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Thursday, June 15, 2017
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 11TH JUNE 2017
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 11TH JUNE 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
SUSTAINABLE ACTION FOR TRANSFORMING HUMAN CAPITAL PROGRAM LAUNCHED BY NITI
AAYOG
i. NITI
Aayog has launched ‘SATH’ program with state governments for furthering the
agenda for cooperative federalism. Acronym ‘SATH’ stands for ‘Sustainable
Action for Transforming Human capital’.
ii. Its
Objective is to identify and build 3 future ‘role model’ states for health
systems. Three model states will be selected on basis of 3-stage process
comprising expression of interest, presentations by the states and assessment
of commitment to health sector reforms.
iii. So far,
16 states have expressed prima facie interest, and 14 have presented their
project proposal to a Committee headed by Member of NITI Aayog, Bibek Debroy.
The committee comprises CEO, Amitabh Kant as well as a representative from the
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
2. PUNJAB
GOVT LAUNCHES ‘CHIEF MINISTER SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME’
i. Punjab
State government launched the “Chief Minister Scholarship Scheme” with an aim
to provide cheaper and quality technical education to the meritorious and poor
students of the state.
ii. The
scheme was formally launched jointly by the Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet
Singh Badal and Punjab Technical Education Minister Charanjit Singh Channi
after approval from Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh.
3.
MINISTRY OF AYUSH LAUNCHES AWARENESS DRIVE TO INCREASE POPULARITY OF YOGA
THROUGH LIFE-SIZE MASCOTS
i. The
Central Council for Research in Yoga & Naturopathy has initiated Yoga
Awareness Drive through Mascots and Flash Mobs.
ii. It has
been launched to increase popularity of Yoga especially among the youth.
iii. The
Human-size IDY Mascots are running the campaign & spreading the message of
Yoga Day in Delhi NCR, Haryana and Lucknow.
iv. It helps
in boosting the awareness of International Day of Yoga that will be held on
21st of June. These mascots have a great impact on audience the viewers do not
have to think too much but can take in a lot of information at a glance.
v. FlashMobs
of Yoga Dance called YogMob are also being organized at certain crowded places
like malls.
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 7TH JUNE 2017
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 7TH JUNE 2017
1.
FIRST RURAL LED STREET LIGHTING PROJECT TO TAKE OFF IN ANDHRA PRADESH
i.
Central government will be retrofitting 10 lakh conventional street lights with
energy efficient LED lights in Gram Panchayats of 7 districts in Andhra
Pradesh. This will be India’s 1st rural LED Street Lighting Project.
ii.
The project will be carried out through the Energy Efficiency Services Limited
under the Ministry of Power. Gram panchayats of the districts of Guntur,
Kurnool, Prakasham, Nellore, Kadapa, Ananthapur and Chittoor will be covered
under the first phase of the project.
iii.
French Development Agency Agence Française de Développement will fund the
entire upfront capital cost of this project.
2.
MOU SIGNED BETWEEN CENTRAL INDUSTRIAL SECURITY FORCE & NATIONAL SKILL
DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
i.
The Central Industrial Security Force and the National Skill Development
Corporation has signed an MoU. The MoU aims at assisting retiring, retired,
serving low medical category CISF personnel to acquire additional skills and
facilitate their resettlement through a second career.
ii.
The MoU will remain in effect for a period of 5 years starting from 2017 till
2022, subject to a mid-term review after 3 years.
iii.
It will also provide welfare to wards, family members of serving CISF
personnel, retired personnel and personnel killed in action.
iv.
The MoU provides that CISF, NSDF and NSDC will work together at CISF units all
across the country.
v.
Under this MoU the Family Welfare Centres are functional and other CISF
locations with an objective to impart skill development programs under the
Skill India Mission.
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 9 & 10 JUNE
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIR QUIZ – 9 & 10 JUNE
1. WHICH STATE GOVERNMENT SIGNED A MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING WITH THE CIVIL AVIATION MINISTRY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF UDAN
SCHEME?
a) Karnataka
b) West Bengal
c) Tamil Nadu
d) Manipur
ANS - C
2. BRICS MEDIA FORUM WAS HELD
FROM 7TH TO 8TH JUNE 2017 IN?
a) Beijing, China
b) Durban, South Africa
c) New Delhi, India
d) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ANS - A
3.
