Top Ten Questions from ‘Current Affairs’

• Where is Nangarhar province situated?
• When was The Order of the British Empire created in 1917?
• Where did PM Modi launch the PN Panicker National Reading Day celebrations?
• In which field has Kilian Jornet made his mark?
• Where is Ibn-Rushd-Goethe-Mosque situated?
• During which period Helmut Kohl served as Chancellor of Germany?
• Which was the first country in South Asia to introduce mobile phones?
• Who is founder of Sulabh International?
• As per a Study published in The New England Journal of Medicine, which country has topped in the `list of highest level of obesity among children and young adults’?
• Which two fundamental global conventions on combating child labour did India ratify recently?

• Nangarhar province is in Afghanistan

On June 16, 2017 a top Afghan Army official shared that at least 700 Islamic State (ISIS) militants were killed in  Nangarhar province in the past three months during the Hamza operations.
Nangarhar has become the stronghold of ISIS and the anti-government armed militant groups have recently increased their insurgent activities in some parts of the province during the recent years.

“The Order of the British Empire (which has several ranks) was created in 1917 by King George V to recognise individuals, who have contributed valued service to their communities. MBE is a rank of the order and stands for Member of the Order of the British Empire.

Annabel Mehta, a British national, and mother-in-law of Sachin Tendulkar and social activist was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for her work and service to the underprivileged.
Her Majesty the Queen approved the award to Mehta, a British national, in recognition of her work and service to underprivileged communities in Mumbai, and the NGO, Apnalaya

 

• On June 17, 2017 at Kochi, PM Modi launched the PN Panicker National Reading Day celebrations

• High-altitude runner ..Kilian Jornet has made his mark as High-altitude runner … Kilian Jornet has conquered Mount Everest, twice.

• Ibn-Rushd-Goethe-Mosque  is in Berlin.

It is as per Seyran Ates’ vision of a liberal mosque where all Muslims can pray together - women and men, Sunni and Shiite, straight and gay.
The mosque is named Ibn-Rushd-Goethe-Mosque, combining the names of medieval Andalusian philosopher Ibn Rushd and German writer Johann Wolfgang Goethe.

• Helmut Josef Michael Kohl served as Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998 (of West Germany 1982–1990 and of the reunited Germany 1990–1998) and as the chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1973 to 1998. .....From 1969 to 1976, Kohl was Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate.
  Kohl's 16-year tenure was the longest of any German Chancellor since Otto von Bismarck.
  Kohl oversaw the end of the Cold War and is widely regarded as the mastermind of German reunification. Together with French President François Mitterrand, Kohl is considered to be the architect of the Maastricht Treaty, which established the European Union (EU) and the euro currency.
  On June 16, 2017 Helmut Kohl died at his home in Ludwigshafen. He was 87.

• Sri Lanka was the first country in South Asia to introduce mobile phones in 1989 ...... On June 13, 2017 Sri Lankan railway authorities announced a crackdown on selfies after a 12-year-old boy was decapitated and two other men also died while snapping themselves on a coastal track.

• Sulabh International founder is Bindeshwar Pathak ....... On June 13, 2017 Sulabh International founder Bindeshwar Pathak, a top sociologist and social worker announced to name one Indian village after US President Donald Trump, as part of his efforts to further India-US relationship.

• In June 2017 a study in The New England Journal of Medicine shared that among 20 most populous countries, highest level of obesity among children and young adults was in the US at nearly 13 pc; Egypt topped the list for adult obesity at about 35 pc ...... India has the second highest number of obese children in the world after China, according to a study which found that 14.4 million kids in the country are overweight.
  Globally, over two billion children and adults suffer from health problems related to being overweight or obese, and an increasing percentage of people die from these health conditions, researchers said.
  Of the four million deaths attributed to excess body weight in 2015, nearly 40 per cent occurred among people whose body mass index (BMI) fell below the threshold considered “obese”.
  Lowest rates were in Bangladesh and Vietnam at 1 per cent. China with 15.3 million and India with 14.4 million had the highest numbers of obese children; the US with 79.4 million and China with 57.3 million had the highest numbers of obese adults in 2015.

• On June 13, 2017 India ratified two fundamental global conventions on combating child labour - Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No 138) and Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No 182)

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