Q1. Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology(MeitY) has appointed an expert committee that would study various issues relating to data protection in India and will suggest a draft data protection Bill. Who among the following is the head of this committee?
1.Rajat Moona
2.B N Srikrishna
3.Ajay Bhushan
4.Aruna Natrajan
5.Rama Vedashree
1.Somalia
2.Nigeria
3.Sri Lanka
4.Bangladesh
5.Vietnam
1.International Monetary Fund
2.Asian Development Bank
3.United Nations
4.World Bank
5.NATO
1.Moscow, Russia
2.Mumbai, India
3.Cape Town, South Africa
4.Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
5.Shanghai, China
1.6.00%
2.6.25%
3.6.50%
4.6.75%
5.7.00%
1.Viral Acharya
2.Deepak Parekh
3.Amitabh Kant
4.T K Viswanathan
5.L J Pannicker
1.Dhanraj Pillay
2.Virender Sehwag
3.P T Usha
4.Mary Kom
5.Yuvraj Singh
1.Pratik Bhatnagar
2.Dhirendra Swarup
3.Jayant Jain
4.Pradeep Sinha
5.Naveen Deora
1.Vincent Collins
2.Christopher Wray
3.James Armitage
4.Jacob Powell
5.Allan Hopkins
1.Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
2.Associated Chambers of Commerce of India
3.National Association of Software and Services Companies
4.Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)
5.Indian Medical Association
1.Papua New Guinea
2.Poland
3.Fiji
4.Vanuatu
5.Georgia
1.Sobo
2.Ozlo
3.Robo
4.Novo
5.Cosmo
1.Clove
2.Pepper
3.Sandalwood
4.Turmeric
5.Bay leaf
1.e-Fasal
2.e-Grains
3.e-Bazaar
4.e-RaKAM
5.e-Mandi
1.Kerala Blasters FC
2.Delhi Dynamos FC
3.FC Goa
4.NorthEast United FC
5.Mumbai City FC
1.Novel Writer
2.Former Union Minister
3.Hindi Poet
4.Historian
5.Physicist
1.Sam Shepard
2.Ricky Bernard
3.Norman Fowler
4.Christopher Eldrin
5.Steven Haley
1.Molecular biologist
2.Hindi Poet
3.Sports Journalist
4.Bollywood Actor
5.Cricket Commentator
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The 10 member committee, headed by Supreme court Judge (retired) Justice B N Srikrishna, includes the members from government, academia and industry. It will study and identify key data protection issues and recommend methods to address them.
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The agreement was signed between External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Somalia Yusuf Garaad Omar. It will deepen the humanitarian cooperation between the two nations.
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World Bank said the IWT designates Jhelum, Chenab and Indus as the “Western Rivers” to which Pakistan has unrestricted use, however India is permitted to construct hydroelectric power facilities on these rivers subject to constraints specified in annexure to the treaty.
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Measures to expand e-commerce cooperation among Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) were discussed at this meeting. Economic and technological cooperation was included in the agenda for the first time in the trade ministers’ meeting’s history to improve the bloc’s capabilities in service trade, e-commerce and other fields.
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On August 2, 2017, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced Third Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement for financial year 2017-18. This time, RBI has cut the policy repo rate by 25 basis points (bps) to 6 percent.
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The committee will suggest short term and medium term measures for improved surveillance of the markets. It would suggest measures for improvement in PIT (Prohibition of Insider Trading) norms, PFTUP (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices) regulations.
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Gurwinder Singh bagged the Footballer of the Year award while Boddupalli Amitwas was awarded as the Cricketer of the Year. Subhash Bhowmick, a member of the 1970 Asian Games bronze medal-winning national football team, and former national team coach Syed Naeemuddin were honoured with lifetime achievement awards
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Swarup, who was a public interest director at the BSE, had replaced incumbent Sudhakar Rao. He was the chairman of the Cash and Debt Management Committee of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) from 2000 to 2003.
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Christopher had replaced James Comey, who was fired by President Donald Trump. The Senate voted 92-5 with five Democrats voting against his nomination. Christopher Wray was also the former high-ranking official in President George W. Bush’s Justice Department who oversaw investigations into corporate fraud.
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Sanjaya will assume the charge from 1st September 2017. He succeeds A Didar Singh, who served as Secretary General for 5 years. Didar Singh will continue to serve as a strategic advisor to Pankaj Patel, President of the FICCI.
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Peter O’Neill is the leader of the People’s National Congress. The election has been widely criticised because thousands of voters were excluded and there were blazing abuses of the electoral process.
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To build out a more elaborate personal assistant for the Messenger users, Facebook has acquired an artificial intelligence (AI) startup Ozlo that specialises in understanding text-based conversations. However, there are no details so far about the financial terms of the deal.
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Researchers at Nemours Children’s Hospital and the University of Central Florida (UCF) have found that nanoparticles loaded with curcumin can target and destroy neuroblastoma tumour cells in children aged five or less.
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The Union Government has launched a portal, e-Rashtriya Kisan Agri Mandi (e-RaKAM) on August 1, 2017. It is a digital initiative that aims to bring together the PSUs, civil supplies, farmers and buyers on a single platform so that the selling and buying process of agricultural products become smooth
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Jahouh won the national championship with Moghreb Tetouan in the 2011-12 season. Jahouh is expected to settle in quickly having previously worked with FC Goa’s Head Coach Sergio Lobera at Moghreb, under whose guidance he flourished.
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Santosh served as the Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises under the UPA-1 government led by Manmohan Singh. He was the son of freedom fighter Satindra Mohan Dev. He was a seven-time parliamentarian and was believed to be one of the most trusted ministers of Rajiv Gandhi.
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Shepard was from Fort Sheridan, Illinois U.S. He authored more than 40 plays and he also won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1979 for his play ‘Buried Child’. He also received an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor for his portrayal of pilot Chuck Yeager in the 1983 astronaut drama “The Right Stuff.”
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Dr. P M Bhargava, an eminent scientist and founder-director for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) passed away on August 1, 2017. He was 89. He is a recipient of over 100 national and international honours and awards including the Padma Bhushan in 1986.