Daily Current Affairs 15 April 2019

1. INDIA TO BE GUEST OF HONOUR COUNTRY AT ABU DHABI INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR (ADIBF) 2019

✔UAE selected India as the Guest of Honour country at the Abu Dhabi International Book Fair 2019, to attract a significant increase in the number of visitors with various events and activities.

✔The purpose of this  book fair is to highlight the UAE’s rich heritage, showcasing its authenticity, modernity, as well as its cultural and literary output.

United Arab Emirates President: Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan  Prime Minister: Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum  Capital: Abu Dhabi

2. RBI GRANTS 12 YEARS TO LIC FOR REDUCING STAKE IN IDBI BANK

✔Life Insurance Corporation, the largest insurance company in India, got 12 years from RBI for cut down stake in IDBI Bank.

✔LIC is the lender’s major shareholder, and it has a 51 per cent stake in the Bank.

✔Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority  claimed that LIC can take up to 15 percent stake in any bank,which can stretch up to 30 percent as per the board approval.But the insurance regulator has authorised LIC to hold up to 51 percent in IDBI Bank in 2018.

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India is an autonomous, statutory body tasked with regulating and promoting the insurance and re-insurance industries in India. Founded: 1999 Headquarters: Hyderabad Chairperson: Subhash Chandra Khuntia

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 14^TH – 15^TH APRIL 2019

1.        Where was India’s first ‘Voter Park’ inaugurated to raise voter awareness instructing people about the electoral process?

A) Pune, Maharashtra

B) Mumbai, Maharashtra

C) Faridabad, Haryana

D) Gurugram, Haryana

E) None of these

2.        Name the space research organization, has partnered with Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) for the first timeto conserve smaller wetlands to combat effects of climate change.

A) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

B) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

C) Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)

D) SpaceX

E) None of these

3.        Who won the World Press Photo award 2019 for the image “of a crying toddler at US border”?

A) Annie Leibovitz

B) John Moore

C) Pieter Ten Hoopen

D) Ronaldo Schemidt

E) None of these

4.        Who was appointed as the first woman vice-chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia University (JMI)?

A) Najma Heptulla

B) Kafeel Ahmad

C) Najma Akhtar

D) Talat Ahmad

E) None of these

5.        Name the digital payment entity that acquired a US-based financial technology, Wibmo for USD 70 million.

A) PayU

B) PayPal

C) Razorpay

D) Paytm

E) None of these

6.        On13th April, India observed which anniversary of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre also known as the Amritsar massacre?

A) 95th

B) 100th

C) 103rd

D) 110th

E) None of these

7.        Which city became the most polluted city in the world as per the WHO report titled “Political Leaders Position and Action on Air Quality in India 2014-2019”?

A) Patna

B) Gaya

C) Kanpur

D) Faridabad

E) None of these

8.        Which two countries, acceded to improve the bilateral cooperation in various fields including political, economic scientific and cultural cooperation during the Foreign Office Consultations in New Delhi?

A) India and Canada

B) India and Netherlands

C) India and US

D) India and Russia

E) None of these

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Daily Current Affairs 14 April 2019

1. A TWO-DAY MEETING OF 21ST ASEAN-INDIA SENIOR OFFICIALS MEETING HELD IN NEW DELHI

✔ 21st ASEAN-India Senior Officials’ Meeting was held at New Delhi to improve the connectivity and strengthen the cooperation in the maritime sector between Indian and the ASEAN countries.

✔Meeting was held to  enhance the cooperation in Renewable Energy and hold an ASEAN-India Conference on Renewable Energy in 2019.

Association of Southeast Asian Nations is a regional intergovernmental organization comprising ten countries in Southeast Asia, which promotes intergovernmental cooperation and facilitates economic, political, security, military, educational, and sociocultural integration among its members and other countries in Asia. Headquarters: Jakarta, Indonesia Founded: 8th August 1967  Member Countries: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand,  Vietnam

2. HARYANA CEO RAJEEV RANJAN INAUGURATES VOTER PARK IN GURUGRAM

✔Haryana Chief Electoral Officer Rajeev Ranjan inaugurated India’s first-of-its-kind ‘Voter Park’ in , Gurugram, to raise voter awareness instructing people about the electoral process.

✔The park will help to motivate qualified people to vote in the LokSabha election so that they can contribute to the growth of the country.

✔ An Election awareness song “Vote KaHaiAdhikar, Suno Re Vote KaHaiAdhikar“. was also launched in the function.

