Current Affairs One liner of the day:

The one liner of 2nd March covers important current happenings that are relevant to competitive exams. The day’s one liner’s cover important the happenings like Report by the Internet and Mobile Association of India and Indian Market Research Bureau states, ISSF World Cup and World Bank’s (WB) loan for the Tejaswini project among others. • The Indian shooter who won the gold medal in the 50m men’s air pistol event at the ISSF World Cup in New Delhi is - Jitu Rai • The person named as India's next Ambassador to the World Trade Organisation is - J S Deepak • The cricketer who won the BCCI Polly Umrigar Award 2015-2016 is - Virat Kohli • The person recently appointed as the Head Coach of the India U-17 team for the FIFA U-17 World Cup is - Luis Norton de Matos • Person appointed as Chief Commissioner of Right to Services (RTS) of Maharashtra - Swadheen Kshatriya • Theme of 2017 International Rare Disease Day - Research • Loan amount sanctioned by the World Bank (WB) for the Tejaswini project - USD 63 million • Country that was granted the approval for visa-free travel to the European Union by the member states recently - Georgia • It is from a submarine of this class, the Indian Navy successfully test-fired an anti-ship missile - INS Kalvari • This company won the 7th National Award for Technology Innovation in Petrochemicals and Downstream Plastics Processing Industry in the category of Innovation in Polymeric Materials - Reliance Industries • This State Government presented the Budget 2017-18 recently with an outlay of Rs 1,06,911 crore – Odisha • This country is planning to cancel visa-free entry for North Koreans – Malaysia • He has been elected as Sudan’s first Prime Minister ever since Bashir took over as the President of the country in 1989 through a military coup- Hassan Saleh • UK’s House of Lords voted to amend the Brexit Bill to protect the rights of – EU citizens living in UK • The National Green Tribunal has ordered a ban on camping activities within 100 m of - Ganga • Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL), Hyderabad, a premier research laboratory of Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has signed the Licensing Agreement for Transfer of Technology of High Nitrogen Steel (HNS) for armour applications with - Jindal Stainless (Hisar) Limited (JSHL) • Report by the Internet and Mobile Association of India and Indian Market Research Bureau states that - Internet users in India will cross 450 million by June 2017 • This state government has signed an agreement with Invest India to promote start-ups and MSME sector of the state - Odisha • The ‘Working Group on Migration’ that on 1 March 2017 submitted its report to the union government was headed by - Partha Mukhopadhay

Ajay Tyagi takes charge as Chairman of SEBI

Ajay Tyagi takes charge as Chairman of SEBI Ajay Tyagi on 1 March 2017 took charge as the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Tyagi succeeds UK Sinha, who served for six years, the second-longest term by any SEBI Chairman. Sinha is a 1976 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre. In this new role, he will be responsible for developing the country's commodity and corporate bond markets and shoring up corporate governance. He will be required to balance multiple constituencies such as traders, fund managers and the Reserve Bank of India. About Ajay Tyagi • Tyagi was already involved with SEBI as he has been serving as Additional Secretary at the Finance Ministry's Economic Affairs Department since 2014, the unit that oversees SEBI. This was his only experience in capital markets. • He was instrumental in merging the then standalone regulator Forward Market Commission (FMC) with the Securities Exchange Board of India that came into effect in late 2015, making it a composite regulator for the entire capital market space. • Under his stewardship, SEBI has been fighting a prolonged battle with the Sahara Group over illegal money pooling activities. • Tyagi is a 1984 batch IAS officer of Himachal Pradesh cadre.

J S Deepak named India's Ambassador

J S Deepak named India's Ambassador to World Trade Organisation Telecom Secretary J S Deepak on 1 March 2017 was named India's next Ambassador to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). The appointment will be effective from 1 June 2017. The World Trade Organization is a global international organisation dealing with the rules of trade between nations. As per the order of the Appointments Committee of Cabinet, Deepak is appointed as the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in the Department of Commerce. He will be functioning as OSD till 31 May 2017. The order also named Deepak as India's Ambassador/Permanent Representative of India to the Geneva-based World Trade Organisation from 1 June 2017 till the date of his superannuation, which is 31 July 2018. Who is J S Deepak? • J S Deepak is a 1982 batch IAS officer from Uttar Pradesh. • During his stint in the Union Commerce Ministry, he served as India's chief negotiator at the WTO and for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement. • He is credited with successfully conducting the first ever e-auction of spectrum in 2010. • He holds an MBA degree from Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Ahmedabad. • Previously, he also worked as consultant with The Policy Project, Washington DC, a consortium of US-based Research Triangle Institute and Johns Hopkins University.

