THE EXAMS MADE SIMPLE: 22nd February 2018 The Hindu and PIB Daily News Analysis

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22nd February 2018 The Hindu and PIB Daily News Analysis

Prelims Practice Questions:- 

Which committee has been constituted by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to look into bank frauds?

[A] Y H Malegam committee
[B] A.K. Misra committee
[C] Nandkumar Saravade committee
[D] S Raman committee

Which country is hosting the 22nd edition of the World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT-2018)?

[A] Brazil
[B] United States
[C] India
[D] Japan

The Union Cabinet has recently approved Silkyara Bend-Barkot Tunnel as part of ‘Chardham Mahamarg Pariyojana’. The tunnel is located in which state?

[A] Jammu & Kashmir
[B] Uttarakhand 
[C] Himachal Pradesh
[D] Punjab

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1)Veteran actor Kamal Haasan on Wednesday launched his political party, the Makkal Needhi Maiam (People’s Justice Centre), projecting himself as a serious alternative to the Dravidian majors in Tamil Nadu.

2)Ramganga river was in news, Remember that Ramganga  is the Left bankTributary of Ganga river.

3)Flying Of cer Avani Chaturvedi has become the rst Indian woman to Fly a Fighter aircraft solo.
Name of the Fighter Jet : MiG-21 Bison



4)N Gopalaswami Committee to select top 20 educational institutes of eminence.

Government  has constituted Empowered Expert Committee (EEC) to select 20 Institutions of Eminence from among 104 institutions (public or private) that have applied for the status.

The committee will be headed by former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) N Gopalaswami.

5)Northeast India’s first regional Centre for Agriculture with collaboration of Israel will be inaugurated in Mizoram in March 2018.

6)Cabinet approves creation of National Urban Housing Fund:- The Union Cabinet has approved creation of Rs. 60,000 crores National Urban Housing Fund (NUHF) to finance Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) which aims to build 1.2 crore affordable houses in urban areas by 2022.

7)Government sets up the “NITI Forum for Northeast”:-
The Union Government has issued order setting up the ‘Niti Forum for North-East’.

The forum will be co-chaired by the Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog and Minister of State (I/C), Ministry of Development of Northeastern Region (DoNER).

The forum will have its Secretariat in the Ministry of DoNER.


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