DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 15 JULY 2016
(Daily News India)
1. ASHOK
PATNAIK IS NATGRID CHIEF
i. The
government has appointed Ashok Patnaik as the Chief Executive Officerof the
National Intelligence Grid.
ii. The
appointment is being seen as the government’s effort to revive the project,
which was conceived in the wake of the 2008 Mumbai attacks.
iii. NATGRID
is one of the intelligence reforms undertaken in the wake of the Mumbai attacks
of November 2008.
iv. NATGRID
is a centralised agency which stores sensitive personal information on citizens
from almost two dozen agencies to be made available for counter-terror
investigations.
2. NEW
CENTRAL SCHEME TARGETS SKILLING OF ONE CRORE PEOPLE
i. The
Cabinet has cleared the plan of Rs. 12,000-crore to train 60 lakh youths and certify 40 lakh
informally skilled workers over the next four years.
ii. The fund
is approved for the Pradhan Mantri
Kaushal Vikas Yojana which includes a
programe to revive the traditional
Guru-Shishya approach to train youth .
iii. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana is
the scheme to enable and mobilize a
large number of Indian youth to take up outcome based skill training and become
employable and earn their livelihood.
3. HARIKA
DRONAVALLI WINS FIDE WOMEN’S GRAND PRIX TROPHY IN CHINA
i. India's
Grand Master Harika Dronavalli won the
Fide Women’s Grand Prix trophy in Chendu China.
ii. She
defeated Russia’s Olga Girya to win the title.
4. UNION
GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES OPERATION ‘SANKAT MOCHAN’ TO EVACUATE INDIAN CITIZENS FROM
SOUTH SUDAN
i. The Union
Government has started the operation ‘Sankat Mochan’ to evacuate Indian
citizens from South Sudan’s capital Juba.
ii. Sankat
Mochan in Hindi means reliever from troubles.
iii. The
operation is being undertaken by Indian Air Force and will be headed by Union
Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs General (Retd.) VK Singh.
5. CCEA
APPROVES DISINVESTMENT OF 15% IN NBCC
i. The
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
has approved the disinvestment of 15% paid up equity of National
Buildings Construction Corporation Limited .
ii. The
disinvestment of 15% will done out of Union Government’s 90% shareholding.
iii. The
disinvestment would result in estimated receipts of approximately 1,706 crore
rupees to the Government.
6. BSE
INTRODUCES 'PAPERLESS SIP'
i. Bombay
stock exchange has introduced 'Paperless SIP'
that would allow mutual fund investors to make transactions through
various modes of payments.
ii. The
additional feature on BSE's mutual fund platform - StAR MF - would allow MF distributors to register
SIPs for their clients, who can pay SIP amounts through various modes.
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
1. WHERE
ARE THE HEADQUARTERS OF NATGRID LOCATED AT?
a. Mumbai
b. New Delhi
c. Bangalore
d.
Chandigarh
2. NAME
THE OFFICIO WHO IS RECENTLY APPOINTED AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF NATGRID?
a. Manohar Patnaik
b. Baljeet
Patnaik
c. Ashok
Patnaik
d. None of
these
3. NAME
THE SCHEME WHICH IS LAUNCHED BY CENTRAL GOVERNMENT TO ENABLE THE YOUTH TO TAKE
UP OUTCOME BASED SKILL AND BECOME EMPLOYABLE?
a. Pradhan
Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna
b. Pradhan
Mantri Budhi Vikas Yojna
c. Pradhan
Mantri Ujjwal Vikas Yojna
d. All of
the above
4. WHAT
IS THE CAPITAL OF SOUTH SUDAN?
a. Zande
b. Nuer
c. Baka
d. Juba
5. WHICH
OPERATION IS LAUNCHED BY UNION GOVERNMENT TO EVACUATE INDIANS FROM SOUTH SUDAN?
a. Airlift
b. Sankat
Mochan
c. Raksha
Setu
d. Air
Evacuation
ANSWERS:
1. B 2.
C 3. A 4. D 5. B
