ONE LINERS CURRENT AFFAIRS 1-4 JULY 2016

Keeping yourself abreast with the latest happenings is not only important for enhancing our awareness but it also plays a pivotal role in any Competitive Exams, be it IAS, KAS, Bank PO, SSC and any other. It is a scoring subject and one can easily get above 90% in this which can be a game changer. But, to do so it requires incessant serious efforts. Reading regularly is impertinent, but it is such a subject which is time consuming and there are other important subjects as well to deal with.

one liners current affairs 1-4 July 2016

• 1st July 2016 is National Doctors Day. This day is observed in India to honour the contributions of Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy.
•  The 2nd BRICS youth summit has started in Guwahati with theme "Youth as bridge for intro BRICS exchanges".
• 'Prashikshak', an online teacher education portal for District Institutes of Education and Training (DIETS) has been launched by the HRD Ministry in Delhi.
• The production sale and advertisement of e-cigarettes has been banned in Kerala by the Kerala Govt. 
• Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has launched NIVARAN portal, an online system for redressal of service related grievance of serving and former Railway employees.   
• Tim Cook, Apple CEO, was appointed as the lead independent director of Nike's Board.
• The Romance of Indian Coffee has, written by PT Bopana, has been chosen as the world's Best Book on Coffee at the Government World Awards function at Yantai in China.  
• On the occasion of 1st State Bank Day, Arundati Battacharya, Chairman State Bank of India launched a social media banking platform for Facebook and Twitter users called SBI Mingle.
• American writer and futurist, Alvin Toffler (87) passed away. 
• Renowed Marathi Literary scholar Dr. Ramchandra Chitaman Dhere (86) passed away.
• Tejas, a light combat Aircraft was inducted into Indian Air Force (IAF).
• Google today announced 'Nougat' as the name for the upcoming Android version 'Android N'.
• 12 Indian Students have been selected to participate in the prestigious 'International Space Settlement Design Competition (ISSDC) at National Aeronaurtics and Space Administration (NASA) in Florida US.
• Yuliya Stepanore, Russian 800-metre runner, will be the first neutral athlete to compete at the Rio Olympics.
• India has offered anti-submarine torpedoes to Vietnam after earlier initiating talks with the country for the sale of Brahmos Supersonic Cruise Missiles.
• The Cabinet Committee chaired by PM Narendra Modi has cleared acquisition of 4 Poseldon-81 longrange surveillance and antisubmarine warfare aircraft $ 1 billion.
• The tagline of Adhaar 'Aam Aadmi Ka Adhikar' has been changed to 'Mera Aadhaar, Meri Pehchaan' by the Government.
• The Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University the 1st Women's University in India, started on July 1916 and established by Dr. Dhondo Keshar Karve, is celebrated 100 years of its existence. 
• Chattisgarh CM Raman Singh inaugurated India's first commercial court and commercial disputes Resolution centre at Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh.
• The Maharashtra govt. planted 2 crore saplings across the state.      
• 2nd July is World Sports Journalists Day.
• On the occasion of National Doctors' Day (1st July) President Pranab Mukherjee presented the Dr BC Roy National awards for the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 at Rashtrapati Bavan.   
• India is at 35th position among 160 countries in the recently released bi-annual logistics performance Index (LPI) 2016 of World Bank Group. Germany is at the top position.  
• 2nd July is the 61st State Bank Day. SBI was founded on 2nd July in the year 1806.
• Indrajit Cromara Swamy has been appointed as the new Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).
• South Africa's Hashim Amla and Dwayne Bravo of West Indies set a new world record for a fifth-wicket stand in Twenty 20 Cricket of 150 in the Caribbean Premier League.

EK:

Which two players have set a new World record for a fifth-wicket stand in 20-20 Cricket of 150 runs.

(a) Hashim Amla and Smith

(b) Virat Kohli and Ajankya Rehaney

(c) Hashim Amla and Dwayne Bravo

(d) Ross Taylor and Mccullum     

• An Orange alert has been issued  in Uttrakhand by the Indian Meteorological Department for the next 24 hours. 
• The Haryana government has decided to set up Satkar Bhajan Canteens, that provide subsidised food to people, across the state by 1st November 2016.
• An MOU has been signed between the Ministries of External Affairs and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship to implement Pravasi Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PKVY), a scheme aimed at providing skill training and certification to Indians seeking jobs overseas.
• Haryana Government has announced that the Texts from the holy books of various religions will be incorporated in the curriculum of government schools from this month. 
• For the initial phase, 50 ancient sites has been identified by the government of India under the project to make several monuments accessible for the differently-abled persons. 
• President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the Smart Model Village Pilot project at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The Project aims to replicate the techniques used for transforming the President's Estate into a model township in five selected villages in Mewat and Gurgaon districts of Haryana.
• China has built the world's largest radio telescope, named FAST (Five Hundred Metre Aperture Spherical Telescope).
• The TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) has launched "TRAI My Speed", a mobile app to help consumers check the internet speed on their smartphones.
• The World Bank and the State Bank of India (SBI) have signed an agreement for a $ 625 million (around Rs 4,200 crore) facility to support Grid connected Rooftop Solar Photo Voltaic (GRPV) programmes in India.
• Michel Rocard (85), former French Prime Minister, passed away.  
• Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Holocaust Survivor, passed away. He was 87 years old.
• Most followed person on Twitter, Singer Katy Perry hit the highest ever mark of 90 million followers on the micro blogging website.
• India's six amusements parks have been named among Asia's top 25 by Trip advisor.  

These parks are

• Wonderla (Bengluru)
• Ramoji Film City (Hyderabad)
• Imagica Theme Park (Mumbai)
• Wonderla (Kochi)
• Essel World (Mumba)
• Nicco Park (Kolkata)

• Singapore's Universal soudios, is at the top of the list.
• Lewis Hamilton won the Austrian Grand Prix. 
• Joshna Chinappa, current national champion became the 2nd Indian in history to enter into the top 10 in PSA World Squash Ranking.
• India will be the host of World's First Mixed Martial Arts League.

EK:

Who won the Austrian Grand Prix 2016.

(a) Nico Roseberg

(b) