Friday, 27 May 2016

ONE-LINERS CURRENT AFFAIRS-26 MAY, 2016





           (26 MAY, 2016)








  • Tariq Gidar Group (TGG) and Jamat ul Dawa al-Quran (JDQ) have been designated as specially designated Global Terrorists.

 E.K (EXTRA KNOWLEDGE)                                                                                         

  • Pakistan President is Mamnoon Hussain

  • ASSOCHAM-KPMG in its study revealed that India world’s second largest mobile market, is the 5th largest producer of e-waste.

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  • Full form of ASSOCHAM is Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India

  • The Union Cabinet has approved Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between ISRO and United Arab Emirates Space Agency (UAESA) for cooperation in the exploration and user of outer space for peaceful purpose.

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  • Full form of ISRO is Indian Space Research Organisation
  • Headquarter of ISRO is situated in Bengaluru
  • It was established on August 15, 1969

  • Government has granted ex-post facto approval to the MOU signed between the ministry of Tourism, Government of India and the Ministry of Tourism, Government of Maldives for strengthening co-operation in the field of tourism.

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  • President of Maldives is Abdulla Yameen
  • Capital of Maldives is Male 
  • Currency of Maldives is Maldivian Rufiyaa

  • India’s first and largest multilingual dictionary 'Bharatvani', in the form of a mobile app has been launched by HRD Ministry.

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  • HRD stands for Human Resource Development

  • Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today announced to abolish check gates at all border every points to the state and also decided to end oral interviews for Grade 3 and Grade 4 government jobs.

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  • Capital of Assam is Dispur
  • Governor of Assam is Janaki Ballabh Patnaik

  • e-office system” is going to be implemented in all 13-districts of Andhra Pradesh. 

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  • The capital of Andhra Pradesh is Hyderabad 
  • Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh is Chandrababu Naidu 
  • Classical dances of Andhra Pradesh are Kuchipudi

  • Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari today launched 20 Nidbhaya buses of Rajasthan state transport corporation with multiple safety measures.

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  • Constituency of Nitin Gadkari is Nagpur 
  • Political Party of Nitin Gadkari is Bhartiya Janata Party
  • Newly elected Chief Justice of  Rajasthan high court is Naveen Sinha
  • Governor of Rajasthan is Kalyan Singh

  • Government announced that the retirement age of government doctors will be increased from 62 years to 65 years.

 E.K (EXTRA KNOWLEDGE)                                                                                        

  • Full form of MBBS is Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery

  • Indian-American Neera Tanden has been appointed by the Democratic Party to a panel that would draft its policy agenda for the November presidential election.

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  • USA’s largest state is Alaska
  • USA’s has 50 states

  • Indian Railways today launched its Roll-on Roll-off service to carry loaded trucks on freight trains and reduce congestion on roads.

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  • Fastest train of India is Gatimaan Express
  • SEBI is planning to delist over 4,000 listed companies

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  • SEBI chairman – Upendra Kumar Sinha 
  • SEBI stands for Securities and Exchange Board of India
  • SEBI was established on April 12, 1992
  • Oldest stock exchange of Asia is Bombay Stock Exchange

  • Maria Sharapova will play in Rio Olympics along with four players, the Russian Tennis Federation has said.

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  • Olympics is going to be held in Rio de Janeiro
  • Maria Sharapova belongs to Russia

  • The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, CCEA today gave its approval for Railway project worth Rs 11,000 crore.


  • The World’s first 3D-Printed office building opened this week in Dubai

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  • The tallest building which is situated in Dubai is Burj Khalifa 829.8 meter tall

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