Daily Current Affairs

9 March 2019

Q. What is the name given to the app developed by Google that aims to help

children in primary school learn to read in Hindi and English?

गूगल द्वारा विकवित ऐप, वििका उदे्दश्य प्राथविक विद्यालय के बच्चों कच व ोंदी और अोंगे्रिी

िें पढ़ना िीखना ै, कच क्या नाि वदया गया ै?

A. Baatcheet

B. Bolo

C. Seekho

D. Suno

Q. The 28th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup will be organised in which of the following

country?

28 िें िुल्तान अिलान शा कप का आयचिन वनम्नवलखखत िें िे वकि देश िें वकया िाएगा?

1. Canada

2. South Africa

3. Malaysia

4. Japan

Who among the following has been appointed Director of Bhabha Atomic

Research Centre?

वनम्नवलखखत िें िे वकिे भाभा परिाणु अनुिोंधान कें द्र का वनदेशक वनयुक्त वकया गया ै?

A. A. K. Bhaduri

B. Ajit Kumar Mohanty

C. Shashi Shanker

D. S. K. Sharma

Which of the following is the state tree of Uttarakhand?

उत्तराखोंड का राज्य िृक्ष वनम्नवलखखत िें िे कौन िा ै?

A. Burans

B. Kaphal

C. Pine

D. Banayan

Which of the following is the first state in the country to use 'micro air

abrasion' technology for cleaning archaeological antiques?

पुराताखिक प्राचीन िसु्तओों की िफाई के वलए ‘िूक्ष्म िायु घर्षण’ तकनीक का

उपयचग करने िाला देश का प ला राज्य कौन िा ै?

A. Uttar Pradesh

B. Goa

C. Uttarakhand

D. Madhya Pradesh

Who has been nominated as the head of Food and Agricultural

Organisation?

खाद्य और कृवर् िोंगठन के प्रिुख के रूप िें वकिे नावित वकया गया ै?

A. Neelashi Shukla

B. Sanjana Manaktala

C. Amitabh Kant

D. Ramesh Chandra

Which Sport will return in Asian Games 2022 edition in Hangzhou?

ाोंग्जच िें एवशयाई खेलचों के 2022 िोंस्करण िें कौन िा खेल िापि आएगा?

A. Badminton

B. Cricket

C. Football

D. Tennis

Which company launches the scheme "SWAGAT" - the Automatic Fare

Collection Gating System?

वकि कों पनी ने "SWAGAT" यचिना शुरू की - स्वचावलत वकराया िोंग्र प्रणाली?

A. BEL

B. IOC

C. HAL

D. Bharat Petroleum

Recently, Which country becomes the 124th member of the International

Criminal Court?

ाल ी िें, कौन िा देश अोंतराषष्ट्र ीय आपरावधक न्यायालय का 124 िाों िदस्य बना?

A. Iraq

B. United States

C. China

D. Malaysia

The 12-day Aerial Exercise Red Flag 2019 began in which country?

12-वदििीय एररयल एक्सरिाइि रेड फै्लग 2019 वकि देश िें शुरू हुआ?

A. Sigapore

B. Russia

C. Malaysia

D. US

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• The Aravalli Range is a range of mountains running approximately 692 km in a southwest direction, starting in North India from Delhi and passing through southern Haryana, through to Western India across the states of Rajasthan and ending in Gujarat.

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• The term Lokpal was coined in 1963 by Laxmi Mall Singhvi, a member of parliament during a parliamentary debate about grievance mechanisms.

• The Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) headed by Morarji Desai submitted an interim report on "Problems of Redressal of Citizen's Grievances" in 1966.

• In this report, ARC recommended the creation of two special authorities designated as 'Lokpal' and 'Lokayukta' for redress of citizens' grievances. The word was derived from the Sanskrit words "Lok" (people) and "Pala" (protector/caretaker), meaning 'Caretaker of People'.

• Maharashtra was the first state to introduce Lokayukta through The Maharashtra Lokayukta and Upa-Lokayuktas Act in 1971.

