DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 9 JULY 2016
(Daily News India)
1. BRICS
DRUG CONTROL MEETING BEGINS IN NEW DELHI
i. The
second anti-drug working group meeting of heads of anti-narcotics agencies of BRICS
countries began in New Delhi.
ii. The is
held to discuss issues related to narco-terrorism and money laundering.
iii. The one
day meeting was inaugurated Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
2. UNION
GOVERNMENT LAUNCHED NATIONAL GREEN HIGHWAYS MISSION
i. Union
Minister of Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari launched the National Green Highways Mission
in New Delhi.
ii. Under
this initiative, plantation drive on 1500 km of National Highways was launched
at a cost of about 300 crore rupees.
iii. It was
launched under the Green Highways Policy that was unveiled in September 2015 to
actualize the vision of developing eco-friendly and green National Highways.
3. DIPA
KARMAKAR NAMED WORLD CLASS GYMNAST BY INTERNATIONAL GYMNASTICS FEDERATION
i. Indian
gymnast Dipa Karmakar was named a ‘Gymnaste de Classe Mondaile’ by the International Gymnastics Federation .
ii. She became
the first-ever Indian gymnast to receive the honour.
iii. She is
an Indian artistic gymnast from Agartala, Tripura.
iv. She became the first female Indian gymnast ever to
secure an Olympic berth by garnering a total score of 52.698 points.
4.
NASSCOM UNVEILS INDIA’S FIRST CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE ON INTERNET OF THINGS
i. The
National Association of Software and Services Companies unveiled India’s first Centre of Excellence
focused on Internet of Things at its
Startup Warehouse in Bengaluru.
ii. The
centre was launched in a bid to encourage start-ups to come up with tech
solutions centred on Internet of Things.
5. UNION
CABINET APPROVES INTEREST SUBVENTION SCHEME FOR FARMERS
i. The Union
Cabinet approved the Interest Subvention Scheme for farmers for the year
2016-17.
ii. The
Government has assigned a sum of 18276 crore rupees for the purpose.
iii. The scheme
will help farmers getting short term crop loan payable within one year up to 3
lakhs rupees at only 4% per annum.
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
1. WHO WAS NAMED AS THE
WORLD’S FIRST CLASS GYMNAST BY INTERNATIONAL GYMNASTIC FEDERATION?
(a) Seema Punia
(b) Dipa Karmakar
(c) Vladmin Chertkov
(d) Rohit Jaiswal
2. RECENTLY, NATIONAL GREEN
HIGHWAY MISSION WAS LAUNCHED, IT WAS LAUNCHED BY WHO?
(a) Nitin Gadkari
(b) Rajnath Singh
(c) Narendra Modi
(d) Ananth Singh
3. BRICS DRUG CONTROL MEETING
WAS HELD IN WHICH COUNTRY?
(a) China
(b) Brazil .
(c) Russia
(d) India
4. MASSCOM UNVEILED INDIA’S
FIRST CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE WHIAT DOES ‘C’ STANDS FOR?
(a) Company
(b) Co-Operation
(c) Competition
(d)
Combination.
5. AT WHAT %AGE WILL THE
FARMERS GET LOAN UNDER INTEREST SUBVENTION SCHEME?
(a) 4%
(b) 6%
(c) 4.5%
(d) 5%
ANSWERS:
1. (b) Dipa Karmakar
2. (a) Nitin
Gadkari
3. (d) India
4. (a)
Company
5. (a) 4%
