Daily Current Affairs

14 March 2019

The 34th edition of AAHAR - the International Food and Hospitality fair begins in

which of the following city?

AAHAR का 34 वाां सांस्करण - अांतरााष्ट्र ीय खाद्य और आततथ्य मेला तिम्नतलखखत में से तकस शहर में

शुरू हुआ है?

A. Chennai

B. New Delhi

C. Kolkata

D. Gandhinagar

Who among the following is currently serving as the Minister of Commerce &

Industry?

तिम्नतलखखत में से कौि वतामाि में वातणज्य एवां उद्योग मांत्री के रूप में काया कर रहा है?

A. Suresh Prabhu

B. Rajnath Singh

C. Aruj Jaitley

D. Manohar Parikar

India’s internet base has crossed a mark of ________ users in December 2018.

भारत के इांटरिेट बेस िे तिसांबर 2018 में ________ उपयोगकतााओां की सांख्या को पार कर तलया

है।

A. 10 Million

B. 100 Million

C. 50 Million

D. 500 Million

Defence Research and Defence Organisation (DRDO) successfully tested PINAKA.

It is an ________.

रक्षा अिुसांधाि और रक्षा सांगठि (DRDO) िे तपिाका का सफलतापूवाक परीक्षण तकया। यह एक

________ है।

A. Aircraft carrier

B. Multi-barrel rocket launcher

C. Lightweight helicopter

D. Battle Tank

Who among the following has been appointed as coach of Real

Madrid?

तिम्नतलखखत में से तकसे ररयल मैतरर र का कोच तियुक्त तकया गया है?

A. Eden Hazard

B. Zinedine Zidane

C. Cristiano Ronaldo

D. Luka Modrić

Who launched the Indian Urban Observatory and Video wall at New Delhi?

िई तिल्ली में भारतीय शहरी वेधशाला और वीतरयो िीवार का शुभारांभ तकसिे तकया?

A. Dharmendra Pradhan

B. Hardeep Singh Puri

C. Piyush Goyal

D. Prakash Javadekar

Who among the following has taken charge as the Director of Bhabha Atomic

Research Centre (BARC)?

तिम्नतलखखत में से तकसिे भाभा परमाणु अिुसांधाि कें द्र (BARC) के तििेशक के रूप में कायाभार

सांभाला है?

A. K.N. Vyas

B. Dr. A.K. Mohanty

C. Abhishek Agarwal

D. Shatrughan Agrawal

Who among the following has been appointed as the head of Citibank India?

तिम्नतलखखत में से तकसे तसटी बैंक इांतरया का प्रमुख तियुक्त तकया गया है?

A. Arjun Mitra

B. Ashu Khullar

C. Nandish Prabhakar

D. Rakesh Singh

With Which country India signs the new visa agreement including immigration

offices, border points and customs authorities?

तकस िेश के साथ भारत आव्रजि कायाालयोां, सीमा तबांिुओां और सीमा शुल्क अतधकाररयोां सतहत िए

वीजा समझौते पर हस्ताक्षर करता है?

A. Philippines

B. Mauritius

C. Sri Lanka

D. Maldives

Defence Research and Development Organization successfully test fired

the PINAKA guided WEAPON rocket system which state?

रक्षा अिुसांधाि और तवकास सांगठि िे तकस राज्य में तपिका तििेतशत WEAPON रॉकेट

प्रणाली का सफलतापूवाक परीक्षण तकया?

A. Andra Pradesh

B. Odisha

C. Rajasthan

D. Tamil Nadu

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UK Parliament rejects Theresa May's deal for the second timeतिटेि की सांसि िे िूसरी बार थेरेसा मे की रील को खाररज कर तिया

- Business Standard

● British Parliament rejected Prime Minister

Theresa May's Brexit deal for a second time.

● Only 17 days are due before its split from the

European Union.

● Even after May secured further guarantees

from Brussels over its most controversial

elements the House of Commons voted by

391 to 242 to reject the deal.

● Following the rejection of the deal second

time, the Members of Parliament have been

promised another vote, wherein they can

decide whether the UK should leave the EU

without a deal.

