Current Affairs Questions & Answers - Feb 27, 2016

ANSWER: Jabong

Explanation:
Online fashion store Jabong has announced appointment of Muralikrishnan B, former eBay India country manager and senior e-commerce and consumer internet executive as the Chief Operating Officer of the company. This is the 4th hiring since Sanjeev Mohanty became CEO in December 2015. Muralikrishnan will report to Mohanty and manage technology, product and digital marketing functions. Prior to this, he was COO of IndiaProperty dot com. Jabong is one of 6 e-commerce fashion brands registered with Global Fashion Group spanning 28 nations.

ANSWER: 3130 MT

Explanation:
Close to 95% of India’s trade (by value) and 68% in terms of value is by sea. UNCTAD has estimated that India with 11.7 million 20 foot equivalent units of container and a world share of 1.7% ranked 9th in 2015 in containership operations among developing nations. Cargo traffic of Indian ports rose by 8.2% to 1052.21 MT in 2014-2015. India’s Maritime Agenda envisages 3130 MT of port capacity by 2020.

ANSWER: Dr. Avinash Chander

Explanation:
Former Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister and ex DRDO chief Dr Avinash Chander on 25th February 2016 received the Astronautical Society of India’s Aryabhata Award 2013. The award was received from Dr. Chidambaram, Principle Scientific Advisor to Union Government and Chairman ISRO Dr. AS Kiran Kumar at a SAC function in Ahmedabad. Dr.Ranganath R Navalgund, Vikram Sarabhai Distinguished Professor, received the Aryabhata Award 2012.

ANSWER: Govardhan Mehta

Explanation:
Chemical sciences researcher Govardhan Mehta on 23rd February 2016 has been conferred with Federal Republic of Germany’s prestigious Cross of the Order Merit. The Hyderabad based professor is a former IISc director and president of the Indian National Science Academy.

ANSWER: People in enclaves of India and Bangladesh who became citizens of the country

Explanation:
This law grants voting rights to people who became citizens of the nation following exchange of enclaves between India and Bangladesh. The LS Bill was introduced to amend Section 11 of the Delimitation Act 2002 and Section 9 of the Representation of the People Act 1950. Bill was then passed by voice vote. Following LBA enclaves were exchanged between the two countries

ANSWER: Association for Innovation Development of Entrepreneurship in Agriculture

Explanation:
a-IDEA, technology business incubator of NAARM or National Academy of Agricultural Research Management has entered into a memorandum of agreement with National Research Development Corporation for supporting agribusiness startups. a-IDEA is funded by DST. As part of the agreement between the two, NRDC shall provide services like Technology Management, Mentoring Services, Value Addition Services, Skill Development and Cluster Development as well as Seed Fund support to agri based startups.

ANSWER: Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geoinformatics

Explanation:
Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh inaugurated the IOCR or Integrated Operations Control Room at the BSF HQ. Within the new system, online data from field formation bonds with satellite images and projects on a 3D wall for better assimilation and collation. Singh also launched the BISAG (Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo Informatics) project, which is a platform for satellite communication working specifically in Gujarat.

ANSWER: Minuteman III

Explanation:
US military test fired its second intercontinental ballistic missile on 25th February, demonstrating its nuclear arms capacity at the time of rising tensions with Russia and North Korea. The Minuteman III missile was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. This send a message to rivals like China and Russia.

ANSWER: 943

Explanation:
India’s sex ratio has shown slight improvement according to health minister JP Nadda who also talked about the impact of government interventions and policies. As per the data received from the Office of the Registrar General of India, sex ratio of total population by residence has grown from 933 females per 1000 males in 2001 to 943 females per 1000 males in 2011. Number of registered female births rose over 1.06 crore in 2013 from 94.63 lakh in 2012. This was as against 1.18 crore male births in 2013 and 1.04 crore in 2012. Recently released Census 20111 also showed sex ratio was lower among women with only one child.