DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 16 SEP 2016
(Daily News India)
1.
‘BHATTACHARYA AND KOCHHAR AMONG MOST POWERFUL WOMEN OUTSIDE US’
i. India’s top women bankers, SBI chief
Arundhati Bhattacharya, ICICI head Chanda Kochhar and Axis Bank CEO Shikha
Sharma, are among the 50 most powerful women based outside the US.
ii. The list is announced by Fortune
magazine.
iii. SBI chairman is ranked second on the list, Kochhar at the
fifth spot and shikha Sharma in the 19th position in Fortune’s ‘50 Most
Powerful Women International’ list.
2. 3RD
BRICS URBANISATION FORUM MEET STARTED IN VISHAKHAPATNAM TODAY
i. In Andhra Pradesh, the 3rd BRICS
Urbanisation Forum Meet begins in the Visakhapatnam today.
ii. The meet will be inaugurated by
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu in the presence of Union Minister of Urban
Development, M. Venkaiah Naidu and other dignitaries.
3.105 YR
OLD KUNWAR BAI MADE 'SWACHH BHARAT ABHIYAN' MASCOT
i. 105 year
old Kunwar Bai who was felicitated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for building
toilet by selling off her goats, has been chosen as the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’
mascot.
ii. Prime Minister Modi will felicitate
Kunwar Bai at a function in the national capital to mark `Swachhta Diwas'.
4.
DEVENDRA JHAJHARIA WINS SECOND GOLD, BREAKS WORLD RECORD AT RIO PARALYMPICS
2016
i. Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia
became the first Indian to clinch two gold medals at the Paralympics after he
broke his own world record to clinch the top honours at the Rio Games.
ii. The 36-year-old is currently ranked
third in the world.
5.
ALEKSANDER CEFERIN NAMED NEW UEFA PRESIDENT
i. Union of European Football
Associations elected Aleksander Ceferin as new president of UEFA.
ii. He will succeed Michel Platini as
President.
6. ANDHRA
PRADESH BECOMES SECOND STATE TO ACHIEVE 100% ELECTRIFICATION
i. Andhra Pradesh has become the second
state in the country after Gujarat to achieve 100% electrification of
households.
ii. JM Financials published the report
based on a national -level survey on electrification in various states.
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
1. NAME THE
CEO OF AXIS BANK?
a. Chanda Kochar
b. Chanda Sharma
c. Sikha Sharma
d. Sikha Kochar
2. THE 3RD
BRICS URBANIZATION FORUM MEET HAS HELD AT WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING
PLACES?
a. Vishakhapatnam
b. Hyderabad
c. Chennai
d. Mumbai
3. THE
FIRST INDIAN “DEVENDRA JHAJHARIA” WHO HAS BAGGED TWO GOLD MEDALS AT RIO 2016
PARALYMPICS IS ASSOCIATED WITH WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING SPORTS?
a. Discuss Throw
b. Javelin Throw
c. Shotput
d. None of the above
4.
“ALEKSANDER CEFERIN” IS ELECTED AS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING
ORGANIZATIONS?
a. WHO
b. IMF
c. UNICEF
d. UEFA
5. WHERE
ARE THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE UEFA LOCATED?
a. Geneva, Switzerland
b. Nyon, Switzerland
c. Basel, Switzerland
d. Paris, France
ANSWERS:
1. C 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. B
