QUIZ-15+

Q1. Name the first player from Sri Lanka who has been recently inducted into the Hall of Fame by ICC.
(a) Kumar Sangakkara
(b) ChamindaVaas
(c) MuttiahMuralidaran
(d) MahelaJayavadhane
(e) TillakaratneDilshan

S1. Ans.(c)
Sol. Muttiah Muralidaran, the most successful bowler in Tests and One-Day Internationals, was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame in London. He became the first player from Sri Lanka and the 83rd overall to be inducted into the Hall of Fame when ICC CEO Dave Richardson presented him with a commemorative framed cap.

Q2. The State Bank of India, country’s largest lender cut the interest rate on home loans above Rs 75 lakh by 10 basis points (bps) to 8.60 percent. For salaried women borrowers, the loans will be offered at _____________.
(a) 8.50 percent
(b) 8.00 percent
(c) 8.25 percent
(d) 8.55 percent
(e) 9.00 percent

S2. Ans.(d)
Sol. The State Bank of India, country’s largest lender cut the interest rate on home loans above Rs 75 lakh by 10 basis points (bps) to 8.60 percent. For salaried women borrowers, the loans will be offered at 8.55 percent.

Q3. The International Olympic Committee has approved new events for the 2020 Tokyo Games, including a number of mixed gender competitions. International Olympic Committee headquarters in _______________.

(a) Germany
(b) Switzerland
(c) India
(d) Russia
(e) USA

S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. The International Olympic Committee has approved new events for the 2020 Tokyo Games, including a number of mixed gender competitions. The IOC’s Executive Board made the decision at a meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland. The choices reflect the IOC’s focus on gender equality and appeal to young people. International Olympic Committee headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Q4. Minister of Railways Shri Suresh PrabhakarPrabhu inaugurated Indian Railways' 1st HR Round Table Conference recently in ______________.
(a) New Delhi
(b) Bengaluru
(c) Mysore
(d) Chennai
(e) Lucknow

S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. Minister of Railways Shri Suresh PrabhakarPrabhu inaugurated Indian Railways' 1st HR Round Table Conference in New Delhi. The Conference was organized around three themes i.e. Stakeholders Expectations from HR, The Future of Work – HR Role, and Creativity within Constraints.

Q5. The government of India has set up how many sectoral groups to ensure the smooth rollout of the Goods and Services Tax?
(a) 22
(b) 15
(c) 20
(d) 10
(e) 18

S5. Ans.(e)
Sol. The government has set up 18 sectoral groups, comprising senior members from the Centre and the States, to ensure the smooth rollout of the Goods and Services Tax. The 18 groups pertain to sectors such as banking and insurance, textiles, exports, information technology, transport, and oil and gas.

Q6. Which of the following country/countries has/have become full members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)?
(a) India
(b) Pakistan
(c) Sri Lanka
(d) Both (a) and (b)
(e) Both (a) and (c)

S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. India and Pakistan became full members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the first-ever expansion of the China-dominated security grouping after 2001. With the inclusion of India and Pakistan, SCO now represents over 40% of world population and nearly 20% of the global GDP.

Q7. 2017 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit was based on the theme _______________.
(a) Sustainable Development
(b) Securing the Future
(c) Future Energy
(d) Better Future
(e) Together we can

S7. Ans.(c)
Sol. 2017 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit was based on the theme “Future Energy” at Astana, Kazakhstan. The Member countries of the SCO are China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Pakistan and India has recently joined the Organization.

Q8. Which of the following bank has inked pact with the state-owned general insurer The New India Assurance Company Ltd to sell policies through its branches?
(a) ICICI Bank
(b) Canara Bank
(c) IDBI Bank
(d) UCO Bank
(e) Union Bank

S8. Ans.(b)
Sol. Canara Bank has inked pact with the state-owned general insurer The New India Assurance Company Ltd. to sell policies through its branches. The pact allows Canara Bank to offer non-life insurance products to its customers across metros and tier II and III cities through the bank’s extensive network of over 6,000 branches.

