09,January, 2019 Current Affairs - Daily Current Affairs
09,January, 2019
Current Affairs - Daily Current Affairs
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Who is the recipient of the Ramnath
Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award for Investigative Reporting(Print
category)?
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
S. Vijay Kumar,
Senior Deputy Editor with The Hindu in Chennai, was presented the Ramnath
Goenka Excellence in Journalism Award for Investigative Reporting (Print
category) for his reports on how taxmen alerted officials about payoffs in
the Tamil Nadu gutka scam - but were ignored. The award was presented by
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh at a ceremony in New Delhi on January 7.
The award for Investigative Reporting in the broadcast category was won by
Anand Kumar Patel of India Today TV. The awards for Political Reporting went
to Brajesh Rajput of ABP News Network and Sushant Kumar Singh of the Indian
Express. The award in the Environmental Reporting category were presented to
Sushil Chandra Bahuguna of NDTV and Sandhya Ravishankar of the online
magazine The Wire.
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2.
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Which of the following company introduces
Kumbh Jio Phone app for pilgrims?
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
Reliance Jio
Infocomm launched the Kumbh JioPhone application, specially designed for
millions of pilgrims who will congregate during this year's Ardh Kumbh Mela
at Prayagraj. The new app which will be available to both existing and new
JioPhone users will contain information on Kumbh, real-time travel
information (special trains, buses etc.), booking tickets and receiving
updates, 'Yatri Ashray' at stations, emergency helpline numbers, area routes
and maps, pre-published bath and religious day schedules and railway camp
mela. The new app has a feature called 'Khoya Paya' that will help users stay
close to near and dear ones by finding their exact location.
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3.
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Who received Exhibitor of the Year Award
at 106th Indian Science Congress in Punjab?
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
The Defence
Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) pavilion received 'Exhibitor of
the Year Award' at 106th Indian Science Congress (ISC) held at Lovely
Professional University (LPU) in Punjab. The DRDO Pavillion at ISC was inaugurated
on 3 January 2019. The pavilion exhibited surface-to-air missile system -
Akash, a model of BrahMos missile, remotely operated vehicle etc.
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4.
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Which country opened West Asia's largest
cathedral in its New Administrative Capital?
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
Egypt opened
West Asia's largest cathedral in its New Administrative Capital, 45 kms away
from its capital, Cairo. President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated the
newly-built Cathedral of Nativity on the eve of Coptic Christmas.
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5.
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Recently, Airport Authority of India
(AAI) banned single-use plastic items for how many airports?
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Airport
Authority of India (AAI) banned single-use plastic items at 16 airports. This
entails air travellers not getting any single-use plastic items like straws,
plastic cutlery and plastic plates etc at passenger terminals and city side. The
16 airports declared as single-use plastic free are: Indore, Bhopal,
Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Tirupati, Trichy, Vijayawada, Dehradun, Chandigarh,
Vadodara, Madurai, Raipur, Vizag, Pune, Kolkata and Varanasi. The first batch
of 16 airports was selected on the basis of third-party assessment carried
out by Quality Council of India.
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6.
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Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has
constituted a High-Level Committee on Deepening of Digital Payments to
encourage digitisation of payments and enhance financial inclusion. It was
headed by;
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) has constituted a High-Level Committee on Deepening of Digital
Payments to encourage digitisation of payments and enhance financial
inclusion. The five-member committee headed by UIDAI's former Chairman Nandan
Nilekani will include RBI's former Deputy Governor Mr. H.R. Khan and Former
Secretary, Ministry of Information Technology, Mrs. Aruna Sharma among
others. RBI stated that the committee will review the existing status of
digitisation of payments and suggest ways to bridge any gaps in the ecosystem
if any. The committee will also undertake cross country analysis to identify
best practices that can be adopted to accelerate digitisation of the economy
and financial inclusion through greater use of digital payments.
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7.
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With which country India signed an MoU on
Ocean Dialogue?
