DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 1ST FEB 2017
(Daily News India)
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1. TEXTILE MINISTRY INAUGURATES MEGHALAYA’S FIRST EVER APPAREL
AND GARMENT CENTRE AT AMPATI
i.
Meghalaya’s 1st ever Apparel and Garment Making Centre was inaugurated jointly
by CM of Meghalaya Dr. Mukul Sangma and Union Textiles Minister Smriti Zubin
Irani at Ampati in South West Garo Hills.
ii. The
centre would capacitate to create job opportunity for both women and men of the
region and make them economically empowered.
iii. The
facility has been set up in an area of 45,000 sq ft at an approximate cost of
Rs 14.26 cr. It has been set up under North East Region Textiles Promotion
Scheme.
iv. Union
Ministry of Textiles is working to implement projects worth Rs 70 cr in the
Sericulture & Weaving sector for Meghalaya alone to boost investment in the
region as well as generate employment prospects.
2. MINISTRY OF DEFENCE TO SET UP RS 1500 CR DEFENCE UNIT IN
MADHYA PRADESH
i. The Union
Minister for Panchayati Raj and Rural Development, Narendra Singh Tomar
announced that the Ministry of Defence is set to open its Defence Unit in
Morena district of Madhya Pradesh.
ii. The unit
would enable in Kailaras and Sabalgarh tehsil areas and span over 969.735
hectare of land at a cost of Rs. 1500 crore.
iii. The CM
of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan has already allotted 334.584 hectare
revenue land for the purpose free of cost.
3. E-PAATHSALA LAUNCHES UNIQUE TECHNOLOGY-BACKED SERVICES FOR
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN INDIA
i. Bangalore
based Start-up firm E-paathsala has launched an integrated accreditation and
ERP technology solution for the universities and colleges to enable them better
manage their multiple accreditation standards in an easy, fast and efficient
manner and bridge the gap identified for specific accreditations.
ii. Every
college and University has multiple accreditations for standards such as
National Assessment and Accreditation Council, National Board of Accreditation
among others.
iii.
E-paathsala would provide a software and consultancy solutions that would help
the institutions to improve their management system with emphasis on improving
accreditation standards.
iv. The
technology would provide services like IQAC work flow, Accreditation Management, PO-CO attainment
for students, Admission Management, Accounting, SWOT analysis, and Fees
Management, Learning Management System, Student Management, Library Management,
Transport Management, Hostel and Class Management, Alumina Management and
Placement Management.
4. INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT LAUNCHES OPERATION CLEAN MONEY
i. Income Tax
Department lead by Sushil Chandra has launched Operation Clean Money to verify
the cash deposited in the banks during November 9th to December 30th 2016.
ii. An online
Verification process will be carried out by comparing the demonetization data
CBDT with information in ITD databases.
iii. This
information will be available at the portal
https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in. The PAN holder can view the information
using the link ‘Cash Transactions 2016’ under ‘Compliance’ section of the
portal.
iv. The
verification will be closed if the cash deposit is declared under Pradhan
Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojna.
5. RELIANCE DEFENCE SIGNS CONTRACT WITH MINISTRY OF DEFENCE TO
CONSTRUCT 14 FAST PATROL VESSELS FOR INDIAN COAST GUARD
i. Reliance
Defence and Engineering Ltd, a wholly owned arm of Reliance Infrastructure Ltd,
has signed a contract worth Rs. 916 cr with the Ministry of Defence to design
and construct 14 Fast Patrol Vessels for the Indian Coast Guard.
ii. The
medium range, high speed vessels would be deployed for patrolling within the
exclusive economic zone, anti-smuggling, costal surveillance, anti-piracy,
search and rescue operations. It will also provide support as front-line
warships during emergencies.
iii. RDEL is
the first private sector shipyard which has been awarded a contract of
designing and building such ships for Indian Armed Forces.
6. DUSHYANT CHAUTALA APPOITED AS NEW TTFI PRESIDENT
i. Dushyant
Chautala is elected as youngest president of Table Tennis Federation of India
during the Annual General Body meeting held in Gurugram.
ii. Chautala
with two observers Kuldip Vats and Ashwani Kumar are selected for 4 years,
extends until 2021.
iii. The
election has been conducted and supervised by Justice Ranjit Singh of the
Punjab and Haryana High Court.
iv. 3 main
office-bearers, 8 vice-presidents, 4 joint secretaries and 5 out of 8 Executive
Committee members were filled as per the TTFI constitution and the other three vacant posts in the Executive
Committee will be chosen by the TTFI head.
7. AMULYA PATNAIK APPOINTED AS DELHI POLICE CHIEF
i. IPS
officer from UTs cadre, Amulya Patnaik is appointed as Chief of Delhi police.
He is preceeded by Alok Verma, who has been moved as the director of CBI.
ii. Patnaik
is currently working as Delhi police special commissioner (admin).
OBJECTIVE
QUESTIONS BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1. IN WHICH PLACE OF MEGHALAYA, THE APPAREL AND GARMENT MAKING
CENTRE HAS BEEN INAUGURATED?
a) Ampati
b) Baghmara
c) Ampatigri
d) Betasing
Q2.IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATE, THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE HAS
PLANNED TO SET UP ITS DEFENCE UNIT AT A COST OF RS. 1500 CRORE?
a)
Himachal Pradesh
b) Madhya Pradesh
c) Goa
d) Jammu & Kashmir
Q3. WHICH START-UP FIRM HAS LAUNCHED AN INTEGRATED ACCREDITATION
AND ERP TECHNOLOGY SOLUTION TO ENABLE HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO BETTER
MANAGE THEIR MULTIPLE ACCREDITATION STANDARDS?
a) SAIF Partners
b) Sequoia Capital
c) Accel Partners
d) E-paathsala
Q4. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE ONLINE PLATFORM LAUNCHED BY THE
INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT TO ANALYZE DEPOSITS MADE DURING THE DEMONETIZATION
PERIOD?
a) Operation Demonetized Money
b) Operation Black Money
c) Operation Clean Money
d) Operation Knockout
Q5. WHO HAS BEEN SWORN IN AS THE CHIEF OF DELHI POLICE?
a) Ahmed Javed
b) Rakesh Maria
c) Alok Verma
d) Amulya Patnaik
Q6. WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF TABLE TENNIS
FEDERATION OF INDIA?
a) Dushyant Chautala
b) Ashwani Kumar
c) Kuldip Vats
d) Ramesh Rathore
ANSWER:
1
- A 2 - B 3 - D 4 - C 5 - D 6
- A