WHICH COMPANY HAS TOPPED THE RECENTLY RELEASED FORTUNE 500 LIST FOR THE YEAR IN
A ROW?
a) Apple
b) Walmart
c) Google
d) Microsoft
ANS - B
4. B K MANJUNATH HAS BEEN
APPOINTED AS PART-TIME CHAIRMAN OF WHICH BANK?
a) Federal Bank
b) Karnataka Bank
c) Catholic Syrian Bank
d) Lakshmi Vilas Bank
ANS - D
5. WHAT WAS THE THEME FOR ‘WORLD
OCEANS DAY’ 2017, CELEBRATED ON JUNE 8?
a) Economic Virtue of Oceans
b) Conserving Ocean Ecosystem
c) Our Oceans, Our Future
d) Protect the Ocean
ANS - C
6. MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, SURESH PRABHU
INAUGURATED INDIAN RAILWAYS’ 1ST HR ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE IN?
a) New Delhi
b) Mumbai
c) Chennai
d) Kolkata
ANS - A
7. WHICH SOFTWARE SERVICES COMPANY HAS LAUNCHED
“BANCS APP DEVELOPMENT KIT” THAT WILL ENABLE BANKS TO DESIGN AND BUILD THEIR
OWN APPS AND DEPLOY IT ACROSS DEVICES AND DESKTOPS SEAMLESSLY?
a) Wipro
b) TCS
c) Tech Mahindra
d) Infosys
ANS - B
8. WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING SRI LANKAN CRICKETER
HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE ICC CRICKET HALL OF FAME IN LONDON?
a) Kumar Sangakkara
b) Sanath Jayasuriya
c) Muttiah Muralitharan
d) Arvinda de Silva
ANS - C
9. WHICH MOBILE APP HAS BEEN LAUNCHED BY
PRESIDENT PRANAB MUKHERJEE, THAT IS AIMED AT RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT FEMALE
FOETICIDE AND SEX SELECTION?
a) ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’
b) ‘Pride’
c) ‘Save the Girl Child’
d) ‘Selfie with Daughter’
ANS - D
10. WHO IS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK, “THE CRISIS
WITHIN KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION IN INDIA”?
a) Ganesh Devy
b) Peter Lopez
c) Chetan Bhagat
d) Karthik Iyer
ANS - A
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 7 & 8 JUNE
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIR QUIZ – 7 & 8 JUNE
1.
INDIA’S FIRST RURAL LED STREET LIGHTING PROJECT WILL BE UNDERTAKEN IN WHICH
STATE?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Telangana
c) Haryana
d) Punjab
ANS - A
2.
NATIONAL SKILL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION SIGNED MOU WITH WHICH CENTRAL ARMED
POLICE FORCE FOR CONDUCTING SKILL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS UNDER THE SKILL INDIA
MISSION?
a) CRPF
b) ITBP
c) CISF
d) BSF
ANS - C
3.
WHICH COUNTRY OFFICIALLY JOINED NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION AND THEREBY
BECAME THE 29TH MEMBER COUNTRY OF NATO?
a) Serbia
b) Montenegro
c) Bulgaria
d) Croatia
ANS - B
4.
WHICH PUBLIC SECTOR BANK IS GOING TO DEVELOP AS MANY AS 100 DIGITAL VILLAGES IN
VARIOUS STATES OF THE COUNTRY AS PART OF ITS INITIATIVE TO PROMOTE DIGITAL
BANKING AMONG THE RURAL POPULATION?
a) Bank of India
b) Punjab National Bank
c) Bank of Baroda
d) Vijaya Bank
ANS - D
5.
WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING BOLLYWOOD ACTRESS HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS BRAND
AMBASSADOR FOR THE WILDLIFE TRUST OF INDIA?
a) Dia Mirza
b) Deepika Padukone
c) Sushmita Sen
d) Raveena Tandon
ANS - A
6. HOME MINISTER RAJNATH SINGH INAUGURATED A
TWO-DAY NATIONAL LEVEL CONFERENCE ON “CAPACITY BUILDING OF SDRF-2017” IN:
a) Mumbai
b) New Delhi
c) Visakkhapatnam
d) Chennai
ANS - B
7. WHICH INITIATIVE HAS BEEN LAUNCHED BY UNION
HEALTH MINISTER J P NADDA TO UPSCALE THE QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF TRAINED
PROFESSIONALS IN THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM?
