DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 22 & 23 DEC 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
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1. INDIA'S FIRST DESIGN UNIVERSITY OPENS IN HARYANA
i. India's first and only
design university, 'World University of Design' opened its campus at Sonipat,
Haryana. The University is promoted by Om Parkash Bansal Educational and Social
Welfare Trust of Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab.
ii. The university is
currently located in a sprawling lush green picturesque campus with the
state-of-the-art infrastructure and world-class facilities. WUD is India's
first university dedicated to education in the creative domain.
2. VIJAY RUPANI REMAINS GUJARAT CHIEF MINISTER, NITIN PATEL HIS
DEPUTY
i. Vijay Rupani will
continue as chief minister of Gujarat and Nitin Patel as his deputy chief
minister, the Bhartiya Janata Party has made the announcement after a meeting
of the party's newly-elected legislators in the state's capital Gandhinagar.
ii. The BJP had won 99
seats, only seven more than it needed for a majority to form government and 16
less than it had won last time.
3. LOAN AGREEMENT SIGNED BETWEEN INDIA & GERMANY FOR PARE
HYDROELECTRIC PLANT PROJECT
i. A loan agreement has been
signed between India and Germany for providing additional funding of EUR 20
million for the Pare Hydroelectric Plant project under Indo-German Bilateral
Development Cooperation.
ii. The objective of the
project is the generation of hydroelectric power for the socio-economic
development of the North Eastern region. The government of Germany signed a
loan agreement with North Eastern Electric Power Corporation for providing EUR
80 million with the government of India’s guarantee for the Pare Hydroelectric
Plant project.
4. INDIA-SWITZERLAND DEAL INKED FOR INFORMATION EXCHANGE
i. In a move aimed at
combating black money stashed abroad, India signed an agreement with
Switzerland that would allow automatic sharing of tax-related information from
January 1, 2018.
ii. The agreement was
signed by CBDT chairman Sushil Chandra and Swiss Ambassador to India Andreas
Baum at the North Block.
5. INDIAN NAVY CONDUCTS EXERCISE NASEEM-AL-BAHR WITH OMAN NAVY
i. Indian Naval Ships
Trikand and Teg are deployed to Oman for bilateral exercise ‘Naseem Al Bahr’ or
‘Sea Breeze’. This exercise is the 11th edition.
ii. The bilateral relation
between Indian and Oman were formally established with the signing of a 1953
Indo-Oman Treaty of friendship, Navigation and Commerce, a first between India
and an Arab country. The first exercise of Indian Navy with Royal Navy of Oman
was conducted in 1993.
6. MAMANG DAI AND RAMESH KUNTAL MEGH WIN SAHITYA AKADEMI AWARD 2017
i. Authors Mamang Dai and
Ramesh Kuntal Megh have won this year's Sahitya Akademi award for their work
The Black Hill, a novel, and Vishw Mithak Sarit Sagar, a literary criticism, in
English and Hindi respectively.
ii. The Sahitya Akademi
announced its annual Sahitya Akademi Awards 2017 in 24 languages. Seven novels,
five collections each of poetry and short stories, five works of literary
criticism, a play and a book of essays have won the awards.
iii. The award in the form
of a casket containing an engraved copper-plaque, a shawl and a cheque of Rs 1
lakh will be presented to the authors at a special function to be held on
February 12, 2018.
7. RUSSIA TO BUILD NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN SUDAN
i. Russia signed an
agreement with Sudan to build a nuclear power plant in the nation. The deal was
signed by Rusatom Overseas, a branch of Rosatom and Sudan's electricity
ministry in Khartoum, the capital city of Sudan.
ii. The agreement follows
up on the high-level meeting that took place between Russian President Vladimir
Putin and his Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Bashir in November 2017. The development
of nuclear technology will allow Sudan to deal with its energy security
problem.
iii. The agreement also has
strategic implications, as it will determine the nature of relations between
Russia and Sudan for a long time to come.
8. CHINA LAUNCHES LAND EXPLORATION SATELLITE
i. China launched a land
exploration satellite into a preset orbit for remote sensing operations.
ii. The satellite launch
was conducted from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi desert,
northwest China's Gansu Province during early morning hours.
iii. The satellite will be
mainly used for remote sensing exploration of land resources. It was carried by
a long march-2D rocket. The launch was the 259th mission of the Long March
rocket series.
9. NATIONAL MATHEMATICS DAY- 22ND DECEMBER
i. The famed Mathematician
Srinivasa Ramanujan’s birth anniversary on December 22 is celebrated as
National Mathematics Day. It was in 2012 that then Prime Minister Manmohan
Singh declared December 22 as National
Mathematics Day.
ii. In 1917, Ramanujan was
elected to be a member of the London Mathematical Society. In 1918 he also
became a Fellow of the Royal Society, becoming the youngest person to achieve
the feat. He passed away on April 6, 1920.
10. SALMAN KHAN TOPS FORBES INDIA CELEBRITY LIST 2017
i. With earnings of Rs 232.83
cr, actor Salman Khan has topped the Forbes India Celebrity 100 list 2017 for
the second consecutive year.
ii. While Shah Rukh Khan
featured in the second spot with earnings of Rs170.50 cr, Indian cricket team
captain Virat Kohli came third with Rs100.72 cr earnings.
OBJECTIVE
QUESTIONS BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1. IN WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATE, INDIA'S FIRST AND ONLY
DESIGN UNIVERSITY, 'WORLD UNIVERSITY OF DESIGN' HAS BEEN OPENED RECENTLY?
a) Haryana
b) Himachal Pradesh
c) Uttarakhand
d) Maharashtra
Q2. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING AUTHOR HAS WON THIS YEAR'S SAHITYA
AKADEMI AWARD FOR HIS WORK THE BLACK HILL, A NOVEL IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE?
a) Jerry Pinto
b) Mamang Dai
c) Ramesh Kuntal Megh
d) Adil Jussawalla
Q3. BERN IS THE CAPITAL
CITY OF?
a) Denmark
b) Sweden
c) Switzerland
d) Singapore
Q4. THE 11TH EDITION OF BILATERAL EXERCISE ‘NASEEM AL BAHR’ OR
‘SEA BREEZE’ WAS HELD RECENTLY BETWEEN INDIA AND WHICH COUNTRY?
a) Azerbaijan
b) Russia
c) UAE
d) oman
Q5. THE NATIONAL MATHEMATICS DAY IS CELEBRATED IN INDIA ON?
a) 22 December
b) 20 December
c) 21 December
d) 23 December
ANSWERS:
1 - A 2 - B 3
- C 4 - D 5 - A
