DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 28 SEP 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
IMPORTANT CABINET APPROVALS- 27TH SEPTEMBER 2017
i. The Union Cabinet chaired by PM Shri
Narendra Modi has given the following set of approvals. The full list of
Cabinet Approvals is given as follows.
ii. The Cabinet has approved-
1. Enhancement of age of superannuation
of doctors other than Central Health Service doctors to 65 years,
2. Signing of (i) Inter-bank Local
Currency Credit Line Agreement and (ii) Cooperation Memorandum relating to
Credit Ratings by EXIM Bank under BRICS Interbank Cooperation mechanism,
3. Agreement on “Cooperation in the
field of Information, Communication and Media” between India and Ethiopia,
4. MoU between India and Belarus in the
oil and gas sector,
5. Bilateral MoU between India and
Afghanistan on Technical Cooperation on Police Training and Development.
2.
ADB TO INCREASE ANNUAL LENDING TO INDIA TO $4 BILLION
i. The Asian Development Bank will
increase its annual lending to India to a maximum of $4 billion between 2018
and 2022 to help fasten inclusive economic transformation towards upper
middle-income status.
ii. The proposal was endorsed at new
ADB Country Partnership Strategy for 2018- 2022. The new lending programme,
which includes private sector operations, is much higher than the average $2.65
billion a year in loans extended during 2012 and 2016.
3.
IBBI REGISTERED NATIONAL E-GOVERNANCE SERVICES LTD AS
INFORMATION UTILITY
i. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board
of India registered National E-Governance Services Limited as an Information
Utility under the IBBI (Information Utilities) Regulations, 2017. With this
NeSL has become the first IU registered by the IBBI and the registration is
valid for five years from the date of registration.
ii. Information Utility stores
financial information that helps to establish defaults as well as verify claims
expeditiously and facilitates completion of transactions under the Insolvency
and Bankruptcy Code in a time-bound manner.
4.
CLASSICAL SINGER MANIK BHIDE CHOSEN FOR BHIMSEN JOSHI AWARD
i. Famous vocalist Manik Bhide was
chosen for the prestigious Bharat Ratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi award for the year
2017-18, for her contribution to the field of music.
ii. The Bhimen Joshi Award is given by
the Maharashtra government. It is the highest award in the category of
performing arts.
iii. The selection committee consisted
of Culture Minister Vinod Tawde, Pandit Keshav Ginde, Nathrao Neralkar and
Kamlabai Bhonde.
5.
BHU APPOINTS ITS FIRST WOMAN CHIEF PROCTOR
i. The Banaras Hindu University has
appointed Professor Royana Singh as its Chief Proctor. She will be the first
woman to hold the post, as per an official of the 101-year-old central
University.
ii. Mrs Singh is a professor in the
Anatomy department of the Institute of Medical Sciences. She takes charge after
O.N Singh resigned from the post of Chief Proctor taking “moral responsibility”
for the incident of lathi charge on students who were protesting against the
victim-blaming of a colleague who was molested in the campus.
6.
ICICI BANK LAUNCHES ‘CASHBACK’ HOME LOANS
i. India’s largest private sector
lender, ICICI Bank announced a new home loan scheme that offers borrowers the
benefit of 1% cashback on every EMI, for the entire tenure of the loan. The
offer will be valid for home loans with a minimum tenure of 15 years and the
maximum tenure of 30 years.
ii. Customers can choose to adjust the
cashback against principal outstanding of their home loan. The cashback will
start to accrue from the first EMI itself. It will first get credited to the
customer after completion of the 36th EMI.
7.
SYNDICATE BANK CUTS SAVINGS ACCOUNT INTEREST RATE BY 0.5%
i. Public sector Syndicate Bank has cut
savings account interest rate by 0.50% to 3.50% for deposits up to Rs 25 lakh.
The bank has revised rate of interest on savings bank deposits with effect from
October 10 to 3.50 percent from 4 percent existing rate.
ii. For the deposits above Rs 25 lakh,
the interest rate is unchanged at 4 percent.
8.
INDIA TO HOST SOUTH ASIAN BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP IN GUWAHATI
i. India will host the South Asian
Boxing Championship for the first time in Guwahati from December 6 to 10. Boxing Federation of India after its executive committee meeting, stated
that the country will also host the ‘India International Open tournament’ in
New Delhi in the third week of January 2018.
ii. RK Sacheti has been unanimously
elected as the new Executive Director of the federation. For the first time, it
will initiate a grading system as well on the lines of AIBA’s star rating
qualifications for coaches, referee judges.
9.
WEF RELEASED GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS REPORT 2017 – SWITZERLAND AT
1ST, INDIA AT 40TH POSITION
i. World Economic Forum released the
Global Competitiveness Report, in Switzerland. The Global Competitiveness Index
is prepared on the basis of country-level data under 12 categories of
competitiveness.
ii. Switzerland occupies the 1st position
in the list, US occupies the 2nd position and Singapore the 3rd.
iii. India has bagged the 40th rank.
India has obtained the highest rank among the South Asian countries.
Categorically, India has scored 29th rank in Innovation, 66th rank in Infrastructure,
75th rank in Higher Education and Training and 107th rank in Technological
Readiness.
10. WORLD
MARITIME DAY: 28 SEPTEMBER
i. The World Maritime Day is celebrated
across the world on 28 September. The theme for 2017 World Maritime Day was
‘Connecting Ships, Ports and People’.
ii. It aims to do so by focusing on
helping International Maritime Organization member states to develop and
implement maritime strategies to invest in a joined-up, interagency approach.
OBJECTIVE
QUESTIONS BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1.
WHICH COUNTRY HAS OBTAINED THE HIGHEST RANK AMONG THE SOUTH ASIAN COUNTRIES IN
THE GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS REPORT RELEASED BY WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM?
a) Bhutan
b) India
c) Sri Lanka
d) Afganistan
Q2.
WHICH FAMOUS VOCALIST WAS CHOSEN FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS BHARATRATNA PANDIT BHIMSEN
JOSHI AWARD FOR THE YEAR 2017-18 BY THE MAHARASHTRA GOVERNMENT?
a) Manik Bhide
b) Sunanda Patnaik
c) Usha Parkhi
d) Malini Rajurkar
Q3.
HOW MUCH OF MAXIMUM AMOUNT ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK PLANS TO RAISE ITS ANNUAL
LENDING TO INDIA TO ACCELERATE INCLUSIVE ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION TOWARD UPPER
MIDDLE-INCOME STATUS?
a) USD 3 billion
b) USD 5 billion
c) USD 4 billion
d) USD 6 billion
Q4.
WHAT IS THE THEME OF 2017 WORLD MARITIME DAY?
a) Connect world with ocean
b) Shipping: indispensable to the world
c) Secure Shipping
d) Connecting Ships, Ports and People
Q5.
WHICH COUNTRY TO HOST THE SOUTH ASIAN BOXING CHAMPIONSHIP-2017?
a) Bangladesh
b) India
c) Pakistan
d) Sri Lanka
ANSWERS:
1 - C 2
- A 3 - D 4 - B 5 - A
