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Wednesday, January 25, 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 22TH JAN 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 22TH JAN 2017
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1. LLOYD’S GETS FINAL APPROVAL FROM IRDAI TO OPEN FIRST BRANCH IN INDIA
i. London’s insurance giant Lloyd has received the final approval from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority to set up its first branch in India.
ii. The specialist insurance and reinsurance company will open its first branch office in India before April 2017 at Mumbai.
iii. Lloyd’s will bring expertise and specialist capacity to India’s insurance market and work in partnership with local insurance businesses to develop innovative solutions that meet the unique needs of the growing economy.

2. BIRENDER SINGH YADAV CONCURRENTLY ACCREDITED AS THE HIGH COMMISSIONER OF INDIA TO THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE   
i. Former IFS officer Shri Birender Singh Yadav was appointed as the High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Sierra Leone, with residence in Accra.
ii. Currently Yadav is working as the High Commissioner of India to Republic of Ghana.

3. GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES WEB-PORTAL ‘SHAGUN’ FOR MONITORING SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN
i. The Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar launched a dedicated web portal ‘ShaGun’ for continuous monitoring of the elementary education scheme Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and promote the development of education sector of India.
ii. The portal has been developed by World Bank in collaboration with Ministry of Human Resource Development.
iii. The portal first-of-its kind platform would perform dual function. Firstly it would focus on displaying positive stories in the field of education in the form of videos, case studies, testimonials, and images on the web portal for further improvement in performance under SSA.
iv. Secondly it provides an online monitoring module to measure state-level performance and progress against key educational indicators to enable the government and administrators to track the efficiency with which SSA funds are being utilised and the results that this is delivering.

4. ALIBABA BECOMES WORLDWIDE SPONSOR OF OLYMPIC GAMES THROUGH 2028
i. The International Olympic Committee and Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group entered into a long-term partnership through 2028 at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
ii. The partnership was agreed between Alibaba Group Founder and Executive Chairman Jack Ma, IOC President Thomas Bach and Alibaba Group Chief Executive Officer Daniel Zhang.
iii. Alibaba has become the first company in the world to make a long-term commitment to the IOC through 2028.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 21 & 22 JANUARY

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 21 & 22 JANUARY

1. WHICH INDIAN ACTRESS HAS WON THE FAVOURITE DRAMATIC TV ACTRESS AWARD IN THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD 2017?
a) Shabana Azmi
b) Deepika Padukone
c) Aishwarya Rai
d) Priyanka Chopra

ANS - D
2. WHAT WAS THE THEME OF THE 2017 RAISINA DIALOGUE HELD IN NEW DELHI?
a) Come Together for Economic & Social Development
b) The New Normal: Multilateralism in a Multipolar World
c) Connecting Asia Through World
d) Asia: Regional and Global Connectivity

ANS - B
3. IN WHICH CITY WAS THE THREE DAY LONG 58TH INDIA INTERNATIONAL GARMENT FAIR 2017 ORGANIZED?
a) Gandhinagar
b) Karnal
c) New Delhi
d) Pune

ANS - C
4. WHICH STATE HAS LAUNCHED THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT SCHEME UNDER THE NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY?
a) Mizoram
b) Haryana
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Maharashtra

ANS - A
5. WHAT IS THE THEME OF THE 5-DAY-LONG 10TH JAIPUR LITERATURE FESTIVAL THAT WAS INAUGURATED?
a) Total Recall: The End of Privacy
b) Oral tradition, in India and elsewhere
c) Freedom to Dream: India at 70
d) Stay Connected with Us

ANS - C
6.  WHICH WEB PORTAL WAS LAUNCHED BY UNION MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT FOR PROMOTING AND MONITORING THE SARVA SHIKSHA ABHIYAN?
a) SarvAbhi
b) ShaGun
c) Shiksha
d) SarvShiksha

ANS - B
7.  WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW HIGH COMMISSIONER OF INDIA TO THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE?
a) Mr. Pankaj Saran
b) Shri Sanjeev Ranjan
c) Shri Birender Singh Yadav
d) Shri Navtej Sarna

ANS - C
8.  WHICH TECHNOLOGY GIANT HAS PARTNERED WITH THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE TO BECOME THE WORLDWIDE SPONSOR OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES THROUGH 2028?
a) Alibaba
b) Microsoft
c) TCS
d) Wipro

