Top Ten Questions: ’Contributed by ‘Lakshya IAS Study Circle’, SCO 32, Phase 1, Mohali

1. Name the Duke of Edinburgh who registered as the longest-serving consort to a British monarch.
2. Against which countries did US President recently sign into law a legislation that imposes tough sanctions?
3. Who is new FBI director?
4. Name the Indian who has scored highest number of runs in a single session.
5. For which Tv channel did Israeli PM Netanyahu express to expel Al-Jazeera for ‘inciting violence’?
6. What is Bharat-22?
7. Why was Neil Chaterjee in news recently?
8. Who is Khawaja Asif?
9. Recently GoI has approved renaming of the iconic Mughalsarai railway station as:
10. Where was 23rd Deaflympics held?

 

1. On August 2, 2017 Prince Philip, the 96-year-old husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, bowed out of public life with his final solo appearance at an official event, ending a royal career marked by occasional gaffes that landed him in hot water. ….The prince, also known as the Duke of Edinburgh, attended a parade of Royal Marines at Buckingham Palace and met servicemen that had taken part in a 1,664 mile race to raise money for the Royal Marine’s Charity.Prince Philip has undertaken 637 solo overseas visits to 143 countries, delivered 5,496 speeches, written 14 books and carried out the role of patron for 785 organisations during his royal career
2. On August 2, 2017 US President Donald Trump signed into law a legislation - the ‘Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act’., …. that imposes tough sanctions against Russia, Iran and North Korea and limits his ability to lift the curbs unilaterally.........The Bill sanctions Russia — citing its cyberhacking as well as aggression in Ukraine and Syria — while also slapping new sanctions on North Korea and Iran.
3. The US Senate has confirmed Christopher Wray as the new FBI director, replacing James Comey who was fired by President Donald Trump amid a probe into the Trump campaign’s alleged collusion with Russia to influence the presidential election. Wray, 50, received a bipartisan support of 92-5 votes on the Senate floor. “The FBI is our country’s top law enforcement agency and it needs a qualified leader committed to upholding the rule of law and protecting its independence. I’m confident that Christopher Wray is up to that considerable task”.
4. Virender Sehwag has scored the most in a session among the Indians — 133 against Sri Lanka in Mumbai in 2009. ..Recently, Runs Shikhar Dhawan made 126 between lunch and tea, the second-highest by an Indian in a single session.
5. Recently Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said that he wants to expel Qatari broadcaster Al-Jazeera from Israel amid tensions over a sensitive Jerusalem holy site.
6. On August 4, 2017 to boost disinvestment of government holdings in public sector companies, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced a new exchange traded fund (ETF) called Bharat-22 consisting of 22 stocks of PSUs, banks and strategic investments held through SUUTI. ..... In the Budget Speech of 2017-18, the Finance Minister had promised to use ETF as a vehicle for further disinvestment of shares. The target for CPSEs’ disinvestment in 2017-18 was set at Rs 72,500 crore. Last year, the government raised Rs 8,500 crore by divesting through CPSE ETF.
7. In August 2017, in USA, the Senate unanimously confirmed three Indian-Americans to key government positions, including one as the Trump administration’s czar on intellectual property.
   The Senate confirmed: Neil Chaterjee as a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Vishal Amin as Intellectual Property (IP) Enforcement Coordinator in the Trump administration. Krishna Urs was confirmed as the US ambassador to Peru. A career foreign service officer since 1986, Urs - after Nikki Haley - is the second Indian-American to have been selected for an ambassadorial position by the administration.
8. On August 4, 2017 Pakistan's new PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi unveiled his Cabinet with Khawaja Asif appointed as the country’s first full-time foreign minister since 2013. Khawaja Asif, defence minister in Nawaz Sharif’s Cabinet, has been appointed as the country’s first full-time foreign minister since 2013. Pakistan remained without a foreign minister after the PML-N came into power in 2013. Last foreign minister, Hina Rabbani Khar, was appointed by Pakistan People’s Party
   President Mamnoon Hussain administered the oath to 28 federal ministers and 18 state ministers at a ceremony at the President House in Islamabad, Dawn newspaper reported.
9. On August 4, 2017 GoI approved renaming of the iconic Mughalsarai railway station in UP after Deen Dayal Upadhyaya. Yogi Adityanath government had in June approved a proposal to rename station after RSS ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhyaya  Pt Upadhyaya’s body was found under mysterious circumstances on a Mughalsarai platform in 1968
10. The 23rd Deaflympics in Samsun, Turkey, from July 18 to 30. … The 62-member contingent, including 48 athletes, returned home with five medals, including a gold and a silver.

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