DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 25 JUNE 2016
(Daily News India)
1. BREXIT
WON AS BRITAIN VOTES TO LEAVE EUROPEAN UNION
i. The
United Kingdom has voted to leave the European Union after 43 years in a
historic referendum.
ii.
According to the reports London and Scotland voted strongly to stay in the
Union.
iii. But the
remaining vote has been done against it which mainly contains the north of
England.
2. UNION
GOVERNMENT APPROVED SETTING UP OF DISTRICT LEVEL ADVISORY AND MONITORING
COMMITTEES
i. Union
Ministry of Urban Development has approved the setting up of District Level
Advisory and Monitoring Committees.
ii. The
committees are formed to promote people centric planning and execution of new
urban development schemes.
iii. These
committees will include Members of Parliament and Members of Legislative
Assembly.
iv. These
Committees will oversee, review and monitor implementation of urban
development, affordable housing and urban poverty alleviation programmes.
3. UNION
GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES INDIA’S FIRST PILOT PROGRAMME TO RUN TWO-WHEELERS ON CNG IN
NEW DELHI
i. Union
Government has launched a pilot programme to run two-wheelers on Compressed
Natural Gas in New Delhi to curb air
pollution in cities.
ii. The
project was jointly launched by Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister
Dharmendra Pradhan and Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar
iii. The project
has been launched by Indraprastha Gas Limited under its “Hawa Badlo” movement.
4. RBI
RELEASES FRAMEWORK ON PAYMENTS SYSTEMS
i. Reserve
Bank of India has released 'Vision-2018' document.
ii. The
‘Payment and Settlement Systems in India: Vision-2018’ aims at building best of
class payment and settlement systems for a ‘less-cash’ India .
iii. It will
also ensure access to mobile banking services to even basic phone users.
5. M S
DHONI BECOMES BRAND AMBASSADOR OF EXIDE LIFE INSURANCE
i. Exide
Life Insurance has announced India's ODI and T20 cricket captain Mahendra Singh
Dhoni as its brand ambassador.
ii. Mr.
Dhoni will feature in the Exide Life Insurance marketing campaign “Lamba saath,
bharose Ki baat.”
6. BCCI
APPOINTS ANIL KUMBLE AS THE NEW COACH OF INDIAN CRICKET TEAM
i. Former
Spinner Anil Kumble will be the new coach of Indian Cricket Team.
ii. He will
serve the Indian team as a coach for one year.
iii. He is
the highest wicket-taker for India till date and third in the international
list.
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
1. HOW
MANY COUNTRIES ARE THE MEMBERS OF EUROPEAN UNION?
a. 29
b. 27
c. 28
d. 30
2. WHERE
ARE THE HEADQUARTERS OF EUROPEAN UNION SITUATED?
a. Brussel
b. London
c. Paris
d. Rome
3. WHO IS
THE PRESENT UNION ENVIRONMENT MINISTER OF INDIA?
a.
Dharmendra Pradhan
b. Prakash
Javadekar
c. Nitin
Gadkari
d. Piyush
Goyal
4. THE
“PAYEMENT AND SETTELMENT SYSTEMS IN INDIA: VISION 2018” PROGRAM HAS BEEN LAUNCHED
BY WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS?
a. SEBI
b. IRDA
c. NPCI
d. RBI
5.
RECENTLY, WHO HAS BECOME THE BRAND AMBASSADOR OF “EXIDE LIFE INSURANCE”?
a. Yuvraj
Singh
b. MS Dhoni
c. Sachin
Tendulkar
d. Virat
Kohli
6. WHICH
OF THE FOLLOWING HAS APPOINTED AS THE NEW COACH OF INDIAN CRICKET TEAM?
a. Anil
Kumble
b. Ravi
Shastri
c. Rahul
Dravid
d. Saurav
Ganguly
ANSWERS:
1. C 2.
A 3. B 4.
D 5. B 6.
A
