DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 30 SEP 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
TK VISWANATHAN HEADED COMMITTEE TO DEAL WITH HATE SPEECH ON
INTERNET
i.
A committee headed by Mr.T.K.Viswanathan, submitted a report to the Home
Ministry, regarding new laws or amendments to deal with hate speech on the
internet, in New Delhi.
ii.
This committee was formed after the Supreme Court ruled out section 66A of the
Information Technology Act. The committee has suggested that section 78 of the
IT Act needs to be substituted and Section 153 & 505A of the Indian Penal
Code needs to be amended.
iii.
The committee has recommended that each state should have a State Cyber Crime
Coordinator, which should be an officer not below the rank of Inspector General
of Police.
iv.
Also, each district should have a District Cyber Crime Cell, headed by an
officer not below the rank of sub-inspector.
2.
INDIA INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FESTIVAL 2017-SCIENCE FOR NEW INDIA
WILL BE HELD IN CHENNAI
i.
The third India International Science Festival will be held in Chennai next month.
ii.
Prominent scientists from the government are expected to participate in the 4-day
festival which will be held from October 13-16 at IIT-Chennai. The festival is
being organised by the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Ministry of Science and
Technology and Vijnana Bharati, an organisation linked to the RSS.
iii.
The event will be jointly inaugurated by science and technology ministers of
Bangladesh, Nepal, Afghanistan and Portugal.
iv.
The project cost will be worth of Rs 10 cr and the festival will have a
thematic session on ‘Deep Ocean Research’.
v.
This is the third IIS festival, which has been organised since the NDA
government came to power in 2014. The first two were held at IIT-Delhi and
National Physical Laboratory, Delhi.
3.
ICICI BANK LAUNCHES ‘CASHBACK’ HOME LOANS
i.
ICICI Bank launched a new home loan product that offers 1 % cash-back for every
Equated Monthly Instalment during the entire loan period.
ii.
The EMI cash-back is available for fresh home loans with minimum period of 15
years. This loan allows borrowers to select their preferred mode of cash-back.
iii.
They can use the cash-back to prepay the principal outstanding of their home
loan or accumulate it in their ICICI Bank account.
iv.
There is no restriction on the loan amount for availing the cash-back EMI
facility. This cash-back facility is
also available for other mortgage products like loan against property,
lease-rental discounting and top-ups on existing mortgage loans.
4.
SWISS PROFESSOR MARYNA VIAZOVSKA TO GET 2017 SASTRA RAMANUJAN
PRIZE
i.
Maryna Viazovska of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne,
Switzerland has been selected for the 2017 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize.
ii.
The prize also recognizes her outstanding PhD thesis of 2013 at the University
of Bonn in which she resolved significant cases of the Gross-Zagier Conjecture
and her work prior to her PhD with A. She is awarded the Prize for her
resolution of the celebrated sphere packing problem in dimension 8, the proof
of which appeared in her paper in the Annals of Mathematics 2017.
iii.
The age limit for the prize has been set at 32 because Ramanujan achieved so
much in his brief life of 32 years. The prize will be awarded during December
21-22, 2017 at the International Conference on Number Theory at SASTRA
University in Kumbakonam, Ramanujan’s hometown.
5.
INDIA JUMPS TO 14TH RANK AS BEST COUNTRY FOR EXPATS: HSBC
i.
As per HSBC survey India jumps the global rankings by 12 places to take the 14th
spot in terms of best country for expats to live and work in. The list is
topped by Singapore, is part of HSBCs latest expat explorer survey.
ii.
It covered 27,587 expats from 159 countries and territories in March and April
2017. At the same time, the country has emerged among the top 10 countries
among expats for professional development.
iii.
According to survey, about 71% expats in India reported high levels of
confidence in the local economy, while 58% reported optimism on political
stability.
iv.
With an average USD 176,408 gross personal income per year one of the highest
in the world over 50% of the expats said India is a good place to start a
business.
v.
