DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS:
7 JAN 2016
(Daily News India)
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1. KATE ATKINSON WINS 2015 COSTA NOVEL
AWARD
i. The British writer Kate
Atkinson has grabbed the 2015 Costa novel award for her novel “A God in Ruins”.
ii. She became the first British
author to receive a Costa prize 3 times.
iii. Earlier she had won this
award for Life After Life in 2013 and Behind the Scenes at the Museum in 1995.
iv.The Costa Book Awards are annual literary awards given to
English-language books writers based in
Britain and Ireland.
2. UNION GOVERNMENT DECIDES TO
DIRECTLY SHIFT FROM BS-IV TO BS-VI EMISSION NORMS IN 2020
i.Union Ministry of Road
Transport & Highways has decided to implement the emission norms of Bharat
Stage VI from 1st April 2020 to control
vehicular pollution.
ii. Government will directly
shift to BS-VI emission norms from the present BS-IV emission norms and will
skip BS-V emission norms altogether.
iii.Earlier Supreme Court Ordered
the Union Government to implement BS-VI emission norms earlier than April 2021
deadline due to rising air pollution in the country.
UNON ROAD
TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS MINISTER: NITIN GADKARI
3. APURVI CHANDELA BROKE
WORLD RECORD TO WIN GOLD AT SWEDISH CUP GRAND PRIX
i. Indian shooter Apurvi Chandela broke the world record to grab a
gold medal in the women's 10 metre air rifle event at the Swedish Cup Grand
Prix.
ii. Apurvi Chandela shot 211.2 in the event and broken record of
Chinese Olympic gold medallist Yi Siling, who held the record with 211.
iii. She has also qualified for the Women's 10 m air rifle at the
2016 Summer Olympics.
4. JAMMU AND KASHMIR CHIEF MINISTER MUFTI MOHAMMAD SAYEED DIED
i. Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed passed
away on 7 January at the AIIMS hospital in New Delhi.
ii. He had founded the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic
Party.
5. UNION CABINET APPROVES CREATION OF A CREDIT GUARANTEE FUND
FOR MUDRA LOANS
i. The Union Cabinet has approved creation of a Credit Guarantee Fund
for Micro Units Development Refinance Agency loans.
ii. Under Credit Guarantee Fund for MUDRA Units will guarantee
loans sanctioned under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana to reduce the credit risk to
Banks and other financial intermediaries who are Member Lending Institutions.
iii. Under this scheme the guarantee would
be provided on
portfolio basis to
a maximum extent of
50 per cent of Amount
in Default in the
MUDRA Bank.
6. FILIPPO GRANDI TAKES CHARGE AS UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR
REFUGEES
i.Senior United Nations official Filippo Grandi has taken the charge as new UN High
Commissioner for Refugees.
ii. He has replaced Antonio Guterres of Portugal.
iii. He has been appointed for a tenure of five years.
iv.United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is a United
Nations agency mandated to protect and support refugees.
v.It is established in 1950 and headquarterd at Geneva,
Switzerland.