a) ‘More Skills, More Growth’
b) ‘Skills for Youth’
c) ‘Skill for Life, Save a Life’
d) ‘Skills and Jobs’
ANS - C
8. INDIA HAS SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH ________
TO PROVIDE USD 318 MILLION AS LINE OF CREDIT TO DEVELOP THE RAILWAY SECTOR IN
THE COUNTRY
a) Sri Lanka
b) Myanmar
c) Nepal
d) Bangladesh
ANS - A
9. WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN APPOINTED
AS INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS OF INDIA POST PAYMENTS BANK?
a) Gauri Shanka and Mithali
Sarkar
b) K G Karmakar and Mithali
Sarkar
c) V K Dhond and Gauri Shankar
d) K G Karmakar and Gauri Shankar
ANS - D
10. UNION CABINET HAS GIVEN ITS EX-POST FACTO
APPROVAL TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN INDIA AND CYPRUS ON:
a) Defence Cooperation
b) Merchant Shipping
c) Art and Culture
d) Outer Space Exploration
ANS - B
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 10TH JUNE 2017
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 10TH JUNE 2017
1.
INDIAN RAILWAY CONDUCTS FIRST HR ROUND TABLE CONFERENCE
i.
Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Railways inaugurated Indian Railways’ 1st HR Round
Table Conference in New Delhi. Chairman of Railway Board, A. K. Mital and other
senior Railway officials were also present at the conference.
ii.
The Conference was organized around following 3 themes: a) Stakeholders
Expectations from HR
b)
Creativity Within Constraints and c) The Future of Work – HR Role.
iii.
HR experts and leaders of industry held round table discussion on each of the
above mentioned themes.
2.
INDIA, UNOSSC LAUNCH PARTNERSHIP FUND TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
i.
India and the UN Office for South- South Cooperation has launched a partnership
fund for supporting sustainable development projects across the world.
ii.
The partnership fund was launched on the occasion of the ‘World Oceans Day’ at
Permanent Mission of India to UN. Minister of State for External Affairs, M J
Akbar, India’s Permanent Representative
to the UN, Syed Akbaruddin, Envoy of the Secretary-General on South- South
Cooperation, Jorge Chediek and Director of United Nations Office for
South-South Cooperation were present at the occasion.
iii.
The objective of this partnership is to reduce poverty and hunger, improving
education, health and equality, and expanding access to clean water, energy and
livelihoods.
3.
CANARA BANK AND NEW INDIA ANNOUNCES TIE UP
i.
The New India Assurance Company and Canara Bank have entered into a corporate
agency arrangement for distribution of insurance products.
ii.
The pact allows Canara Bank to offer non-life insurance products to its
customers across metros and tier II and III cities through the bank’s extensive
network of over 6,000 branches.
iii.
New India Assurance will offer a bouquet of products — such as motor, home,
travel, health, fire, marine, and engineering insurance policies — through
branches of Canara Bank.
iv.
The partnership aims to provide best-in-class general insurance products to
Canara Bank customers at highly competitive rates.
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 9TH JUNE 2017
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 9TH JUNE 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1. TAMIL NADU GOVT
SIGNS MOU WITH AVIATION MINISTRY FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF UDAN SCHEME
i. Low-cost flight services are set to be in towns like
Neyveli and Hosur in Tamil Nadu in the first phase of implementation of the
Centre’s UDAN scheme to promote regional air connectivity.
ii. In the presence of CM K Palaniswami the state government
signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Civil Aviation Ministry for the
implementation the scheme at the secretariat.
iii. UDAN making regional connectivity at low cost so that
common people could opt for air travel.
2. BRICS MEDIA FORUM
HELD IN BEIJING & ONE MILLION DOLLAR FUND ESTABLISHED FOR BRICS MEDIA
i. BRICS Media Forum was held in Beijing, China. The forum
was attended by the leaders of over 25 media groups from Brazil, India, Russia,
China and South Africa.
ii. President of Xinhua News Agency, Cai Mingzhao and
executive president of the BRICS Media Forum announced that Xinhua will provide
1 million U.S. dollars to establish the BRICS Media Fund.
iii. This fund will be utilised for the implementation of
the action plan to strengthen cooperation among BRICS Media.
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 8TH JUNE 2017
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 8TH JUNE 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
RAJNATH TO INAUGURATE CONFERENCE ON DISASTER MANAGEMENT
i.
Rajnath Singh has inaugurated a two-day national level conference on “Capacity
Building of SDRF-2017”.
ii.
The conference was organised by the National Disaster Response Force. The
meeting would hold discussions to develop a synergy and to strengthen the
response capabilities of State Disaster Response Forces.
iii.
