DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 17 JUNE 2016
(Daily News India)
1.
RAILWAYS FLAGS OFF 1ST TIME-TABLED FREIGHT TRAIN
i. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has
flagged off India's first timetabled freight train, named ‘Cargo Express’, from
Delhi to Bengaluru.
ii. The move aims to reduce the delay
and uncertainty over the time schedule for delivery of goods.
iii. Earlier passenger trains in the
country used to get preference over goods trains for transportation across busy
routes.
2. HRD MINISTER SMRITI IRANI LAUNCHES VIDYANJALI
IN NEW DELHI
i. Human Resource Development Minister
Smriti Irani has launched Vidyanjali, a school volunteer programme in New
Delhi.
ii. Vidyanjali is an initiative under
Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat.
iii. The main aim is to enhance community and private
sector involving government-run elementary schools across the country.
iv. Vidyanjali will help to bring
change in the quality of education in schools.
3. 3,049
PEOPLE PERFORM LARGEST KARMA DANCE IN MADHYA PRADESH ENTERS GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS
i. During the recent event in District
Mandla of Madhya Pradesh 3,049 people performed largest karma dance.
ii. The Karma dance is entered in
Guinness book of world records for performing largest Karma Naach dance ever.
iii. The people took part in the dance
to celebrate the culture and history of the Gond tribes of central India.
4. KIRAN BEDI LAUNCHES A MOBILE APP TO HELP
SENIOR CITIZENS IN DISTRESS
i. The “HelpAge SOS App’’ was launched
by Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi.
ii. The app provides for an SOS-Save
our Seniors button to immediately reach to the counsellor desk of Help Age for
rendering emergency help and assistance.
iii. It has 24x7 functionality and aims
at helping elders in distress at any given time.
iv. The App will provide one-click
emergency services to senior citizens.
5. RUSSIA
LAUNCHES MOST POWERFUL NUCLEAR ICEBREAKER ARKTIKA
i. Russia's new Project 22220
nuclear-powered icebreaker dubbed Arktika was launched .
ii. It is the world’s largest and most
powerful vessel of its kind.
6.
MARGARET ATWOOD AWARDED 2016 PEN PINTER PRIZE
i. Canadian poet and novelist Margaret
Atwood was awarded the 2016 PEN Pinter Prize.
ii. She has also been shortlisted for
the Booker Prize five times, winning once for her novel The Blind Assassin.
iii. The PEN Pinter Prize is an annual
literary award launched in honour of the late Nobel Literature Prize-winning
playwright Harold Pinter.
7. 'A NEW
WORLD' - THE OFFICIAL SLOGAN FOR RIO OLYMPICS
i. The Rio 2016 organising committee
revealed the official slogan for the first Olympic and Paralympic Games in
South America – “A new world” .
ii. For Rio 2016, the core values of
the slogan and the manifesto are unity, respect for diversity and the will for
change.
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
1.
INDIA’S 1ST TIME-TABLED FREIGHT TRAIN NAMED “CARGO EXPRESS” IS
RUNNING WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING TWO STATIONS?
a. Delhi-Kolkata
b. Delhi-Chennai
c. Delhi-Bengaluru
d. Delhi-Mumbai
2.
“VIDYANJALI”-A SCHOOL PROGRAM IS INITIATED UNDER WHICH GOVERNMENT SCHEME?
a. Swach Bharat Abhyan
b. Ujwal Yojna
c. Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat
d. None of these
3. NAME
THE CULTURAL DANCE FORM OF MADHAYA PRADESH WHICH HAS ENTERED ITS NAME IN
GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS FOR PERFORMING LARGEST DANCE EVER?
a. Karma
b. Bihu
c. Kucchipudi
d. Kathak
4. WHICH
APP IS LAUNCHED FOR HELPING SENIOR CITIZEN IN DISTRESS?
a. Help age senior
b. Help age SOS app
c. Senior citizen
d. Distress number
5.
“MARGARET ATWOOD”, WINNER OF 2016 PEN PINTER PRIZE, HAS ALSO BEEN SHORTLISTED
FOR WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING AWARDS?
a. Pultizer Award
b. Booker Prize
c. Nobel Prize
d. Literary Award
ANSWERS:
1. C 2. C 3. A 4. A 5. B
