Current Affairs Questions & Answers - Apr 08, 2016

ANSWER: New Choice, New Horizons

Explanation:
National Summit on Family Planning concluded on April 5, 2016 in New Delhi. The summit was held for two days with the theme New Choices, New Horizons. New revamped logo for the Family Planning media awareness campaign was also made public.

• Mobile app was launched for Mission Indradhanush
• Amitabh Bachchan will be the brand ambassador for the Information, Education and Communication Plan for Enhanced Awareness regarding issues for family planning in the nation.

ANSWER: Whole of India

Explanation:
This is a CSS scheme with total outlay of INR 3679.7674 crore. Project includes 3640 crore for National Hydrology project and INR 36.7674 crore for National Water Informatics Centre to be established in two stages. The project aims to cover all of India while earlier hydrology projects covered only 13 states.

ANSWER: 8%

Explanation:
Terming GDP calculation as an imprecise science, CII has pegged the economic growth of the country at 8 percent for the current fiscal, higher than 7.6% pegged by the RBI. GDP growth of 8 percent is expected in 2016-2017says CII President Naushad Forbes. The basis for this economic prediction includes strong macroeconomic fundamentals and good business sentiments as well as downward trend in interest rates. CII’s new president also highlighted the need for focusing on regulatory mechanisms.

ANSWER: Rohit Sharma

Explanation:
IMG Reliance Ltd moves into talent management, ropes in Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya. IMG-Reliance Talent Management Division has also signed up tennis ace Leander Paes as its client.

• IMG-Reliance Ltd is a JV between IMG and Reliance Industries
• It seeks to develop sports, fashion and entertainment properties in the country and has now moved into talent management
• IMGR seeks to work with new talent in the field of strategic career management

ANSWER: Supernova explosion

Explanation:
A series of massive supernovae explosions near our solar system have showered the earth with radioactive debris between 3.2 to 1.7 million years ago, according to a new study. Scientists have also found radioactive iron-60 in sediment and crust samples from the Pacific, Indian and Atlantic oceans.

• Supernova refers to a massive explosion of a star as it runs out of fuel and collapses
• Scientists hold that supernovae in this case were less than 300 light years away comparable to the brightness of the moon.

ANSWER: Scotland

Explanation:
In a massive literary find, a copy of William Shakespeare’s First Folio, one of the most sought after books containing 36 of his plays published 7 years after his death has been discovered on the remote Scottish island. Academics have called this book a rare find.

• Discovery comes ahead of the 400th death anniversary of the playwright on April 23
• Close to 230 copies of the First Folio are known to exist
• The folio was believed to have been bought by the third Marquess of Bute, an antiquarian and collector, who died in 1900.
• Shakespeare’s work comprises 37 plays, 154 sonnets and 2 long narrative poems

ANSWER: Viktor Zolotov

Explanation:
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced the creation of a powerful new National Guard security force, a move to ward off unrest over the economic crisis in the country. Putin said that the force will merge with the country’s interior ministry troops with riot police as well as swat teams.

ANSWER: Beat Diabetes

Explanation:
The 2016 report was released to mark World Health Day on April7th 2016 with the theme Beat Diabetes. Report has emphasised the massive scale of diabetes problems across the world and measures to reverse current trends. The report underscored an enormous burden of diabetes confronting people across the world and came up with various measures to reverse trends.

• Internationally, an estimated 422 million adults were living with diabetes in 2014 compared to 108 million in the 1980s
• Over the previous decade, diabetes prevalence has risen fast and wide in low and middle income countries as against high income countries
• Diabetes causes 1.5 million deaths in 2012 and higher than optimal blood glucose causing additional 2.2 million deaths, increasing the risk of cardiovascular and other disorders.
• Majority of people are affected by type 2 diabetes and this now occurs in people of all ages.

ANSWER: CP Gurnani

Explanation:
NASSCOM on April 6th 2016 appointed CP Gurnani as chairman for 2016-2017, succeeding BVR Mohan Reddy who served as chairman for 2015-2016.

• Gurnani is part of the Executive Council and MD as well as CEO of Tech Mahindra
• Raman Roy was appointed as the Vice Chairman of NASSCOM
• NASSCOM was established in 1988 and is registered under the Indian Societies Act 1860

ANSWER: Future Group

Explanation:
This is the first buyout of an internet store. Kishore Biyani led Future Group has just purchased online furniture store FabFurnish.com paying between INR 15 to 20 crore in cash and more so for the brand FabFurnish, two people aware of the development said.

• FabFurnish’s management and employees are likely to join Future Group
• Fab Furnish is a Gurgaon based firm founded in 2012
• Its founders include Vikram Chopra, Vaibhav Aggarwal and Mehul Agrawal.

ANSWER: Ashwani Kumar Kapoor

Explanation:
He has also been appointed ex-officio secretary to Government of India. Before this, he was a General Manager, Metro Railway Kolkata. He is a 1978 batch of the Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers.

• He has worked in various positions in Northern Railways and has over 35 years of multifarious experience in core electrical engineering, maintenance of rolling stock and electrical multiple units.
• He is also a fellow member of the Institution of Engineers, Life Member of Institution of Railway Electrical Engineers

ANSWER: Amitabh Coomar

Explanation:
Logistics firm GoJavas today said it has made changes in its top leadership team and appointed Amitabh Coomar as CEO.“The company now has a CEO, Amitabh Coomar, an MBA from IIM-Ahmedabad who brings with him an impressive track record of 19 years spread between the Indian Army and ITC Limited," the firm said in a statement.

• Vijay Ghadge, who served as the company's COO, has left to start his own venture.
• Besides, the company said Jai Vohra, an IIT-Kharagpur and ISB Hyderabad alumnus and earlier the Head of Marketplace at Jabong.com, will now head the company's Strategy and Planning functions.

ANSWER: Both a and b are the same

Explanation:
Celebrating World Health Day, Health Minister launches several new e and m health initiatives. Health Minister Shri J.P. And launched the Swasth Bharat Mobile Application and ANM Online Application/ANMOL allowing ANMs to enter and update data for beneficiaries of jurisdiction. This will ensure prompt entry and updation of data and improvement in data quality.

• Health Minister also launched the E-RaktKosh initiative which is an integrated Blood Bank Management Information System conceptualised and developed by stakeholders
• This web based mechanism is interconnecting acquisition. validation, storage and circulation of live data
• Another mobile app called India Fights Dengue was also launched