DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 13TH MAR 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
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1.
SBI INCORPORATES WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY FOR PREMISES AND ESTATE MATTERS OF SBI
i. The
State Bank of India has legally incorporated SBI Infra Management Solutions
Pvt. Ltd. as a wholly owned subsidiary of SBI. SBIIMS Pvt. Ltd. will now manage
the premises and estate related matters of SBI.
ii. The
new subsidiary will save the time of bank employees who earlier performed these
non-core functions. Now these employees can handle the core functions of the
bank and increase the efficiency.
iii. SBIIMS
Pvt. Ltd. will handle the advisory services, transaction management, facility
management and implementation of policies and initiatives.
2.
ARUNACHAL PRADESH LAUNCHES ADARSH GRAM YOJANA FOR RURAL POOR
i. The
Arunachal Pradesh government has launched a new scheme Adarsh Gram Yojana that
is in accordance with the basic philosophy of the Prime Minister “Sabka Saath
Sabka Vikaas”.
ii. The
scheme aims to reach the poor people in rural areas of the state to serve them
better.
iii.
Under this scheme, 123 villages will be developed as ‘Model Villages’ during
the fiscal year 2017-18.
iv. The
state government has allocated an amount of Rs.93 cr in the Budget 2017-18 for
infrastructure development and for creating employment opportunities and
community assets for the people of those villages.
3.
NARENDRA KUMAR APPOINTED NEW CHAIRMAN OF CENTRAL WATER COMMISSION
i.
Narendra Kumar has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Central Water
Commission with effect from March 9 upon
the superannuation of former Chairman GS Jha.
ii. A
Central Water Engineering Service officer, Narendra Kumar became CWC member in October 2014.
iii.
Before this, Kumar had served in the Commission as its assistant director in
Design Organisation, deputy director in Project Appraisal Directorate and
director in Dam Safety Organisation and Project Monitoring Directorate.
4.
PRESIDENT APPOINTS NEW CHIEF JUSTICES IN KERALA, MP, PATNA, JHARKHAND,
CHATTISGRAH HCS
i. The
President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee announced the appointment of new
Chief Justices in the state of Madhya Pradesh, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Patna and
Jharkhand High Courts.
ii.
Justice Thottathil Bhaskaran Nair Radhakrishnan, Judge of the Kerala High Court
was appointed as Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court.
iii.
Judge of the Patna High Court, Justice Navaniti Prasad Singh, has been
appointed to be the Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court.
iv.
Justice Hemant Gupta, Judge of the Patna High Court appointed to be the Chief
Justice of the Madhya Pradesh High Court.
v.
Judge of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, Justice Rajendra Menon, to be the Chief
Justice of the Patna High Court.
vi.
Justice Pradip Kumar Mohanty, Judge of Jharkhand High Court has been appointed
to be the Chief Justice of the Jharkhand High Court.
5.
INDIA RANKED 132 IN THE LATEST EDITION OF FIFA RANKING
i. In
the latest FIFA ranking for the month of March Indian Football team dropped two
places and is now ranked at 132nd spot as compared to 130 in February FIFA
ranking.
ii.
Argentina topped in FIFA ranking with 1644 points, followed by Brazil at 2nd
spot with 1534 points and Germany at 3rd spot with 1443 points. Chile and
Belgium are ranked at 4th and 5th respectively in the FIFA rankings for the
month of March.
6.
CHEMISTRY NOBEL LAUREATE GEORGE OLAH DIED
i.
Hungarian–American chemist George Olah was passed away in in Beverly Hills,
USA.
ii.
Olah received the chemistry Nobel Prize for his work on carbocations in 1994.
iii. He
also won the American Chemical Society’s Priestley Medal and the Széchenyi
Grand Prize of Hungary.
OBJECTIVE QUESTION BASED
ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1.
UNDER THE ADARSH GRAM YOJANA LAUNCHED BY ARUNACHAL PRADESH, HOW MANY VILLAGES
WILL BE TRANSFORMED INTO MODEL VILLAGES DURING 2017-18?
a) 120
b) 123
c) 125
d) 122
Q2.
WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE CHHATTISGARH HIGH COURT?
a) Hemant Gupta
b) Rajendra Menon
c) Pradip Kumar Mohanty
d) Thottathil Radhakrishnan
Q3.
WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE NEW CHAIRMAN OF THE CENTRAL WATER COMMISSION?
a) S.C. Mudgerikar
b) Ashwin K Mehta
c) Narendra Kumar
d) Harpreet Singh
Q4.WHAT
IS THE NAME OF THE WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY INCORPORATED BY THE STATE BANK OF
INDIA TO MANAGE ITS PREMISES AND ESTATE RELATED MATTERS?
a) SBI Infra Management Solutions Pvt. Ltd
b) SBI IT Infrastructure Management Services
c) SBI ESM Technologies Pvt Ltd
d) Macquarie SBI Infrastructure Management Pvt.
Ltd.
Q5.
WHO HAS BEEN APPOINTED TO BE THE NEW CHIEF JUSTICE OF JHARKHAND HIGH COURT?
a) Navaniti Prasad Singh
b) Pradip Kumar Mohanty
c) Rajendra Menon
d) Hemant Gupta
ANSWERS:
1 – B 2 - D 3 - C 4
- A 5 - B
