DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 01 SEP 2016
(Daily News India)
1. INDIA
JUMPS 19 PLACES IN LOGISTICS PERFORMANCE INDEX: WORLD BANK
i. India
jumped 19 places in the Logistics Performance Index to rank 35th in this year’s
list.
ii. The
World Bank has recently released a Logistics Performance Index (LPI) 2016
report titled ‘Connecting to Complete 2016’.
iii. The
logistics' list was topped by Germany.
2. BHUTAN
SET TO HOST ASIAN TENNIS TOUR EVENT NEXT MONTH
i. Land of
the thunder dragon’s Nation Bhutan is set to become the fourth Asian country to
host a tournament on the Asian Tennis Tour.
ii. India,
Thailand and Iran have already hosted a series of tournaments, both men and
women, on ATT and Bhutan is scheduled to host its maiden event from September
16 to 18.
3. FIRST
MILITARY HERITAGE WEBSITE LAUNCHED
i. India's
first military heritage website, coloursofglory.org was launched by Glory
Foundation at Chennai.
ii. A
veteran of the 1971 Indo-Pak war, city based Captain D.P.Ramachandran who is
also the executive trustee of the foundation declared the war heroes of South
India held great significance to the history of India.
4.
MOBIKWIK JOINS HAND WITH 12 STATE ELECTRICITY BOARDS
i. India's
largest digital payment company in India, MobiKwik has announced coalition with
12 state electricity boards.
ii. The
MobiKwik took this initiative ahead of its expansion plan to set up a national
base for utility payments.
5. UNION
MINISTER JP NADDA UNVEILED MERA ASPATAL – MY HOSPITAL INITIATIVE
i. Union
Health and Family Welfare Minister JP Nadda launched the ‘Mera Aspataal’ (my
hospital) initiative.
ii. This
move seeks to empower the patients by seeking their views on the quality of
experience in a public healthcare facility.
6.
GUJARAT BECOMES FIRST STATE TO DISTRIBUTE 2 CR. LED BULBS
i. Under the
Government’s initiative of affordable LEDs for all (UJALA) scheme, Gujarat has
become the 1st state to distribute 2 crore LED bulbs.
ii. Gujarat
has reached this milestone in just 96 days and over 42 lakh households have
already benefitted from the scheme.
7.
100-YEAR-OLD ATHLETE FROM INDIA, WINS GOLD MEDAL AT MASTERS GAMES
i. India’s
100-year-old athlete, Man Kaur has won Gold medal at the American Masters Games
in the 100-meter dash. She took a minute-and-a-half to cross the finish line in
Vancouver.
ii. Kaur
from Chandigarh was the only female competitor in her age category at the
competition for older athletes.
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
1. WHAT
TITLE HAS BEEN GIVEN TO LOGISTIC PERFORMANCE INDEX 2016 BY WORLD BANK?
a.
Connecting World
b. Supply
Logistic
c.
Connecting to Complete
d. Logistic
Connection
2. ASIAN
TENNIS TOUR WILL BE HOST BY WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES?
a. India
b. Mayanmar
c. Thailand
d. Bhutan
3. WHICH
PAYMENT APP HAS ANNOUNCED COALITION WITH 12 STATES ELECTRICITY BOARD FOR
UTILITY
PAYMENT?
a. Paytm
b. Mobikwik
c.
Freecharge
d. Gobibo
4. NAME
THE UNION HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE MINISTER OF INDIA?
a. JP Nadda
b. Sadananda
Godwana
c. Suresh
Prabhu
d. Amit Shah
5. WHAT
IS THE CAPITAL OF GUJARAT?
a. Rajkot
b.
Gandhinagar
c. Surat
d. Daman
ANSWERS:
1. C 2.
D 3. B 4.
A 5. B
