DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 25TH JUNE 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
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1.
VENKAIAH NAIDU INAUGURATES ‘HOMES FOR ALL’ PROPERTY SHOW IN AHMEDABAD
i.
Union Minister for Urban Development, Housing and Poverty Alleviation Venkaiah
Naidu inagurated the ‘Homes For All’ property.
ii
.The show is organized by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and GIHED CREDAI in
Ahmedabad.
iii.
On the occasion, Mr. Naidu has launched several smart initiatives such as AMC
Seva Mobile Application, Janmitra Card -‘One Card Many Services’, Amdavad
Airport Shuttle Service, and Intelligent Transit Management System among
others.
iv.
The Janmitra card enables multimodal transport journey payments like Transit
Services Ticketing for AMTS, BRTS, Payments for Municipal Services, Payment for
any other retail transaction.
2.
DEFENCE MINISTER ARUN JAITLEY’S 3-DAY VISIT TO RUSSIA FROM JUNE 21-23, 2017
i.
Defence Minister Arun Jaitley was on an official visit to Russia. The visited
was aimed at strengthening bilateral defence and security cooperation between
India and Russia.
ii.
Mr. Jaitley co-chaired the 1st meeting of the India-Russia High Level Committee
on Science and Technology with the Russian Deputy PM Dmitry Rogozin.
iii.
Mr. Jaitley co-chaired the 17th meeting of the India-Russia Intergovernmental
Commission on Military-Technical Cooperation in Moscow with Russian Defence
Minister General Sergei Shoigu.
3.
INCUBATION CENTRE FOR BIOTECH START-UPS TO BE SET UP AT CCMB, HYDERABAD
i.
An incubation centre for biotechnology start–ups is to be set up at the
CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad, Telangana
ii.
It will be supported by the NITI Aayog and will create facilities and bring in
stakeholders to ensure the success of innovative ideas.
iii.
The Centre has set up the Atal Incubation Centre in the NITI Aayog to promote a
culture of innovation and entrepreneurship.
iv.
The CCMB is one of the 10 organizations identified to host the ‘Atal Incubation
Centre’. Under this, the government will release funds of Rs 10 cr in the
coming five years.
v.
The incubation centre would engage with all the stakeholders of a biotechnology
translational journey and it includes intellectual property agencies,
regulators, seed funders, business developers, successful businessmen and
research institutions.
4. SALMAN
KHAN’S SULTAN WINS BEST ACTION MOVIE AT 20TH SHANGHAI INTERNATIONAL FILM
FESTIVAL
i.
Superstar Salman Khan’s “Sultan” has won the best action movie award at the
Shanghai International Film Festival.
ii.
“Sultan” became the 1st ever Bollywood film to win the award in the Jackie Chan
Action Movie week section. The movie is directed by Ali Aabbas Zafar, the movie
also featured Anushka Sharma.
5.
SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARDS FOR VINCY QUADROS AND AMEY NAIK
i.
The country’s highest literary body the Sahitya Akademi award has been
presented to 2 Konkani literary personalities Vincy Quadros and AmeyNaik from
Goa.
ii.
Quadros is being awarded Sahitya Akademi’s Bal Sahitya Puraskar for his book
‘Jaduche Petul’ for children in Konkani.
iii
.Amey Naik has been selected for Yuva Puraskar 2017 for his Konkani poetry
collection ‘Mog Dot Com’. Sahitya Akademi has announced the awards after its
executive board meeting held in Guwahati.
iv.
Quadros who writes both in Devnagri and Romi scripts, has written eight short
story books, seven books on children’s literature, one novel and another book
on spiritual matters.
6. VIJAYA
BANK BAGS NINE SKOCH AWARDS
i.
Vijaya Bank has received Skoch Awards in following 9 categories — Best Bank for
NPA Management – Organization Category; Best Bank in Public Sector; Retail
Lending; Inclusive Wallet – VPAYQWIK; Digital Inclusion; IT Security;
e-Surveillance of ATMs and branches; and 100 Digital Villages – Financial
Inclusion.
ii.
Vijaya Bank’s Executive Director B. S. Rama Rao received the NPA Management
Award (individual category) from Sameer Kochhar, Chairman, Skoch Group at
Mumbai.
iii.
Skoch Group is a Gurgaon based think tank dealing with socio-economic issues
with a focus on inclusive growth since 1997.
iv.
Skoch Awards are independent benchmark of best practices in India in the fields
of governance, finance, technology, banking, corporate citizenship, economics
and inclusive growth.
7. IMRAN
KHAWAJA APPOINTED AS ICC DEPUTY CHAIRMAN
i.
The International Cricket Council has appointed Imran Khawaja as its deputy
chairman.
ii.
Imran Khawaja is a Chairman of Associates counties and a veteran administrator
from Singapore. He is a senior lawyer and has been serving in the ICC Board for
several years. He had also served as a part of influential committees of the
ICC.
iii.
He was part of a 5 member ICC working team that framed ICC’s new constitution
last year. The International Cricket Council, was founded in 1909 as the
Imperial Cricket Conference. ICC is responsible for setting professional
standards of discipline for international cricket.
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS BASED
ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1. UNION
MINISTER FOR URBAN DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION VENKAIAH NAIDU
INAUGURATED THE ‘HOMES FOR ALL’ PROPERTY SHOW IN WHICH CITY?
a) Jaipur
b) Lucknow
c) Bengaluru
d) Ahmedabad
Q2. FIRST
MEETING OF THE INDIA-RUSSIA HIGH LEVEL COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WAS
HELD IN?
a) Moscow, Russia
b) Ufa, Russia
c) Novosibirsk, Russia
d) New Delhi, India
Q3. AN INCUBATION
CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY START-UPS IS TO BE SET UP AT THE CSIR-CENTRE FOR
CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY IN?
a) Nagpur
b) Hyderabad
c) Ranchi
d) Kochi
Q4. WHICH
AMONG THE FOLLOWING BANKS HAS RECEIVED SKOCH AWARDSIN 9 DIFFERENT CATEGORIES?
a) Vijaya Bank
b) Punjab National Bank
c) Bank of Baroda
d) Syndicate Bank
Q5. TWO
KONKANI LITERARY PERSONALITIES, ________ AND ______ FROM GOA HAVE BEEN CHOSEN
FOR SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARDS?
a) Vincy Quadros and Amey Naik
b) Vincy Quadros and Victor Fernandes
c) Victor Fernandes and Amey Naik
d) Laurence Gomes and Amey Naik
ANSWERS:
