1
Who has been selected
for the prestigious Jnanpith Award 2012? Ravuri
Bharadwaja
Ans----- Ravuri
Bharadwaja, 86, the Telugu writer on April 17, 2013 was selected for the
prestigious Jnanpith Award 2012. He got the award for his contributions to
Telugu literature for over a period of six decades. Ravuri on his credit has
written 37 Volumes of Short Stories and 17 Novels. He was selected for the
award by the Jnanpith Award Committee chaired by the noted poet Sitakant
Mahapatra. Ravuri is the third recipient of the highest literary award from
Andhra Pradesh.
2--- Who was awarded the highest honour in Indian Cinema Dada
Saheb Phalke Award 2012 ?
Legendary actor, Pran Krishan Sikand
Ans---Legendary actor, Pran
Krishan Sikand, 93, on April 12, 2013 was awarded with Bollywood’s highest
honour in Indian Cinema Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2012. The award is instituted
on the name of the Dada Saheb Phalke, the man who made first feature film in India.
He is the 44th Dada Saheb Phalke Award Winner. He gave a different and unique
frame to the negative and character roles of Indian Cinema with his impressive
performances.
3
---- IBIN stands
for
India Backbone Implementation Network
The Planning
Commission of India on April 19, 2013 launched IBIN (India Backbone Implementation
Network) for effective implantation of its core programmes and policies. IBIN
will address the need to improve implementation of policies and programmes
chartered out in the 12th Five Year Plan as critical necessity for accelerating
more inclusive and faster growth. IBIN will help resolve the issues by
systematically converting-Confusion to coordination, contention to
collaboration and intentions to implementation across India.
4--- IMF has slashed the growth projection of India from its
earlier prediction of 5·9 per cent to for the calendar year
2013 5·7
per cent
International Monetary
Fund (IMF) in its latest release on April 16, 2013 of the World Economic
Outlook (WEO) slashed the growth projection of India from its earlier
prediction of 5·9 per cent to 5·7 per cent for the calendar year 2013. The IMF
slashed its projection for India based on the significant structural challenges
faced by India, which would lower down the potential output keeping inflation
elevated by regional reasons.
5---NOFN standsf
for
National Optical Fibre
Network
The Government of
India has approved the project for creation of National Optical Fibre Network
(NOFN) connecting all the 250000 Gram Panchayats (GPs) in the country through
Optical Cable (OFC). The Union Government decided to fund the project through
Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF).
6---Nicolas Maduro of the United Socialist Party
of Venezuela has been sworn in as the new President of
Venezuela
Nicolas Maduro of the
United Socialist Party of Venezuela was sworn in as the new President of
Venezuela on April 19, 2013. Nicolas Maduro, 50, succeeded late President of
Venezuela, Hugo Chavez who died on March 5, 2013. He was elected as the
President, beating the opposition leader Henrique Capriles by just 1·5 per cent
votes. The aim of the new President is to deal with the corruption along with
carrying the social programmes of Hugo Chavez.
7--- NASA’s
Kepler Mission has discovered two earth-like planets Kepler-62f
and Kepler-62e
Around 1200 light
years away from Earth, there are five planets which are circling around the
sun-like star called Kepler-62 in Lyra constellation, according to the latest
discovery made by the scientists by making use of Kepler space telescope of
NASA. Two of these planets, named Kepler-62f and Kepler-62e are said to be in
such a position that they might have water on their surface, a condition which
is necessary to support life.
8---- Scientists have discovered a giant
galaxy
called HFLS3
in the Universe
Scientists in
the third week of April 2013 discovered a giant galaxy called HFLS3 in the
Universe which is 12·8 billion light years away from Earth. The newly found
galaxy is believed to produce 3000 Suns every year. It has stars having a total
mass nearly 40 billion times the mass of our Sun. The galaxy is shrouded in a
dust cloud which is 100 billion times the mass of Sun.
9--- The US House of Representatives has
passed CISPA
The US House of
Representatives passed the Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act,
also calledCISPA on April 18, 2013. The aim of CISPA is to fight
with the cyber threats, by enabling the law enforcers to get access to the web
data. The CISPA was passed by 288-127 vote out of which 92 were the Democrats.
It will now move to the Senate and then to Obama’s desk. The bill will enable
the private entities to share the personal information of the customers with
any government body, which also includes National Security Agency.
10---- Which newspaper has won Four Pulitzer Prizes including the Award
for Investigative Reporting ?
New
York Times
The New York Times won
four Pulitzer Prizes on April 15, 2013, including the award for investigative
reporting for stories that detailed how Wal-Mart used bribery to expand in
Mexico. The other awards included two awards for its reporting on the
actions of companies like Apple and Wal-Mart overseas, and another for an
examination of the hidden wealth of the Chinese premier’s family. The fourth
award for the New York Times went to John Branch for his feature Snow Fall, on
a fatal avalanche in the Cascade Mountains in Washington State.
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