DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 29 AUG 2016
(Daily News India)
1. ISRO
TESTS SCRAMJET ROCKET ENGINE
i. The Indian Space Research
Organisation successfully test-fired its Scramjet Rocket Engine.
ii.
It will use oxygen from the
atmosphere thereby reducing launch cost, from the spaceport of Sriharikota.
2. SANIA
WON CONNECTICUT OPEN DOUBLES TITLE
i. Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza with
her Romanian partner Monica Niculescu defeated Kateryna Bondarenko and Chuang
Chia Jung in the final.
ii. Now sania mirja is ranked as world
no.1 player in mixed doubles women.
3. INDIA
CAPTAIN MS DHONI SETS WORLD RECORD IN USA
i. India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni
has set a new world record.
ii. He captained India in a record
325th game most by a player in history
iii. He broke the record of Australian
skipper Ricky Ponting's mark.
4. LALITA
BABAR AND CHESSPLAYER SHARDUL GAGARE TO GET SJAM AWARDS
i. Chess player GM Shardul Gagare, and
steeplechase specialist Lalita Babar who finished a creditable 10th in the Rio
Olympics, have been chosen for the Sports Journalists Association of Mumbai’s
Golden Jubilee Annual Awards 2016.
ii. Gagare will receive the Sportsman
of the year award and the Lalita will receive the Sportswoman of the year award.
5. PM
MODI ANNOUNCES TASK FORCE TO PREPARE INDIA FOR NEXT THREE OLYMPICS
i. After India’s dismal show in the
concluded Rio Olympics 2016 Prime Minister Narendra Modi constituting a task
force.
ii. It will make various suggestions to
the roadmap for the next three quadrennial Games 2020, 2024 and 2028.
iii. The PM announced that the task
will be announced over the next few days at a meeting of the Council of
Ministers held in New Delhi.
6.
SHARMILA TAGORE APPOINTED AS A NEW MEMBER OF THE BCCC
i. Film actress Sharmila Tagore,
theatre activist Arundhati Nag and Ira Bhaskar have been appointed new members
of Broadcasting Content Complaints Council.
ii. The Board of Directors of Indian
Broadcasting Federation headed by Star India chairman Uday Shankar has approved
these appointments for a term of three years in the eminent persons.
7.
INDIA'S FIRST TEXTILE UNIVERSITY TO COME UP AT SURAT
i. Gujarat government is planning to
set up India's first textile university at Surat.
ii. The main aim of the university is
to provide all kind of support including technology, research and development
and skilled manpower.
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
1. NAME
THE CHAIRMAN OF ISRO?
a. N Balakrishnan
b. AS Kiran Kumar
c. RK Krishanamurty
d. None of these
2. THE
FAMOUS TENNIS PLAYER “MONICA NICULESCU” BELONG TO WHICH NATION?
a. Romania
b. Scotland
c. Sweden
d. Portugal
3. WHO
HAS BECOME WORLD NO-1 PLAYER IN MIXED DOUBLES WOMEN?
a. Chuang Chia
b. Monica Niculescu
c. Sania Mirza
d. Martinga Hingis
4. NAME
THE INDIAN CRICKET PLAYER WHO HAS SET A WORLD RECORD OF 325TH MATCH
CAPTAINCY IN USA?
a. Kapil Dev
b. Virat Kohli
c. Sachin Tendulkar
d. MS Dhoni
5. THE
FAMOUS PLAYER “LALITA BABAR” BELONGS TO WHICH GAME?
a. Wrestling
b. Chess
c. Race
d. Swimming
6. WHO
WILL HEAD THE BROADCASTING CONTENT COMPLAINTS COUNCIL (BCCC)?
a. Uday Shankar
b. Sharmila Tagore
c. Arundhati Nag
d. Ira Bhaskar
ANSWERS:
1. B 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. B 6.
A
