DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 14 SEP 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
DR.HARSH VARDHAN INAUGURATES CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE
LANDSCAPES & FOREST ECOSYSTEMS
i. Union Minister of Environment,
Forest and Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurated a 2-day conference on
“Sustainable landscapes and forest ecosystems: Theory to Practice”, in New
Delhi.
ii. The Minister insisted on bringing
up solutions for increasing the forest cover up to a minimum of 33 % and for
the problem of weeds.
iii. He launched the “Wood is Good”
campaign. The Partnership for Land Use Science is a joint programme between
United States Agency for International Development and Ministry of Environment,
Forest and Climate Change.
iv. The aim of Forest-Plus is to
improve the capacity of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest
Degradation in India.
2.
RBI TO INTRODUCE RS 100 COIN TO MARK MG RAMACHANDRAN BIRTH
CENTENARY
i. RBI will introduce Rs 100 coins to
mark the birth centenary of MG Ramachandran. He was the AIADMK founder and
former chief minister of Tamil Nadu.
ii. The Rs 100 coin will be 44
millimeter in diameter, with a metal composition of silver (50%), copper (40%),
nickel (5%) and zinc (5%).
iii. The obverse of the Rs 100 coin
will bear “Lion Capitol of Ashoka Pillar” in the centre, with the legend
“Satyamev Jayate” inscribed below in Devnagari.
v.The reverse of the Rs 100 coin shall
bear the portrait of MG Ramachandran in the centre.
3.
RAJ SHAH APPOINTED AS PRINCIPAL DEPUTY PRESS SECRETARY IN US
i. US President Donald Trump has
appointed Indian-American Raj Shah as Principal Deputy Press Secretary in US.
ii. Shah has served as Deputy Assistant
to the President and Deputy Communications Director.
iii. Shah was Director of Opposition
Research in the Republican National Committee before moving to the White House.
Trump has also appointed Hope Hicks as his Communications Director. Hicks
previously served as Assistant to the President and Interim Communications
Director.
4.
RAGHUNANDAN MONEY HONOURED WITH KRISHI PRAGATI AWARD 2017 BY
NCDEX
i. Raghunandan Industries Private
Limited was awarded Krishi Pragati Award 2017, by National Commodity &
Derivatives Exchange Limited, in New Delhi.
ii. The Krishi Pragati Award 2017 has
been awarded to appreciate the outstanding contribution made by Raghunandan
Industries in the area of Agricultural Commodities.
iii. Mr.Ram Vilas Paswan, Minister of
Consumer Affairs, Union Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs, Food
and Public Distribution and Mr.Arjun Ram Meghwal gave away the award to
Mr.Saurabh Mittal, Founder & MD of Raghunandan Money.
5.
HDFC BANK BECOMES THE SECOND MOST VALUABLE COMPANY ON BSE
i. HDFC Bank became the 2nd most
valuable company in BSE in India, in terms of market capitalization.
ii. Reliance Industries is in the 1st
place currently. HDFC has replaced TCS in the 2nd position now.
iii. Market value of HDFC has increased
in value by 53 % this year. HDFC’s performance improvement in retail banking
has helped it climb up the ladder.
6.
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU PORT CONTAINER TERMINAL WINS “CONTAINER
TERMINAL OF THE YEAR” AWARD 2017
i. Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container
Terminal was awarded “Container Terminal of the Year” Award, in Mumbai.
ii. JNPCT was given the award in ‘The
Gateway Awards 2017’ held at Mumbai. This is the 10th edition of the Gateway
Awards. The award was received by Mr.Neeraj Bansal, Deputy Chairman of JNPCT.
iii. JNPCT was awarded the ‘Container
Terminal of the Year’ award for its excellent strategies to reduce congestion,
smooth delivery of containers and renovation of infrastructure to carry out
trade even in unfavourable conditions.
7.
HALIMAH YACOB- 1ST FEMALE PRESIDENT OF SINGAPORE
i. Halimah Yacob was sworn-in as the 8th
President of Singapore. She became the country’s first female President and the
first in five decades to come from the Malay ethnicity.
ii. She was certified by the
Presidential Elections Commission as the only eligible candidate, and since she
has no opponent, there was no election held.
8.
PAYU TIES UP WITH IRCTC
i. Payment gateway provider PayU has
announced its collaborations with the IRCTC to provide users a safe and secure
option to pay for rail tickets booked via the IRCTC website.
ii. PayU will now be available as a
payment option under the Multiple Payment Services option on the IRCTC website
at the payment stage of booking an e- ticket.
OBJECTIVE
QUESTIONS BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1.
WHO IS GOING TO INAUGURATES CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES & FOREST
ECOSYSTEMS?
a) Smirti Irani
b) Dr.Harsh Vardhan
c) Piyush Goyal
d) Nitin Gadlkari
Q2.
WHO HAS APPOINTED AS FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT OF SINGAPORE WITHOUT ELECTION?
a) Halimah Yacob
b) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
c) Mary Robinson
d) Dilma Rousseff
Q3.
RBI HAS INTRODUCED THE COIN OF WHICH DENOMINATION TO MARK MG RAMACHANDRAN BIRTH
CENTENARY?
a) Rs.500
b) Rs.200
c) Rs.20
d) Rs.100
Q4.
WHICH COMPANY HAS PARTNERED WITH IRCTC, PROVIDES ONLINE PAYMENT SERVICES TO
IRCTC USERS?
a) Mobiwik
b) NPCI
c) PayU
d) UPI
Q5.
WHO HAS HONOURED WITH KRISHI PRAGATI AWARD 2017 BY NCDEX?
a) Raghunandan
b) Shailesh Pandey
c) Arjun Ram
d) Gaurav saini
ANSWERS:
1
- B 2 - A 3 - D 4 - C 5 - A
