DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 24 SEP 2016
(Daily News India)
1.INDIA
AND FRANCE INKED DEAL FOR 36 RAFALE
FIGHTER JETS
i. India and
France inked the 7.8-billion Euro deal
for 36 Rafale fighter jets.
ii.The aircraft
will be equipped with latest missiles and weapon system like Meteor and Scalp.
iii.The 7.8 billion
Euro deal is crucial for the Indian Air Force and is expected to give India the
dominant status in the air
iv.The Rafale jet
has a strategic weapon has Beyond Visual Range
Meteor air-to-air missile with a range in excess of 150 kilometre.
2. JUNAID
AHMAD APPOINTED AS WORLD BANK COUNTRY DIRECTOR FOR INDIA
i.Junaid Ahmad has
been appointed as the World Bank Country Director for India.
ii. He will replace
succeed Onno Ruhl.
3.
DEMOCRATS AND DISSENTERS AUTHORED BY RAMACHANDRA GUHA RELEASED
I. Book titled
Democrats and Dissenters authored by Ramachandra Guha was released .
Ii.The book is a
work of rigorous scholarship on topics of compelling contemporary interest,
written with elegance and wit.
iii.Democrats and
Dissenters covers a wide range of themes such as national projects of India’s
neighbours to political debates within India itself, from the responsibilities
of writers to the complex relationship between democracy and violence.
4.
INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE OBSERVED ON 21ST SEP
i. International
Day of Peace was observed across the world on 21st September
ii.The theme for the day is The Sustainable Development
Goals: Building Blocks for Peace.
iii.The day is
dedicated to world peace, and specifically the absence of war and violence,
such as might be occasioned by a temporary ceasefire in a combat zone for
humanitarian aid access.
5. MUKESH
AMBANI TOPS FORBES' 100 RICHEST INDIANS LIST
i. Reliance
Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani has topped the Forbes' '100 Richest Indians'
list.
ii. India's richest
pharmaceutical magnate Dilip Shanghvi remains at 2nd.
6. RITU
RANI RETIRES FROM INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY
i. Former Indian
women's hockey captain Ritu Rani has announced her retirement from
international hockey.
ii. The 24-year-old
midfielder made the announcement in a mail to Hockey India president Narinder
Batra.
7. HDFC
BANK NAMED INDIA’S MOST VALUABLE BRAND
i. HDFC Bank has
emerged as India’s most valuable brand for the third consecutive year, ranking
first on the BrandZ Top 50 list released by WPP Group.
iii. HDFC Bank was
followed by Airtel and SBI in the list.
8. OXFORD
TOPS THE LIST AS THE WORLD'S LEADING UNIVERSITY
i.Oxford topped the
list as the world's leading university, followed by the California Institute of
Technology, Stanford and Cambridge.
ii. The United
States had 63 institutions in the top 200, while the UK had 32 and Australia
had eight.
iii. Asian
universities, with more rising up the list in 2016, the region's top
institution National University of Singapore was ranked 24th.
9.
PRESIDENT, PM LAUNCH VP'S BOOK TITLED "CITIZEN AND SOCIETY"
i. President Pranab
Mukherjee has released Vice President Hamid Ansari’s book ‘Citizen and Society’
at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
ii. The book is a
collection of lectures delivered by Hamid Ansari ranging from the role of women
in a multicultural society to other dynamics of a democratic nation.
10. SAHOO
IS BANKRUPTCY BOARD CHIEF
i. The Centre has
appointed Madhusudan Sahoo as chairperson of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of
India.
ii. Sahoo is at
present a member of the Competition Commission of India.
11.
TWO-INDIANS SELECTED FOR WILDLIFE AWARDS
i. Two Indian
forest officials, Sanjay Dutta and Ritesh Sarothiya, have been selected for the
2016 Clark R. Bavin Wildlife Law Enforcement Awards.
ii. Clark R. Bavin
Wildlife Law Enforcement Awards honours individuals engaging in exemplary law
enforcement actions to protect wildlife.
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
1. “ONNU
RUHL” HAS BEEN REPLACED BY “JUNAID AHMAD” FOR WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING POSTS?
a. World Bank Country Director of India
b. Microsoft India CEO
c. Brand Ambassador to USA
d. Brand Ambassador to France
2. NAME
THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK “DEMOCRATS AND DISSENTERS”?
a. Ramachandra Singh
b. Ramachandra Guha
c. Rameshwar Prasad
d. Ramesh Singh
3.
INTERNATIONAL DAY OFF PEACE OBSERVED ON WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING DAYS?
a. 20th September
b. 22nd September
c. 21st September
d. 24th September
4.
MADHUSUDAN SAHOO , IS RECENTLY APPOINTED AS THE CHAIRPERSON OF INSOLVENCY AND
BANKRUPTCY BOARD OF INDIA. AT PRESENT HE IS THE MEMBER OF WHICH OF THE
FOLLOWING OFFICIAL BODIES OF
INDIA?
a. RBI Deputy Governor
b. Chairman of UPSC
c. Competition Commission of India
d. None of the above
5.
VICE-PRESIDENT HAMID ANSARI’S BOOK “CITIZEN AND SOCIETY” WHICH IS RECENTLY
LAUNCHED AT THE RASTRAPATI BHAWAN IS DEPICTION ON?
a. Role of women in a multinational society to the other dynamic of
democratic nation
b. Role of the politics in the democracy
c. History of India from ancient to modern
d. None of these
6. WPP
PLC IS A MULTINATIONAL ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATION COMPANY. WHERE ARE THE
HEADQUARTERS OF WPP LOCATED?
a. Dublin, Ireland
b. London , United Kingdom
c. Rome , Italy
d. New York, USA
7. NAME
THE ORGANIZATION WHICH HAS TOPPED THE BRANDZ TOP 50 LIST BY WPP GROUP?
a. SBI
b. Airtel
c. HDFC
d. ICICI
8. WHO IS
THE PRESIDENT OF INDIAN HOCKEY FEDERATION?
a. Narinder Batra
b. Narinder Sahani
c. Navtej Sidhu
d. Narinder Sharma
ANSWERS:
1. A 2.
B 3. C 4.
C 5. A 6.
B 7. C 8.
A
