheme
d) Arogya Raksha Scheme
ANS - D
4.
WHICH TENNIS PLAYER HAS ANNOUNCED HIS
RETIREMENT FROM PROFESSIONAL TENNIS?
a) Somdev Devvarman
b) Leander Paes
c) Mahesh Bhupathi
d) Rohan Bopanna
ANS - A
5.
WHO HAS BEEN SWORN IN AS THE NEW
CHAIRMAN OF UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION?
a) D P Agrawal
b) F. W. Robertson
c) David R. Syiemlieh
d) R. M. Bathew
ANS - C
6.
WITH WHICH COUNTRY PETRONET, INDIA’S
LARGEST LNG IMPORTER, HAS SIGNED AN AGREEMENT TO SET UP $950 MILLION LIQUEFIED
NATURAL GAS IMPORT PROJECT?
a) Bangladesh
b) Kyrgyzstan
c) Afghanistan
d) Pakistan
ANS - A
7.
INDIA’S FIRST LASER TECHNOLOGY-BASED
ADVANCED AVMS RTO CHECK-POST HAS BEEN SET UP IN WHICH STATE?
a) Maharashtra
b) Haryana
c) Rajasthan
d) Gujarat
ANS - D
8.
NAME THE SURFACE-TO-SURFACE STRATEGIC
BALLISTIC MISSILE THAT WAS SUCCESSFULLY TEST FIRED OFF ODISHA COAST BY INDIA?
a) Agni VI
b) Agni IV
c) Agni III
d) Agni I
ANS - B
9.
WHO OF THE FOLLOWING HAS WON THE 2016
MUBADALA WORLD TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIP AT ABU DHABI?
a) Milos Raonic
b) Stan Wawrinka
c) Rafael Nadal
d) David Ferrer
ANS - C
10.
NAME THE STATE IN WHICH THE WORLD’S
LARGEST 11-DAY GALA FESTIVAL “BARGARH DHANUA JATRA” ORGANIZED?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Odisha
c) Karnataka
d) Tamil Nadu
ANS - B