Current Affairs 6th July 2016

World's largest charkha unveiled at IGI airport, Delhi

BJP president Amit Shah unveiled the world’s largest wooden charkha, made by 42 carpenters in 55 days, at Terminal 3 of Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA).

About Charkha:

• The four-tonne charkha is made of high-quality Burma teak wood 
• It is estimated to last for over 50 years. 
• It is 9 feet wide, 17 feet tall and 30 feet long.
•  The order to make the spinning wheel was given to Paryog Samiti, a Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) unit, near Sabarmati Ashram.

Important Question for Competitive Exam from this Current Affairs:

1. World's largest wooden charkha unveiled in which Airport: a)Rajib Gandhi International Airport b)Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport c)Kempegowda International Airport d)Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport

Source:Hindustan Times

Abbas Kiarostami, giant of Iran cinema, is no more

Acclaimed Iranian film-maker Abbas Kiarostami has died at the age of 76 in France following a battle with cancer, on Monday 6th July 2016 in Paris, France

About Kiarostami:

• One of the brightest stars of Iran’s cinema, Kiarostami was born in Tehran in 1940
• Kiarostami, who won the coveted Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997 for “Taste of Cherry”,
• He stayed on in his country after the Islamic revolution in 1979, but had been working internationally for the past decade.

Important Question for Competitive Exam from this Current Affairs:

1. Which Iranian film-maker has died in France: a)Abbas Kiarostami b)Jafar Panahi c)Mohsen Makhmalbaf d)Majid Majidi

Source: Indian express

Narendra Modi Cabinet reshuffle: Full list

With this second expansion of the NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi the total number of ministers in the Union Council went up to 83. However, as per Constitutional provisions mentioned in Article 75, the total number cannot exceed 82 (i.e. 15% of the total number of members of Lok Sabha) and it may require the dropping of some ministers to keep the number within the prescribed cap. This provision of constitutional cap for total number of Ministers in the Union Council was added by the 91st Constitutional Amendment Act, 2003.

Portfolio Changes

Prakash Javdekar: Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change to HRD Minister

• Venkaiah Naidu: Additional charge of Information and Broadcast Ministry

• Ravi Shankar Prasad: Communications and Information Technology Minister to Law Minister

• DV Sadananda Gowda: Law Minister to Statistics and Programme Implementation Minister

• Narendra Singh Tomar: Additional charge of Rural Development Minister

• Anant Kumar: Parliamentary Affairs Minister and Chemicals and Fertilisers Minister

• Faggan Singh Kulaste: Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare

• Jayant Sinha: Minister of State for Finance to Civil Aviation Minister

• Anil Madhav Dave: Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change

New Inductees

• Faggan Singh Kulaste - Health and Family Welfare

• Surendrajeet Singh Ahluwalia - Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Parliamentary Affairs

• Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi - Drinking Water and Sanitation

• Vijay Goel - Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge); Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

• Ramdas Athawale - Social justice and empowerment

• Rajen Gohain - Railways

• Anil Madhav Dave - Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge)

• Parshottam Rupala - Agriculture and farmers welfare; panchayati raj

• MJ Akbar - External affairs

• Arjun Ram Meghwal - Finance; corporate affairs

• Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor - Tribal affairs

• Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey - HRD

• Ajay Tamta - Textiles

• Krishna Raj - Women and child development

• Mansukh L Mandaviya - Road transport and highways, Shipping; chemicals and fertilizers

• Anupriya Singh Patel - Health and family welfare

• CR Chaudhary - Consumer affairs, food and public distribution

• PP Chaudhary - Law and justice; electronics and information technology

• Subhash Ramrao Bhamre - Defence

Complete List

Prime Minister

• Narendra Modi - Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic energy; Department of Space; and all important policy issues, and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister

Cabinet ministers

• Rajnath Singh - Home affairs

• Sushma Swaraj - External affairs

• Arun Jaitley – Finance and Corporate Affairs

• Venkaiah Naidu - Urban Development and Housing; Urban Poverty Alleviation; Information and Broadcasting

• Nitin Jairam Gadkari - Road Transport and Highways; Shipping

• Manohar Parrikar - Defence

• Suresh Prabhu - Railways

• DV Sadananda Gowda - Statistics and Programme Implementation

• Uma Bharati - Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

• Najma A Heptulla - Minority Affairs

• Ramvilas Paswan - Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

• Kalraj Mishra - Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

• Maneka Sanjay Gandhi - Women and Child Development

• Ananth Kumar - Chemicals and Fertilizers; Parliamentary Affairs

• Ravi Shankar Prasad - Law and Justice; Electronics and Information Technology

• Jagat Prakash Nadda - Health and Family Welfare

• Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati - Civil Aviation

• Anant Geete - Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

• Harsimrat Kaur Badal - Food Processing Industries

• Narendra Singh Tomar - Rural Development; Panchayati Raj; Drinking Water and Sanitation

• Chaudhary Birender Singh - Steel

• Jual Oram - Tribal Affairs

• Radha Mohan Singh - Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

• Thaawar Chand Gehlot - Social Justice and Empowerment

• Smriti Zubin Irani - Textiles

• Harsh Vardhan - Science and Technology; Earth sciences

• Prakash Javadekar - Human Resource Development

Ministers of state

• Rao Inderjit Singh - Planning (Independent Charge); Urban Development; Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation

• Bandaru Dattatreya - Labour and Employment (Independent Charge)

• Rajiv Pratap Rudy - Skill development and Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge)

• Vijay Goel - Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge); Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

• Shripad Yesso Naik - AAYUSH (Independent Charge)

• Dharmendra Pradhan - Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge)

