DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 25 JULY 2016
(Daily News India)
1. INDIA
MAKES THE FIRST CONTRIBUTION TO UN TRUST FUND
i. India has
contributed USD 100,000 to a trust fund set up for victims of sexual
exploitation and abuse by peacekeepers.
ii.The fund
was established to seek funds to support services for victims and address gaps
in services.
iii. This is
the first contribution to the Trust Fund the Secretariat has received.
2.
STARTUP INDIA STATES CONFERENCE HAS HELD IN NEW DELH
i. The
Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion has organized a conference on
Startup India in New Delhi today with an aim to give importance to start up
India initiative.
ii. During
this conference, all states have discussed the progress and policies they have
made on the Startup India initiative.
3. ICICI
BANK ORGANISES COIN EXCHANGE MELA DURING THE 'RATHA YATRA' FESTIVAL IN PURI
i. ICICI
Bank Ltd has organised a coin exchange mela during the 'Rath Yatra' festival at
the RBI financial literacy camp in Bholanath Vidyapith.
ii. The Bank
periodically organises exchange melas to offer free facility of exchanging
acceptable soiled and mutilated currency notes with fresh currency and coins to
the general public.
4. GANESH
SINGH APPOINTED AS HEAD OF JPC FOR LAND ACQUISITION BILL
i. Lok Sabha
Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has reformed the Joint Parliamentary Committee for Land
Acquisition Bill.
ii. Ganesh
Singh has been appointed as the Chairperson of the Joint Committee of
Parliament .
iii. Mr.
Ganesh Singh replaced S S Ahluwalia who became Minister of the State for
Parliamentary Affairs in reshuffle of the council of ministers.
5. KENI HARRISON BREAKS 28-YEAR-OLD WORLD HURDLES
i. American
hurdler, Keni Harrison broke a 28-year-old world record in the 100m hurdles by
completing in 12.20 seconds at the London Anniversary Games.
ii. She beat
the previous record of 12.21sec set by Bulgaria's Yordanka Donkova in 1988.
6. VIRAT
KOHLI BECOMES FIRST INDIAN CAPTAIN TO SCORE DOUBLE CENTURY OUTSIDE INDIA
i. India
test team captain Virat Kohli has become the first Indian captain to score a
double century outside India.
ii. He
scored 200 runs against West Indies on day two of the first Test at the Sir
Vivian Richards stadium in North Sound.
iii. He is
the fifth Indian captain to score a double century in a Test match after Mansur
Ali Khan Pataudi , Sunil Gavaskar, Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni .
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
1. “COIN
EXCHANGE MELA” IS ORGANIZED BY WHICH BANK?
a. HDFC
b. KOTAK
c. ICICI
d. All of the
above
e.
2. WHO IS
APPOINTED AS CHAIRPERSON OF JOINT PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE FOR LAND ACQUISITION
BILL?
a. Ganesh Singh
b. Madhav Singh
c. Harish Singh
d. None of
these
3. THE
FAMOUS ATHLETE “KERRI HARRISON” BELONGS TO WHICH COUNTRY?
a. Germany
b. USA
c. China
d. Britain
4. NAME THE
SPEAKER OF LOK SABHA?
a. Sumitra
Singh
b. Kioran Singh
c. Alka Nanda
d. Sumitra
Mahajan
5. SHAMROA
VITHAL CO-OPERATIVE BANK HEADQUARTERED AT WHICH CITY OF INDIA?
a. Gandhinagar
b. Bangalore
c. New Delhi
d. Mumbai
ANSWER
KEY
1.
C 2. A 3.B 4.D 5.C
