DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 21ST MAY 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
JOINT HADR EXERCISE COMMENCES AT NAVAL STATION KARWAR
i.
The Annual Joint Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Exercise began on
18 May. The exercise is being conducted by Indian Navy’s Western Naval Command.
ii.
It is named as ‘Karavali Karunya’. It involves both professional exchange and
actual disaster response mechanisms which is set on a Tsunami disaster
scenario.
iii.
It will help in providing relief in a post-tsunami scenario and work together
with armed forces, central government agencies and state government
departments. There will also be a demonstration using aircraft, a pollution
control ship and survey ships.
2.
G20 LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT MINISTERS’ MEET HELD IN GERMANY
i.
G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meet was held in Bad Neuenahr, Germany
from 18-19 May 2017. Germany chaired the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’
Meet, as it currently holds the G20 presidency.
ii.
The meeting focused on the theme “Towards an Inclusive Future – Shaping the
World of Work”.
iii.
The Indian delegation to G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meet in Germany
was led by Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya.
3.
INDIAN PRASHANT RANGANATHAN WINS TOP INTEL SCIENCE AWARD IN US
i.
An Indian boy Prashant Ranganathan has won the top Intel Science Award in US.
It is the world’s largest pre-college science competition in the US.
ii.
Prashant has won in the category of environmental engineering for his project
on bio-degradation of pesticides. Prashant Ranganathan along with 1700 students
from across the world has participated in the Intel International Science and
Engineering Fair.
4.
AIR MARSHAL PN PRADHAN APPOINTED AS DEPUTY CHIEF OF INTEGRATED DEFENCE STAFF
i.
Air Marshal PN Pradhan appointed as the Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence
Staff (Operations).
ii.
Pradhan was closely associated with the induction and operationalisation of
Embraer-135 and C-130 fleets in the Indian Air Force. He was awarded Ati
Vishisht Seva Medal in 2014.
iii.
PN Pradhan was commissioned as a pilot in Indian Air Force in 1981.
i.
As per the HAL the 1st flight of prototype-two of India’s indigenous basic
trainer aircraft, Hindustan Turbo Trainer-40 (HTT-40) was successful.
ii.
It is aimed at being used for the 1st stage training for all flying cadets of
the three First flights of HTT-40 prototype-2 successful services.
iii.
HTT-40 programme aims to achieve its operational clearance by 2018. HTT-40 will
replace Hindustan Piston Trainer– 32.
6.
INDIAN MEN’S TEAM WINS COMPOUND GOLD IN WORLD CUP ARCHERY
i.
The Indian Men’s team won Compound gold in the World Cup Archery held in
Shanghai, China. Indian Men’s team has defeated Columbia in the archery World
Cup stage 1 championships.
ii.
India beat USA in the semifinal and Iran in the quarterfinals.
iii.
Indian archery teams were comprised Chinna Raju Srither, Abhishek Verma and
Amanjeet Singh.
7.
PRIME MINISTER RELEASES BOOK SERIES WRITTEN BY MS SWAMINATHAN
i.
The PM Narendra Modi has released a book series written by the Agricultural
Scientist Dr. M.S. Swaminathan.
ii.
The series is titled – M.S. Swaminathan: The Quest for a world without hunger.
Dr. M S Swaminathan is known as the Father of the Green Revolution in India.
iii.
M. S. Swaminathan had achieved success in introducing and developing
high-yielding varieties of wheat in India. In 1987, he was the 1st recipient of
the World Food Prize, considered equal to a Nobel in the field of agriculture.
8.
PRESIDENT OF INDIA RECEIVES BOOKS ‘SAMUDRA BANIJJER PREKSHITE STHALA BANIJJYA
AND ‘JNAN, A-JANAN AND BIJNAN: POPPER-ERJNANTATTA’
i.
The President of India Pranab Mukherjee received books ‘Samudra Banijjer
Prekshite Sthala Banijjya, Bharat Mahasagar Anchal, 1500-1800’ and ‘Jnan,
a-Janan and Bijnan: Popper-erJnantatta’.
ii.
He has received the books from Dr. Sushil Chaudhury and Dr. Mahasweta Chaudhury
in Kolkata, West Bengal. These are researched monographs on the subjects that
they have been written on.
9.
WORLD METROLOGY DAY: MAY 20, 2017
i.
World Metrology Day is an annual celebration to mark the signing of the Metre
Convention on May 20, 1875, by representatives of 17 nations. This Convention
set the framework for global collaboration in the science of measurement and in
its industrial, commercial and societal applications.
ii.
Theme for World Metrology Day 2017 was “Measurements for transport”.
iii.
This theme was chosen because transport plays an instrumental role in the
modern world. We rely on transport not only to commute, but also to procure
food we eat, the clothes we wear, the goods we use and the raw materials from
which goods are made.
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS BASED
ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1.
ANNUAL JOINT HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND DISASTER RELIEF EXERCISE CONDUCTED BY
INDIAN NAVY’S WESTERN NAVAL COMMAND, COMMENCED AT?
a) Okha, Gujarat
b) Karwar, Karnataka
c) Mumbai, Maharashtra
d) Panaji, Goa
Q2.
WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING HAS WON THE TOP INTEL SCIENCE AWARD IN US?
a) Rajveer Sinha
b) Dhrumil Raje
c) Shyam Balkrishna
d) Prashant Ranganathan
Q3.
G20 LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT MINISTERS’ MEET WAS HELD FROM 18TH TO 19TH MAY IN?
a) Germany
b) Portugal
c) France
d) Italy
Q4.
HINDUSTAN AERONAUTICS LIMITED HAS ANNOUNCED THAT FIRST FLIGHT OF PROTOTYPE-TWO
OF INDIA’S INDIGENOUS BASIC TRAINER AIRCRAFT, HTT-40 HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY
PERFORMED. ABBREVIATION HTT-40 STANDS FOR?
a) Hindustan Task Trainer-40
b) Hindustan Turbo Trainer-40
c) Hindustan Techno Trainer-40
d) Hindustan Transit Trainer-40
Q5.
BOOKS ‘JNAN, A-JANAN AND BIJNAN: POPPER-ER JNANTATTA’ AND ‘SAMUDRA BANIJJER
PREKSHITE STHALA BANIJJYA, BHARAT MAHASAGAR ANCHAL, 1500-1800’ HAVE BEEN
AUTHORED BY?
a) Vasu Bhattacharya and Divya Bhattacharya
b) Abhijeet Sen and Mridula Sen
c) Sushil Chaudhury and Mahasweta Chaudhury
d) Arindam Bose and Sushila Bose
ANSWERS:
1 - B 2 - D 3 - A 4 - B 5
- C
