DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 26TH OCT 2016
(Daily News India)
1. INDIA
RANKS 130 IN EASE OF DOING BUSINESS: WORLD BANK REPORT
i. According
to the World Bank’s Ease of doing Business Report 2017, India now ranks 130 out
of 190 countries.
ii. New
Zealand has surpassed Singapore to become the easiest country in the world to
do business.
iii. The
World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to
developing countries for capital programs.
2. INDIA
UP 21 PLACES IN WEF GENDER GAP REPORT: WEF
i. India has
climbed 21 spots to rank 87th on the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap
Report 2016.
ii. With
this jump in ranking, India has now overtaken China which is ranked 99th out of
144 countries. Iceland tops the latest
rankings followed by Finland, Norway and Sweden.
3. BEATTY
BECOMES FIRST US AUTHOR TO WIN MAN BOOKER PRIZE
i. Paul
Beatty became the first author from the United States (US) to be awarded the
Man Booker prize, for his book, 'The Sellout'.
ii. Beatty's
book was awarded the 2016 prize of £50,000, in the third year since the award
was opened to American writers.
iii. The Man
Booker International Prize was established in 2005, biennially rewarding an
author for a body of work originally written in any language as long as it was
widely available in English.
4. INTERNATIONAL
HOCKEY FEDERATION APPOINTS JASON MCCRACKEN AS NEW CEO
i. The
International Hockey Federation has appointed New Zealand's Jason McCracken as
its Chief Executive Officer.
ii.
McCracken will be leaving his role as Head of Insurance and Investment Risk at
banking group ANZ to take on his new post at FIH's headquarters in Lausanne,
Switzerland.
iii. He will
replace Kelly Fairweather, who is leaving for the International Tennis
Federation after six years in the role.
5. KARNAL
SINGH APPOINTED AS DIRECTOR OF ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE
i. Senior
IPS officer Karnal Singh was appointed
as the Director of Enforcement Directorate
ii. The
Directorate General of Economic Enforcement is a law enforcement agency and
economic intelligence agency responsible for enforcing economic laws and
fighting economic crime in India.
iii. It is a
part of the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance.
6.
HARYANA TO OBSERVE 2017 AS GARIB KALYAN VARSH
i. Haryana
Government has decided to observe 2017 as the “Garib Kalyan Varsh”.
ii. The
government would lay emphasis on welfare of poor people and generating
employment opportunities for the youth.
CURRENT AFFAIRS GK QUIZ BASED ON
TODAY’S NEWS
Q1. WHAT IS INDIA’S RANK ON THE EASE OF DOING
BUSINESS INDEX, 2017?
a) 112 b)137
c) 127 d)
130
Q2. WHAT IS INDIA’S RANK ON THE GLOBAL GENDER GAP
REPORT, 2016?
a) 89th b)
87th
c) 86th d)
84th
Q3. WHERE
IS THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM HEADQUARTER LOCATED?
a) Geneva b) London
c) Paris d) Washington DC
Q4. WHO HAS WON THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016?
a) Deborah Levy b) Graeme Macrae Burnet
c) Paul Beatty d)
David Szalay
Q5. WHO IS THE NEW CEO OF INTERNATIONAL HOCKEY FEDERATION?
a) Jason McCracken b)
Kelly Fairweather
c) Gianni Infantino d)
Arthur Drewry
Q6. WHO IS APPOINTED AS DIRECTOR OF ENFORCEMENT
DIRECTORATE?
a) Om Prakash Rawat b) DK Gupta
c) Jayant Sinha d) Karnal Singh
Q7. WHICH
STATE HAS DECIDED TO OBSERVE 2017 AS THE “GARIB KALYAN VARSH”?
a) Uttar Pradesh b) Bihar
c) Haryana d) Punjab
ANSWERS:
1- D 2- B 3-
A 4- C 5-
A 6- D
7- C