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
Prime Minister
of Norway Erna Solberg and Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks
in New Delhi. Prime Minister Modi said that both the countries have vibrant
trade ties. MoU were exchanged on India-Norway Ocean Dialogue. Erna Solberg
also called on President Ram Nath Kovind and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu.
She also delivered the Inaugural address at the Raisina Dialogue and
addressed India-Norway Business Summit in New Delhi.
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8.
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Who announces cash awards for triumphant
Team India members?
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Board of Control
for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced cash awards of Rs 15 lakh per match for
each of the playing eleven that featured in India's maiden Test Cricket
series win on Australian soil. Virat Kohli and his team defeated Australia
2-1 in the four-match Test series, ending India's 71-year-old wait for the
rare achievement. Congratulating the team, the BCCI also announced cash
awards of seven and a half lakh rupees for all the reserve players, as well as
the members of the support staff.
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9.
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Name the small Finance Bank Launches
Current Account with Unique Auto-Sweep Facility.
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
Jana Small
Finance Bank launched Current Account with Auto-Sweep facility. The facility
will enable bank's existing and potential new customers to auto sweep-in and
sweep-out the idle funds in the current account to Sweep Fixed Deposit and
earn high interest. For a tenor of 365 days on sweep deposit, the customers will
be able to earn interest of 8.5 percent.
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10.
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Indian Army signed an MoU on the Defence
Salary Package with which of the following bank?
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
An MoU was
signed between the Indian Army and Punjab National Bank on the Defence Salary
Package. The signing ceremony was chaired by the Adjutant General, Lt Gen
Ashwani Kumar. Salient features of the improved and updated MoU are free
'RAKSHAK PLUS' Scheme for serving pers and veterans, overdraft facility range
from Rs 0.75 to 3.0 lakhs, multicity 'At Par' cheques, instant credit of
outstation cheques, preferential allotment of lockers at concessional AMC and
free SMS alerts.
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11.
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Choose the one which is the recepient of
NBFC -P2P Certification from RBI.
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) granted NBFC - P2P (Non-Banking Financial Company - Peer to Peer)
Certificate to IndiaMoneyMart and this certification will enable
IndiaMoneyMart to expand operations and target loan disbursals worth INR 100
Crore by the end of financial year 2018-19. The step will validates
IndiaMoneyMart's strong framework to make lending and borrowing transparent,
digital and convenient in confrontation to the regulatory requirement.
IndiaMoneyMart is offering loans starting from Rs. 10 thousand to Rs 10 Lakhs
for a tenure ranging between 3 months to 36 months.
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12.
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This country
passed law to sinicize and make Islam compatible with socialism.
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
China passed law
to make Islam compatible with socialism and 'sinicize' it within next five
years. The law was passed after Chinese government officials met
representatives from eight Islamic groups. In 2018, China held over a million
people of the ethnic Uighur and Muslim minorities in prison in the Xingjian
region.
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13.
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Who becomes the 1st Indian to Head Global
Solar Council?
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
A visionary in
the field of Solar Energy and the chairman of National Solar Energy
Federation, Pranav R Mehta, has taken over as the president of Global Solar
Council (GSC). He has become the first Indian to head the GSC. The Global
Solar Council (GSC) was launched on December 6, 2015, following the historic
United Nations Climate Change Conference (UN COP 21). The GSC came into being
as International Coalition of more than 30 nations, utilising maximum solar
energy, decided to harness the renewable energy for the greater good.
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14.
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Name the mobile application launched by
North Central Railway (NCR) to help navigate the attendees of Kumbh Mela to
be held in Prayagraj city.
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
The North Central
Railway, (NCR) launched a mobile application the 'Rail Kumbh Seva Mobile App'
to help navigate the attendees of the Kumbh Mela in Prayagraj city from
January 15- March 4, 2019. It will also provide information regarding all the
'Mela special' trains that will be run during the period. The app will
provide a link to the user to buy both unreserved and reserved train tickets.
Also, the users will not only get to know their current location, but will
also be able to reach to all railway stations, the mela zone, major hotels,
bus stations and other facilities within Prayagraj. A photo gallery,
containing pictures of previous Kumbh Melas can also be accessed through the
app.
