DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 21 AUG 2016
(Daily News India)
1. SACHIN
TENDULKAR ADOPTED VILLAGE IN OSMANABAD UNDER SAGY
i. Rajya
Sabha MP Sachin Tendulkar has adopted Donja village in Osmanabad district of
Maharashtra for development under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna programme .
ii. Sansad
Adarsh Gram Yojana is a rural development programme.
iii. The
programme was launched by the Prime Minister of India on the birth anniversary
of Jayaprakash Narayan, on 11 October 2014.
2.
IIT-KANPUR ADOPTED VILLAGES UNDER NAMAMI GANGE
i.
IIT-Kanpur has adopted 5 villages under the Namami Gange programme .
ii. It will
use its expertise to restrict the flow of sewage into the river.
iii. The
five villages adopted by the institute are: Ramel Nagar, Hari Hindpur, Khoyra
Katree, Pratapur, and Katri Ladhva Khera.
iv. IIT-Kanpur will ensure sewage water is not
disposed of in the river and also keep a
check on quality of drinking water and sanitation.
3. 7
INDIAN COMPANIES AMONG TOP 200 CARBON CLEAN FIRMS
i. Seven
Indian companies have been listed on carbon-clean list of 200 largest companies
worldwide.
ii. Japan's
Toyota Motor topped the list.
iii. Indian
companies listed on the list are:
a. Suzlon
Energy at 68th place for wind farms.
b. Bharat Heavy
Electricals Ltd at 106th place for wind electric generators and
solar cells.
c. Tata
Chemicals placed at 114th rank for chemicals for biodiesel, solar
energy and fuel cells.
d. Thermax Ltd
is placed at 139th rank.
e. Exide Indus
at 153rd place for electric storage batteries.
4. HINDI
AUTHOR SUNITA JAIN HONOURED WITH VYAS SAMMAN AWARD
i. Hindi
scholar and writer Sunita Jain has been honoured with Vyas Samman 2015 for her
poetry collection "Kshama".
ii. West
Bengal Governor K N Tripathi conferred the award on the scholar.
iii. The
award is started by the K K Birla Foundation and is given annually to
outstanding literary work in Hindi authored by an Indian citizen.
5. DOHA
BANK OPENS FIRST BRANCH IN KERALA
i. Doha Bank
has inaugurating its first branch in
Kerala.
ii. The
branch will offers all banking products to corporate and retail customers.
iii. It will
be formally inaugurated by the State Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
6.
ALIBABA GROUP LAUNCHES ‘MILLION BOOKS’ DONATION DRIVE
i. The
Alibaba Group, with Ratna Nidhi Charitable Trust has launched ‘Mission Million
Books’initiative in India.
ii. It has
been started to invite Indian citizens to donate textbooks and educational
material for the underprivileged.
ii. Alibaba
Group Holding Limited is a Chinese e-commerce company that provides
consumer-to-consumer, business-to-consumer and business-to-business sales
services via web portals.
7. URJIT PATEL
APPOINTED AS NEXT RBI GOVERNOR
i. Urjit
Patel is the new Reserve Bank of India Governor.
ii. He will replace
Raghuram Rajan as the RBI governer.
iii. Raghuram
rajan is going to step down on September 3, after his term comes to an end.
iv. Urjit
will be India's 24th RBI Governor.
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
1. WHEN
SANSAD GRAM YOJANA WAS LAUNCHED?
a. October,
2009
b. October,
2008
c. October,
2014
d. October,
2015
2. IIT
KANPUR HAS ADOPTED HOW MANY VILLAGES IN UTTAR PRADESH UNDER “NAMAMI GANGE”
SCHEME TO RESTRICT THE FLOW OF SEWAGE?
a. 9
b. 5
c. 3
d. 4
3. NAME
THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK “KSHAMA”?
a. Sunita
Jain
b. Sumitra
Jain
c. Nupur
Jain
d. Jaya Jain
4. WHERE
ARE THE HEADQUARTERS OF DOHA BANK LOCATED?
a. Qatar
b. Kathmandu
c. Colombo
d. Singapore
5. NAME
THE DONATION DRIVE WHICH IS LAUNCHED BY ALIBABA GROUP ALONG WITH CROSSWORD AND
RATNA NIDHI?
a. Mission
Education
b. Mission
Book
c. Mission
Literacy
d. None of
these
6. WHO IS
GOING TO BECOME 24TH RBI GOVERNOR OF INDIA?
a. HR Khan
b. C.
Rangarajan
c. Urjit
Patel
d. Anand
Sinha
ANSWERS:
1) C 2)
B 3) A 4)
D 5) B 6)
C
