DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 15TH APR 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 15^TH APR 2017

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1. PRADHAN MANTRI MUDRA YOJANA TOPS TARGET FOR 2016-17 LOANS CROSS TARGET OF RS 1.8 LAKH CR

i. Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana was announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley tops target for 2016-17, loans cross target of Rs 1.8 lakh cr the Union Budget for financial year 2016.

ii. Loans extended under the PMMY during 2016-17 have crossed the target of Rs 1.8 lakh cr.

iii. PM Modi mentioned that there is an urgent need to focus on some 5.75 cr self-employed people who use funds of around Rs 11 lakh cr, and have an average debt of merely Rs 17,000 but they end up employing 12 cr people.

2. AFTER UP’S ANTI ROMEO SQUAD HARAYANA LAUNCHES OPERATION DURGA

i. Haryana announced the launch of Durga Vahini: police squads that aims to stop harassment of women on public spaces.

ii. Strong actions will be taken against “eve-teasers“. The state government had already established women police stations in all the districts to ensure women’s safety.

v. The campaign Operation Durga was launched after identifying places where such anti-social elements were indulging in eve teasing, stalking, vulgar comments, and other similar activities.

iv. Haryana govt to give free laptops to first 500 meritorious students

3. 33 YEARS OF OPERATION MEGHDOOT A SAGA OF UNMATCHED BRAVERY

i. After 33 years of Operation Meghdoot, the Indian Army’s longest deployment on strategically located Siachen Glacier celebrating a saga for bravery, courage, heroism and sacrifice on the world’s highest and coldest battle field.

ii. Two disputed boundaries with Pakistan and China. It lies in the Karakoram Range in the North West India. Siachen Glacier is 76.4 km long and covers about 10,000 sq km uninhabited terrain.

iii. On this day, a Platoon of 4 Kumaon led by then Captain Sanjay Kulkarni planted the 1st Indian Flag on Siachen Glacier at Bilafond La which began Operation Meghdoot.

4. ALIA BHATT FEATURES ON FORBES 30 UNDER 30 ASIA LIST

i. Actress Alia Bhatt has featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list. She is the only Bollywood actress who has made it to this year.

ii. Indian actress Alia Bhatt has acted in over 20 high-earning Bollywood movies. At least 6 of the films she has acted in earned very well that is over $15 million

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 14TH APR 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 14^TH APR 2017

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1. RECENT APPROVALS BY CENTRAL GOVERNMENT – APRIL 12 2017

i. The Union Cabinet, chaired by PM Narendra Modi has approved signing of Framework of Understanding on Cooperation in the Hydrocarbon Sector with Bangladesh.

ii. A Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the field of justice between India and the North African country, Tunisia has been approved by the Union Cabinet.

iii. The judgment pertaining to Target Plus Scheme under Foreign Trade Policy 2004-09 was passed by Supreme Court on October 27, 2015.

iv. Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy will be built at a cost of over Rs. 655 cr.

v. Cabinet approves setting up of a Special Purpose Vehicle to be called Government e-Marketplace.

2. AUSTRALIAN PM TURNBULL ARRIVES IN NEW DELHI ON 4-DAY VISIT

i. Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull was on an official visit to India from 9th-12th April. This was Turnbull’s 1st visit to India after he assumed office in September 2015.

ii. India and Australia inked 6 pacts after comprehensive talks between PM Narendra Modi and visiting Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull in New Delhi.

iii. Indian PM Narendra Modi and Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull jointly inaugurated TERI-Deakin Nanobiotechnology Centre through a video conference.

iv. Union Minister for Youth Affairs, Vijay Goel and Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull launched Sports Partnership in Mumbai with an aim to increase cooperation in sports among India and Australia.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 13TH APR 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 13^TH APR 2017

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1. PARLIAMENT PASSES HIV AND AIDS (PREVENTION AND CONTROL) BILL 2017

i. Parliament passed Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Prevention and Control) Bill, 2017 to ensure equality for HIV positive persons in spheres of education, employment and treatment.

ii. The bill prohibits discrimination towards HIV positive persons in areas of education, healthcare treatment, jobs, availing insurance, holding public/private office and residing or renting a property.

iii. Affected person’s informed consent has to be sought before disclosing his/her HIV status.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 12TH APR 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 12^TH APR 2017

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1. LOK SABHA PASSES 123RD CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT BILL 2017

i. Lok Sabha passed 123rd Constitution Amendment Bill, 2017 with 360 members voting in favour and 2 members voting against it. This amendment bill seeks to grant constitutional status to National Commission for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes.

ii. The amendment bill was introduced in Lok Sabha by Thaawarchand Gehlot, Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister.

iii. The amendment bill seeks to insert Article 338B in the Indian Constitution. This article will list out the structure and functions of the proposed National Commission for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes.