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Daily Current Affairs 13 April 2019

Daily Current Affairs 13 April 2019 

1. ACCORDING TO ‘POLITICAL LEADERS POSITION AND ACTION ON AIR QUALITY IN INDIA 2014-2019’ REPORT: KANPUR RANKED 1 AS THE MOST POLLUTED CITY

✔Kanpur (in Uttar Pradesh) is the most polluted city in the world and is positioned 1 on the list.

✔Faridabad in Haryana is in 2nd position after Kanpur, followed by Varanasi, on position 3^rd.

2. ELECTION COMMISSION INVOKES ARTICLE 324 TO DEFER PM MODI BIOPIC

✔India’s Electoral Commission has issued an order to ban display of any biopic or publicity material during Manual Code of Conduct, which could sub serve the purposes of any political entity or any individual entity connected to it.

✔The ban was concerned with the biopic film on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

✔Election Commission has invoked powers under Article 324 to defer the display of any publicity until after the country’s parliamentary elections.

Article 324 of the Constitution of India, the Election Commission of India, interalia, is vested with the power of superintendence, direction and control of conducting the elections to the offices of the President and Vice-President of India. Chief Election Commissioner of India: Sunil Arora

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 13TH APRIL 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 13^TH APRIL 2019

1.        Who chaired the panel, for setting up Central Monitoring Committee to enforce a national plan for reducing river pollution?

A) Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel

B) Justice Jawad Rahim

C) Justice Raghuvendra Singh Rathore

D) Justice Sonam Phintso Wangdi

E) None of these

2.        Name the flagship programme of India, that was honoured with ‘Public Water Agency of the Year’ award at the Global Water Summit held in London.

A) Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme

B) National Mission for Clean Ganga

C) Rajiv Gandhi Accelerated Rural Water Supply Programme

D) Water Mission for North East and Himalayan States

E) None of these

3.        Cabinet Committee of Security has cleared the proposal for the procurement of the 464 T-90 tanks from which country?

A) US

B) Russia

C) China

D) Japan

E) None of these

4.        Name the education technology startup of India that won “Next Billion Edtech Prize 2019” to empower parents to take charge of their child’s early education.

A) Dost Education

B) Byju

C) Careerguide

D) CueMath

E) None of these

5.        Name the Rio Paralympics silver medalist, who was honoured with the New Zealand Prime Minister’s Sir Edmund Hillary Fellowship for 2019.

A) Varun Singh Bhati

B) Mariyappan Thangavelu

C) Deepa Malik

D) Devendra Jhajharia

E) None of these

6.        Who was elected as the Prime Minister of Israel for the fifth term and thus making him the longest serving Prime Minister of Israel?

A) Yaakov Litzman

B) Benny Gantz

C) Benjamin Netanyahu

D) Avi Gabbay

E) None of these

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 12TH APRIL 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 12^TH APRIL 2019

1.        According to the Published National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2019 and Atal Ranking of Institutions for Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2019 ranking for higher educational institutes in India, Which institution had been spotted top in the overall category?

A)  Miranda House, Delhi

B)  Indian Institute of Technology Madras

C)  Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru

D)  Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

E)  None of these

2.        Name the first city in the world to implement a Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) for 24×7 hours a week to reduce toxic air pollution and protect public health.

A)  New York

B)  Samara

C) Shangai

D)  London

E) None of these

3.        On 8th April 2019, Reserve Bank of India gave some guidelines which based upon the recommendations of the “Committee on Currency Movement” (CCM) for banks to set up new currency chests. Who is the chairman of CCM?

A)  DK Mohanty

B)  Dr. Bimal Jalan

C)  N.K. Singh

D)  M.P. Bezbarauah

E)  None of these

4.        Which of the below private bank has signed an agreement to strengthen the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) startup platform?

A)  HDFC Bank

B)  City Union Bank

C)  Axis Bank

D)  ICICI Bank

E) None of these

5.        Which of the following report of the World Bank stated that India retained its position as the world’s top recipient in 2018?

A) Human Capital Index

B) Ease of Doing Business

C) Global Financial Stability Report

D)  Migration and Development Brief

E) None of these

6.        Name the SUN Group Chairman who had succeeded Jawahar Vadivelu to become a new President of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) – India.