Q9. Which of the following Tech-Giant has signed an agreement to acquire Israel startup Hexadite for protection against cyber-attacks?
(a) Microsoft
(b) Google
(c) TCS
(d) WIPRO
(e) Apple

S9. Ans.(a)
Sol. Ransomware attacks have prompted Microsoft to sign an agreement to acquire Hexadite. This deal cost $100 million. Hexadite is an Israeli startup that uses Artificial Intelligence to identify and protect against cyber-attacks.

Q10. MehrunnisaDalwai passed away recently at the age of 87. She was famous ______________.
(a) Social Activist
(b) Author
(c) Classical Singer
(d) Kathak Dancer
(e) Both (a) and (b)

S10. Ans.(e)
Sol. MehrunnisaDalwai, a noted social activist and author, and the wife of one of modern Maharashtra’s most remarkable and formidable social reformers, Hamid Dalwai, passed away. She was 87.

QUIZ-15+

Q1. On the visit of the President of Cyprus to India, both the countries have signed four agreements in different fields. Name the president of Cyprus. 
Answer: Nicos Anastasiades

Q2. Director Jonathan Demme, the Oscar-winning director behind classics like The Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia died recently. He belonged to ___________.
Answer: America

Q3. India won six medals in the second leg of the Asian Grand Prix Athletics Meet. The event was held in ___________.
Answer: Jiaxing, China

Q4. India won six medals in the second leg of the Asian Grand Prix Athletics Meet. In this event single gold medal was bagged by ___________.
Answer: Neena Varakil

Q5. In the recent figures released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) India stood on which rank in the military expenditure?
Answer: 5th

Q6. International Labour Day, also known as International Worker's Day or May Day is observed globally on ____________.
Answer: 1st May

Q7. Name the driver who recently won the Russian Grand Prix after a tense final few laps as he was chased down by Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel.
Answer: Valtteri Bottas

Q8. Aymanam ward in which district has become India’s first digitalised panchayat ward?
Answer: Kerala

Q9. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has appointed Syrian refugee and Olympic athlete ____________ as a Goodwill Ambassador.
Answer: Yusra Mardini

Q10. The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2017 (RERA) aimed to protect the interests of homebuyers across the country and bring transparency has come into force from _______________.
Answer: 1st May

Q11. Name the current Union Human Resource Development Minister of India.
Answer: Prakash Javadekar

Q12. The World Press Freedom Day is observed globally on _________
Answer: 3rd May

Q13. On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, UNESCO has co-organized the World Press Freedom Day's main event and the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize Ceremony in _________________.
Answer: Jakarta, Indonesia

Q14. Which Indian state has recently become the first state to switch to the January-December financial year from the existing April-March cycle?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh

Q15. The World Press Freedom Day was observed recently by UNESCO. Who is the Director-General of UNESCO?
Answer: Irina Bokova

QUIZ-15

Q1. Indian teen named Rifath Sharook has recently developed world's smallest satellite for National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The world’s smallest satellite is named as ______________.

(a) NaiduSat

(b) SatIndia

(c) BhabhaSat

(d) KalamSat

(e) RamanSat

Q2. In which of the following company Softbank has recently made its biggest investment of $1.4 billion?

(a) Amazon

(b) Flipkart

(c) Paytm

(d) Jabong

(e) Alibaba

Q3. India's leading digital wallet player Paytm has recently received the final license from the Reserve Bank of India for its payments bank entity. Who is the newly appointed CEO of Paytm payments bank?

(a) Vijay Shekhar Sharma

(b) Renu Satti

(c) Rekha Bharadwaj

(d) Jason Roy

(e) Schiff Marlon

Q4. Name the Minister who has been given additional charge of the Environment Ministry following the death of Union Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave.

(a) Harsh Vardhan

(b) Rajnath Singh

(c) Dharmendra Bradhan

(d) Bhandaru Duttetreya

(e) Ravi Shankar Prasad

Q5. CGI (Consulate General of India) Dubai and Embassy of India in Abu Dhabi will host a two-day “Start-up India Summit” in UAE in Last month of May 2017. Name the person who recently took charge as new Consul General of Dubai.

(a) Kamal Mukul

(b) Abhinav Mankad

(c) Vipul

(d) Shoukul

(e) Shardul Khan

Q6. Prime Minister of India will inaugurate India’s longest river bridge (9.15km) Dhola-Sadiya Bridge in which of the following Indian state?