ANS - A
9.  WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION?
a) Pulkit Trivedi
b) Rakesh Asthana
c) V.K.Sharma
d) Alok Kumar Verma

ANS - D
10.  WHO HAS BEEN SWORN IN AS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF GAMBIA?
a) Paolo Gentiloni
b) Adama Barrow
c) Nana Akufo Addo
d) Bill English

ANS - B


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Saturday, January 21, 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 21TH JAN 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 21TH JAN 2017
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1. PM MODI INAUGURATES SECOND RAISINA DIALOGUE IN NEW DELHI
i. PM Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the 2nd  edition of Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi. The conference has been organized by Delhi based prestigious think tank Observer Research Foundation and the Ministry of External Affairs.
ii. The theme of the 3 day conference is “The New Normal: Multilateralism in a multipolar world”.
iii. Prime Minister Modi highlighted that India’s economic development is deeply impacted by the developments in the world and vice-versa. World needs India’s sustained rise as much as India needs world’s rise.

2. 58TH INDIA INTERNATIONAL GARMENT FAIR BEGINS IN NEW DELHI
i. The 58th edition of India International Garment Fair was inaugurated by the Union Textiles Minister Smriti Zubin Irani in New Delhi.
ii. The three day long fair has been organized by Apparel Export Promotion Council India.
iii. The event is Asia’s largest apparel Fair providing a platform for the overseas buyers to source garments products and develop business relationships with India in the apparel and fashion accessories sector.

3. 10TH JAIPUR LITERATURE FESTIVAL BEGINS IN JAIPUR
i. The 10th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival was inaugurated at the historic Diggi Palace, Jaipur, Rajasthan jointly by CM Vasundhara Raje, American poet Anne Waldman, veteran lyricist Gulzar and spiritual writer Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev.
ii. The theme of the 10th edition of Jaipur Literature Festival is the “Freedom to Dream: India at 70”.
iii. The 5 day event would see the participation by over 250 authors, politicians, thinkers, popular culture icons, connoisseurs, speakers, book lovers among others.

4. ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT SCHEME INAUGURATED IN MIZORAM
i. The Entrepreneurship Development Scheme was launched under the New Economic Development Policy by Lalmalsawma, Mizoram Chief Secretary in Mizoram.
ii. The State government has allocated Rs.2 Crore for New Economic Development Policy.
iii. EDS would be instrumental in the state government’s efforts to achieve market economy from subsistence economy.

5. INDIAN RAILWAYS LAUNCHES ‘MISSION 41K’ TO SAVE ENERGY WORTH RS 41,000 CRORE
i. The Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu launched ‘Mission 41K’ to revamp the existing railway system.
ii. The mission’s main aim is to save the Indian Railways’ expenditure of Rs 41,000 crore on energy consumption over the next 10 years.
iii. To achieve the target, the railway has planned a series of measures that includes: switching over 90% of traffic to electric traction from diesel, procure electricity at cheaper rates through open market instead of sourcing it through DISCOMs.

6. GOVT. SIGNS MOU TO SET UP 1,000 ‘JANAUSHADHI KENDRAS’
i. The Bureau of Pharma PSUs of India has signed Memorandum of Understanding  with the National Yuva Cooperative Society to set up 1,000 ‘Janaushadhi Kendras‘ under the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana scheme.
ii. Its main objective is to provide medicines at an affordable price.
iii. The central government has targeted to open 3,000 such centers across India by the end of this fiscal year.

7. CBDT CLARIFIES NO TDS OR ADVANCE TAX CREDIT FOR INCOME UNDER PMGKY
i. The Central Board of Direct Taxes has cleared that income declared under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojna would not be entitled to get any credit by way of advance tax paid or the tax deducted at source or tax collected at source.
ii. This is in contrast to the earlier Income Declaration Scheme under which these credits were allowed.
iii. PMGKY was set up to give an opportunity to those who deposited tax-evaded money in bank-demonetized currencies.
iv. Under this scheme, a person declaring undisclosed income would need to pay a tax of 30%, in addition to a penalty of 10% and a Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan cess of 33% on the tax.

