DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 30 JULY 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
DELHI METRO FIRST TO BECOME 100% ‘GREEN’
i. Delhi Metro is the 1st Metro system to become
completely green in the world. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation had earlier
received the green certificates for its Phase-3 stations, depots, and
sub-stations.
ii. Delhi Metro has also
secured the platinum rating for adherence to green building norms for its 10
residential colonies from the Indian Green Building Council.
iii. DMRC has generated
new solar power facilities that produce 2.6 MW across the Metro network.
iv. DMRC also announced
it is now generating 20 megawatt of solar power.
v. The DMRC also
mentioned ‘Swachh Chetna – An Eco Club’, a joint initiative of the DMRC and
Shri Ram School, Gurugram.
vi. It has been initiated
to “encourage school children to participate in the more environment friendly
projects and activities”.
2.
PUNJAB SIGNS MOU WITH FOUNDATION FOR INNOVATIVE NEW DIAGNOSTICS
i. The Punjab government
has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Foundation for Innovative New
Diagnostics. The MoU was signed on the occasion of World Hepatitis Day.
ii. It is a global
diagnostic firm to help the state diagnose and treat Hepatitis C patients. The
firm would provide rapid test kits for screening of high-risk patients, for
disease like HIV, IVDU (Intravenous Drug Users).
iii. Punjab is also the
1st state in the country where the injection safety programme is being
implemented in collaboration with WHO.
iv. The state health
department has also released the action plan for injection safety programme,
which is supported by WHO.
v. The health department
would also be introducing Reuse Prevention Syringes in the state so that
blood-borne infections cannot spread from one patient to another.
3.
2017 BRICS NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORS MEETING HELD IN CHINA
i. 2017 BRICS National
Security Advisors meeting was held in Beijing, China. National Security Advisor
Ajit Doval represented India at this meeting.
ii. This meeting is a
major platform for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS)
countries to discuss and conduct cooperation in politics and security fields.
iii. Discussions were
held on topics including global governance, internet security, anti-terrorism
and energy security, as well as major international and regional hotspot
issues.
iv. National Security
Advisor Ajit Doval held talks with his Chinese counterpart and state councillor
Yang Jiechi on the sidelines of the BRICS NSAs meeting.
v. Indian and Chinese
troops have been locked in a face-off in Doklam area for more than a month,
since Indian troops stopped the Chinese army from building a road in the area.
4.
INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK GOES LIVE WITH BHARAT BILL PAYMENT SYSTEM
i. Indian Overseas Bank
has offered the Bharat Bill Payment System which is introduced by the National
Payments Corporation of India, for its customers.
ii. Indian Overseas Bank
is one of the 3 public sector banks (apart from Union Bank of India and Bank of
Baroda) to get the approval from RBI for providing the service.
iii. BBPS is an
integrated bill payment system that offers inter-operable online bill payments
to customers. The services include online payments of electricity,
telecommunication, DTH, water and gas bills.
iv. The certification
with NPCI has been completed and the BBPS system has been implemented for
customers and to the billers.
5.
JHULAN GOSWAMI FELICITATED BY MOHUN BAGAN AT THEIR ANNUAL AWARDS CEREMONY
i. Kolkata-based football
club Mohun Bagan conferred prestigious Mohun Bagan Ratna award on former club
captain and coach Subrata Bhattacharya, while Indian Women’s cricket team
veteran pacer Jhulan Goswami was given a special award at the club’s annual day
programme in Kolkata.
ii. Best Youth Football
Player award won by Deep Saha. Special Award for Mountaineer’s won by Sheikh Sahabuddin and Kuntal Karar.
iii. Birth Centenary
Award was given to Late Dinanath Roy and Special Award for Athletics won by
Lili Das.
6.
SHAHID KHAQAN ABBASI DECLARED AS INTERIM PAKISTAN PRIME MINISTER
i. Former Petroleum
Minister and senior PML-N leader Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will be appointed as the
interim PM of Pakistan.
ii. The decision was made
by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif during an informal consultative meeting
of the party. Nawaz Sharif resigned from the post of Pakistan PM following a
decision by the country’s Supreme Court to disqualify him from office.
iii. Abbasi would serve
as the chief executive of Pakistan for 45 days.
7.
MUNTRA – COUNTRY’S FIRST UNMANNED TANK, ROLLS OUT FROM THE CHENNAI LAB
i. Defence Research and
Development Organisation has developed an unmanned, remotely operated tank named
‘Muntra’ which has 3 variants – surveillance, mine detection and reconnaissance
in areas with nuclear and bio threats.
ii. Muntra has been
developed and tested for the Army by Combat Vehicles Research and Development
Establishment in Avadi, Chennai.
iii. Muntra-S is India’s
1st tracked unmanned ground vehicle developed for unmanned surveillance
missions .The vehicle has been tested and validated at Mahajan field firing
range in Rajasthan under dusty desert condition.
8.
INDIA FINISHES 6TH IN 2017 WORLD JUNIOR SQUASH
i. India finished 6th in
the girl’s team event of the 2017 WSF-World junior squash championship.
ii. World Junior Squash
held in Tauranga, New Zealand. In the 2015 edition held in Eindhoven, the
Netherlands, India had placed in 8th
position.
9.
INTERNATIONAL TIGER DAY: JULY 29, 2017
i. ‘International Tiger
Day’ is celebrated every year on 29th July. This year’s International Tiger Day
was celebrated with the slogan ‘Fresh Ecology For Tigers’ Protection’.
ii. The conference of the
heads of 13 countries – where tigers are available – held at Saint Petersburg
of Russia in 2010 took the decision to mark the world tiger day on July 29
every year.
iii. The goal of the day
is to promote a global system for protecting the natural habitats of tigers and
to raise public awareness and support for tiger conservation issues.
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS BASED
ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1.
WHICH AMONG THE FOLLOWING HAS BECOME THE ONLY COMPLETELY ‘GREEN’ METRO SYSTEM
IN THE WORLD FOR ADHERING TO GREEN BUILDING NORMS FOR ITS RESIDENTIAL COLONIES?
a) Mumbai Metro
b) Noida Metro
c) Chennai Metro
d) Delhi Metro
e) Kochi Metro
Q2.
2017 BRICS NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORS MEETING WAS HELD IN JULY 2017, IN?
a) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
b) Durban, South Africa
c) New Delhi, India
d) Moscow, Russia
e)
Beijing, China
Q3.
WHICH INDIAN WOMAN CRICKETER WAS FELICITATED BY MOHUN BAGAN AT THEIR ANNUAL
AWARDS CEREMONY?
a) Jhulan Goswami
b) Mithali Raj
c) Veda Krishnamurthy
d) Harmanpreet Kaur
e) Sheekha Pandey
Q4.
WHO AMONG THE FOLLOWING HAS BEEN SELECTED TO BE THE INTERIM PRIME MINISTER OF
PAKISTAN?
a) Shahbaz Zardari
b) Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
c) Bilawal Sharif
d) Abbas Farooqi
e) Meriyam Bhutto
Q5.
WHAT WAS THE SLOGAN OF INTERNATIONAL TIGER DAY 2017?
a) ‘Exlcusive Habitat For Tigers’ Protection’
b) ‘Using Technology for Tigers’ Protection’
c) ‘Fresh Ecology For Tigers’ Protection’
d) ‘Building Global Consensus for Tigers’
Protection’
e) ‘Scaling Effort for Tigers’ Protection
through Social Media’
1 - D 2 - E 3
- A 4 - B 5 - C