• Presently, there are no Lokayuktas in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura.

• The Lokpal bill was first introduced in the Lok Sabha in 1968. The version enacted in 2013 was from a draft prepared in 2010.

• The bill is an implementation of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.Eleven parliamentary panels have been formed to discuss the Lokpal bill

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International Women's Day: 8 Marchअोंतराषष्ट्र ीय िव ला वदिि: 8 िाचष

- Indian Express

● International Women's Day is being

observed on 8 March across the world.

● NGOs and other organisations across the

world observe the day on the 8th of March

every year to highlight the achievements of

women.

● The theme for this year's women's day is

'Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for

Change'.

● The purpose of the theme is to achieve

gender equality by putting innovation by

women and girls.

.

● अोंतराषष्ट्र ीय िव ला वदिि 8 िाचष कच दुवनया भर

िें िनाया िा र ा ै।

● दुवनया भर के गैर-िरकारी िोंगठन और अन्य

िोंगठन र िाल 8 िाचष कच िव लाओों की

उपलखियचों पर प्रकाश डालते ैं।

● इि िर्ष के िव ला वदिि का विर्य 'वथोंक

इक्वल, वबल्डस्मार्ष, इनचिेर् फॉर चेंि' ै।

● विर्य का उदे्दश्य िव लाओों और लड़वकयचों द्वारा

निाचार करके िेंडर इक्ववलर्ी ाविल करना

ै।

Hardeep S Puri launches ‘e-Dharti’ App

रदीप एि पुरी ने ‘ई-धरती’ ऐप लॉन्च वकया

- All India Radio

● Housing and Urban Affairs Minister

Hardeep Puri launched e-Dharti app where

all the three modules- Conversion,

Substitution and Mutation related to

properties have been made online.

● The payment system in Land and

Development Office, L&DO has also been

completely digitized.

● The public can now submit their

applications online by visiting the L&DO

website.

● Mr Puri also launched e-Dharti GeoPortal,

through which the lessee of the property

will be able to see the basic details of

property along with the map showing its

location.

• आिाि और श री िािलचों के िोंत्री रदीप पुरी

ने ‘ई-धरती’ ऐप लॉन्च वकया, ि ाों िभी तीन

िॉडू्यल- कन्वशषन, िखटिरू्शनऔर मू्यरे्शनिे

िोंबोंवधत उत्पररितषन ऑनलाइन वकए गए ैं।

• भूवि और विकाि कायाषलय, एल एों ड डीओ िें

भुगतान प्रणाली कच भी पूरी तर िे वडविर्ल

कर वदया गया ै।

• लचग अब L&DO िेबिाइर् पर िाकर अपने

आिेदन ऑनलाइन ििा कर िकते ै।

• श्री पुरी ने ई-धरती वियचपचर्षल भी लॉन्च वकया,

वििके िाध्यि िे िोंपवत्त का पटे्टदार नक्शा

वदखाने के िाथ ी िोंपवत्त का िूल वििरण देखा

िा िकेगा।

Ancient tribal language Gondi to be taught in tribal districts in Madhya Pradesh

िध्य प्रदेश के आवदिािी विलचों िें प्राचीन आवदिािी भार्ा गचोंडी विखाई िाएगी

- Indian Express

• In Madhya Pradesh, ancient tribal

language Gondi will be taught in

tribal districts.

• Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister

Kamal Nath has decided to

include Gondi in the primary

education curriculum of the state's

tribal-dominated districts.

• The rapid decline in the number of

people who speak that tongue is a

matter of concern. Hence, the

Chief Minister stressed on the

need to save it from becoming a

thing of the past.