8. WORLD BANK SANCTIONS RS 1,376 CR FOR TRIPURA POWER UPGRADATION
i. World Bank has sanctioned Rs 1,376 crore for upgradations and improvement of the Tripura power system network.
ii. A large number of 132 KV and 33 KV substations will be constructed and upgraded under this project across Tripura.
iii. The Power Upgradation project is divided into 5 phases. SPML Infra Ltd has got the contract of the first phase with the budget of Rs 461 crore.

9. PRIYANKA CHOPRA WINS HER 2ND PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD FOR TV SERIES QUANTICO
i. The Bollywood Actress Priyanka Chopra won her 2nd People’s Choice Award for Favourite Dramatic TV Actress at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California.
ii. Priyanka won for her role as CIA agent Alex Parrish in the ABC thriller TV series Quantico.
iii. Priyanka defeated her ABC counterparts Ellen Pompeo, Taraji P. Henson, Kerry Washington and Viola Davis to win the Favourite Dramatic TV Actress award.


OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS

Q1. WHICH INDIAN ACTRESS HAS WON THE FAVOURITE DRAMATIC TV ACTRESS AWARD IN THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD 2017?
a)  Shabana Azmi
b)  Deepika Padukone
c)  Aishwarya Rai
d)  Priyanka Chopra
Q2. WHAT WAS THE THEME OF THE 2017 RAISINA DIALOGUE HELD IN NEW DELHI?
a)  Come Together for Economic & Social Development
b)  The New Normal: Multilateralism in a Multipolar World
c)  Connecting Asia Through World
d)  Asia: Regional and Global Connectivity
Q3. IN WHICH CITY WAS THE THREE DAY LONG 58TH INDIA INTERNATIONAL GARMENT FAIR 2017 ORGANIZED?
a)  Gandhinagar
b)  Karnal
c)  New Delhi
d)  Pune
Q4. WHICH STATE HAS LAUNCHED THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT SCHEME UNDER THE NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POLICY?
a)  Mizoram
b)  Haryana
c)  Uttar Pradesh
d)  Maharashtra
Q5. WHAT IS THE THEME OF THE 5-DAY-LONG 10TH JAIPUR LITERATURE FESTIVAL THAT WAS INAUGURATED?
a)  Total Recall: The End of Privacy
b)  Oral tradition, in India and elsewhere
c)  Freedom to Dream: India at 70
d)  Stay Connected with Us

ANSWER

1 - D    2 - B    3 - C    4 - A    5 - CDAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 21TH JAN 2017
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1. PM MODI INAUGURATES SECOND RAISINA DIALOGUE IN NEW DELHI
i. PM Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the 2nd  edition of Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi. The conference has been organized by Delhi based prestigious think tank Observer Research Foundation and the Ministry of External Affairs.
ii. The theme of the 3 day conference is “The New Normal: Multilateralism in a multipolar world”.
iii. Prime Minister Modi highlighted that India’s economic development is deeply impacted by the developments in the world and vice-versa. World needs India’s sustained rise as much as India needs world’s rise.

2. 58TH INDIA INTERNATIONAL GARMENT FAIR BEGINS IN NEW DELHI
i. The 58th edition of India International Garment Fair was inaugurated by the Union Textiles Minister Smriti Zubin Irani in New Delhi.
ii. The three day long fair has been organized by Apparel Export Promotion Council India.
iii. The event is Asia’s largest apparel Fair providing a platform for the overseas buyers to source garments products and develop business relationships with India in the apparel and fashion accessories sector.

3. 10TH JAIPUR LITERATURE FESTIVAL BEGINS IN JAIPUR
i. The 10th edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival was inaugurated at the historic Diggi Palace, Jaipur, Rajasthan jointly by CM Vasundhara Raje, American poet Anne Waldman, veteran lyricist Gulzar and spiritual writer Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev.
ii. The theme of the 10th edition of Jaipur Literature Festival is the “Freedom to Dream: India at 70”.
iii. The 5 day event would see the participation by over 250 authors, politicians, thinkers, popular culture icons, connoisseurs, speakers, book lovers among others.

4. ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT SCHEME INAUGURATED IN MIZORAM
i. The Entrepreneurship Development Scheme was launched under the New Economic Development Policy by Lalmalsawma, Mizoram Chief Secretary in Mizoram.
ii. The State government has allocated Rs.2 Crore for New Economic Development Policy.
iii. EDS would be instrumental in the state government’s efforts to achieve market economy from subsistence economy.

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Friday, January 20, 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 20TH JAN 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 20TH JAN 2017
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1. 30 MORE COUNTRIES TO JOIN ASIA INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT BANK
i. The Foreign Ministry spokesperson of China, Hua Chunying informed that thirty more countries have applied for joining the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank besides 57 founding members.
ii. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is an international financial institution that aims to support the building of infrastructure in the Asia-Pacific region.
iii. China is the largest shareholder having 26.6% voting shares. India is the second largest shareholder with 7.5% followed by Russia 5.93% and Germany with 4.5%.

2. UN REPORT ESTIMATES INDIA’S GDP TO GROW BY 7.7% IN 2017
i. Based on the UN report on World Economic Situation and Prospects, India’s economy is projected to grow by 7.7% in the fiscal 2017 because of being the fastest growing large developing economy.
ii. The United Nations report projected that India is going to be benefitted due to its strong private consumption and gradual introduction of significant domestic reforms.
iii. The growth estimate for 2018 has been projected at 7.6%. However, it also stated that low capacity utilization and stressed balance sheets of banks and businesses will have negative effect on strong investment revival in the short term.
v. Earlier the IMF cut India’s growth rate for the current fiscal year to 6.6% from its previous estimate of 7.6% while the World Bank too lowered India’s GDP growth for 2016-17 fiscal to 7% from its previous estimate of 7.6%.

3. ANTONIO TAJANI ELECTED NEW PRESIDENT OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
i. Italian Political Leader Antonio Tajani has been elected as the new president of the  European Parliament in Strasbourg, France.
ii. He will replace Germany’s Martin Schulz.Tajani won 351 votes to defeat his Italian counterpart Gianni Pitella against 282 votes in four rounds of voting.

4. BHARTI AXA GENERAL APPOINTS SANJEEV SRINIVASAN AS CEO, MD
i. Sanjeev Srinivasan has been appointed as CEO and MD of Bharti AXA General Insurance.
ii. Srinivasan was currently working as Chief Commercial and Principal Officer of General Insurance.
iii. He will focus to driving new distribution tie-ups, create a balanced portfolio, and creating a customer centric brand to drive profitable growth.

5. ICICI PRU ACQUIRES 8.41% STAKE IN FINO PAYTECH FOR RS 100 CRORE
i. ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has acquired 8.41% stake in Fino Paytech Ltd for a total consideration of Rs 100 crore.
ii. Fino Paytech Ltd provides technology-based solutions and services related to financial inclusion. Earlier, FPL was granted payment bank licence by the RBI.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 19 & 20 JANUARY

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 19 & 20 JANUARY

1. WHAT IS THE INDIA’S RANK IN PASSPORT INDEX 2017?
a) 78th
b) 73rd
c) 77th
d) 82nd

ANS - A
2. WHICH CITY RANKED MOST DYNAMIC CITY IN THE WORLD IN WEF REPORT?
a) Hyderabad
b) Pune
c) Bengaluru
d) Chennai

ANS - C
3. WHICH STATE HAS LAUNCHED AANANDAM SCHEME TO HELP POOR?
a) Telangana
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Karnataka
d) Andhra Pradesh

ANS - B
4. WHO OF THE FOLLOWING HAS WON THE HINDU PRIZE 2016?
a) Anil Menon
b) Manjula Padmanabhan
c) Kunal Basu
d) Kiran Doshi

ANS - D
5.  WHICH INDIAN CRICKETER HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE LEGENDS CLUB ‘HALL OF FAME’?
a) Ravi Shastri
b) Kapil Dev
c) Mohammad Azharuddin
d) Javagal Srinath

ANS - B
6.  WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE CEO AND MD OF BHARTI AXA GENERAL INSURANCE?
a) Pankaj Murarka
b) Anoop Rao
c) V.K. Sharma
d) Sanjeev Srinivasan

