(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1. GOVT LAUNCHES POWERTEX INDIA SCHEME FOR POWERLOOM SECTOR
i. Ms. Smriti Irani, Union
Textiles Minister has launched PowerTex India Scheme at Bhiwandi in Thane
district of Maharashtra. It is a gamut of schemes aimed at development of
powerloom sector in India with a special focus on small powerloom weavers.
ii. She also launched PowerTex
India helpline for scheme related assistance. For nationwide publicity of
scheme, a PowerTex van was also flagged off.
2. RADHAMOHAN SINGH INAUGURATED INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR FOOT
AND MOUTH DISEASE
i. India’s 1st International
Centre for Foot and Mouth Disease has been inaugurated by Union Agriculture
Minister Radha Mohan Singh at Argul near Bhubaneswar in Odisha.
ii. This centre will play a key
role in protecting livestock from Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus.
iii. Construction of ICFMD
started in April 2014. The estimated cost has been Rs. 450 cr. Indian Council
of Agricultural Research has funded the establishment cost. 100 acres of land
for the centre has been provided by Odisha State Govt.
3. MIZORAM BECOMES 27TH STATE TO JOIN UDAY SCHEME
i. The Memorandum of
Understanding was signed between Government of India and Mizoram under the
scheme Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana. The agreement was signed for operational
improvement of the State’s Power Distribution Department.
ii. By this agreement Mizoram
would get an overall net benefit of approximately Rs.198 cr by participating in
UDAY.
iii. This benefit is achieved in
the way of cheaper funds, reduction in Aggregate Technical and Commercial and
transmission losses and interventions in energy efficiency.
4. INDIRA BANERJEE APPOINTED AS NEW CHIEF JUSTICE OF MADRAS HIGH
COURT
i. A sitting judge of the Delhi
High Court, Justice Indira Banerjee has been appointed as the new Chief Justice
of the Madras High Court.
ii. Banerjee succeeded Sanjay
Kishan Kaushal. With this, Justice Banerjee became the 2nd woman to head the
Madras High Court. Justice Kumari Bhatnagar was the 1st lady to head the
Charted court in 1992.
5. 19TH COMMONWEALTH FORESTRY CONFERENCE TO BEGIN IN UTTARAKHAND
TODAY
i. 19th Commonwealth Forestry
Conference 2017 will begin today at Forest Research Institute in Dehradun,
Uttarakhand.
ii. Dr. K.K. Paul, Uttarakhand
Governor will inaugurate the 19th Commonwealth Forestry Conference at the FRI
in Dehradun.
iii. The 5-day conference is
being organized on the theme ‘Forests for Prosperity and Posterity’.
6. RAJIV KUMAR CHANDER APPOINTED AS PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO
GENEVA UN OFFICES FROM INDIA
i. Rajiv Kumar Chander, who is
from 1983 batch Indian Foreign Service officer
has been appointed the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of India
to the UN offices in Geneva.
ii. Rajiv will succeed Ajit
Kumar, who is from 1979 batch Indian Foreign Service at the Geneva office in May, 2017.
iii. Prior to this, Chander
served as Deputy Permanent Representative in the Geneva office, Chander also
served as India’s Ambassador to Ukraine. At present he is the Consul General in
Vancouver, Canada.
7. GRANT ELLIOTT ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM INTERNATIONAL CRICKET
i. Grant Elliott, New Zealand
all-rounder has confirmed his retirement from international cricket. He will
retire from cricket after playing his last T20 series against England.
ii. After retirement, Grant
Elliott will join New Zealand internationals Colin de Grandhomme and Jeetan
Patel at the Birmingham Bears after signing a Kolpak deal.
8. NDB INVESTS $1.5 BILLION IN 7 PROJECTS IN 2 YEARS OF
OPERATION
i. The BRICS-backed New
Development Bank has invested in seven projects totaling $1.5 billion in about
2 years of its operation. NDB began operations in July 2015. 7 projects have
been done so far which aggregate around $1.5 billion. 6 of them are in the
renewable energy sector and one in transport financing.
ii. The New Development Bank was
created with an objective of financing infrastructure and sustainable
development projects in BRICS and other emerging economies and developing
countries.
iii. The Bank seeks to complement
the efforts of other multilateral development institutions. And, it also seeks
to establish a network of global, regional and local partnerships with
multilateral and national development banks as well as other institutions and
market players.
9. WORLD AUTISM AWARENESS DAY: APRIL 2 ,2017
i. World autism Awareness Day is
observed on 2nd April every year by United Nations member countries to raise
awareness about autism and problems faced by people suffering from it.
ii. World Autism Awareness Day
Theme for this year was ‘Toward Autonomy and Self-Determination’
iii. The National Trust, a
statutory body functioning under Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment,
has organised a National Conference on Autism on 3rd April 2017 in New Delhi.
Mr. Thaawarchand Gehlot ,Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment, will
inaugurate the conference.
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1. INDIA’S FIRST
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE (ICFMD) HAS SET UP IN WHICH
STATE?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Odisha
c) Haryana
d) Assam
Q2. THE 19TH EDITION OF COMMONWEALTH FORESTRY CONFERENCE HAS
STARTED IN WHICH STATE?
a) Kerala
b) Odisha
c) Assam
d) Uttarakhand
Q3. WHAT IS THE THEME OF
THE 2017 WORLD AUTISM AWARENESS DAY (WAAD)?
a) Towards Autonomy and Self-Determination
b) Autism and the 2030 Agenda: Inclusion and
Neuro diversity
c) Sustainable Development: The Promise of
Technology
d) Employment: The Autism Advantage
Q4. WHICH UNION MINISTER HAS LAUNCHED POWERTEX INDIA SCHEME TO
BOOST POWERLOOM SECTOR?
a) Arun Jaitley
b) Rajnath Singh
c) Smriti Irani
d) Narendra Modi
Q5. WHO OF THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS NEW CHIEF JUSTICE
OF MADRAS HIGH COURT?
a) Justice Manjula Chellur
b) Justice Pritinker Diwaker
c) Justice G. Rohini
d) Indira Banerjee
ANSWERS:
1 - B 2
- D 3 - A 4 - C 5 - D