● Britain is scheduled to end ties with its

biggest trade partner, EU, after 46 years on

March 29.

● This move can throw the nation into a state of

economic chaos.

● तितटश सांसि िे प्रधािमांत्री थेरेसा मे की िेखिट सौिे

को िूसरी बार खाररज कर तिया।

● यूरोपीय सांघ से अलग होिे में केवल 17 तिि बचे हैं।

● मई के बाि भी िसेल्स िे अपिे सबसे तववािास्पि

तत्ोां पर हाउस ऑफ कॉमन्स को इस सौिे को

खाररज करिे के तलए 391 से 242 वोट तिए है।

● िूसरी बार सौिे की अस्वीकृतत के बाि, सांसि सिस्ोां

को एक और बार वोट िेिे का वािा तकया गया है,

तजसमें वे तय कर सकते हैं तक तिटेि को समझौते के

तबिा यूरोपीय सांघ छोड़ िेिा चातहए या िही ां।

● तिटेि 29 माचा को 46 साल बाि अपिे सबसे बडे़

व्यापार साझेिार यूरोपीय सांघ के साथ सांबांध समाप्त

करिे वाला है।

● यह किम िेश को आतथाक अराजकता की खथथतत में

राल सकता है।

Mizoram's first Lokayukta sworn-in

तमजोरम के पहले लोकायुक्त िे शपथ ग्रहण की- All India Radio

● Retired IAS officer C Lalsawta

becomes the first Lokayukta of

Mizoram.

● Governor Jagdish Mukhi administered

him the oath of office at the Raj

Bhawan in Aizawl.

● Lalsawta is a 1981 batch Bihar cadre

IAS officer.

● He was the principal secretary of the

finance department in the state from

2008 to 2011.

● सेवातिवृत्त आईएएस अतधकारी सी

लालसावता तमजोरम के पहले लोकायुक्त

तियुक्त तकये गए हैं।

● राज्यपाल जगिीश मुखी िे उन्हें आइजोल में

राजभवि में पि की शपथ तिलाई।

● लालसावा 1981 बैच के तबहार कैरर के

आईएएस अतधकारी हैं।

● वह 2008 से 2011 तक राज्य में तवत्त

तवभाग के प्रमुख सतचव थे।

Google shut down its ‘Allo’ app

गूगल िे अपिे 'Allo' ऐप को बांि कर तिया

- Business Standard

● Google's smart messaging app,

Allo, is finally shutting down.

● Starting from March 12, 2019, you

will no longer be able to use the

app for an exchange of smart

replies.

● Launched in 2016, Allo was

launched alongside the video chat

service Duo.

● While Duo kicked off, Allo didn't

make it big with the masses.

● गूगल का स्माटा मैसेतजांग ऐप ऐलो

आखखरकार बांि हो रहा है।

● 12 माचा, 2019 से आप स्माटा ररप्लाई के

आिाि-प्रिाि के तलए ऐप का उपयोग िही ां

कर पाएां गे।

● 2016 में लॉन्च,ऐलो को वीतरयो चैट सेवा

रुओ के साथ लॉन्च तकया गया था।

● जबतक रुओ िे काफी छलाांग मारी, अलो

को जिता इतिा पसांि िही ां तकया।

Axis Bank appoints Rakesh Makhija as new Chairmanएखिस बैंक िे राकेश मखीजा को िया अध्यक्ष तियुक्त तकया

-Indian Express

● Axis Bank appointed Rakesh Makhija

as its new Non-Executive Part-Time

Chairman.

● Rakesh Makhija, who is the Chairman

of SKF India, will take over from

current Axis Bank Chairman Sanjiv

Mishra.

● The appointment will be effective from

July 18, 2019, till July 17, 2022.

● Rakesh Makhija is an Independent

Director on the Board of Axis Bank

since October 27, 2015.

