Latest Current Affairs for Competitive Exams

India wins 2016 AsiaCup T20 trophy

India has won the 2016 Asia Cup T20 trophy for a record sixth time after beating Bangladesh by 8 wickets in the final. In the final match played at Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Indian team overhauled the chasing target of 121 runs set by Bangladesh by seven balls to spare. Bangladesh by batting first had posted target of 120 runs for five wickets in 15 overs to India. The match was reduced to 15-over-per side after a spell of thundershowers. Indian team made 122 for the loss of 2 wickets in 13.5 overs. India’s Shikhar Dhawan scored 60 runs and followed by Virat Kohli with 41 runs.

E-mail inventor Ray Tomlinson passes away

Internet pioneer and e-mail inventor Raymond Tomlinson passed away in Washington, United States. He was 74 years old. Tomlinson invented direct electronic messages between users on different machines on a certain network in 1971. Key pioneering inventions First email system: He implemented it on the ARPANET system which is considered as the precursor to the Internet. Prior to this system, users could only write messages to others using the same computer. @ sign: To send electronic messages on different machines on a certain network successfully he had used @ sign to separate the user name from the name of their machine. Since then this separation scheme is used in email addresses and has become standard.

Dogri poetess Padma Sachdev awarded 2015 Krutitava Smagra Samman

Renowned Dogri poetess and writer Padma Sachdev has been awarded prestigious Krutitava Smagra Samman for the year 2015. She was bestowed with this award for her outstanding contribution in literature and great service to Dogri Language. It was presented to her by West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi. The award has been instituted by Kolkata based Bharatiya’s Bhasha Parishad and carries an amount of one lakh rupees, a shawl and citation.

New snake species named Melanophidium Khairei discovered in Western Ghats

Researchers have discovered new species of burrowing snake named Melanophidium Khairei or Khaire’s Black Shieldtail in Northwestern Ghats. This new snake species was correctly identified after a gap of 144 years as it was earlier wrongly identified as identified as Melanophidium Punctatum or Pied-bellied Shieldtail.

Patna Pirates wins 3rd season of Pro Kabaddi League

Patna Pirates has won the third season of Star Sports Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) by defeating U Mumba. In the final match played at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi, Patna Pirates defeated U Mumba by 31-28 score in the thrilling 40 minute play.

Popular Malayalam actor Kalabhavan Mani passes away

Renowned Malayalam actor Kalabhavan Mani passed away at Kochi, Kerala due to liver and kidney failure. He was 45. He had had acted in over 200 films in Malayalam and other South Indian languages including Tamil, and Telugu films. About Kalabhavan Mani Mani was born as Mani Raman Chenathunad Kunnisseri Veettil on 1 January 1971 in Chalakudy, Kerala. He had started his career as a mimicry artist with the Kalabhavan troupe, a centre for learning performing arts.

Current Affairs of 27th February 2016 for SSC/BANK Exams

Ex-DRDO DG Dr Avinash Chander awarded Aryabhata Award

Former DRDO Director-General (DG) Dr Avinash Chander has been awarded prestigious Aryabhata Award of Astronautical Society of India. He was bestowed with this award in recognition for his contribution to missile technology. He was presented with this award from Dr R Chidambaram, Principal Scientific Adviser to Union Government, and Dr A S Kiran Kumar, Chairman ISRO.

Mumbai wins Ranji Trophy 2016

Mumbai has won the Ranji Trophy for a season 2015-16 by defeating Saurashtra. With this victory, Mumbai clinched Ranji title for record 41st time (10 of them being won with innings wins) after playing in record 45 finals. In the final match played a Gahunje Stadium of Maharashtra Cricket Association in Pune, Mumbai defeated Saurashtra by 21 runs.

Gianni Infantino elected as President of FIFA

Gianni Infantino (45) of Switzerland has been elected as new President of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), a global governing body of football. He was declared winner after winning a second-round vote by securing 115 of the 207 eligible votes in the 2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress held in Zurich, Switzerland. He defeated Sheikh Salman of Bahrain who got 88 votes followed by Prince Ali of Jordan had four and Jerome Champagne of France got zero votes. With this victory, Infantino becomes just the third President of FIFA after Sepp Blatter who headed it for 40 years from 1974 to 2015 and his predecessor João Havelange.

