15,March, 2019 Current Affairs - Daily Current Affairs
15,March, 2019
Current Affairs - Daily Current Affairs
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Who has been appointed as a mediator for
resolving various disputes related to cricket administration within BCCI?
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
The Supreme
Court appointed senior advocate PS Narasimha as a mediator for resolving
various disputes related to cricket administration within the cricket body,
the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Narasimha will hear the
BCCI's position, and then make recommendations to the Committee of
Administrators (CoA). Narasimha is assisting the apex court as amicus curiae
in the BCCI matter. The court restrained all other courts in India from
entertaining any matter pertaining to BCCI and state cricket associations.
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2.
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MR Kumar was appointed as the Chairman of
which of the following company?
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
The government
has appointed MR Kumar as the Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)
and Vipin Anand and TC Suseel Kumar as the managing directors (MDs). LIC's
executive board comprises of 1 chairman and 4 managing directors. MR Kumar is
currently the Zonal Manager, Delhi at LIC.
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This country agreed to work expeditiously
on operationalizing the Kartapur corridor in Pakistan.
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
India and
Pakistan have agreed to work expeditiously on operationalizing the Kartapur
corridor. The corridor will facilitate Indian pilgrims to visit the holy
shrine of Gurdwara Darbar Sahib at Kartarpur in Pakistan. The agreement was
reached during the first meeting between the representatives of the two
countries held at Attari in Punjab.
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4.
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Which city has topped the Mercer's index
of most liveable cities for the 10th year?
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
The Austrian
capital Vienna has topped Mercer's index of most liveable cities for the 10th
year in a row. Zurich in Switzerland, is placed second in the index, while
Auckland, Munich and Vancouver came joint third. Chennai, the capital of
Tamil Nadu is ranked at 105 in Mercer's Quality Of Living Index and is the
number one city from India. Luxembourg was named the safest city in a
separate personal safety league table. Global consulting firm Mercer surveyed
in 231 cities across the globe and were ranked them based on factors such as
healthcare, education, public services, recreation, crime, housing and
personal freedom. The ranking was based on data analysed between September
and November 2018.
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5.
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The theme for World Consumers day 2019
is;
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
World Consumer
Rights Day is celebrated every year on 15 March as part of an initiative by
Consumer International, a membership organization for consumer groups around
the world. The theme for World Consumers day 2019 is "Trusted Smart
Products". World Consumer Rights Day was inspired by President John F
Kennedy, who sent a special message to the US Congress on 15th March 1962, in
which he formally addressed the issue of consumer rights. He was the first
world leader to do so.
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6.
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Which of the following bank has been
categorized as a private sector lender following the acquisition of majority
stake by Life Insurance Corporation?
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
As per RBI
notification, IDBI Bank has been categorized as a private sector lender
following the acquisition of majority stake by Life Insurance Corporation.
IDBI Bank has been under the prompt corrective action framework of RBI that
bans it from corporate lending and branch expansions, salary hikes and other
regular activities. In January 2019, LIC completed the process of picking up
a controlling 51% stake in the nearly crippled IDBI Bank. IDBI Bank has been
categorized as a 'private sector bank' with effect from January 21, 2019.
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7.
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The 34th edition of Aahar - the
International Food and Hospitality Fair begins in which city?
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
The Five day
long, 34th edition of Aahar- the International Food and Hospitality Fair
which is organized by India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO) begins in New
Delhi on 12th March 2019. Participants from China, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy,
Indonesia, Japan, Russia, Spain, USA and UK are participating in the event.
The Food fair features Food Products, Hospitality and decor solutions,
confectionery items, Food beverages equipment and machinery from more than
560 National and International Participants.
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Name the social enterpreneur who won a
Commonwealth Youth Award for the Asian region at London.
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
A social
entrepreneur from Tamil Nadu, Padmanaban Gopalan, founder of No Food Waste,
was named the winner of the Commonwealth Youth Award for the Asian region
worth 3,000 Pounds at a ceremony at the Commonwealth Secretariat in London.
His initiative runs a geo-mapping platform, which allows users to drop food
at located "hunger spots" and has so far recovered over 650,000
meals across 14 cities and the platform has been used by over 12,000
volunteers.
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Which bank celebrated its 114th
Foundation Day on 12th March 2019?
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Corporation Bank
celebrated its 114th Foundation Day on 12th March at various centres of the
bank across the nation and undertook 114 Corporate Social Responsibility
(CSR) activities to mark the day. CEO and MD for the bank P.V Bharathi,
Executive Directors Gopal Murli Bhagat and Birupaksha Mishra and other senior
officials were present at the occasion. Corp Ease- which is a mobile banking
app in 10regional languages, was launched by P.V Bharathi.
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10.
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Which country released coin commemorating
annexation of Crimea?
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
A new coin that
features the Crimea or Kerch Strait Bridge released by Russia's central bank,
to mark Crimea's reunification with Russia. Two million new five ruble (about
$0.08) coins were pressed which depict an outline of the peninsula which was
annexed by Russia in 2014.
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11.
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Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old student
and activist has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for fighting global
warming. She belongs to which country?
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Greta Thunberg,
the 16-year-old Swedish student and activist has been nominated for a Nobel
Peace Prize for her efforts in climate activism and fighting global warming.
She began her weekly protest in August 2018 by riding her bicycle to the
Swedish Parliament with ''School strike for climate'' sign. The
#FridaysForFuture movement went viral and spread over 80 countries. If she
were to win, she would be the youngest recipient since Pakistan's Malala
Yousafzai, who was 17 when she received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014.