● एखिस बैंक िे राकेश मखीजा को अपिा

िया गैर-कायाकारी अांशकातलक अध्यक्ष

तियुक्त तकया।

● राकेश मखीजा, जो एसकेएफ इांतरया के

अध्यक्ष हैं, एखिस बैंक के मौजूिा अध्यक्ष

सांजीव तमश्रा से पिभार ग्रहण करें गे।

● यह तियुखक्त 18 जुलाई, 2019 से 17

जुलाई, 2022 तक प्रभावी रहेगी।

● राकेश मखीजा 27 अकू्टबर, 2015 से

एखिस बैंक के बोरा में एक स्वतांत्र तििेशक

हैं।

5th SAFF Women's Championship begins in Nepal

5 वी ांSAFF मतहला चैखियितशप िेपाल में शुरू होती है- All India Radio

● The 5th South Asian Football

Federation Women's Championship

begins at Sahid Rangashala in

Biratnagar, Nepal.

● Among the South Asian nations, India

rank on top followed by Nepal.

● India clinched all four of the previous

SAFF Women's Championship titles,

leaving Nepal to finish second in the

first three editions.

● The current SAFF members are

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives,

Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

● 5 वी ां ितक्षण एतशयाई फुटबॉल महासांघ

मतहला चैखियितशप िेपाल के तवराटिगर

के सातहि रांगशाला में शुरू हुई।

● ितक्षण एतशयाई िेशोां में, भारत शीर्ा पर है

और उसके बाि िेपाल है।

● भारत िे तपछले SAFF मतहला

चैखियितशप के सभी चार खखताब जीते,

तजससे िेपाल पहले तीि सांस्करणोां में िूसरे

थथाि पर रहा।

● वतामाि SAFF सिस् बाांग्लािेश, भूटाि,

भारत, मालिीव, िेपाल, पातकस्ताि और

श्रीलांका हैं।

Russia

Key Facts About Russia

• Capital: Moscow• Official languages: Russian• President: Vladimir Putin• Prime Minister: Dmitry Medvedev• Currency: Ruble • National Animal: Eurasian brown bear• National Bird: Eagle • Parliament: Federal Assembly• Boundary: Russia has boundaries with 14 countries: Norway, Finland,

Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, the People's Republic of China and North Korea.

Facts about Russia

• Russia is a country that is in Eastern Europe and in North Asia. • It is the largest country in the world by land area. The entire country of Russia covers 1/7th of

the world.• From 1923 to 1991, it used to be part of the Soviet Union, which was a country based on

Communism, but today its government is based on a democratic form of rule.• Russia spans nine time zones and has a wide range of environments and landforms • It has the world's largest reserves of mineral and energy resources and is the largest producer

of oil and natural gas in the world.• Russia has the world's largest forest reserves, and its lakes contain approximately one-quarter

of the world's fresh water.• Its population density is about 8.3 people per square kilometer (21.5 per sq. mi.). This is

among the lowest country densities in the world. • Russia has more nuclear weapons than any other country, with approximately 8,400.

Facts about Russia

• Russia contains over 30 percent of the world's natural resources.• The nominal total GDP of the country is $2.02 trillion, while its nominal per

capita GDP is $14,247.• Russia has a large and sophisticated arms industry, capable of designing and

manufacturing high-tech military equipment, including a fifth-generation fighter jet, nuclear powered submarines, firearms, and short range/long range ballistic missiles.

• Russia recognizes four religions as their official religions, Orthodox Christianity, Islam, Buddhism and Judaism.

• Russian students go to school for exactly ten years. They usually start around age 6 or 7, and will be finished by 16 or 17. School curriculums focus on math and science. Once kids leave school each day, they can attend classes focused on the arts, participate in sports or music.

• The Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest railway line in the world. If you get on the train at Moscow, it will take you six days to reach the Pacific Coast.

Facts about Russia

• The highest point is Mt. Elbrus at 5, 633 metres above sea level. It’s the highest mountain in Europe.

• Russia is home to Klyuchevskaya Sopka, the largest active volcano in the world.• Lake Baikal is the largest and deepest freshwater lake in the world, and situated north of

the Mongolian border in south-eastern Siberia.• New Years is celebrated twice in Russia. Once on January 1st, and again on the 14th of

January. The 14th of January is known as the Orthodox Stule New Year.• St. Petersburg has been renamed three times in its history. It was known as Petrograd in

the early 1900s, Leningrad after Lenin in the late 1900s, and has been known as St. Petersburg since 1991.

• The world's largest McDonald's Restaurant is located in Russia. The restaurant seats 700 diners.

• Russia sold Alaska to the United States in 1867 for $7.2 million.• A peace treaty between Russia and Japan to end World War II has not been signed to this

day. This is because there is still conflict in Kuril Islands.• The Russian village Oymyakon is the coldest permanently inhabited place on earth.

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Who among the following has sworn in as the first Lokayukta of Mizoram?

तिम्नतलखखत में से तकसिे तमजोरम के पहले लोकायुक्त के रूप में शपथ ली है?

A. Vishwanath Shetty

B. J. N Kishore Agarwal

C. Jagdish Mukhi

D. C Lalsawta

RBI has decided to infuse ________ crore rupees into the system through open

market operations (OMOs) in March 2019.

RBI िे माचा 2019 में ओपि माकेट ऑपरेशांस (OMO) के माध्यम से तसस्टम में ________ करोड़

रुपए का तिवेश करिे का तिणाय तलया है।

A. Rs 12,500

B. Rs 10,500

C. Rs 20,500

D. Rs 5,500

Recently, ‘Sirsi supari’ gets a geographical indication tag. It is grown in which of the

following Indian state?

हाल ही में, 'तसरसी सुपारी' को भौगोतलक सांकेत टैग तमला। यह तिम्नतलखखत में से तकस भारतीय

राज्य में उगाया जाती है?

A. Uttar Pradesh

B. Kerala

C. Karnataka

D. Jharkhand

Google has announced the shut down of its________ app from 12 March 2019.

गूगल िे 12 माचा 2019 से अपिे ________ ऐप को बांि करिे की घोर्णा की है।

A. Google Keep

B. Google Allo

C. Google Hangouts

D. Google Plus

Who among the following has been appointed as the new Non-

Executive Part-Time Chairman of Axis Bank?

तिम्नतलखखत में से तकसे एखिस बैंक का िया गैर-कायाकारी अांशकातलक अध्यक्ष

तियुक्त तकया गया है?A. Aditya Puri

B. Sanjiv Mishra

C. Rakesh Makhija

D. Amitabh Chaudhry

Election Commission of India has developed a mobile app, for the 2019 Lok Sabha

election. It was named as;

भारत तिवााचि आयोग िे 2019 लोकसभा चुिाव के तलए, एक मोबाइल ऐप तवकतसत तकया है। इसे

िाम तिया गया था;

A. ECI Authenticator Code

B. cVIGIL

C. SUVIDHA

D. ENCORE

Who received Yaswantrao Chavan National Award, recently?

हाल ही में यशवांतराव चव्हाण राष्ट्र ीय पुरस्कार तकसे तमला?

A. Sundar Pichai

B. Aruna Sundararajan

C. P. Chidambaram

D. Raghuram Rajan

This defence lab has developed 'combat drugs' to reduce casualties in Pulwama

type attacks.

इस रक्षा प्रयोगशाला िे पुलवामा प्रकार के हमलोां में हताहतोां की सांख्या कम करिे के तलए 'लड़ाकू

िवाओां' का तवकास तकया है।

A.IRDE, Dehradun

B.INMAS, Delhi

C.DTRL, Delhi

D.DRDL, Hyderabad

Six lakh employees to be trained to handle 96000 VVPAT Machines in which of the

following state?

तिम्नतलखखत में से तकस राज्य में 96000 वीवीपीएटी मशीिोां को सांभालिे के तलए छह लाख

कमाचाररयोां को प्रतशतक्षत तकया जािा है?

A. Maharashtra

B. Andra Pradesh

C. Tamil Nadu

D. Haryana

Which bank raised Rs.660 crore by selling shares to employees under

Employee Share Purchase Scheme (ESPS)?

कमाचारी शेयर खरीि योजिा (ESPS) के तहत कमाचाररयोां को शेयर बेचकर तकस बैंक िे

Rs.660 करोड़ जुटाए?

A. Syndicate Bank

B. Punjab National Bank

C. Union Bank of India

D. Bank of India