● िध्य प्रदेश िें आवदिािी विलचों िें प्राचीन

िनिातीय भार्ा गचोंडी कच पढ़ाया

िाएगा।

● िध्य प्रदेश के िुख्यिोंत्री किलनाथ ने

गचोंडी कच राज्य के आवदिािी बहुल

विलचों के प्राथविक वशक्षा पाठ्यक्ि िें

शाविल करने का वनणषय वलया ै।

● गचोंडी बचलने िाले लचगचों की िोंख्या िें

तेिी िे वगरािर् वचोंता का विर्य ै,

इिवलए, िुख्यिोंत्री ने इिे विलुप्त चने िे

बचाने की आिश्यकता पर बल वदया।

118-year-old Kartar Kaur becomes the oldest woman to be

operated upon

118 िर्ीय करतार कौर ऑपरेशन कराने िाली िबिे बुिुगष िव ला बन गई ैं

- Business Standard

• Kartar Kaur Sangha, 118-year-old, has

registered her name in the Guinness World

Record to become the oldest person to be

operated upon.

• Kaur was admitted to the Satguru Partap

Singh Apollo Hospitals in Ludhiana after

her blood pressure dropped to 22-24 beats

per minute (BPM).

• To elevate her blood pressure, a temporary

pacemaker was positioned by the doctors

in her heart.

• It is pertinent to mention that Kartar Kaur

Sangha is also the oldest living person in

the world, beating the record of 116-year-

old Kane Tanaka from Japan.

● 118 िाल की करतार कौर वगनीि िल्डष ररकॉडष

िें ऑपरेशन कराने िाली िबिे उम्रदराि

व्यखक्त बन गई ैं।

● कौर कच लुवधयाना िें ितगुरु प्रताप विों अपचलच

अस्पताल िें भती कराया गया था, क्यचोंवक

उनका रक्तचाप 22-24 बीर् प्रवत विनर्

(बीपीएि) घर् गया था।

● उिके रक्तचाप कच बढ़ाने के वलए, एक

अस्थायी पेििेकर कच उिके वदल िें डॉक्टररचों

द्वारा स्थावपत वकया गया ै ।

● य उले्लख करना उवचत ै वक करतार कौर

िोंघ िापान के 116 िर्ीय केन तनाका के

ररकॉडष कच राते हुए दुवनया की िबिे बुिुगष

िीवित व्यखक्त ैं।

Ausaf Sayeed appointed new Ambassador of India to Saudi Arabia

औिाफ़ िईद कच िऊदी अरब िें भारत का नया रािदूत वनयुक्त वकया गया

- All India Radio

• Dr Ausaf Sayeed, presently High

Commissioner of India to the

Republic of Seychelles, has been

appointed as the next ambassador

of India to Saudi Arabia.

• The Indian Foreign Service officer

of the 1989 batch, Sayeed will

succeed Ahmad Javed.

• Javed had been serving as envoy

to Saudi Arabia since December

2015.

• Mr Sayeed served as Ambassador

to Yemen and Consul General of

India in Chicago and Jeddah.

● ितषिान िें िेशेल्स गणराज्य िें भारत के

उच्ायुक्त डॉ औिाफ िईद कच िऊदी

अरब िें भारत के अगले रािदूत के रूप

िें वनयुक्त वकया गया ै।

● 1989 बैच के भारतीय विदेश िेिा के

अवधकारी, िईद अ िद िािेद का स्थान

लेगे।

● िािेद वदिोंबर 2015 िे िऊदी अरब िें

दूत के रूप िें िेिा कर र े थे।

● श्री िईद ने यिन के रािदूत और

वशकागच और िेद्दा िें भारत के

ि ािावणज्यदूत के रूप िें कायष वकया।

Uttrakhand CM appoints Anant Ambani as the member of Badrinath

Kedarnath Temple Committee

उत्तराखोंड के िीएि ने अनोंत अोंबानी कच बद्रीनाथ केदारनाथ िोंवदर िविवत का िदस्य

वनयुक्त वकया-Business Standard

- Business Standard

● Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh

Rawat appointed industrialist Mukesh

Ambani's son Anant as a member of

Badrinath Kedarnath Temple Committee.

● It has been noticed that Ambanis visit the

holy shrines every time something

important comes up in the family.

● Kedarnath Temple is a Hindu temple

dedicated to Lord Shiva.