During the conference, various agenda points like streamlining the training
process of SDRFs and conducting it in a planned and coordinated manner would be
discussed.
iv.
Some more points would also be discussed in the meetings like integrations of
operational efforts between SDRF and NDRF, requirement and creation of training
infrastructure in each state, creation of a pool of instructors, sharing of
best practices, improving response time by SDRF’s.
2.
SHRI J P NADDA LAUNCHES SKILL FOR LIFE SAVE A LIFE
i.
Union Government has launched a Skill for Life, Save a Life Initiative. Its aim
is to promote skill development in the health sector.
ii.
Under the initiative, various courses will be initiated targeting specific
competencies for healthcare professionals as well as for general public.
iii.
Its objective is to upscale the quantity and quality of trained professionals
in the healthcare system.
iv.
The Ministry has initiated the
initiative by launching First Responder course for professionals as well as
general public that will be conducted in Central and State government training
institutes.
Thursday, June 8, 2017
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 5 & 6 JUNE
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIR QUIZ – 5 & 6 JUNE
1.
THE THREE-DAY FESTIVAL‘MAKING OF DEVELOPED INDIA’ WAS HELD ON JUNE 2 IN WHICH STATE?
a) Andhra Pradesh
b) Telangana
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Uttar Pradesh
ANS - A
2.
WHICH DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR THE MGNREGA ANNUAL AWARD
FOR EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MAHATMA GANDHI NATIONAL RURAL EMPLOYMENT
GUARANTEE ACT DURING 2015-16?
a) Guntur
b) Vizianagram
c) Nellore
d) Kurnool
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
DAILY CURRENT AFFAIR QUIZ – 3 & 4 JUNE
DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIR QUIZ – 3 & 4 JUNE
1. WHICH CITY WILL GET INDIA’S
FIRST ‘FREIGHT VILLAGE’?
a) Kolkata
b) Jaipur
c) Surat
d) Varanasi
ANS - D
2.
PUNJAB STATE GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO JOIN HANDS WITH WHICH COUNTRY FOR
IMPARTING SKILL TRAINING AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TO THE YOUTHS OF THE STATE IN
ORDER TO PROVIDE THEM BETTER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ABROAD?
a) UK
b) Canada
c) Germany
d) France
ANS - A
3.
AS PER NITI AAYOG, INDIA’S ECONOMY IS EXPECTED TO GROW AT ____% IN THE FISCAL
ENDING IN MARCH 2018.
a) 7.6%
b) 7.5%
c) 7.7%
d) 7.4%
ANS - B
4. ALEKSANDAR VUCIC HAS BEEN
SWORN IN AS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF?
a) Georgia
b) Belgium
c) Serbia
d) Croatia
ANS - C
5. ON JUNE 1, 2017, RBI ANNOUNCED
APPOINTMENT OF _______AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR?
a) S Ganesh Kumar
b) V RadhaKrishnan
c) L J Sitaram
d) V K Munshi
ANS - A
6. GOVERNOR OF WHICH STATE LAUNCHED THE
VIDYA-VEERTA ABHIYAN BY PRESENTING VICE CHANCELLORS OF UNIVERSITIES WITH THE
PORTRAITS OF PARAM VIR CHAKRA RECIPIENTS?
a) Uttarakhand
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Haryana
d) Punjab
ANS - A
7. THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA
HAS SET UP A COMMITTEE TO ADVISE IT ON ISSUES RELATING TO CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
IN INDIAN FIRMS. WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THIS COMMITTEE?
a) Chanda Kochhar
b) Rana Kapoor
c) Uday Kotak
d) Aditya Puri
ANS - C
8. WHICH ENTITY HAS BAGGED THE ‘RAKSHA MANTRI’S
AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE’ UNDER THE GROUP AWARD CATEGORY FOR DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT
OF 180 TONNE CLASS ELECTRIC HYDRAULIC EXCAVATOR – BE1800E?
a) BHEL
b) Larsen & Toubro
c) Reliance Defence and
Engineering Ltd.
d) BEML Ltd.
ANS - D
9. PARAM JIT MANN HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEXT
AMBASSADOR OF INDIA TO?
a) Austria
b) Republic of Slovenia
c) Philippines
d) Switzerland
ANS - B
10. LEO VARADKAR, AN INDIAN-ORIGIN DOCTOR, IS SET
TO BECOME THE YOUNGEST PRIME MINISTER OF?
a) Finland
b) Norway
c) Ireland
d) Sweden
ANS - C