DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 03 JULY 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
MUMBAI’S VIKRIKAR BHAVAN RENAMED AS GST BHAVAN
i. Mumbai’s ‘Vikrikar Bhavan’ was renamed as
‘GST Bhavan’ after the Goods and Services Tax regime was rolled out. ‘Vikrikar
Bhavan’ is the headquarters of Maharashtra government’s erstwhile Sales Tax
department.
ii. Maharashtra Finance Minister Sudhir
Mungantiwar and Minister of State for Finance Deepak Kesarkar has attended the
ceremony at the Bhavan.
iii. The department has planned a helpline to
assist traders and business community who have queries about the new tax
regime’s implementation and modalities.
iv. In two years, the ‘GST Bhavan’ will be
shifted to Wadala from Mazgaon. Mr Mungantiwar said GST also means ‘Garibon ki
Seva karnewala Tax’.
2.
TELANGANA TO HAVE SEPARATE AGRICULTURE BUDGET FROM NEXT YEAR
i. Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao, has
decided to present a separate agriculture budget for the state from next year.
CM Rao has also decided to substantially enhance funds for the agriculture
sector.
ii. He has asked the officials to form
farmers’ associations at various levels — from villages to the state — to
organise the cultivators.
iii. Farmers in Telangana would be provided training
of modern and scientific methods of farming so as to increase the farm output.
3.
PNB TO BLOCK ALL MAESTRO DEBIT CARDS FROM JULY 31
i. Punjab National Bank will block all the
Maestro debit cards from 31st of July if the card holders will fail to replace
it with a more secure EMV chip based card by the end of this month.
ii. The bank will not charge anything for the
replacement and it will be provided free of cost. The replacement is as per RBI
advisory issued in 2015, asking all the banks to convert to a secured EMV chip
based cards.
iii. According to the bank data it has
identified that there are about one lakh customers with old Maestro debit cards
and has started sending them SMSs as well.
4.
KARNATAKA BANK LAUNCHED KBL-IMAGE DEBIT CARD
i. Karnataka Bank has launched the ‘KBL-Image
Debit Card’ on July 2. Karnataka Bank has enabled its cardholders to
personalize the card with the image of his/her choice.
ii. The customers will have the option of
selecting an image either from the bank’s gallery of images or any image of
his/her choice to be printed on the debit card.
iii. Customers can apply through the bank’s
website for this card.
5.
WRITER PREETI SHENOY BAGS INDIAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
i. Writer Preeti Shenoy was awarded Indian of
the Year Award by Brands Academy in New Delhi. Brands Academy is one of the
most reputed branding companies in India to recognise the achievements of
personalities who have contributed towards building up the reputation of the
country.
ii. Preeti Shenoy is one of India’s top 5
highest selling women authors. Shenoy’s books include “It’s All In The
Planets”, “It Happens For A Reason”, “The One You Cannot Have” “Why We Love The
Way We Do” and “34 Bubblegums And Candies” among others.
6.
ACHAL KUMAR JYOTI IS INDIA’S NEW CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER
i. Election Commissioner Achal Kumar Jyoti
will take charge as the Chief Election Commissioner of India after current CEC
Nasim Zaidi.
ii. An Election Commissioner or a Chief
Election Commissioner has tenure of 6 years in office or till he or she attains
the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier.
7.
MS DHONI BECOMES 1ST INDIAN BATSMAN TO HIT 200 SIXES IN ODIS
i. M S Dhoni became the 1st Indian batsman to
hit more than 200 sixes in One Day International cricket.
ii. M S Dhoni accomplished this feat while
playing a crucial unbeaten knock of 78 runs against West Indies in the 3rd ODI
on June 30, 2017.
iii. He has now hit 322 sixes in his
international career and is 5th on the list. Dhoni has so far scored 9442 runs
and has become the 4th highest run-getter for India in ODIs.
iv. Dhoni has also surpassed legendary Adam
Gilchrist to become 2nd highest run-getter as a wicketkeeper-batsman.
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS BASED
ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1.
WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING WILL TAKE CHARGE AS THE 21ST CHIEF ELECTION
COMMISSIONER OF INDIA?
a)
Rakesh Gandhi
b)
Achal Kumar Jyoti
c)
Kailash Nath Arora
d)
Javed Siddiqui
Q2.
‘VIKRIKAR BHAVAN’ THE HEADQUARTERS OF _______ GOVERNMENT’S ERSTWHILE SALES TAX
DEPARTMENT, WAS RENAMED AS ‘GST BHAVAN” AS THE NEW TAX REGIME ROLLED OUT?
a)
Maharashtra
b)
Gujarat
c)
Madhya Pradesh
d)
Uttar Pradesh
Q3.
CHIEF MINISTER OF WHICH STATE HAS DECIDED TO PRESENT A SEPARATE AGRICULTURE
BUDGET FOR THE STATE FROM NEXT YEAR?
a)
Jharkhand
b)
Chhattisgarh
c)
Andhra Pradesh
d)
Telangana
Q4.
WHO HAS HONOURED WITH INDIAN OF THE YEAR AWARD BY BRANDS ACADEMY IN NEW DELHI?
a)
Kiran Desai
b)
Jhumpa Lahiri
c)
Preeti Shenoy
d)
Shobha De
Q5.
WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING BECAME THE 1ST INDIAN BATSMAN TO HIT MORE THAN 200
SIXES IN ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL CRICKET?
a)
Virat Kohli
b)
Yuvraj Singh
c)
Shikhar Dhawan
d) M S
Dhoni
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