DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 28 AUG 2016
(Daily News India)
1. RAIL
PASSENGERS TO GET INSURANCE COVER WORTH RS 10 LACS AT A PREMIUM OF ONLY 92
PAISE
i. Railways has started insurance cover
of up to Rs10 lakh while booking a train ticket online by paying less than one
rupee cost.
ii. Indian Railways subsidiary IRCTC
has assigned the task to three private firms are Shriram General Insurance,
ICICI Lombard General Insurance and Royal Sundaram General Insurance.
2. INDIA
RANKED AT 77TH, PAKISTAN AT 72ND ND AND BANGLADESH AT 5TH
IN WORLD RISK REPORT 2016
i. The World Risk Report 2016 published
by the UNU Institute for Environment and Human Security released a list after doing analysis of the
role that infrastructure plays in shaping a country’s disaster risk.
ii. The list is topped by Island state
of Vanuatu.
iii. India has been ranked at 77th
place, Pakistan ranked at 72nd, Bangladesh at 5th.
3.
PAKISTAN TO HOST 19TH SAARC SUMMIT ON NOV. 9 & 10 THIS YEAR
i. Pakistan will host the 19th SAARC
Summit on November 9 and 10 this year.
ii. The SAARC Summit Cell is headed by
Ambassador Amjad Sial.
iii. SAARC is an organization of eight
countries located in the South Asia and it stands for the South Asian
Association for Regional Corporation.
4.
BENGALURU TO HOST THE PRAVASI BHARATIYA DIVAS 2017
i. IT capital of the country,
Bengaluru, will host the 2017 Bharatiya Pravasi Divas.
ii. It is scheduled to take place on
February 7, 8 and 9 of 2017.
iii. Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is
celebrated in India on 9 January each year to mark the contribution of the
overseas Indian community to the development of India.
5.
FINANCE MINISTRY SET UP A COMMITTEE FOR DIGITALIZING INCENTIVE PAYMENTS
i. The Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
has set up a committee to consider incentive schemes for promoting
digitalization.
ii. The schemes are aimed to promote
such as cash back schemes and tax rebates for promoting card and digital
payments in a step towards discouraging cash transactions.
iii. The committee will be headed by
former Finance Secretary Ratan P Watal
6. WORLD
BANK SANCTIONS RS 980 CR FOR BRAHMAPUTRA DREDGING
i. The World Bank has announced a
funding of Rs 980 crore to dredge the Brahmaputra as an initiative to develop
waterways to Bangladesh.
ii.It will promote the trade between
the Bangladesh and other South East Asian countries
iii. The World Bank is an international
financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital
programs.
7. BCCI
SUBMITS COMPLIANCE REPORT TO LODHA PANEL
i. The BCCI submitted the first
Compliance Report to the Supreme Court-appointed Justice RM Lodha Panel in
regards to the implementation of reforms as per the apex court verdict.
ii. The BCCI has already filed a Review
Petition with the Supreme Court seeking recusal of CJI TS Thakur from the case.
8. DIPP
TO LAUNCH AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON IPR
i. Department of Industrial Policy and
Promotion will launch a nation-wide awareness campaign on Intellectual Property
Rights .
ii. It will be taken forward by Cell
for IPR Promotion and Management in collaboration with the Controller General
of Patents, Designs and Trademarks and Industry Associations.
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
1. WHO IS
GOING TO HOST 19TH SAARC SUMMIT?
a. India
b. Pakistan
c. Bangladesh
d. Nepal
2. WHICH
CITY OF INDIA WILL HOST THE “PRAVASI BHARTIYA DIVAS 2017”?
a. Gandhinagar
b. Nasik
c. Bengaluru
d. Nagpur
3. WHO
WILL HEAD THE COMMITTEE FOR “DIGITALIZING INCENTIVE PAYMENT”?
a. Ratan-P-Watal
b. arun Jaitely
c. P. Chitambaram
d. Mukesh Shah
4. FOR
WHICH RIVER DREDGING, WORLD BANK HAS SANCTIONED RS.980 CR TO BANGLADESH NAD
OTHE SOUTH AISAN COUNTRIES TO INCREASE THE TRADE & COMMERCE AMONG THE
COUNTRIES?
a. Ganga
b. Ravi
c. Chenab
d. Brahamputra
5. WHERE
IS THE SECRETARIAT OF SAARC LOCATED?
a. Kathmandu, Nepal
b. New Delhi, India
c. Dhaka, Bangladesh
d. Colombo, Sri lanka
ANSWERS:
1) B 2) C 3) B 4) D 5) A