According to their parents, ranking India third in the world for this
parameter. Besides, almost half 48% of expat children easily made new friends.
6.
SRINAGAR AND RAIPUR AIRPORTS AWARDED AS BEST AIRPORTS UNDER
NATIONAL TOURISM AWARDS 2015-16
i.
Srinagar International Airport, Jammu & Kashmir and Swami Vivekananda
Airport, Raipur, Chhattisgarh were jointly awarded the National Tourism Awards
2015-16, in New Delhi.
ii.
President Mr.Ram Nath Kovind, gave away the award for Best Airport under ‘rest
of India’ category. The event was held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on the World
Tourism Day.
iii.
The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India presents National Tourism Awards
to various segments of Travel, Tourism and Hospitality industry every year.
iv.
This is the first time; two airports have been jointly selected as best
airports for their innovative style of functioning, pro-environment initiatives
and passenger friendly approach.
7.
RAJIV SABHARWAL APPOINTED AS TATA CAPITAL CEO
i.
Tata Capital has announced the appointment of Rajiv Sabharwal as CEO &
Managing Director, Designate of Tata Capital Limited. Sabharwal will be joining
Tata Capital in January 2018. He would be succeeding Managing Director &
CEO Praveen P Kadle who will be assuming other responsibilities in the Tata
Group effective April 1, 2018.
ii.
Sabharwal is currently a partner at True North Managers LLP, formerly India
Value Fund Advisors. Sabharwal was an executive director in ICICI Bank’s board
before joining True North. He was responsible for building one of the largest
retail financial services franchise in the country.
iii.
He has also been part of several Reserve Bank of India and Indian Bank
Association’s Committees. He is a graduate from IIM Lucknow and a mechanical
engineer from IIT Delhi.
8.
FIVE INDIANS IN TOP-20 OF MEN’S BADMINTON RANKINGS FOR 1ST TIME,
PV SINDHU NO.2 IN THE WORLD
i.
Indian shuttler P V Sindhu has jumped two places to 2nd spot in the Badminton
World Federation women’s singles rankings after her Korea Open Super Series
title.
ii.
This is the second time in her career that Sindhu, the Olympics silver
medallist, occupied the second spot. Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu Ying retained her
top spot. London Olympics bronze winner Saina Nehwal was static at the 12th
spot.
iii.
Olympic champion Carolina Marin of Spain also remained at 5th while world
champion Nozomi Okuhara of Japan moved up one place to eighth.
iv.
In the men’s singles rankings, K Srikanth remained unchanged at 8th while B Sai
Praneeth and H S Prannoy dropped one place each to be at 17th and 19th
respectively.
OBJECTIVE
QUESTIONS BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1.
WHERE WILL BE THE THIRD INDIA INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE FESTIVAL HELD IN OCTOBER
2017?
a)
Chennai
b)
Bangalore
c)
Mumbai
d)
Hyderabad
Q2.
WHICH BANK HAS LAUNCHED A NEW HOME LOAN PRODUCT ‘CASHBACK’ THAT OFFERS 1 %
CASH-BACK FOR EVERY EMI DURING THE ENTIRE LOAN PERIOD?
a) Central bank of India
b) ICICI Bank
c) Axis Bank
d) Union Bank
Q3.
WHICH OF THE TWO AIRPORTS HAS BEEN AWARDED AS BEST AIRPORTS UNDER NATIONAL
TOURISM AWARDS 2015-16?
a) Goa International Airport and Calicut
International Airport
b) Pune Airport and Agra Airport
c) Srinagar International Airport and Swami
Vivekananda Airport, Raipur
d) Cochin International Airport and Bengaluru
International Airport
Q4.
NAME THE SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND HAS BEEN
SELECTED FOR THE 2017 SASTRA RAMANUJAN PRIZE?
a) Hans Kung
b) Tariq Ramadan
c) Linda Guzzella
d) Maryna Viazovska
ANSWERS:
1
- A 2 - B 3 - C 4 - D
