DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 10 JUNE 2016
(Daily News India)
1. AXIS
BANK LAUNCHES INDIA’S FIRST CERTIFIED GREEN BOND AT LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE
i. Axis Bank
has launched India’s first internationally-listed certified green bond to
finance climate change solutions around the world at London Stock Exchange.
ii. The fund
of the bond will be invested by Axis Bank in green energy, transportation, and
infrastructure projects.
iii. Green
Bonds are debt instruments which help issuer to get
capital while the investors receive fixed income in the form of interest.
2.
MAHARASHTRA TO OBSERVE 21ST OF EVERY MONTH AS YOGA DAY
i.
Maharashtra government has decided to celebrate the 21st day of every month as
Yoga day in all schools, colleges and universities in the state.
ii. It is
also decided that every district will have to set up a Yoga Day committee at
their levels to plan 'Yoga Mahotsav' every year in between January 12-21.
3.
INTERNET SAATHI, A JOINT INITIATIVE OF GOOGLE AND TATA HAS LAUNCHED IN WEST
BENGAL
i. Internet
search engine Google and Tata Trusts’ joint initiative Internet Saathi was
launched in Kolkata, West Bengal.
ii. The
initiative aims at reducing the digital gender gap in rural areas of India
iii. The
initiative is already active in villages across five states in India, namely
Rajasthan, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh.
4. MAJOR
GENERAL PER LODIN APPOINTED TO HEAD UN MILITARY OBSERVER GROUP IN INDIA AND
PAKISTAN
i. Per
Lodin, Major General of Sweden has been appointed as the Head of the UN
Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan
ii. Lodin's
appointment was approved by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
5. AKHIL
SHARMA WINS €100,000 DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL LITERARY AWARD
i. Indian
American author Mr. Akhil Sharma has won the
2016 International DUBLIN Literary Award for his novel 'family life'.
ii. The
Award is the world’s largest prize for a single novel published in English.
6.
WORLD'S HIGHEST-PAID ATHLETES CRISTIANO RONALDO TOPS FORBES 2016 LIST
i. Real
Madrid Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first athlete to top in Forbes annual
list of the World's Highest-Paid Athletes.
ii. Ronaldo topped withh earnings of 88 million
US Dollars.
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
1. WHAT
IS THE GROWTH RATE ESTIMATED BY WORLD BANK OF 2016?
a. 2.4%
b. 2.8%
c. 2.9%
d. 2.1%
2. WHAT
IS THE RANKING OF INDIA ACCORDING TO “GLOBAL PEACE INDEX”?
a. 143
b. 140
c. 141
d. 150
3. WHO IS
THE CEO OF ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK?
a. Haruhiko
Kuruda
b. Takehiku
Nakao
c. MV Kamath
d. Jim Kim
Yong
4. WHAT
IS THE AMOUNT OF LOAN GIVEN BY ADB TO INDIA FOR THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM IN TAMIL NADU?
a. $150
million
b. $ 250
million
c. $ 200
million
d. $ 100
million
5. WHICH
RIVER DELTA IS CALLED AS “RICE BOWL” OF TAMIL NADU?
a. Krishna
b. Godavari
c. Cauvery
d. Chambal
6. WHAT
IS THE RANK OF INDIA IN 2016 MALAWARE INFECTION INDEX?
a. 8
b. 9
c. 1
d. 2
7. “G
KALYANAKRISHNAN” APPOINTED AS NEW CEO OF NUCLEAR FUEL COMPLEX. HE HAS SUCCEEDED
WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PERSONS?
a. Swami
Gopal Krishana
b. Dr. R
Radhakrishnan
c.
Nudurupati Saibaba
d. None of
these
8. NAME
THE DRUG WHOSE CONSUMPTION CAUSED THE BAN OF FAMOUS TENNIS PLAYER ‘MARIA SHARAPOVA’?
a .
Tamsulosin
b. Meldonium
c.
Ranitidine
d.
Dicylomine
ANSWERS:
1. A 2.
C 3. B 4.
D 5. C 6.
A 7. C 8.
B
