DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 8 MAR 2018
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
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1.
UDYAMSAKHI PORTAL LAUNCHED FOR WOMEN
ENTREPRENEURS
i.
The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises launched a portal for women entrepreneurs of
India On the occasion of International Women’s Day,
ii.
The portal is a network for nurturing entrepreneurship and creating business
models for low-cost products and services in order to empower women and make
them self-reliant.
2.
MYANMAR’S AUNG SAN SUUKYI STRIPPED OF
HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD
i.
Myanmar’s leader Aung San SuuKyi was stripped off her human rights award
conferred by US Holocaust Memorial Museum.
I
i. The Museum announced that it was withdrawing SuuKyi'sAward, which they had
presented to her in 2012.
iii. The decision was taken following the
ongoing violence against the Rohingya Muslim minority community in the Rakhine
state of Myanmar Aung San SuuKyi,won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991
3.
ARCHITECT BV DOSHI BECOMES 1ST INDIAN
TO WIN PRITZKER PRIZE
i.
Architect Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi has become the first Indian to win the
Pritzker Prize, the highest award in architecture.
ii.
Doshi's most noted works include a low-cost housing project in Indore which
accommodates 80,000 people.
iii.The
award was announced by Tom Pritzker of the Chicago-based Hyatt Foundation.
4.
SUPREME COURT ALLOWS PASSIVE
EUTHANASIA AND LIVING WILL WITH STRICT GUIDELINES
i.
Recognising right to die with dignity as a fundamental right, the Supreme
Court ruled that the passive euthanasia
and advance 'living will' are permissible.
ii.
The ruling was given by a five-judge Constitution Bench comprising Chief
Justice DipakMisra and Justices AK Sikri, AM Khanwilkar, DY Chandrachud and
Ashok Bhushan.
iii.
A person can make a statement in advance that his life should not be prolonged
by putting him on a ventilator or an artificial support system.
5.
IRAQ BECOMES INDIA’S BIGGEST OIL
SUPPLIER
i.
Iraq has become India’s biggest crude oil supplier by overtaking Saudi Arabia .
ii.
Iraq supplied 38.9 million tonnes of oil, which was more
than 20% of country’s oil needs. India is 80% dependent on imports to meet its
oil needs.
6.
RAJASTHAN PASSES BILL TO AWARD DEATH
PENALTY FOR RAPE OF GIRLS BELOW 12 YEARS OF AGE
i.
Rajasthan Assembly passed The Criminal
Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Bill, 2018 awarding death penalty to convicts
involved in the rape of girls below 12 years of age.
ii.
According to law person who is convicted
of raping or gang-raping a girl up to twelve years of age will be given a death
sentence or rigorous imprisonment, which shall not be less than fourteen years.
iii.
It will award life sentence and life imprisonment to child rapists and will
ensure that the convict does not get out of the jail even after completing 14
years of sentence.
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS BASED ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1.
NAME THE INDIAN ARCHITECT WHO WON THE ARCHITECTURE’S HIGHEST HONOUR – THE
PRITZKER PRIZE 2018 FOR THE FIRST TIME?
a. Charles Correa
b. Laurie Baker
c. Raj Rewal
d. Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi
Q2.
SUPREME COURT PASSED AN ORDER PERMITTING PASSIVE EUTHANASIA IN INDIA. THE
CONSTITUTION BENCH FOR PASSING THIS ORDER CONSISTED
OF 5 JUDGES. IT WAS LED BY ___________?
a. Dipak Misra
b. A K Sikri
c. A M Khanwilkar
d. Ashok Bhushan
Q3.
INDIA RANKS ____ON THE MASTERCARD INDEX FOR WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS (MIWE), A LIST
OF 57 NATIONS RELEASED BY MASTERCARD?
a. 39
b. 45
c. 49
d. 52
Q4.
WHEN IS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY (IWD) CELEBRATED?
a. March 5
b. March 6
c. March 7
d. March 8
ANSWERS:
1-d 2-a 3-d 4-d