2. GOVERNMENT SETS UP INTER-MINISTERIAL PANEL TO MONITOR UDAN

i. The Government has set up an inter-ministerial committee to monitor the regional air connectivity scheme UDAN which seeks to make flying affordable by connecting unserved and under-served airports.

ii. UDAN- Ude DeshKa Aam Nagrik. The Inter-Ministerial Monitoring-cum-coordination Committee would be responsible for Regional Connectivity Scheme overall monitoring of the schemes.

iii. The panel would be responsible for coordination among the stakeholders including state government. The panel members include Bureau of Civil aviation security, Airport Authority of India chairman and Representatives from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation,

iv. In the flights operated under RCS around 50% of the seats would have afire cap Rs2500 per seat/hour. Other benefits include zero airport charges for the operators and 3 years restricted on the routes.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 13 & 14 APRIL

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 13 & 14 APRIL

1. WHICH AMONG THE FOLLOWING SCHEME HAS BEEN STALLED BY UTTAR PRADESH STATE GOVT.?

a) Samajwadi Kisan Sahayta Scheme

b) Samajwadi Pension Scheme

c) Samajwadi Gram Ujala Scheme

d) Samajwadi Bal Saaksharta Scheme

ANS - B

2. A MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE OF G20 MINISTERS IN CHARGE OF DIGITALISATION WAS HELD IN?

a) Rome, Italy

b) Lucca, Italy

c) Berlin, Germany

d) Dusseldorf, Germany

ANS - D

3. NBFC MANAPPURAM FINANCE HAS LAUNCHED ITS OWN PREPAID CARDS IN TIE-UP WITH WHICH PRIVATE SECTOR BANK?

a) Yes Bank

b) ICICI Bank

c) Axis Bank

d) HDFC Bank

ANS - A

4. WHICH ENTITY HAS JOINED HANDS WITH THE STATE BANK OF INDIA TO PROMOTE CASHLESS TRANSACTIONS LIKE ‘SBI BUDDY E-WALLET’ AND POS MACHINES?

a) NABARD

b) Bombay Stock Exchange

c) Department of Post

d) National Stock Exchange of India

ANS - C

5. WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK ‘MATOSHREE’, WHICH WAS RECENTLY RELEASED BY PM NARENDRA MODI?

a) Union Textiles Minister, Smriti Iran

b) Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh

c) President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Amit Shah

d) Lok Sabha Speaker, Sumitra Mahajan

ANS - D

6.  UNION CABINET HAS APPROVED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF JUSTICE BETWEEN INDIA AND WHICH NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRY?

a) Libya

b) Algeria

c) Tunisia

d) Morocco

ANS - C

7.  UNION CABINET HAS APPROVED SETTING UP OF INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM AND ENERGY AT:

a) Kochi, Kerala

b) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

c) Bhubaneswar, Odisha

d) Kandla, Gujarat

ANS - B

8.  WHICH STATE GOVT. HAS RE-LAUNCHED ‘ADARANA’ SHCEME?

a) Andhra Pradesh

b) Karnataka

c) Haryana

d) Punjab

ANS - A

9.  GOVT. HAS FORMED AN INTER-DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE EXISTING FRAMEWORK REGARDING VIRTUAL CURRENCIES. WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THIS COMMITTEE?

a) Bhavin Goyal

b) Siddharth Kaushik

c) Jitendra Panchal

d) Dinesh Sharma

ANS - D

10.  M.S.MAHABALESHWARA HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS MD AND CEO OF WHICH PRIVATE SECTOR BANK?

a) Axis Bank

b) Karnataka Bank

c) Federal Bank

d) Karur Vysya Bank

ANS - B

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 11TH APR 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 11^TH APR 2017

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1. PM MODI LAUNCHED SPECIAL DIGITAL EXHIBITION MARKING 100 YEARS OF CHAMPARAN SATYAGRAHA

i. An exhibition titled “Swachhagraha – Bapu Ko Karyanjali – Ek Abhiyan, Ek Pradarshani” inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi at National Archives of India in New Delhi.

