DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 5 AUG 2016
(Daily News India)
1.
SIX-YEAR-OLD INDIAN BOY ENTERS GUINNESS WORLD RECORD
i. A six year
old boy Om Swaroop Gowda from Karnataka has set the world record for covering
longest distance by limbo skating under cars.
ii. He
clinched the Guinness World records title after a successful attempt to travel
a staggering 65.283-metre distance while holding his body just above the ground
and maintaining a splits position throughout.
iii. He managed
to clear 36 cars during the incredible challenge at Orion Mall in Bangalore.
2. RBI
LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE ’SACHET’ TO CONTROL ILLEGAL COLLECTION OF DEPOSITS
i. The RBI
Governor Raghuram Rajan has launched ’Sachet- www.sachet.rbi.org.in’, a web
portal to curb illegal collection of deposits.
ii. Sachet
is an State Level Coordination Committees website from which the members of the
public would be able to obtain information regarding entities that are allowed
to accept deposits, lodge complaints and also share information regarding
illegal acceptance of deposits by unscrupulous entities.
iii. The
website would also help to enhance coordination among regulators and State
Government agencies to control unauthorised acceptance of deposits by
unscrupulous entities.
3. RBI
CONSTITUTES A COMMITTEE ON HOUSEHOLD FINANCE
i. The
Reserve Bank of India has set up a
committee to look at the various facets of household finance in India and to
benchmark India’s position vis-Ã -vis both the peer countries and advanced
countries.
ii. The
Committee will be chaired by Dr. Tarun Ramadorai, Professor of Financial Economics,
University of Oxford.
iii. The
Committee is expected to submit its report by end-July 2017.
4. ‘GRASSROOTS INNOVATION’ AUTHORED BY PROF.
ANIL K. GUPTA BOOK RELEASED
i.
‘Grassroots Innovation’ authored by Prof. Anil K. Gupta has been released.
ii. He has
gifted his first copy of the book to the President.
iii. The
book was about stories of extraordinary men and women who are silently
contributing to the innovation movement for the economic development and
advancement of society.
5. 4TH
INDIAN-ORIGIN PERSONS AMONG US' TOP WEALTH ADVISORS LIST RELEASED BY FORBES
i. Four
Indian-origin persons have been named among America's top wealth advisors by
Forbes on a list of 200 members.
ii. Raj
Sharma and Ash Chopra, both working in Merrill Lynch - Private Banking &
Investment Group, have been ranked 17th and 129 respectively on the Forbes 2016
'America's Top Wealth Advisors' list.
iii. While
Sonny Kothari of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management has been ranked 176, Raju
Pathak of Morgan Stanley Wealth Management is placed at 184.
6. SHUBHA
MUDGAL TO BE AWARDED RAJIV GANDHI NATIONAL SADBHAVANA AWARD
i. The
advisory committee of the Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award has decided
that the 23rd Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award will be given to Shubha
Mudgal.
ii. Mudgal
will be honoured for her outstanding contribution towards the promotion of
communal harmony, peace and goodwill.
7. IOC
GIVES NOD TO ADDITION OF FIVE NEW SPORTS IN OLYMPIC GAMES TOKYO 2020
i. The
International Olympic Committee has agreed to add Baseball-Softball,
Skateboard, Karate, Climbing Sports and surfing in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
ii. The
decision was taken by the 129th IOC session being held in Rio de Janeiro.
iii. The
additional sports in Tokyo will not impact the athlete or event quotas of
existing Olympic sports.
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
1. NAME
THE WEBSITE WHICH IS LAUNCHED BY RBI TO CURB ILLEGAL COLLECTION OF DEPOSITS?
a. Sachet
b. Viswas
c. Janhit
d. None of
the above
2. RBI
HAS SET UP A COMMITTEE FOR “HOUSEHOLD FINANCE” WHO IS CHAIRED BY__________.
a. Dr. Varun
Ramadarai
b. Dr.
Dinesh Ramadarai
c. Dr.
Tarun Ramadarai
d. Dr. Shan
Ramadarai
3. WHO IS
THE AUTHOR OF “GRASSROOT INNOVATION”?
a. Dinesh
Jain
b. Sashi
Mohan
c. Tom
Jhonson
d. Anil K
Gupta
4. THE
HEADQUARTERS OF INTERNATIONAL OLYMPICS COMMITTEE?
a. Lausanne,
Switzerland
b. Geneva,
Switzerland
c. Sydney,
Australia
d. New York,
USA
5.
RECENTLY, WHO HAS RECEIVED RAJIV GANDHI NATIONAL SADBHAWANA AWARD?
a. Dilip
Kumar
b. Shubha
Mudgal
c. Amitabh
Bacchan
d. Vidya
Balan
6. HOW
MANY SPORTS WILL BE ADDED IN OLYMPIC GAMES, TOKOYO 2020?
a. 6
b. 5
c. 7
d. 8
ANSWERS:
1) A 2)
C 3) D 4)
A 5) B 6)
B