(a) Himachal Pradesh

(b) Jammu & Kashmir

(c) Tripura

(d) Assam

(e) Meghalaya

Q7. Government think-tank NITI Aayog holds the first 'Samavesh meeting'. Chairman of NITI Aayog is ___________.

(a) Finance Minister of India

(b) PM of India

(c) President of India

(d) Home Minister of India

(e) Defence Minister of India

Q8. This is the first time in the history of African Development Bank (AfDB) Group that India would be hosting the Annual Meetings of the bank (May 2017). It will be inaugurated by ____________.

(a) Narendra Modi

(b) Pranab Mukherjee

(c) Sushma Swaraj

(d) Rajnath Singh

(e) Arun Jaitley

Q9. The Indian Army received two 155mm/39 caliber Ultra Lightweight Howitzer artillery guns from BAE Systems in the United States of America. BAE Systems is an Aerospace company based in ___________ .

(a) UAE

(b) Russia

(c) Australia

(d) USA

(e) France

Q10. State-owned telecom operator BSNL has inked a clutch of agreements with which of the following company/companies to popularise the internet and its value added services among customers.

(a) Facebook

(b) Paytm

(c) MobiKwik

(d) Both (a) and (b)

(e) Both (a) and (c)

Solutions

S1. Ans.(d)
Sol. The US’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will launch the world’s smallest satellite named 'KalamSat', it will be the first time ever that it would be piloting an experiment by an Indian student. Developed by Rifath Sharook, an 18-year-old boy, from Tamil Nadu’s Pallapatti town, KalamSat weighs only 64 grams. ‘KalamSat’, named after India's nuclear scientist and former President, APJ Abdul Kalam, will be launched from a Nasa facility in Wallops Island.

S2. Ans.(c)
Sol. Softbank has made its biggest investment in an Indian digital enterprise by sealing a funding round of Rs 9,000 crore ($1.4 billion) in mobile payments provider Paytm.

S3. Ans.(b)
Sol. India's leading digital wallet player Paytm has recently received the final licence from the Reserve Bank of India for its payments bank entity. Paytm has appointed Renu Satti as the CEO of its Paytm payments bank.

S4. Ans.(a)
Sol. Union Science and Technology Minister Harsh Vardhan was given additional charge of the Environment Ministry following the death of Union Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave.

S5. Ans.(c)
Sol. CGI (Consulate General of India) Dubai and Embassy of India in Abu Dhabi in partnership with iSPIRIT, a nonprofit think tank will host a two-day “Start-up India Summit” in UAE on 23rd and 24th of May 2017. Mr. Vipul recently took charge as new Consul General of Dubai.

S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. Prime Minister of India will inaugurate India’s longest river bridge (9.15km) 'Dhola-Sadiya bridge' in Assam on May 26. It will bolster the road connectivity in the Northeast as the bridge will be used by people of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh besides defence forces extensively.

S7. Ans.(b)
Sol. With an aim to bring together 32 premier educational and policy research institutions to catalyse the country’s development process, government think-tank NITI Aayog hold the first Samavesh meeting. Chairman of NITI Aayog is PM of India.

S8. Ans.(a)
Sol. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank (AfDB) on May 23, 2017. This is the first time in the history of AfDB Group that India would be hosting the Annual Meetings of the bank.

S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. The Indian Army received two 155mm/39 caliber Ultra Lightweight Howitzer artillery guns from BAE Systems in the United States of America. BAE Systems is an Aerospace company based in the USA.

S10. Ans.(e)
Sol. State-owned telecom operator BSNL has inked a clutch of agreements with Facebook and MobiKwik as its looks to popularise the internet and its value added services among customers.

Banking Awareness,

Q1. The World Bank Group consists of how many organisations-

(a) One

(b) Two

(c) Three

(d) Four

(e) Five

Q2. The World Bank is like a cooperative, made up of --------------- member countries. These member countries, or shareholders, are represented by a Board of Governors, who are the ultimate policymakers at the World Bank. 

(a) 189

(b) 193

(c) 159

(d) 173

(e) 187

Q3. Name the agency, which is an agency to provide ‘soft-loans’ to developing countries?

(a) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

(b) Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) 

(c) Asian Development Bank (ADB)

(d) World Trade Organization (WTO)

(e) International Development Association (IDA)

Q4. On July 15th, 2014 at the sixth summit in Fortaleza, Brazil the member countries signed the Articles for the New Development Bank (NDB). What is the authorised capital of NDB?

(a) USD 200 billion

(b) USD 300 billion

(c) USD 500 billion

(d) USD 100 billion

(e) None of the above

Q5. The first Board of Governors meeting of the BRICS New Development Bank was held in ____________ on July 7, 2015, where the Bank formally came into existence as a legal entity. 

(a) Brazil

(b) Russia

(c) South Africa

(d) India

(e) China

Q6. The New Development Bank (NDB) aims to mobilise resources for development projects in BRICS, emerging economies and developing countries. Where is the headquartered of NDB?

(a) Durban, South Africa

(b) Brasilia, Brazil 

(c) Moscow, Russia

(d) Shanghai, China

(e) New Delhi, India

Q7. With an initial funding of $912.7 million, International Development Association (IDA) was launched on-

(a) 24th September 1960

(b) 17th December 1920

(c) 22nd November 1959

(d) 23rd May 1919

(e) 15th October 1945

Q8. NIBM was established in ____________________ by the Reserve Bank of India, in consultation with the Government of India, as an autonomous apex institution for research, training, education and consultancy in bank management.

(a) 1982

(b) 1949

(c) 1921

(d) 1934

(e) 1969

Q9. NIBM is part of the grand vision of giving a new direction to the banking industry in India and making the industry a more cost-effective instrument for national development. NIBM stands for-

(a) Non-Organisation Institute of Bank Management

(b) National Institute of Bureau Management 

(c) National Investment of Bank Management

(d) National Institute of Bank Management

(e) None of the above

Q10. NIBM, an autonomous academic institution, is governed by a Board, its highest policy-making body. Where is the headquartered of NIBM?

(a) Nashik, Maharashtra

(b) Pune, Maharashtra

(c) Mumbai, Maharashtra

(d) Kolhapur, Maharashtra

(e) Nagpur, Maharashtra

Q11. ___________ is an electronic fund transfer system that operates on a Deferred Net Settlement (DNS) basis which settles transactions in batches.

(a) NEFT

(b) RTGS

(c) NPCI

(d) BBPS

(e) IMPS

Q12. The Central Office of the Reserve Bank was initially established in Calcutta (now Kolkata) but was permanently moved to Mumbai in-

(a) 1949

(b) 1937

(c) 1943

(d) 1945

(e) 1934

Q13. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is vested with the responsibility of conducting monetary policy. This responsibility is explicitly mandated under which act?

(a) Companies Act, 1956

(b) Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881

(c) Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934

(d) Banking Regulation Act, 1949

(e) None of the given options is true 

Q14. A facility under which scheduled commercial banks can borrow the additional amount of overnight money from the Reserve Bank by dipping into their Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR). It is called? 

(a) Repo Rate

(b) Reverse Repo Rate

(c) Bank Rate 

(d) Marginal Standing Facility (MSF)

(e) Liquidity Adjustment Facility (LAF)

Q15. National Housing Bank (NHB) was set up on ______________ under the National Housing Bank Act, 1987.

(a) 01st July 1956

(b) 02nd October, 1976

(c) 01st January 1934

(d) 21st May 1956

(e) 09th July 1988

Solutions

S1. Ans.(e)
Sol. The World Bank Group consists of five organisations. These are:- 
1. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) 
2. International Development Association IDA) 
3. International Finance Corporation (IFC) 
4. Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) 
5. International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID)

S2. Ans.(a)
Sol. The World Bank is like a cooperative, made up of 189 member countries. These member countries, or shareholders, are represented by a Board of Governors, who are the ultimate policymakers at the World Bank. 

S3. Ans.(e)
Sol. International Development Association (IDA) is an agency to provide ‘soft-loans’ to developing countries.

S4. Ans.(d)
Sol. At the fourth BRICS Summit in New Delhi (2012), the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa considered the possibility of setting up a New Development Bank (NDB) to mobilize resources for infrastructure and sustainable development projects in BRICS and other emerging economies, as well as in developing countries. the authorised capital of NDB is USD 100 billion.

S5. Ans.(b)
Sol. The inaugural meeting of the Board of Governors of the NDB was chaired by Russia and held on the eve of the Ufa Summit on 7 July 2015, when the Bank formally came into existence as a legal entity. 

S6. Ans.(d)
Sol. Shanghai, China is the headquartered of New Development Bank (NDB).

S7. Ans.(a)
Sol. With an initial funding of $912.7 million, IDA was launched on September 24, 1960, with 15 signatory countries - Australia, Canada, China, Germany, India, Italy, Malaysia, Norway, Pakistan, Sudan, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, United States, and Vietnam.

S8. Ans.(e)
Sol. National Institute of Bank Management (NIBM) was established in 1969 by the Reserve Bank of India, in consultation with the Government of India, as an autonomous apex institution for research, training, education and consultancy in bank management. 

S9. Ans.(d)
Sol. NIBM stands for National Institute of Bank Management.

S10. Ans.(b)
Sol. Pune, Maharashtra is the headquartered of National Institute of Bank Management (NIBM).

S11. Ans.(a)
Sol. National Electronics Funds Transfer (NEFT) is an electronic fund transfer system that operates on a Deferred Net Settlement (DNS) basis which settles transactions in batches.

S12. Ans.(b)
Sol. The Reserve Bank of India was established on April 1, 1935, in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. The Central Office of the Reserve Bank was initially established in Calcutta but was permanently moved to Mumbai in 1937.

S13. Ans.(c)
Sol. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is vested with the responsibility of conducting monetary policy. This responsibility is explicitly mandated under the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.

S14. Ans.(d)
Sol. Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) is a facility under which scheduled commercial banks can borrow the additional amount of overnight money from the Reserve Bank by dipping into their Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR).

S15. Ans.(e)
Sol. The Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, while presenting the Union Budget for 1987-88 on February 28, 1987, announced the decision to establish the National Housing Bank (NHB) as an apex level institution for housing finance. NHB was set up on July 9, 1988, under the National Housing Bank Act, 1987.

Daily GK Update 14th June 2017

IRDAI takes over management of Sahara Life Insurance 

i. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has taken over the administration of Sahara India Life Insurance, a first of its kind move in the insurance sector.
ii. R.K. Sharma, general manager, IRDA has been appointed as the administrator with “immediate effect” to manage Sahara India Life Insurance Company.

iii. The current board of Sahara India Life is headed by Chairman OP Srivastava. Sanjay Agarwal is whole-time director and CEO.

Takeaways from Above News-

• Lucknow-based Sahara India Life Insurance was the first wholly Indian owned life insurance company in the private sector.
• It is promoted by Sahara Pariwar Group headed by Subrata Roy.

Uttar Pradesh tops the list with maximum child labor in the state– CRY report 

i. According to the Child Rights and You (CRY) report, over 8 lakh children in India between the age group 5 and 6 years are engaged in child labor.

ii. Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of 2,50,672 children engaged in labor, followed by Bihar with 1,28,087 children and Maharashtra where the number stands at 82,847.
iii. The report has outlined that reach of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), which was introduced with the intent of providing a strong base to these children, is quite limited as it covers only 50% percent of this population.

Takeaways from Above News-

• Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) was Launched on October 2, 1975, by Government of India.
• Its Objective is to provide food, organization preschool education, and primary healthcare to children under 6 years of age and their mothers.
• CRY is an organization working to restore child rights in India.
• It was founded in the year 1979 by Rippan Kapur.

Sikkim govt signs MoU with British Council 

i. The Human Resource Development department of Sikkim government signed an MoU with the British Council to enhance the quality of education in the state. The MoU will improve the educational structure of the schools of Sikkim.

ii. The purpose of the MoU is to support the aims and aspirations of the young people of Sikkim through collaborative projects in the area of English, education, and skills by strengthening the capacity of the teachers and other professionals, working with youth in the state and support its cultural economy.

Static Takeaways from Above News-

• Khangchendzonga National Park is situated in Sikkim.
• Rangit Dam is a famous Dam in Sikkim.

G7 environment ministers meeting 2017 held in Bologna, Italy 

i. Group of Seven (G7) Environment Ministers Meeting was held in Bologna, Italy to discuss issues ranging from climate change to sustainable development and litter at sea. The meeting was attended by the Environment Ministers of the seven countries (US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Canada and Japan) and the Commissioners of the European Union for Environment and Climate.

ii. ‘5-year Bologna Roadmap’ was adopted at the meeting, which focuses on important issues such as resource efficiency indicators, citizen involvement, awareness on food waste and economic analysis of the efficient use of resources.

Takeaways from Above News-

• G7 members include US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, and Japan.
• G7 presidency rotates annually between member countries. The Presidency for the year 2017 is held by Italy. Canada will hold the G7 presidency in 2018.
• Rome is the Capital of Italy.
• Paolo Gentiloni is the Prime Minister of Italy.

India's first canal top solar PV system at NTPC Mouda 

i. State-run power giant National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has energized India's first 150 kWp canal top solar PV System on cooling water (CW) channel inside power station premises at its 2,320 MW, Mouda Thermal Power Project, near Nagpur in Maharashtra. 

ii. This novel Solar PV system makes use of side walls of CW channels as load bearing structure thereby significantly decreasing cost of civil and mounting structure.

Important Takeaways from above News-

• NTPC was Incorporated on November 7, 1975.
• Shri Gurdeep Singh is the Chairman and MD of NTPC.

Telangana launches PashuBazar website for online cattle sale

i. The Telangana government has launched a website to facilitate this service. The online sale or purchase of cattle through pashubazar.telangana.gov.in website will help farmers as the cattle need not be brought to shandies every time and farmers can save on transportation cost on cattle.

ii. Special Chief Secretary, Animal Husbandry, Suresh Chanda launched the website developed with NIC’s support. The Pashu Bazaar platform was developed to help farmers to sell their animals without physically taking them to weekly markets. The farmer can keep maximum five registrations for sale at any time.

Takeaways from above News-

• K. Chandrashekar Rao is the CM of Telangana.
• E. S. L. Narasimhan is the Governor of Telangana.

India ratifies two key ILO conventions on child labour

i. India ratified two key ILO conventions on child labor, according to a statement issued by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland. Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya, who is in Geneva stated that the ratification reaffirmed India’s “commitment to a child labor free society”.

ii. According to ILO, the Government of India deposited with the International Labour Office the instruments of ratification of the two fundamental ILO Conventions concerning the elimination of child labor, the Minimum Age Convention (No 138) and the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (No 182).
iii. India is the 170th ILO member state to ratify Convention No 138, which requires states to set a minimum age under which no one shall be admitted to employment or work in any occupation, except for light work and artistic performances.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

• ILO Director-General is Guy Ryder.
• The ILO was created in 1919.
• ILO Headquarters in  Geneva, Switzerland.

NASA confers Exceptional Public Service Medal to Michael A'Hearn posthumously

i. NASA has posthumously awarded the Exceptional Public Service Medal to Michael A’Hearn, one of the world’s leading comet scientists. A’Hearn died at the age of 76.

ii. The NASA Medal is for “fundamental work on comets and small bodies of the solar system, leadership in space missions, and ensuring public access to data from NASA missions and related projects.” 

Takeaways from above News-

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the full form of NASA.
• Robert M. Lightfoot Jr. is NASA Acting Administrator.
• NASA was established in 1958.

Virat Kohli becomes No.1 ranked ODI batsman

i. In a major shakeup at the top of the rankings after the group stages of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017, Indian captain Virat Kohli displaced South Africa’s AB de Villiers as the No.1 ranked ODI batsman in the world while Australian fast bowler Josh Hazlewood took over from Proteas pacer Kagiso Rabada as the No.1 ranked bowler.

Top three ODI Batsman are-

1. Virat Kohli (IND)
2. David Warner (AUS)
3. AB de Villiers (SA)

Top Three ODI Bowlers are-

1. Josh Hazlewood (AUS)
2. Imran Tahir (SA)
3. Mitchell Starc (AUS)

Ex-Uttarakhand CM Pokhriyal authors book on Vajpayee ‘Yug Purush, Bharat Ratna, Atal Ji’

i. Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank, has officially handed over the first copy of the 450-page book titled -‘Yug Purush, Bharat Ratna, Atal Ji’ to the President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee.