DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 13 MAR 2018
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON’S
INDIA VISIT
i.
France is the 9th largest foreign investor in India with a cumulative
investment of $6.09 billion as on October 2017.
ii.Indian
and French companies and government entities signed deals worth 13 billion
Euros across areas like aviation, renewable energy and waste management.
iv.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron
inaugurated Uttar Pradesh’s biggest solar power plant in Mirzapur district.
2.
DELHI END TB SUMMIT, PM MODI LAUNCHES
CAMPAIGN TO ERADICATE TB FROM INDIA BY 2025
Prime
Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the ‘End TB Summit’ in New Delhi
He
also launched ‘Tuberculosis Free India Campaign’.
Tuberculosis is a contagious disease which affects the
lung and is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis .Cough, fever, weight loss and
night sweats are typical symptoms of TB
TB was responsible for 1.7 million deaths in
2016, despite most cases being curable.
‘TB-free
India campaign’ has been launched to take forward, the activities under the
National Strategic Plan for TB Elimination, in a mission mode for eradicating
the disease by 2025.
3.
SUZLON COMMISSIONS INDIA’S LARGEST
WIND TURBINE GENERATOR
Suzlon
Energy announced the installation and commissioning of S128, claimed to be the
largest wind turbine generator in India.
i.
The first prototype of S128 has been commissioned at Sanganeri, in Tamil Nadu.
ii.
The S128 WTG is available in 2.6 MW to 2.8 MW variants. It offers hub heights
up to 140 meters.
iii.
Suzlon Energy also claims that the wind mill also consists of India’s largest
rotor blade of size 63 m with a rotor diameter of 128 m.
Chennai
tops in fixed broadband speed in India
i.
According to a study titled ‘India’s digital divide: how broadband speed splits
the nation’ by Ookla, Chennai .
chenni
has topped the list and has been followed by Bengaluru and Hyderabad.
ii.India
ranked 67th in the world on Speedtest Global.
4.
PUNE TOPS QUALITY OF GOVERNANCE SURVEY
i.
As per fifth edition of the Annual Survey of India’s City-Systems for Citizenship and Democracy, Pune is the
top city to show improvement in quality of governance in 2017.
ii.
Pune topped the list with an overall score f 5.1 out of 10
ASICS
measures the preparedness of city administration to deliver high quality
standards, political leadership at the city level, municipal finance &
staffing, and transparency & citizen participation.
The
89 questions in the survey were placed under four broad categories viz. urban
planning & design, transparency – accountability – participation, urban
capacities & resources and empowered & legitimate political
representation.
5.
WORLD HAPPINESS REPORT 2018 INDIA
RANKS 133RD
i.
India has ranked 133rd out of 156 countries in the World Happiness Report 2018.
ii.
World Happiness report is an annual report published by the U.N. Sustainable
Development Solutions Network.
iii.GDP
Per Capita, Social Support, Healthy Life Expectancy at birth, Freedom to make
life choices, Generosity and Perceptions of corruption are considered during
calculating if index
Finland
has not only topped the list of 156 countries having the happiest population in
general, but has also topped the ranking for happiest immigrants.
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1.
IN WHICH INDIAN CITY, THE FRENCH MINISTER OF HIGHER EDUCATION, RESEARCH AND
INNOVATION, FREDERIQUE VIDAL INAUGURATED AN
INDO-FRENCH CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE (COE)?
A.
Mysuru
B.
Kolkata
C.
Bengaluru
D.
Kanpur
Q2.
IN WHICH INDIAN CITY PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI INAUGURATED THE ‘END TB
SUMMIT’ AND LAUNCHED ‘TUBERCULOSIS FREE INDIA
CAMPAIGN’?
A.
Allahabad
B.
New Delhi
C.
Ahmadabad
D.
Kolkata
Q3.
WHICH INDIAN CITY HOSTED THE FIRST REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON ‘MASS RAPID TRANSPORT
SYSTEM (MRTS) FOR URBAN AREAS – OPPORTUNITIES
AND CHALLENGES?’
A.
Kolkata
B.
Patna
C.
Pune
D.
Baroda
Q4.
IN WHICH STATE, PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI ALONG WITH VISITING FRENCH PRESIDENT
EMMANUEL MACRON INAUGURATED A 101-MEGAWATT SOLAR POWER PLANT?
A.
Maharashtra
B.
Madhya Pradesh
C.
Bihar
D.
Uttar Pradesh
ANSWERS
1-C 2-B 3-A 4-D
