Top Ten Questions from ‘Current Affairs’

• Where did 2017 World Games take place?

• Who is Margrethe Vestager?

• Why did Michel Temer get into the news recently”

• Of which state tea and honey did PM Modi recently gift to Presidents Trump?

• Name the Dutch counterpart  of PM Modi.

• In which field has Kamaljit Matharu made his mark?

• Migrants from which country have highest number in Australia?

• Why was Lt Colonel Dr Srinivas Gokulnath in news recently?

• Who is CEO of apple?

• Who is Chief of Central Vigilance Commission?

• 2017 World Games were held in Kathmandu, Nepal.
  In June 2017 Indian men’s and women’s throwball teams scripted history by bagging a gold medal each in the World Games, held in Kathmandu, Nepal.
  This was the first time that the Indian teams had participated in these Games, which took place from June 15 to 18.
  The World Games, organised by the International Sports Council (Canada), saw participation from 11 countries, competing in 42 different categories.

   

• Margrethe Vestager is Chief of European Commission competition.
  In June 2017 European Commission competition said Google had ‘abused its market dominance’ as the worlds most popular search engine to give illegal advantage to its own shopping service.
  The EU slapped Google with a record 2.4-billion-euro anti-trust fine on, in a fresh assault on a US tech giant that risks the wrath of President Donald Trump.
  Brussels accuses Google of giving its own online service, Google Shopping, too much priority in search results to the detriment of other price comparison services, such as TripAdvisor and Expedia.
  The case, launched in 2010, is one of three against Google and of several against blockbuster US companies including Starbucks, Apple, Amazon and McDonalds.

• On June 26, 2017 at Rio De Janeiro, Brazil’s attorney general has formally accused President Michel Temer of corruption, making him the first sitting President in Latin America’s largest nation to face criminal charges.
  The case now goes to the lower Chamber of Deputies in Congress, which must decide whether it has merit. If two-thirds of the legislature decides that it does, the President will be suspended for up to 180 days while a trial is conducted. House Speaker Rodrigo Maia, an ally of Temer, would be President in the interim.

• PM Modi carried for US President Donald Trump, hamper consisting of traditional items like a handcrafted silver bracelet, hand-woven shawls and the aroma of Kangra tea and honey.

• Mark Rutte is the Dutch counterpart of PM Modi.
  Describing the Netherlands as India’s “natural partner” in its economic development, PM Modi on June 27 invited Dutch companies to invest in the “land of opportunities”.

• Kamaljit Matharu is a national award winner artician.
  On June 27, 2017 a wooden chest gifted by PM Modi to US President Donald Trump has been crafted by a local artisan, Kamaljit Matharu, and his father, Rupan Matharu, both national awardees.
  Priced at Rs 1.55 lakh and made from sheesham wood, the 22-inchx15-inch chest had been handed over by them to New Delhi-based Central Cottage Industries (CCI) Emporium, which falls under the Central Cottage Industries Corporation of India (CCICI), in March 2016.

• In June Australian Bureau of Statistics  released the latest figures of the country’s fast changing population and demographics - 13 lakh new migrants settled in Australia since 2011 from around 180 countries, including India and China.
  Census 2016 recorded new migrants from India at 163,000 since 2011, emerging as the most common countries of birth of new arrivals after China at 191,000 new migrants. It updated Australia’s population at 2.44 crore in 2016 from over 2.15 crore in 2011.

• In June 26, 2017 Lt Colonel Dr Srinivas Gokulnath created history by becoming the first Indian to complete what is considered the world’s toughest cycle race — the 4,900-km Race Across America (RAAM) in solo category.
  Eleven days, 18 hours and 45 minutes after setting out from California, Lt Colonel Dr Gokulnath created history.

• Apple CEO is Tim Cook.
  Tim told PM  Modi that his company is positive about the production of the iPhone SE in Bengaluru.
  Cook was among the 21 US corporate leaders who met Modi in Washington in June.

• Vigilance Commissioner is TM Bhasin
  The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) can now probe allegations of corruption in private sector banks and against their employees.
  The move comes after the Supreme Court last year ruled that the chairman, managing directors and other officers of a private bank could be seen as public servants when it came to the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act, 1988.

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