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12.
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Which of the following was honoured with
the Social Enterprise Network (SEN) sustainability award for education by
Young Presidents Organisation?
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Sona Yukti, a
skill development institute, was honoured with the Social Enterprise Network
(SEN) sustainability award for education by Young Presidents Organisation at
its annual event held in Cape Town, South Africa. It is the only Indian
organisation to be selected as part of the SEN awards for 2018. The award was
given to Sona Yukti for helping over 55,000 economically disadvantaged
individuals, mostly women, by training them to achieve highly skilled jobs in
marginalised communities. The organisation focuses on providing opportunity
for the disadvantaged, in partnership with the government of India, and
follows standards set up by the National Skills Development Corporation.
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13.
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Which space observatory has been used by
Indian astronomers to identify a new group of stars in the globular cluster
NGC 2808?
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
By using Indian
multi-wavelength space observatory AstroSat, the astronomers from
Thiruvananthapuram and Mumbai have identified a new population of ultraviolet
stars in the globular cluster NGC 2808. Globular clusters are collections of
thousands to millions of stars, moving as one unit. These stars are tightly
held together by gravity of the cluster itself, and are believed to have
formed together at roughly the same time. The NGC 2808 is one of the most
massive globular clusters that we know of, and is located at a distance of
47,000 light years from us. This cluster was observed by the team of
researchers using the UltraViolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) on-board AstroSat.
So far, AstroSat has taken images of over 2,000 individual stars in NGC 2808
through various ultraviolet filters. AstroSat is the India's first dedicated
multi wavelength space observatory. It was launched in September 2015. It
orbits in low earth equatorial orbit at altitude of 650 km and has mission
life of 5 years. It observes universe in the optical, Ultraviolet (UV), low
and high energy X-ray regions of the electromagnetic spectrum.
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14.
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Famous Football player Zinedine Zidane
was appointed as the coach of __________.
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Spanish football
club Real Madrid has re-appointed Zinedine Zidane as its coach till 30th June
2022. He had earlier led the team to victory in three consecutive Champions
League titles. He succeeds Santiago Solari from France, who was removed from
the post less than five months in charge. Zinedine Zidane had earlier won 9
trophies at Madrid. The team was eliminated from the Champions League by Ajax
Amsterdam.
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Special Olympics World Games 2019 is held
at __________.
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Special Olympics
World Games 2019 is held at Abu Dhabi, from March 14 to 21. The Games were
declared open by Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu
Dhabi. There are 7,500 athletes from 190 countries taking part at the Games
this year. Team India is the second largest contingent after the host UAE
with 387 players, along with coaches and other staff. The Special Olympics
takes place every two years and alternates between summer and winter.
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This company has teamed up with the
Indian Railways for fly ash transportation.
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
State-run
National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd. (NTPC) has teamed up with the Indian
Railways for fly ash transportation. The partnership is to help enhance ash
utilisation at Rihand and Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power plants. NTPC had
signed a memorandum of understanding with Hazipur-based East Central Railway
Zone for transportation of fly ash under Indian Railways' Special Freight
Train Operator scheme.
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17.
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Name the Five time WWE World Heavyweight
champion who announched the retirement.
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
WWE (World
Wrestling Entertainment) Hall of Famer, Kurt Angle announced his retirement
after the match at WretleMania 35 in April 2019. Kurt Angle has been
wrestling since the age of 7 and he had won Gold Medal at the 1995 Olympics.
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18.
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India observed Dandi March Day on which
datae?
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
12th March 2019
marks the 89th anniversary of the Dandi Satyagraha, an act of nonviolent
civil disobedience in colonial India led by Mahatma Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi
had undertaken a 26-day march from March 12, 1930 to April 6, 1930 as a
direct action campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the
British salt monopoly.
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19.
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Who inagurated the India Smart Utility
Week 2019 from 12th March to 16th March 2019?
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Shri AK Bhalla,
Secretary Ministry of Power inaugurated the India Smart Utility Week (ISUW)
2019 which is being held is New Delhi from 12th March to 16th March 2019.
ISUW 2019 is organized by India Smart Grid Forum (ISGF). Experts and
think-tanks from more than 55 countries and over 300 utility officials will
discuss on the latest developments, trends and technologies. Key topics to be
discussed in the event are Digitization and Digital customer, energy storage
technologies and energy storage roadmap for India, energy and mobility
transition, resiliency & future readiness and Electric vehicle roll out
challenges in India. ISGF is also conducting a roundtable of Women for the
first time, in partnership with C3E initiative of the IEA (International
Energy Agency) to discuss the challenges faced by women and actions required
to achieve gender equality in energy sector.
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20.
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Smart Weapon from JF-17 fighter jet
successful test fired by;
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
Pakistan Air
Force (PAF) successfully test-fired an indigenously developed "smart
weapon" from a JF-17 Thunder fighter jet amid tensions between India and
Pakistan. JF-17 was previously referred as FC-1 Xiaolong which is a single-engine
multi-role light fighter was being jointly produced by Pakistan with China
for several years with engines supplied by Russia. JF-17 Thunder fighter jet
will provide it a very potent day and night capability to engage a variety of
targets with pinpoint accuracy. The trial is a great milestone for the
country as the weapon has been developed, integrated and qualified solely
through indigenous efforts of Pakistani scientists and engineers.
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