DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 9 MAY 2018
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
SCO SECRETARY-GENERAL IN INDIA TO HOLD
TALKS WITH UNION MINISTERS
i.
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
Secretary-General Rashid KutbiddinovitchAlimov arrived in New Delhi to hold
talks with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and other Union ministers.
ii.
External Affairs Minister will hold a bilateral meeting with Alimov in
Delhi.
iii.India
became a full member of SCO in June 2017, at an international summit held in
Astana, Kazakhstan.
2.
CBDT APPROVES AMENDMENT OF
INDIA-KUWAIT TAX AGREEMENT
i.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes
notified the protocol amending the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement between India and Kuwait.
ii.
The protocol updates the provisions in the DTAA for the exchange of information
as per international standards, and also enables sharing of information
received from Kuwait for tax purposes with other law enforcement agencies.
3.
INDIA, SRI LANKA AGREE ON INFORMATION
EXCHANGE FOR DRUG CONTROL
i.
India and Sri Lanka agreed on cooperation on exchange of information and other
aspects to tackle smuggling of drugs in both countries.
ii.
A decision to this effect was taken at the third bilateral meeting between
delegations from India's Narcotics Control Bureau and Sri Lanka's Police Narcotics Bureau on narcotics, drugs and psychotropic
substances and related matters in New Delhi.
4.
SKILL INDIA ORGANIZED 'AJEEVIKA AND
KAUSHALVIKASMELA' IN BHUBANESWAR
i.
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Ministry of Rural
Development together joined hands to
amplify the “Gram Swaraj Abhiyaan” of the current incumbent government which is
promoting social harmony and awareness around the pro-poor initiatives of the
government.
ii.
MSDE organized a Kaushal and RojgarMela at New Women’s College in Bhubaneswar,
Odisha, where more than 5000 people from different walks of life participated.
5.
GOOGLE NAMES NITINBAWANKULE HEAD OF
INDIA CLOUD BUSINESS
i.
Google had appointed NitinBawankule as the country head for its cloud business
in India, as the search giant looks at taking a larger share of the booming
demand for those services in the country.
ii.
Bawankule has been with Google for six years and was previously head of sales
for its e-commerce, retail and classifieds and education business.
6.
WALMART BUYS FLIPKART IN WORLD'S
LARGEST E-COMMERCE DEAL
i.
US-based retail giant Walmart has confirmed that it will buy 77% stake in
India's largest e-commerce startup Flipkart for $16 billion.
ii.Walmart
bought the stake in Flipkart for 16 billion dollars.
7.
FORBES MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE IN THE
WORLD: PM MODI 9TH, XI JINPING TOPS
i.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been ranked ninth on Forbes' 2018 list of 'the
world's most powerful people'.
ii.
Chinese President Xi Jinping ranked first, followed by Russian President
Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump at the second and third rank,
respectively.
ii.
The only other Indian to feature on the list is Reliance Industries Chairman
MukeshAmbani at 32.
Q1.
NAME THE SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANISATION SECRETARY-GENERAL WHO HAS RECENTLY
ARRIVED IN NEW DELHI TO HOLD TALKS WITH EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
MINISTER SUSHMA SWARAJ AND OTHER UNION MINISTERS.
(a)
Sabyr Imandosov
(b)
Wang Kaiwen
(c)
Aziz Nosirov
(d)
Rashid Kutbiddinovitch Alimov
Q2.
THE CENTRAL BOARD OF DIRECT TAXES (CBDT) HAS RECENTLY NOTIFIED THE PROTOCOL
AMENDING THE DOUBLE TAXATION AVOIDANCE AGREEMENT
(DTAA) BETWEEN INDIA AND ______________.
(a)
Saudi Arabia
(b)
Azerbaijan
(c)
Kuwait
(d)
The UAE
Q3.
MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (MSDE) AND MINISTRY OF RURAL
DEVELOPMENT (MORD), TOGETHER JOINED HANDS TO
AMPLIFY THE “GRAM SWARAJ ABHIYAAN” AND ORGANIZED A KAUSHAL AND
ROJGAR MELA IN ______________.
(a)
Indore
(b)
Bhubaneswar
(c)
Gwalior
(d)
Mumbai
Q4.
NAME THE COUNTRY WITH WHICH INDIA AGREED ON COOPERATION ON EXCHANGE OF
INFORMATION AND OTHER ASPECTS TO TACKLE SMUGGLING OF
DRUGS IN BOTH COUNTRIES.
(a)
Bangladesh
(b)
Nepal
(c)
Sri Lanka
(d)
Myanmar
ANSWERS
1-d 2-c 3-b 4-c