A) Narinder Biba

B)  Bikram Singh

C) Mehsopuria

D)  Vikramjit Singh Sahney

E) None of these

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DAILY GK 12 APRIL 2019

DAILY GK 12 APRIL 2019

1. NAMAMI GANGE GETS APPROVED WITH GLOBAL RECOGNITION AT GLOBAL WATER SUMMIT

✔The National Mission for Clean Ganga was awarded the distinction of “Public Water Agency of the Year” by Global Water Intelligence at the Global Water Summit in London. The Global Water Awards are presented at the Global Water Summit, the major business conference for the water industry worldwide.

2. FIRST-EVER GLOBAL COALITION LAUNCHED FOR CLEAN COOLING

✔The 1st ever of global coalition on clean and efficient cooling was launched at First Global Conference on Synergies between the 2030 Agenda and Paris Agreement in Copenhagen, Denmark.

✔This coalition is aim to identify solutions and mobilise action to accelerate progress towards clean and efficient cooling.

3. THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT CLEARS ATTAINMENT OF 464 RUSSIAN TANKS UNDER THE T-90 PROJECT

✔The Cabinet Commitee of Security has cleared the procurement of 464 Russian tanks under T-90 project in a deal worth over Rs 13,500 crore.

✔The tanks would be given to the Armoured Corps of the force which will be furthered used by them for deployment along the India-Pakistan border.

✔The new deal would increase the number of T-90s in the Army to 2,000 along with the remaining T-72 and T-55s. The acquisition also includes a Make-in-India element for integration at the Heavy Vehicles Factory in Avadi (near Chennai).

4. ‘DOST EDUCATION’, INDIA’S EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY STARTUP WON GLOBAL TECH PRIZE

✔India’s education technology startup ‘Dost Education’ won a $25,000 tech prize along with two other winners from Tanzania and Egypt. The Next Billion Edtech Prize 2019, run by UK-based Varkey Foundation, recognizes the most innovative technology destined to have a radical impact on education in low income and emerging world countries.

✔This foundation recognizes the most innovative technology which creates a radical impact on education in low income and emerging world countries.

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DAILY GK 11 APRIL 2019

DAILY GK 11 APRIL 2019

1. A JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE BETWEEN INDIA AND SINGAPORE ‘BOLD KURUKSHETRA–2019’ STARTED IN JHANSI’S BABINA CANTONMENT

✔A three-day joint military exercise between India and Singapore named ‘Bold Kurukshetra–2019’ started in Jhansi’s Babina Cantonment, Uttar Pradesh to strengthen cooperation against terrorism, develop defence technology and boost maritime security.

2. ISRAEL’S BENJAMIN NETANYAHU RENAMED AS FIFTH TERM PRIME MINISTER

✔Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to head a historic 5th term as Israel’s prime minister with close-to-complete unofficial election results giving his right-wing Likud and other nationalist and religious parties a solid majority in parliament.

3. INDIA’S GROWTH RATE TO INCREASE FROM 7.3% IN 2019 TO 7.5% IN 2020

✔According to the IMF, India’s growth rate is estimated to rise from 7.3% in 2019 to 7.5% in 2020 provided it receives impetus from the fiscal policy and is backed by the ongoing recovery of investment and consumption within expanded approach of monetary policy.

✔According to the report, India’s growth is approximated to stabilise at just under 7% over the medium term. This will be possible when structural reforms will continuously be implemented and infrastructure gridlocks would be eased.

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CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 11TH APRIL 2019

CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ – 11^TH APRIL 2019

1.    Which engineering institution was ranked the best in the National Institutional Ranking Framework -2019?
A) IIT Delhi
B) IIT Bombay
C) IIT Kharagpur
D) IIT Madras

E) None of these

2.     Which university was ranked the best in the list of Top 10 Indian Universities in the National Institutional Ranking Framework -2019?
A) JNU, Delhi 
B) BHU, Varanasi 
C) IISc, Bengaluru
D) Anna University, Chennai

E) None of these

3.    Who has been appointed as the new head coach of the Indian men’s national hockey team?
A) Graham Reid
B) Dhanraj Pillay
C) Mark Knowles
D) Ajit Pal Singh 

E) None of these

4.    Which company has become India’s first gaming unicorn?
A) Hashcube Technologies 
B) Ingenuity Gaming
C) Zapak Digital
D) Dream11

E) None of these

5.    Which organisation recently issued guidelines for banks to set up new currency chests?
A) RBI
B) SEBI
C) NITI Aayog
D) FICCI

E) None of these

6.    Which country was positioned as the world’s top recipient of remittances according to the World Bank’s latest Migration and Development Brief?
A) United States
B) Saudi Arabia
C) India
D) China

E) None of these

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