ANS - D
7.   WHICH INDIAN SCIENTIST DIED RECENTLY WHO WAS WELL-KNOWN AS THE BLACK HOLE MAN OF INDIA?
a) CV Vishveshwara
b) M.G.K. Menon
c) Raja Ramanna
d) Soumya Swaminathan

ANS - A
8.   FOR WHAT AMOUNT THE ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE INSURANCE HAS ACQUIRED 8.41% STAKE IN FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICE PROVIDER FINO PAYTECH LTD?
a) Rs. 170 crore
b) Rs. 100 crore
c) Rs. 155 crroe
d) Rs. 120 crore

ANS - B
9.   WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ON JANUARY 17, 2017?
a) François Hollande
b) Sergio Mattarella
c) Antonio Tajani
d) Petro Poroshenko

ANS - C
10.  WHO IS THE CURRENT UNION MINSTER OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILISERS?
a) Ananth Kumar
b) Narendra Singh Tomar
c) Kalraj Mishra
d) Thawar Chand Gehlot

ANS - A



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Thursday, January 19, 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 19TH JAN 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 19TH JAN 2017
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1. BHEL COMMISSIONS 500 MW THERMAL UNIT IN WEST BENGAL
i. Government owned Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited has commissioned new 500 MW Thermal Unit in West Bengal.
ii. This was the second 500 MW at Sagardighi Thermal Power Station Phase II project in Murshidabad district of West Bengal.

2. KIRAN DOSHI WON THE HINDU PRIZE 2016
i. Kiran Doshi won The Hindu Prize 2016 at the 7th edition of The Hindu Lit for Life festival 2017 held in Chennai.
ii. The festival was inaugurated by contemporary artist Gulamohammed Sheikh at Sir Mutha  Kiran Doshi Conferred 'The Hindu Prize 2016' for Jinnah Often Came to Our House Venkatasubba Rao Concert Hall in Chennai.

3. CABINET APPROVALS: JANUARY 18, 2017
i. The Memorandum of Understanding  signed between India and Serbia for promoting cooperation in the field of Information Technology and Electronics.
ii. The Indian Space Research Organisation and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency has signed a Memorandum of Understanding at Tokyo, Japan for cooperation in the field of outer space.
iii. India and United Arab Emirates signed a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in the field of Small and Medium Enterprises and Innovation.
iv. The Memorandum of Understanding was also signed between India and the United Arab Emirates for Institutional Cooperation in Maritime Transport for multi-lateral and bilateral benefit in sustainable trading activities.
v. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between India and Vietnam in the field of Cyber Security  at Hanoi.
vi. The Union Cabinet has approved the 12th Plan Proposal of the DARE/ICAR Plan Scheme for the ‘Establishment of Indian Agricultural Research Institute - Jharkhand’.

4. ANANDAM SCHEME LAUNCHED IN MADHYA PRADESH TO HELP POOR
i. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has launched Aanandam programme of the newly-formed Aanand Department.
ii. Its main aim is to help the poor and the needed person.
iii. The people who wishes to help others can visit website www.anandsansthanmp.in to become Anandak under Anandam Scheme.
iv. Aanandam scheme will help the poor people to get the daily needs like blankets, jackets, sarees, utensils, school bags from the wealthy people. For this particular place is alloacted in each district to collect this items.

5. ASIA’S CLEANEST VILLAGE MAWLYNNONG IN MEGHALAYA BECOMES ROLE MODEL FOR CLEANLINESS
i. Mawlynnong village in the district of the Meghalaya state has become a role model for cleanliness said by the Secretary of the village. Mawlynnong was awarded the prestigious tag of ‘Cleanest Village in Asia‘ in 2003.
ii. To maintain its cleanliness, all villagers carry cleanliness drive on every Saturday. Now it have created opportunities to become tourists’ prime destination in North East.
iii. Every family in this village have constructed toilets in 1989 and 3 public toilets have been constructed under Swachh Bharat Mission.

6. KANGRA FIRST EVER DISTRICT TO GEO-TAG ALL ASSETS UNDER MGNREGA
i. Kangra village in Himachal Pradesh achieved the geo-tag 100 % of the assets generated under the MGNREGA.
ii. Kangra was the first district in India to achieve this target. It would help people in integrated development of all sectors like education, agriculture, irrigation, health etc.

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PO INTERVIEW SUBJECT RELATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2017

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