● The temple is Located on the Garhwal

Himalayan range near the Mandakini river

in the state of Uttarakhand.

● Due to extreme weather conditions, the

temple is open to the general public only

between the months of April and

November.

● उत्तराखोंड के िुख्यिोंत्री वत्रिेंद्र विों राित ने

उद्यचगपवत िुकेश अोंबानी के बेरे् अनोंत कच

बद्रीनाथ केदारनाथ िोंवदर िविवत का िदस्य

वनयुक्त वकया।

● य देखा गया ै वक र बार िब पररिार िें

कुछ ि िपूणष काि चता ै तच अम्बानी

पवित्र तीथषस्थलचों पर िाते ैं।

● केदारनाथ िोंवदर एक व ोंदू िोंवदर ै िच

भगिान वशि कच ििवपषत ै।

● य िोंवदर उत्तराखोंड राज्य िें िोंदावकनी नदी

के पाि गढ़िाल व िालय शृ्रोंखला िें खस्थत

ै।

● िौिि की ख़राब खस्थवत के कारण, िोंवदर

केिल अपै्रल और निोंबर के ि ीनचों के बीच

आि िनता के वलए खुला ै।

Suresh Prabhu releases a Coffee Table Book: “Cruising New Heights-

Flying For All”

िुरेश प्रभु ने एक कॉफी रे्बल बुक "्ूव ोंग नू्य ाइर््ि-फ़्लाइोंग फ़ॉर ऑल" िारी की- Business Standard

● Suresh Prabhu releases a Coffee Table

Book: “Cruising New Heights- Flying

For All” on achievements of Ministry of

Civil Aviation.

● Book will serve as reference material

on challenges, reforms agenda,

performance and highlights and future

roadmap.

● It also lists steps taken by the

government to infuse investments for

infrastructure development and adding

capacity in the aviation sector.

• िुरेश प्रभु ने नागररक उड्डयन िोंत्रालय की

उपलखियचों पर एक कॉफी रे्बल बुक:

"्ूव ोंग नू्य ाइर््ि-फ़्लाइोंग फ़ॉर ऑल"

कच िारी वकया।

• पुस्तक चुनौवतयचों, िुधारचों के एिेंडे,

प्रदशषन और ाइलाइर््ि और भविष्य के

रचडिैप पर िोंदभष िािग्री के रूप िें काि

करेगी।

• य िरकार द्वारा अििोंरचना विकाि के

वलए वनिेश और वििानन के्षत्र िें क्षिता

कच िचड़ने के वलए उठाए गए कदिचों कच

भी िूचीबद्ध करता ै।

Kyrgyzstan

Key Facts About Kyrgyzstan

• Continent: Asia• Capital: Bishkek• Official languages: Kyrgyz • President: Sooronbay Jeenbekov• Prime Minister: Muhammetkaliy Abulgaziyev• Currency: Som• Boundary: It shares its boundary with Kazakhstan, China, Tajikistan and

Uzbekistan

Facts about Kyrgyzstan

• Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked country in Central Asia with mountainous terrain.• Kyrgyzstan has been at the crossroads of several great civilizations

as part of the Silk Road and other commercial and cultural routes. • It is farther from the sea than any other individual country, and all its rivers flow into

closed drainage systems which do not reach the sea. • The mountainous region of the Tian Shan covers over 80% of the country with the

remainder made up of valleys and basins.• Kyrgyzstan was the ninth poorest country in the former Soviet Union, and is today the

second poorest country in Central Asia after Tajikistan. • The 40-ray sun on the flag of Kyrgyzstan is a reference to those same forty tribes and the

graphical element in the sun's center depicts the wooden crown, called tunduk, of a yurt—a portable dwelling traditionally used by nomads in the steppes of Central Asia.

Facts about Kyrgyzstan

• 31.7% of the country's population lives below the poverty line.• It has extremely high mountains with dozens of peaks over 5000 m

(16,400 ft) the tallest of which is Jengish Chokusu at 7,439 m (24,400 ft).

