(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1. 43RD G7 SUMMIT HELD IN SICILY, ITALY
i. 43rd G7 summit was held on May
26–27 in Taormina, Sicily, Italy. The summit was attended by leaders of G7
countries viz. US, Germany, UK, France, Italy, Canada and Japan as well as the
representatives of European Union.
ii. G7 presidency rotates
annually between member countries. Presidency for the year 2017 is held by
Italy. The theme of the Italian G7 presidency in 2017 was “Building the
foundations of renewed trust.”
iii. G7 communiqué released on
May 27 at the conclusion of the summit stated that “all member countries –
except the US – had reaffirmed their “strong commitment” to abide by the 2015
Paris climate agreement to rein in greenhouse gas emissions.”
2. INDIA TO GROW AT 7.2% IN 2017-18 – WORLD BANK
i. As per “India Development
Report” by World Bank, Indian economy is expected to grow at 7.2% in FY 2017-18
as compared to 6.8% in 2016-17.
ii. The report has outlined that
demonetization in November 2016 caused a slight disruption to India’s growth
recovery.
iii. It is to be noted that in
the latest World Economic Outlook, International Monetary Fund has cut down
India’s growth forecast for year 2017 by 0.4% points to 7.2 %.
3. EPFO GIVES NOD TO HIKE IN STOCK INVESTMENT TO 15%
i. The Employees Provident Fund
Organization has announced a hike in investment limit in Exchange Traded Funds
from 10% to 15%.
ii. The decision was taken during
the meeting of the Central Board of Trustees on 29th of May.
iii. Union Labour Minister
is Bandaru Dattatreya.
4. SATYABRATA ROUT GETS SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI PURASKAR
i. Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar
for the year 2016 has been awarded to Satyabrata Rout. Satyabrata Rout has been
given this award for developing a unique method of teaching and practising
direction and design, which has been achieved through a long and continuous
work experience with eminent theatre practitioners and scholars.
ii. Rout is a professor from the
Department of Theatre Arts, S N School of Arts and Communication. He is a noted
theatre director and scenographer.
iii. Rout is one of the pioneers
of visual theatre in India, and has authored ‘Scenography: An Indian
Perspective’.
5. ‘THE SQUARE’ WINS TOP AWARD AT CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2017
i. ‘The Square’ has won the top
prize at the 70th Cannes Film Festival 2017.
ii. The movie was directed by the
Ruben Ostlund. Sofia Coppola became the 2nd woman in the festival’s history to
win best director at this auteurist temple.
iii. The ceremony took place at
Lumiere Theater. The drama movie tells the story of an injured soldier who is
taken in by a girls’ boarding school during the civil war in America.
6. PRAKASH JAVADEKAR LAUNCHES UGC APP TO FIGHT RAGGING
i. HRD minister Prakash Javadekar
has launched an anti-ragging mobile app UGC app introduced by the University
Grants Commission.
ii. The app will help student
register complaints to counter the menace of ragging. The app is available on
Android platform.
7. SEBASTIAN VETTEL WINS MONACO GRAND PRIX
i. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel had
won Monaco Grand Prix. It was held at Circuit de Monaco, La Condamine and Monte
Carlo, Monaco.
ii. The 2nd place in the race was
secured by Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen. The third place was secured by Red Bull’s
Daniel Ricciardo.
8. FENCER BHAVANI DEVI BECOMES FIRST INDIAN TO WIN GOLD IN
INTERNATIONAL EVENT
i. India’s Chadalavada Anandha
Sundhararaman Bhavani Devi has become 1st Indian to win a Gold Medal in an
International fencing tournament.
ii. She participated in the sabre
event of the Turnoi Satellite Fencing Championship held at Reykjavik in
Iceland. In the final, she defeated Sarah Jane Hampson of Great Britain.
9. PRESIDENT PRANAB
MUKHERJEE RECIEVES FIRST COPIES OF THE BOOKS “COLOUR ATLAS OF ORAL IMPLANTOLOGY” AND “CONSERVATIVE DENTISTRY – BASICS”
i. President has received two
copies of the book “Conservative Dentistry – basics and Colour Atlas of Oral
Implantology”. The Colour Atlas authored by Dr. Prafulbali & Lanka Mahesh.
ii. In this book it has been
majorly focus on agniveer procedures performed by the author in the field of
dental in planetology.
iii. Dental implant is a surgical
component that interferes with the boht is the jaw or skull to support a dental
prosthesis such as done, bridge facial prothesis to act as orthodontic anchor.
iv. Conservative dentistry- Basic
focuses on the basics fundamental of the subject, clinical picture and labeled
diagram for better understanding of students. It is authored by Dr. RK bali
& Dr. Mazoomdar.
v. These two books will help the
readers to understand the oral disease and tooth decay problems with deep
understanding. As in India Approx 70-75% of children are affected by the dental
disease and 90% of the population with gum disease.
10. NEW BOOK CELEBRATES THE REANG OF TRIPURA
i. A unique and detailed
publication by Lincoln Reang, named ‘Mapping with respect to Particularly
Vulnerable Tribal Groups in Tripura’, is being published by the Tribal Research
and Cultural Institute.
ii. It has been celebrated to
document and preserve the cultural and social diversity of the Reang.
iii. Reang is among the 19 tribes
of Tripura and is the only one to be classified as a ‘Particularly Vulnerable
Tribal Group in the State.
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1. 43RD G7 SUMMIT WAS HELD ON MAY 26–27, 2017 IN WHICH COUNTRY?
a) Italy
b) France
c) Japan
d) Germany
Q2. AS PER “INDIA DEVELOPMENT REPORT”BY WORLD BANK, INDIAN
ECONOMY IS EXPECTED TO GROW AT WHAT RATE IN FY 2017-18?
a) 6.9%
b) 6.6%
c) 7.5%
d) 7.2%
Q3. WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN AWARDED SANGEET NATAK
AKADEMI PURASKAR FOR THE YEAR 2016?
a) Siddhesh Gajjar
b) Suresh Rajshekhar
c) Satyabrata Rout
d) Mrugesh Pathak
Q4. WHICH MOVIE HAS HAS WON THE TOP PRIZE AT THE 70TH CANNES
FILM FESTIVAL 2017?
a) ’The Triangle’
b) ’The Square’
c) ’The Rectangle’
d) ’The Circle’
Q5. WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING WON MONACO GRAND PRIXON MAY 28 2017?
a) Daniel Ricciardio
b) Lewis Hamilton
c) Sebastian Vettel
d)
Nico Rosberg
ANSWERS:
1
- A 2 - D 3 - C 4 - B 5 - C
