DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 21 SEP 2016
(Daily News India)
1.
MALAYSIAN ENVOY RELEASES TRANSLATED BOOK ON SAI BABA
i. The
Consul General of Malaysia in India Eldeen Husaini Muhammad Hashim has released
the translated version of 'Sai Charitra Granth', a book on the life of Sai
Baba.
ii. The book
is translated into Malay by a social outfit called 'I love Sai'.
2. 17TH
NAM SUMMIT HELD AT VENEZUELA
i.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro
hosted the latest meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement .
ii. Vice
President Hamid Ansari held talks with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on a
host of issues of mutual interest.
iii. The
Non-Aligned Movement is a group of states which are not formally aligned with
or against any major power bloc.
3.
‘SELFIE WITH TOILET’ TO BOOST SWACHH BHARAT IN LUDHIANA
i. To make
the Swachh Bharat Mission successful and encourage people to use clean toilets,
the Ludhiana district administration has started a ‘Selfie with my Shauchalya’
campaign.
ii. Under
the initiative, beneficiaries of toilets provided by the Punjab government and
Bharti Foundation had been urged to click a selfie with their toilets.
4. NOBEL
LAUREATE AUNG SAN SUU KYI TO GET HUMANITARIAN AWARD
i. Myanmar
leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been honored as the 2016 humanitarian of the year
by students and faculty at the Harvard Foundation.
ii. Suu Kyi
gained international prominence as the General Secretary of the newly formed
National League for Democracy in Myanmar in 1990.
iii. She
became one of the world’s most well-known political prisoners during her 15
years of house arrest for participating in protests against the government.
5. LONG
RANGE SURFACE-TO-AIR BARAK-8 MISSILE SUCCESSFULLY TEST FIRED
i. India and
Israel jointly developed most advanced long range surface-to-air missile Barak-8 was successfully test fired .
ii. Barak-8
missile is long-range nuclear capable ballistic missile, developed jointly by
Israel and India.
6. INDIA
RANKS 112TH IN 2016 WORLD ECONOMIC FREEDOM INDEX
i. India has
been ranked at 112th out of 159 countries in the 2016 World Economic Freedom
Index.
ii. The
report measures the economic freedom by analyzing the policies and institutions
of all 159 countries and territories.
iii. The
list is topped by Hong Kong followed by Singapore , New Zealand , Switzerland
and Canada .
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
1. WHICH
COUNTRY’S ENVOY HAS RELEASED TRANSLATED BOOK ON “SAI BABA”?
a. Malaysia
b. Sri Lanka
c. Bhutan
d. Nepal
2. WHAT
IS THE CURRENCY OF VENEZUELA?
a. Dollar
b. Pound
c. Boivar
d. Ringitt
3.
MAYANMAR LEADER “AUND SAN SUU KGI” HAS BEEN HONOURED WITH THE 2016 HUMANITARIAN
AWARD BY WHICH INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION?
a. Oxford
Foundation
b. Harvard
Foundation
c. UNO
d. WHO
4. THE
‘BARAK-8’ IS WHICH KIND OF MISSILE?
a.
Surface-to-surface
b.
Air-to-surface
c.
Air-to-air
d.
Surface-to-air
5. WHICH
AMONG OF THE FOLLOWING HAVE JOINTLY DEVELOPED THE ‘BARAK-8’ MISSILE?
a.
Israel-USA
b.
USA-Pakistan
c.
India-Israel
d. None of
these
6. THE
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM INDEX IS PUBLISHED IN ASSOCIATION WITH WHICH OF THE
FOLLOWING INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS?
a. The
Heritage Foundation & the Wall Street Journal
b. World
Bank & IMF
c. The Wall
Street Journal & World Bank
d. World Bank
& the Heritage Foundation
7. WHAT
IS THE RANK OF INDIA IN THE 2016 WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM INDEX?
a. 113
b. 112
c. 114
d. 116
ANSWERS
1.
A 2. C 3.
B 4. D 5.
C 6. A 7.
B