• One of the most popular team sports in Kyrgyzstan is Kok Baru, which is basically like rugby on horses using a dead goat as a ball.

• The first two World Nomad Games were held in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan and they expect to host many more.

• Kyrgyzstan has a visa-free policy that enables citizens of 44 countries to stay in Kyrgyzstan visa-free for up to 60 days.

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The International Women's Day is celebrated every year on________.

अोंतराषष्ट्र ीय िव ला वदिि प्रते्यक िर्ष ________ कच िनाया िाता ै।

A. 5 March

B. 6 March

C. 7 March

D. 8 March

Which of the following state government has announced Gondi language to be

taught in tribal districts?

वनम्न िें िे वकि राज्य िरकार ने गचोंडी भार्ा कच आवदिािी विलचों िें पढ़ाने की घचर्णा की ै?

A. Jharkhand

B. Madhya Pradesh

C. Odisha

D. Bihar

Who among the following has been appointed new Ambassador of India to

Saudi Arabia?

वनम्नवलखखत िें िे वकिे िऊदी अरब िें भारत का नया रािदूत वनयुक्त वकया गया ै?

A. Ahmad Javed

B. Ausaf Sayeed

C. Sanjay Kumar Verma

D. Sujan Chinoy

Who among the following has been named Chief Scientist at the World

Health Organisation?

विश्व स्वास्थ्य िोंगठन िें वनम्नवलखखत िें िे वकिे िुख्य िैज्ञावनक नावित वकया गया ै?

A. Navtej Sarna

B. Soumya Swaminathan

C. Asaf Ali

D. Anniruddha Rajput

Who among the following released the Coffee Table Book: “Cruising

New Heights- Flying For All”?

कॉफी रे्बल बुक "्ूव ोंग नू्य ाइर््ि-फ़्लाइोंग फ़ॉर ऑल" का वििचचन वनम्नवलखखत िें

िे वकिने वकया ै ?

A. Arun Jaitley

B. Rajnath Singh

C. Suresh Prabhu

D. Sushma Swaraj

Name the Union Minister who launched the e-Dharti app, recently.

ाल ी िें ई-धरती ऐप लॉन्च करने िाले कें द्रीय िोंत्री का नाि बताइए।

A. Dharmendra Pradhan

B. Narendra Singh Tomar

C. Prakash Javadekar

D. Hardeep Singh Puri

Who presented the highest civilian honor for women in India, Nari Shakti

Puraskar 2018 in New Delhi?

भारत िें िव लाओों के वलए ििोच् नागररक िम्मान, नई वदल्ली िें नारी शखक्त पुरस्कार 2018

वकिने प्रसु्तत वकया?

A. Shri Ram Nath Kovind

B. Shri Venkaiah Naidu

C. Smt Sushma Swaraj

D. Smt Nirmala Sitharaman

What was the theme of 2019 International Women's Day?

2019 अोंतराषष्ट्र ीय िव ला वदिि का विर्य क्या था?

A. Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by

2030

B. Time is Now: Rural and urban activists transforming women's

lives

C. Think equal, build smart, innovate for change

D. Empowering Women, Empowering Humanity: Picture it

Olympic Council of Asia decided to invite which of the following region to

compete in 2022 Asian Games for the first time?

ओलोंवपक काउों विल ऑफ़ एवशया ने 2022 एवशयाई खेलचों िें प ली बार प्रवतस्पधाष करने के

वलए वनम्न िें िे वकि के्षत्र कच आिोंवत्रत करने का वनणषय वलया?

A. North America

B. Europe

C. Oceania

D. Antarctica

India has signed a loan agreement with the World Bank for 96 Million

US dollars for which of the following state?

भारत ने वनम्नवलखखत िें िे वकि राज्य के वलए विश्व बैंक के िाथ 96 विवलयन

अिेररकी डॉलर के ऋण ििझौते पर स्ताक्षर वकए ैं?

A. Tamil Nadu

B. Odisha

C. Kerala

D. Uttarakhand