Current Affairs (Daily Dose):
1.Turkish musician Kudsi Erguner has been appointed as the UNESCO Artist for Peace by the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova. He was appointed after the opening ceremony of the 40th session of the World Heritage Committee (WHC) held in Istanbul, Turkey.
2.Legendary playback singer Mubarak Begum (80-year) passed away in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She is known for her singing scores of songs, duets and ghazals for Bollywood, mainly during the (1950-70s).
3.Pakistan’s spinner Yasir Shah has scaled the number one spot in the ICC Test rankings becoming the first Pakistani bowler to do so since Mushtaq Ahmed in December 1996. He reached the number-one spot after bowling Pakistan to a 75-run victory over England in the first Test at Lord’s.
4.Rohit Khandelwal has become the first Indian to win the coveted title of Mr. World at a grand ceremony at Southport Theatre, Floral Hall, The Promenade, South port U.K. He received a cash prize of $50,000 on winning this celebrated title.
5.A Nigerian journalist Didi Akinyelure has won the second BBC World News Komla Dumor Award for 2016. Didi Akinyelure is a prime-time news anchor in Nigeria and presents business news for CNBC, which broadcasts across the continent.
6.A Canadian university will conduct the world’s first Zika vaccine test on humans in the coming days. Development of the Zika vaccine has been authorized by the US Food and Drug Administration and Health Canada. Until now, vaccines have been tested on mice.
7.All Gram Panchayats in the country will be connected through Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) by 2018. According to IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prashad , centre plans to establish a network infrastructure by connecting all 2 lakh 50 thousand Gram Panchayats through OFC under Digital India Programme.
8.Dr. Nasim Zaidi, Chief Election Commissioner of India , Mr. A. K. Joti and Mr. O.P. Rawat, Election Commissioners of India launched the “SVEEP Portal” in Hindi language. SVEEP Portal is a web based application, accessible to the Chief Electoral Officers and all other stakeholders and serves as a window for easy accessibility of various initiatives of the Commission.
9.India will host the BRICS Policy Planning Dialogue on 26th of this month at Patna in Bihar. The discussion will take forward the Policy Planning talks initiated under Russia’s Shairmanship last year in line with this year’s theme of Building Responsive, Inclusive and Collective Solutions.
10.Noted Indian hockey player Mohammed Shahid (56-year) passed away due to multiple organ failure. Md. Shahid was the part of the Indian hockey team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. He was known for his dribbling skills and was considered one of India’s greatest hockey players.
1.Turkish musician Kudsi Erguner has been appointed as the UNESCO Artist for Peace by the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova. He was appointed after the opening ceremony of the 40th session of the World Heritage Committee (WHC) held in Istanbul, Turkey.
2.Legendary playback singer Mubarak Begum (80-year) passed away in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She is known for her singing scores of songs, duets and ghazals for Bollywood, mainly during the (1950-70s).
3.Pakistan’s spinner Yasir Shah has scaled the number one spot in the ICC Test rankings becoming the first Pakistani bowler to do so since Mushtaq Ahmed in December 1996. He reached the number-one spot after bowling Pakistan to a 75-run victory over England in the first Test at Lord’s.
4.Rohit Khandelwal has become the first Indian to win the coveted title of Mr. World at a grand ceremony at Southport Theatre, Floral Hall, The Promenade, South port U.K. He received a cash prize of $50,000 on winning this celebrated title.
5.A Nigerian journalist Didi Akinyelure has won the second BBC World News Komla Dumor Award for 2016. Didi Akinyelure is a prime-time news anchor in Nigeria and presents business news for CNBC, which broadcasts across the continent.
6.A Canadian university will conduct the world’s first Zika vaccine test on humans in the coming days. Development of the Zika vaccine has been authorized by the US Food and Drug Administration and Health Canada. Until now, vaccines have been tested on mice.
7.All Gram Panchayats in the country will be connected through Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) by 2018. According to IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prashad , centre plans to establish a network infrastructure by connecting all 2 lakh 50 thousand Gram Panchayats through OFC under Digital India Programme.
8.Dr. Nasim Zaidi, Chief Election Commissioner of India , Mr. A. K. Joti and Mr. O.P. Rawat, Election Commissioners of India launched the “SVEEP Portal” in Hindi language. SVEEP Portal is a web based application, accessible to the Chief Electoral Officers and all other stakeholders and serves as a window for easy accessibility of various initiatives of the Commission.
9.India will host the BRICS Policy Planning Dialogue on 26th of this month at Patna in Bihar. The discussion will take forward the Policy Planning talks initiated under Russia’s Shairmanship last year in line with this year’s theme of Building Responsive, Inclusive and Collective Solutions.
10.Noted Indian hockey player Mohammed Shahid (56-year) passed away due to multiple organ failure. Md. Shahid was the part of the Indian hockey team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. He was known for his dribbling skills and was considered one of India’s greatest hockey players.
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