DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 21 SEP 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
INDIAN ARMY TAKES SWACHH BHARAT ABHIYAN TO INDIA’S HIGHEST
BATTLEFIELD , SIACHEN
i.
Siachen is India’s highest and hardest battlefield situated at an average
altitude of 18,000 ft above sea level. Our Indian Army carried PM Narendra
Modi’s agenda of Swachh Bharat and make Siachen stays clean.
ii. It
is a logistics challenge to move all types of waste out of the glacier so that
these do not become an environmental hazard. Soldiers are at risk of getting
frostbite if their bare skin touches any metal object for more than 15 seconds
2.
SINGAPORE TO SET UP SKILL CENTER IN NORTHEAST: DR JITENDRA SINGH
i. The
Government of Singapore is proposed to be set up Skill Center at Guwahati by the year 2019 and
Dr Jitendra Singh ,the Ministry of DoNER will coordinate in this initiative.
ii. High
Commissioner of Singapore, Mr Lim Thuan Kuan had meeting with India’s Dr
Jitendra Singh, consisted of senior officers from the Ministry of DoNER,
Department of Space and Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances &
Pensions, the three main areas where Singapore has expressed its willingness to
collaborate with India.
iii. The
Singapore also expressed its preference to engage with India in the area of
Space Technology for collaboration in “peaceful uses of Outer Space”. An MoU
has already been formalized between Singapore and the State Government of Assam
regarding the Skill Center at Guwahati.
3.
VICE PRESIDENT RELEASES COMMEMORATIVE COIN ON DR. M.S.
SUBBULAKSHMI
i. Vice
President Venkaiah Naidu unveiled commemorative coins of Rs 100 and Rs 10
denominations on the birth centenary musician Bharat Ratna M S Subbulakshmi and
inaugurated an exhibition entitled “Kurai Onrum Illai-MS: Life in Music” nearly two-week-long exhibition.
ii. The
coins were launched at an event held at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi National
Centre for the Arts.Dr. Mahesh Sharma, the Minister of State for Culture (I/C)
and Environment, Forest & Climate Change, and other notable personalities
was also honored with their presence.
iii. M
S Subbulakshmi was the first musician to be awarded the Bharat Ratna to winning
the Ramon Magsaysay Award, and performing at the UN General Assembly.
4.
INDIA TO CONDUCT THE FIRST ‘BIMSTEC DISASTER MANAGEMENT
EXERCISE- 2017’ IN OCTOBER
i. Our
Home Ministry informed that India’s National Disaster Response Force is going
to conduct a disaster management exercise between October 10-13 in New Delhi with BIMSTEC countries and
acronymed as BIMSTEC DMEx-2017.
ii. It
will be conducted in two phases in Delhi and its suburbs. The main exercise
will comprise of Table Top Exercise, Field Training Exercise and After Action
Review.
iii. The
BIMSTEC region is home to around 1.5 billion people, constituting around 2% of
the global population with a combined GDP of US $2.7 trillion. Most of the
BIMSTEC countries are located in the South Asian Region, it leads to natural
disasters such as floods, cyclones, earthquakes, avalanches and drought.
iv. At
the 17th BIMSTEC Senior Officials Meeting held in Kathmandu, Nepal, it was
decided that India would organize the 1st annual Disaster Management Exercise
for the region.
5.
RBI CLASSIFIES P2P PLATFORM AS NBFC BUSINESS
i. Reserve
Bank of India announced that peer-to-peer lending platforms would be treated as
Non-Banking Financial Companies.
ii.
Peer-to-peer lending platforms have been regulated by RBI by treating them as
Non-Banking Financial Companies. P2P lending is a form of crowd-funding. It
uses online platform to connect lenders and borrowers. It provides unsecured
loans. Loans are paid back with interest.
iii.
The borrower can either be an individual or a legal person. The interest rate
is fixed by the platform or by a mutual agreement between the borrower and the
lender.
iv.
Both borrowers and lenders pay fee to the platform. Borrowers pay origination
fee, which is either a fixed fee amount or a percentage of the loan amount
depending on the risk category of the loan.
6.
NORWAY’S SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND HITS $1 TRILLION VALUE FOR THE
FIRST TIME
i. The
Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund officially reached $1 trillion for the first
time, in Oslo, Norway.
ii. Norway’s
Sovereign Wealth Fund was formed in the 1990s to manage the Norwegian state’s
oil revenues. This is the world’s largest Sovereign Wealth Fund.
iii.
It is managed by Norwegian Central Bank. It has reached $1 trillion on 19th
September 2017, for the first time.
iv.
This occurred due to the increase in value of world’s major currencies against
dollar value and good condition of stock market. The fund invests in stocks,
bonds and real estate.
7.
AJAY BISARIA APPOINTED AS NEW HIGH COMMISSIONER TO PAKISTAN
i. Indian
Government appointed Mr. Ajay Bisaria as Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan.
ii.
Mr.Ajay Bisaria is the current ambassador to Poland. He will replace Mr. Gautam
Bambawale as the High Commissioner to Pakistan.
iii.
Mr. Gautam Bambawale will be appointed as ambassador to China. Mr. Ajay Bisaria
will take charge as High Commissioner to Pakistan in October 2017.
iv.
Recently Mr.Vijay Gokhale was appointed as Economic Relations Secretary at the
Indian Ministry of External Affairs.
8.
ISKCON’S GOVARDHAN ECO VILLAGE IN MUMBAI WINS ‘SPIRIT OF
HUMANITY’ AWARD
i. ISKCON’s
Govardhan Eco village has received the ‘spirit of humanity’ award, instituted
by AmeriCares, a non-profit organisation working for disaster relief and global
health, in the ‘livelihood’ category.
ii. The
Govardhan Eco Village, set up by the International Society for Krishna
Consciousness in Palghar district in Mumbai. The village, at Wada taluka, is
located 108 kms north of Mumbai at the foothills of the Sahyadri mountains.
9.
DR. MAHESH SHARMA RELEASES THE BOOK “BHARTIYA KALA MEIN SALIL
KRIDAYEN EVAM SADYAHSNATA NAYIKA”
i. Dr.Mahesh
Sharma, Minister of State (I/C) for Culture released the book entitled
“Bhartiya Kala Mein Salil Kridayen Evam Sadyahsnata Nayika” at a function in
National Museum at New Delhi.
ii. It
was written by Dr. Kshetrapal Gangwar and Shri Sanjib Kumar Singh. Shri Santosh
Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State (I/C) for Labour and Employment was also
attended the function.
iii.
This is an Art Book based on original research, written in Hindi and published
by National Museum after few decades.This is a book written to highlight the
Indian Art and describes the Water Sports (Salil Kridayen). This form of art
has been the part of Indian Art from time immemorial.
OBJECTIVE
QUESTIONS BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1.
WHICH COUNTRY IS PROPOSED TO BE SET UP SKILL CENTER AT GUWAHATI, INDIA BY THE
YEAR 2019?
a) US
b) Malaysia
c) Singapore
d) Australia
Q2.
ON WHOSE BIRTH CENTENARY VICE PRESIDENT VENKAIAH NAIDU UNVEILED COMMEMORATIVE
COINS OF RS 100 AND RS 10 DENOMINATIONS?
a) M.S.Subbulakshmi
b) Radha Vishwanathan
c) M. L. Vasanthakumari
d) Saraswati Rane
Q3.
INDIA’S NATIONAL DISASTER RESPONSE FORCE IS GOING TO CONDUCT A DISASTER
MANAGEMENT EXERCISE IN NEW DELHI
WITH WHICH ORGANIZATION?
a) BESTMICH
b) BEMSTICH
c) BISMTECH
d) BIMSTECH
Q4.
WHICH COUNTRY’S SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUND HITS $1 TRILLION VALUE FOR THE FIRST
TIME?
a) Switzerland
b) Norway
c) Madagascar
d) Ireland
Q5.
TO WHICH COUNTRY INDIAN GOVERNMENT APPOINTED MR.AJAY BISARIA AS INDIAN HIGH
COMMISSIONER?
a) Pakistan
b) Poland
c) Bangladesh
d) Scotland
ANSWERS:
1
- C 2 - A 3 - D 4 - B 5 - A