Current Affairs Quiz: 1 March 2017

These quizzes will help you in answering questions which can/may be asked in the next exam that will be faced by you. The day’s updated quizzes cover the topics like Hamari Dharohar Scheme, Economic Survey of India 2017 and Zero Discrimination Day 2017 among others.

1. Which of the following ministries has been implementing the Hamari Dharohar Scheme?
a) Union Ministry of Human Resource Development
b) Union Ministry of Home Affairs c) Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry
d) Union Ministry of Minority Affairs

2. This multilateral agency launched the Economic Survey of India 2017 recently.
a) OECD
b) World Bank Group
c) International Monetary Fund
d) Asian Development Bank

3. The National Consultation Workshop on Urban Development was held in
a) Chennai
b) Kolkata
c) New Delhi
d) Hyderabad

4. It is from the coast of this State, India successfully test-fired Prithivi supersonic interceptor missile.
a) West Bengal
b) Maharashtra
c) Odisha
d) Kerala

5. Noted play writer Tarak Mehta passed away recently. He belonged to
a) Punjab
b) Karnataka
c) Gujarat
d) Madhya Pradesh

6. What is the theme of the Zero Discrimination Day 2017 that was observed recently?

a) Stand Out
b) Open Up, Reach Out
c) Make Some Noise for Zero Discrimination
d) None of the above

7. Who of the following recently assumed charge of the Chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Tribes?
a) D R Doley Barman
b) Nand Kumar Sai
c) Vinay Madhav Kumar
d) None of the above

8. Who of the following was recently appointed as the Director of the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy?
a) D R Doley Barman
b) Aruna M Bahuguna
c) Vinay Madhav Kumar
d) None of the above

9. Which among the following statements was not included in Trump’s first address to the US congress?
a) US will meet the financial obligations of all the NATO members
b) US will adopt a merit-based immigration system US will seek the help of its Muslim allies to destroy the ISIS
c) US will build a great wall on the US-Mexican border

10. Which state’s government has decided to appoint a teacher to monitor cleanliness in all of its high schools?
a) Meghalaya
b) Assam
c) Gujarat
d) Uttarakhand

11. Senior IAS officer Sumit Mullick has been appointed as the Chief Secretary of which state?
a) Maharashtra
b) Andhra Pradesh
c) Karnataka
d) Orissa

12. Which state is going to host the river festival called ‘Namami Brahmaputra’?
a) Assam
b) Arunachal Pradesh
c) West Bengal
d) Tripura

13. India’s first Antyodaya Express was launched by the Railways Ministry recently. The express will run between which stations?
a) Ernakulam and Howrah
b) Sriganganagar and Tiruchirapalli c) New Delhi and Kanyakumari
d) Nizamuddin and Palakkad

14. Name the fully unreserved train that as flagged off by the Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu for common people?
a) Uday Express
b) Antyodaya Express
c) Hamsafar Express
d) Sankalp Express

15. Who was accredited as the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Togo with residence in Accra (Ghana)?
a) Ashok Kumar Bisth
b) Sandeep Srivastava
c) Birender Singh Yadav
d) Dhirendra Pratap Singh

Answers 1. (d) Union Ministry of Minority Affairs
2. (a) OECD
3. (c) New Delhi
4. (c) Odisha
5. (c) Gujarat
6. (c) Make Some Noise for Zero Discrimination
7. (b) Nand Kumar Sai
8. (a) D R Doley Barman
9. (a) US will meet the financial obligations of all the NATO members
10.(b) Assam
11. (a) Maharashtra
12.(a) Assam
13. (a) Ernakulam and Howrah
14. (b) Antyodaya Express
15. (c) Birender Singh Yadav