• Piyush Goyal - Power (Independent Charge); Coal (Independent Charge); New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge); Mines (Independent Charge)

• Jitendra Singh - Development of northeastern region (Independent Charge); Prime Minister’s Office; Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space

• Nirmala Sitharaman - Commerce and industry (Independent Charge)

• Mahesh Sharma - Culture (Independent Charge); Tourism (Independent Charge)

• Manoj Sinha - Communications (Independent Charge); Railways

• Anil Madhav Dave - Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge)

• VK Singh - External affairs

• Santosh Kumar Gangwar - Finance

• Faggan Singh Kulaste - Health and family welfare

• Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi - Minority Affairs; Parliamentary Affairs

• SS Ahluwalia - Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Parliamentary Affairs

• Ramdas Athawale - Social Justice and Empowerment

• Ram Kripal Yadav - Rural Development

• Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary - Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

• Giriraj Singh - Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

• Hansraj Gangaram Ahir - Home Affairs

• GM Siddeshwara - Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

• Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi - Drinking Water and Sanitation

• Rajen Gohain - Railways

• Parshottam Rupala - Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Panchayati Raj

• MJ Akbar - External Affairs

• Upendra Kushwaha - Human Resources Development

• Radhakrishnan P - Road Transport and Highways; Shipping

• Kiren Rijiju - Home Affairs

• Krishan Pal - Social Justice and Empowerment

• Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor - Tribal Affairs

• Sanjeev Kumar Balyan - Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

• Vishnu Deo Sai - Steel

• Sudarshan Bhagat - Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

• YS Chowdary - Science and Technology; Earth Science

• Jayant Sinha - Civil Aviation

• Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore - Information and Broadcasting

• Babul Supriyo - Urban Development Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation

• Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti - Food Processing Industries

• Vijay Sampla - Social Justice and Empowerment

• Arjun Ram Meghwal – Finance; Corporate Affairs

• Mahendra Nath Pandey - HRD

• Ajay Tamta - Textiles

• Krishna Raj - Women and Child Development

• Mansukh L Mandaviya - Road transport and Highways, Shipping; Chemicals and Fertilizers

• Anupriya Patel - Health and Family Welfare

• CR Chaudhary - Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

• PP Chaudhary - Law and Justice; Electronics and Information Technology

• Subhash Ramrao Bhamre - Defence

Source: jagaran josh

Cabinet approves redevelopment of 7 govt colonies in Delhi

Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday has approved redevelopment of seven General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) colonies in New Delhi at total estimated cost of Rs 32,835 crores.

The redevelopment will take place in Sarojini Nagar, Netaji Nagar, Nauroji Nagar through National Buildings Construction Corporation Limited (NBCC), while Kasturba Nagar, Thyagraj Nagar, Srinivaspuri and Mohammadpur will be redeveloped through Central Public Works Department (CPWD). The redevelopment project will replace the existing housing stock of 12,970 dwelling units of Type I to IV with Build Up Area (BUA) of approx. 7.49 lakh sqm with approx. 25,667 dwelling units of Type II to VI with BUA of approx. 29.18 lakh sqm. with supporting social infrastructure facilities.

Important Question for Competitive Exam from this Current Affairs:

1. Union Cabinet has approved redevelopment of how many general pool residential accommodation colonies in New Delhi: a)22 b)7 c)15 d)12

Source: financial express

NASA's Juno successfully begins orbiting Jupiter

NASA celebrated a key triumph  as its $1.1 billion Juno spacecraft successfully slipped into orbit around Jupiter on a mission to probe the origin of the solar system.

 NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, erupted in cheers as the solar observatory successfully entered its aimed-for orbit around the biggest planet in our cosmic neighborhood at 11:53 pm.

Launched:Juno launched five years ago from Cape Canaveral, Florida and has travelled 2.7 billion kilometres since then.

Aim:Juno's main aim is to understand the origin and evolution of Jupiter

Important Question for Competitive Exam from this Current Affairs:

1. NASA _______spacecraft successfully slipped into orbit around Jupiter : a)Space X b)Kliper c)Juno d)HOTOL 

Source:the hindu

Cabinet nod to Rs 10,000-cr apprenticeship promotion scheme

The Union Cabinet has approved a National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme to train 50 lakh apprentices by 2019-20. The Scheme involving a cost of Rs 10,000 crore will catalyze the entire apprenticeship ecosystem in the country.It will offer a win-win situation for all stakeholders and is expected to become one of the most powerful skill-delivery vehicle in the country.

The Scheme would be implemented by Director General of Training (DGT) under Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE).

Highlights

• It provides for incentivizing employers to engage apprentices.

• 25% of the total stipend payable to an apprentice would be shared with employers directly by Union Government.

• It also supports basic training, which is an essential component of apprenticeship training.

• 50% of the total expenditure incurred on providing basic training would be supported by Union Government.

Important Question for Competitive Exam from this Current Affairs:

1. Cabinet nod to Rs. ________ cr for National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme: a)5000 b)10000 c)1000 d)7000

Source: jagran josh

R Thiruppathi Venkatasamy appointed as Accountant General of Tamil Nadu

The Centre announced the appointment of R Thiruppathi Venkatasamy as Accountant General, economic and revenue sector audit, of Tamil Nadu with immediate effect.

Prior to this, he was serving as the Senior Deputy Accountant General in Agartala, Tripura

Important Question for Competitive Exam from this Current Affairs:

1. Who is appointed as Accountant General of Tamil Nadu: a)R Thiruppathi b)Mr. Sanjay Kishan Kaul c)M. Jaichandran d)Shivam Mishra

Source: business standard