ii. This exhibition has been organized to mark 100 years of Champaran Satyagraha, which was Mahatma Gandhi’s 1st experiment in using non-violence and non-cooperation as methods to protest.

iii. M Venkaiah Naidu, Minister for Information & Broadcasting, released the 3 books to mark 100 years of Champaran Satyagraha –‘Romain Rolland and Gandhi Correspondence’, ‘Gandhi in Champaran’ and “Mahatma Series (8 volumes)”.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 11 & 12 APRIL

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 11 & 12 APRIL

1. AN EXHIBITION TITLED “SWACHHAGRAHA – BAPU KO KARYANJALI – EK ABHIYAN, EK PRADARSHANI” WAS INAUGURATED BY PM NARENDRA MODI. THIS EXHIBITION WAS HELD IN?

a) East Champaran, Bihar

b) New Delhi

c) West Champaran, Bihar

d) Ahmedabad, Gujarat

ANS - B

2. INDIAN PM NARENDRA MODI, BANGLADESH PM SHEIKH HASINA AND WEST BENGAL CM MAMATA BANERJEE JOINTLY FLAGGED OFF THE TRIAL RUN OF THE KOLKATA-KHULNA PASSENGER TRAIN THROUGH VIDEO-CONFERENCE FORM NEW DELHI. THIS TRAIN SERVICE HAS BEEN NAMED AS?

a) Maitree Express – II

b) Bandhu Express – II

c) Samjhauta Express – II

d) Indo-Bangla Friendship Express – II

ANS - A

3. ‘WORLD HOMEOPATHY DAY’ IS CELEBRATED ON WHICH DATE EVERY YEAR?

a) 12th April

b) 13th April

c) 11th April

d) 10th April

ANS - D

4. WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING CHAIRED THE 11TH STANDING COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE INTER-STATE COUNCIL IN NEW DELHI?

a) Vice-Presdient, Mohammad Hamid Ansari

b) President, Pranab Mukherjee

c) Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh

d) Prime Minister, Narendra Modi

ANS - C

5. ‘EXERCISE NOMADIC ELEPHANT – XII’ IS THE JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE BETWEEN ARMIES OF INDIA AND:

a) Russia

b) Myanmar

c) Mongolia

d) Malaysia

ANS - C

6.  123RD CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT BILL 2017, WHICH WAS PASSED BY LOK SABHA ON APRIL 10 SEEKS TO GRANT CONSTITUTIONAL STATUS TO?

a) National Commission for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes

b) National Commission for Women

c) National Commission for Scheduled Tribes

d) National Commission for Scheduled Castes

ANS - A

7.  THE GOVERNMENT HAS SET UP AN INTER-MINISTERIAL COMMITTEE TO MONITOR THE REGIONAL AIR CONNECTIVITY SCHEME UDAN WHICH SEEKS TO MAKE FLYING AFFORDABLE BY CONNECTING UNSERVED AND UNDER-SERVED AIRPORTS. THIS COMMITTEE WILL BE CHAIRED BY?

a) Prime Minister of India

b) Chairperson of Airports Authority of India

c) Union Minister of Civil Aviation

d) Civil Aviation Secretary

ANS - D

8.  THE GOVERNMENT HAS REDUCED THE NUMBER OF CENTRALLY SPONSORED SCHEMES TO ____ UMBRELLA SCHEMES FROM 66?

a) 20 umbrella schemes

b) A.16 umbrella schemes

c) D.28 umbrella schemes

d) C.24 umbrella schemes

ANS - C

9.  FOREIGN MINISTERS FROM THE G-7 COUNTRIES GATHERED FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING IN?

a) Rome, Italy

b) Lucca, Italy

c) Milan, Italy

d) Venice, Italy

ANS - B

10.  WHICH AMONG THE FOLLOWING SMALL FINANCE BANKS HAS LAUNCHED A SOCIAL DEPOSIT SCHEME CALLED HRUDAYA DEPOSIT?

a) Equitas Small Finance Bank

b) Capital Small Finance Bank

c) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank

d) ESAF Small Finance Bank

ANS - D

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MONTHLY GK CAPSULE (NEWSPAPER ANALYSIS) March 2017

Monthly GK Capsules of March 2017

Here is the new Monthly GK Capsules. This time we are going to share official PDF file of AAA-Bright Academy which contains Monthly GK updates of March 2017. So if you are preparing for any Government, Bank, Railways, SSC Examination this PDF file is very helpful to you. All the best to all participants for the upcoming Examination.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 10TH APR 2017

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 10^TH APR 2017

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1. THE MINISTER OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION SHRI VENKAIAH NAIDU LAUNCHED 352 HOUSING PROJECTS IN 53 CITIES

i. M Venkaiah Naidu, Union Minister of Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation, launched 352 housing projects in 53 cities across 17 States. Mr. Naidu launched these projects at a function in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

ii. No. of affordable houses to be constructed under this project are 2 lakh, Total Investment: Rs. 38000 cr.

2. NATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL HELD IN VISAKHAPATNAM

i. Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the 3-day National Children’s Film Festival at VUDA Children’s Arena in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

ii. The opening film of the NCFF is “Shanu – The Optimist”, directed by K.N.T. Sastry and produced by CFSI in 2016.

iii. This event has been organised by the Children’s Film Society India in association with the Government of Andhra Pradesh.

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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 9 & 10 APRIL

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 9 & 10 APRIL

1. TWO-DAY NATIONAL TB SUMMIT, FOR RAISING AWARENESS AND INCREASING MOMENTUM TO FIGHT AGAINST TB WAS HELD IN?

a) Bengaluru, Karnataka

b) Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh

c) Nagpur, Maharashtra

d) Panaji, Goa

ANS - B

2. WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING IS SET TO BECOME THE UNITED NATIONS’ YOUNGEST-EVER ‘MESSENGER OF PEACE’?

a) Malala Yousafzai

b) Mark Zuckerberg

c) Virat Kohli

d) Selena Gomez

ANS - A

3. WHICH PRIVATE SECTOR BANK HAS ANNOUNCED THE LAUNCH OF ITS UNIFIED PAYMENTS INTERFACE ON CHILLR?

a) Kotak Mahindra Bank

b) Bandhan Bank

c) HDFC Bank

d) Yes Bank

ANS - C

4. WHICH PRIVATE SECTOR BANK HAS ANNOUNCED THE OPENING OF ITS IFSC BANKING UNIT AT THE GUJARAT INTERNATIONAL FINANCE TEC-CITY?

a) Karur Vysya Bank

b) RBL Bank

c) IDFC Bank

d) Federal Bank

ANS - B

5. WHICH WEB PORTAL AND MOBILE APPLICATION HAS BEEN INAUGURATED BY UNION HOME MINISTER RAJNATH SINGH, TO ENABLE THE WILLING DONORS TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE FAMILY OF SOLDIERS WHO SACRIFICED HIS/HER LIFE IN LINE ON DUTY?

a) ‘Veer Sipahi’

b) ‘Shaheedo ko Salaam’

c) ‘Sainik Kosh’

d) ‘Bharat ke Veer’

ANS - D

6.  M VENKAIAH NAIDU UNION MINISTER OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION, LAUNCHED 352 HOUSING PROJECTS IN 53 CITIES ACROSS 17 STATES. TOTAL HOW MANY HOUSES WILL BE CONSTRUCTED UNDER THESE PROJECTS?

a) 4 lakh

b) 1 lakh

c) 3 lakh

d) 2 lakh

ANS - D

7.  UNION MINISTER FOR INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING M. VENKAIAH NAIDU INAUGURATED THE THREE-DAY NATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL IN:

a) Kochi, Kerala

b) Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh

c) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh

d) Panaji, Goa

ANS - C

8.  WEST BURDWAN HAS BEEN DECLARED AS 23RD DISTRICT OF WHICH INDIAN STATE?

a) West Bengal

b) Telangana

c) Andhra Pradesh

d) Madhya Pradesh

ANS - A

9.  UTTAR PRADESH GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN ITS APPROVAL TO BUILD A MUSIC VILLAGE NAMED ‘BISMILLAH KHAN SANGEET GRAM’. USTAD BISMILLAH KHAN WAS AN EXPONENT OF WHICH MUSICAL INSTRUMENT?

a) Tabla

b) Flute

c) Sitar

d) Shehnai

ANS - D

10.  INDIA HAS WON 12 MEDALS AT ASIAN YOUTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP WHICH WAS HELD IN:

a) Tokyo, Japan

b) Tashkent, Uzbekistan

c) Moscow, Russia

d) Bangkok, Thailand

ANS - B

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