DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 13 JUNE 2016
(Daily News India)
1. SATYA PAL JAIN
APPOINTED AS LAW COMMISSION MEMBER
i.
Additional Solicitor General of India Satya Pal Jain has been appointed as a part-time
member of the 21st Law Commission of India.
ii. The
appointment will be in addition to his charge as an Additional Solicitor
General of India.
iii. The
President constituted the 21st Law Commission of India on 1 September 2015 and
will end on 31 August 2018.
iv. Justice
Balbir Singh Chauhan, retired Judge of the Supreme Court, is the Chairman of
the Commission.
v. Law
Commission of India is an executive body established by an order of the
Government of India in 1955.
vi. It works
for legal reforms and its members will be primarily legal experts, who are
entrusted a mandate by the Union Government.
2. SIKKIM BECOMES
INDIA’S FIRST STATE TO LAUNCH OPEN GOVERNMENT DATA PORTAL
i. Sikkim
became the first state in India to have an open government data portal linked
‘sikkim.data.gov.in’.
ii. The
portal has been developed by Government of Sikkim’s Information Technology
Department.
iii. The
open government data portal facilitates free use, reuse and redistribution of
data produced or commissioned b the government or government controlled
entities by anyone.
3. INDIA RANKED 141
OUT OF 163 COUNTRIES ON 2016 GLOBAL PEACE INDEX
i. India was
ranked 141 on a Global Peace Index in 2016 out of 163 countries, making it less
peaceful country.
ii. India
has moved up two positions from 143rd rank in 2015 GPI.
iii. The
list is topped by Iceland followed by Denmark, Austria, New Zealand etc.
iv. The
least peaceful countries is Pakistan.
4. UNION RAILWAYS
MINISTRY FLAGS OFF CHAMPARAN SATYAGRAH EXPRESS TRAIN IN BIHAR
i. Union
Railways Ministry has flagged off Champaran Satyagrah Express train at a
function in Motihari, Bihar.
ii.
Champaran Satyagrah Express train has been introduced to mark 100 years of the
historic Champaran Satyagraha launched by Mahatma Gandhi in 1917.
iii. The
Champaran Satyagraha of 1917 was Mahatma Gandhi’s first Satyagraha in India.
iv. It was
launched against the oppressive policies European indigo planters that led to
exploitation of tens of thousands of landless serfs, indentured labourers and
poor farmers in Champaran.
5. GOOGLE, TATA
TRUSTS LAUNCH ‘INTERNET SATHI’ IN WEST BENGAL TO EMPOWER RURAL WOMEN
i. The
search giant Google Inc and Tata Trusts have jointly launched ‘Internet Saathi’
program in Purulia district of West Bengal.
ii. The
initiative has been launched as part of Google’s ‘Helping Women Get Online’
campaign
iii. The
main of the programme is to create awareness about the benefits of Internet
among women in rural India.
6. 12 JUNE OBSERVED
AS WORLD DAY AGAINST CHILD LABOUR
i.The World
Day Against Child Labour is being observed
across world on 12th
June .
ii.The day
is observed to bring awareness against child labour.
iii. The
main aim of the day is to bring together governments, employers and workers
organizations, civil society, as well as millions of people from around the
world to highlight the plight of child labourers.
iv. The
theme of the day is ‘child labour and supply chains’
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
1. WHO IS THE
CHAIRMAN OF LAW COMMISSION?
a. Justice Balbir Singh Chauhan
b. Justice Sandeep Kaur
c. Justice R. Subramanyam
d. None of these
2. NAME THE NEW
MEMBER WHO IS RECENTLY APPOINTED FOR 21ST LAW COMMISSION OF INDIA?
a. Satya Pal Singh
b. Jayant Sinha
c. Shila Jain
d. Karan Bedi
3. SKKIM HAS LAUNCHED
OPEN GOVERNMENT DATA PORTAL FOR THE STATE PEOPLE. SO, NAME THE CAPITAL OF
STATE?
a. Dispur
b. Manipur
c. Gangtok
d. Ranipool
4. WHO FLAGS OFF THE
‘CHAMPARAN SATYAGRAH EXPRESS’ TRAIN IN MOTIHARI, BIHAR?
a. Nitish Kumar
b. Suresh Prabhu
c. Narendra Modi
d. Sarad Pawar
5. WHICH COUNTRY IS
THE LEAST PEACEFUL ACCORDING TO “GLOBAL PEACE INDEX”?
a. Afghanistan
b. Iran
c. Iraq
d. Pakistan
ANSWERS:
1. A 2. B 3.
C 4. B 5.
D