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15.
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Global Aviation Summit 2019 will be held
in __________ with the theme "Flying for all".
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
In a first, the
2-day long Global Aviation Summit 2019 with the theme "Flying for
all" will be organized by the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) in
collaboration with FICCI from January 15-16, 2019 in Mumbai, Maharashtra. The
summit is supported by International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO),
Federal Aviation Administration of US (FAA), International Air Transport
Association (IATA), CiviI Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO),
Airports Council International (ACl) and Association of Asia Pacific Airlines
(AAPA).
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16.
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The bill cleared by Union Cabinet to
provide Indian citizenship to non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and
Pakistan is;
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
The Union
Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi cleared the redrafted
Citizenship Amendment Bill thus providing Indian citizenship to non-Muslims
from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan. First introduced in Parliament in
2016, the bill seeks to amend the Citizenship Act 1955. It enables grant of
Indian nationality to people from minority communities - Hindus, Sikhs,
Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians- from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and
Pakistan after six years of residence in India instead of 12 even if they
don't possess any proper document. This would, however, nullify the 1985
Assam Accord under which any foreign national, irrespective of religion, who
had entered the state after 1971 should be deported.
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17.
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The GST panel approved levy of
1%'calamity cess' by Kerala for a period of two years to fund rehabilitation
work in the state of Kerala. It was led by;
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Answer: Option A
Explanation:
The Group of
States' Finance Ministers (GoFM) led by Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar,
Sushil Kumar Modi approved levy of 1%'calamity cess' by Kerala for a period
of two years to fund rehabilitation work in the state of Kerala. It will
recommend the same to the GST council meeting which will be held in January
10, 2019. The goods and services, which will attract the 1% cess, would be
decided by Kerala and any other state considering to do the same would have
to approach the council. It also suggested the GST council to allow
additional borrowing over the permitted limit by states hit by natural
calamity.
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18.
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Who has taken charge as India's new
ambassador to China?
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Answer: Option B
Explanation:
India's new
ambassador to China, Vikram Misri, took charge of the post. He reported to
Hong Lei, Deputy Director General of Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs in Beijing. He is a 1989-batch India Foreign Service (IFS) officer,
and replaced Gautam Bambawale who retired in November 2018. Prior to this
appointment, Misri served as Indian envoy in Myanmar. Earlier, he has served
in various capacities at the headquarters of the Ministry of External Affairs
(MEA) as well as in the Prime Minister'ss Office.
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19.
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Which city is the venue o f the All India
Radio National Poets Conference 2019?
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Answer: Option D
Explanation:
The All India
Radio National Poets Conference will be held in Chennai on January 10, 2019.
It will be inaugurated by the Tamil Nadu Governor Bunwarilal Purohit. This is
the first time the city would be hosting the Sarva Basha Kavi Sammelan since
its launch in 1956. In it, 22 poets representing as many languages included
in the eighth schedule of the Constitution would be presenting their poems.
Scholars in Hindi and Tamil will present the translated version of the poems
in the Conference itself. The programme will be aired on the 25th of this
month.
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20.
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Which among the followinh collaborate
with Oil Marketing Companies for issuance of FASTags through petroleum retail
outlets?
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Answer: Option C
Explanation:
Indian Highways
Management Company Ltd. (IHMCL), a company promoted by NHAI, has signed MOUs
with state-run Oil Marketing Companies (IOCL, BPC, and HPC). It will ensure
availability of FASTags at petroleum outlets across India. Indian highways
management company ltd. (IHMCL) had launched the national electronic toll
collection program (NETC) under the brand name "FASTag" in April
2016. This program has gain success and running at 450 toll plaza along with
national highway and selected state toll plazas. The enhanced adoption of
FASTag program will increase user convenience by offering seamless toll-fee
payments at Plazas and thus help save time, money and fuel. IHMCL is also
planning to launch two mobile applications named MYFASTag and IHMCLPOS , will
enable customers to link the FASTags with their preferred bank account.
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