ISRO to set up Satellite Centre for in ASEAN countries in Vietnam

Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is working to establishment of a Satellite Tracking & Data Reception Station and Data Processing Facility for ASEAN Member countries in Vietnam. ISRO will set up this satellite centre at the behest of Union Government as part of Space Cooperation between India and Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). This information was provided by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh in a reply to an unstarred question in Lok Sabha.

E-Tourist Visa Scheme extended to 37 more countries

The Union Government has extended e-Tourist Visa Scheme to 37 more countries. With this, the total count of countries under the scheme will become 150. The new countries included in e-Tourist Visa scheme are Austria, Albania, Botswana, Brunei, Bulgaria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Comoros, Cote d’lvoire, Cape Verde,  Czech Republic, Croatia, Eritrea, Denmark, Gabon, Greece, Guinea, Gambia, Ghana,  Madagascar, Malawi, Iceland, Lesotho, Liberia, San Marino, Moldova, Namibia, Romania, South Africa, Swaziland, Switzerland, Senegal, Serbia, Slovakia, Trinidad & Tobago, Tajikistan, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Lok Sabha passes Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2016

Lok Sabha has passed Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2016 to grant voting rights to people who became citizens of India following the exchange of enclaves between India and Bangladesh. The bill seeks to amend the Representation of the People Act (RPA), 1950 and the Delimitation Act, 2002. These Acts regulate allocation of seats to the Lok Sabha and state legislatures and delimitation (fixing boundaries) of parliamentary and state assembly constituencies.

Latest Current Affairs MCQs

1.       Which Country has been ranked 131 out of 167 nations on ICT Development Index (IDI) 2015 ?

(a)     India (b) South Korea (c) Denmark (d) Iceland

2.       Human Resources Development Minister Smriti Irani Launched the Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) scheme at which place?

(a)     IIT Kanpur (b) IIT Gandhi Nagar (c) IIT Delhi (d) IIT Kharagpur

3.       President Pranab Mukherjee in December, 2015 has given assent to the contentious Labour Laws Bill of which State that has provisions to ban strikes in public utility services for up to one year?

(a)     Maharashtra (b) Gujarat (c) Haryana d. Punjab

4.       As per the latest report released by credit rating agency Brickwork Rating, which state is the biggest economy within  India in terms of Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP)?

(a)     Maharashtra (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Gujarat

5.       The Union Government approved a post facto agreement to expand bilateral cooperation in the field of solar energy and also approved another agreement to roll out the ‘Make in India’ campaign for the capital goods sector with which country?

(a)     France (b) Japan (c) Russia (d) Germany 

6.       The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister  Narendra Modi has given its approval for introduction of a bill its approval for introduction of a Bill for establishment of a Regional Centre for establishment of a Regional Centre for Biotechnology at which place?

(a)     Faridabad (b) Ghaziabad (c) Noida (d) Gurgaon

7.       Union Government announced to allow which system to overseas electors as an alternative voting option?

(a)     E-postal Ballot System b. Proxy voting (C) Both of the above (d)  None of the above

8.       Minister for Communications & Information Technology , Ravi Shankar Prasad in December, 2015 released a set of two commemorative postage stamps to mark the centenary year of what?

(a)     Botanical Survey of India(BSI)

(b)     Zoological Survey of India (ZSI)

(c)     Both of the above

(d)     None of  the above

9.       Which state government has launched the National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 recently with an aim to benefit more than one third of the state’s population?

(a)     Maharashtra (b) Goa (c) Karnataka  (d)  Kerala

10.    Which High Court ruled that married daughters of deceased government employees should be considered for appointment on compassionate grounds under the Dying in Harness Rules ?

(a)     Rajasthan (b) Cuttack (c) Allahabad (d) Non Of these.

Ans.        1. (b)      2. (a)       3. (c)       4. (b)       5. (e)       6. (d)       7. (c)       8. (e)       9. (e)       10. (c)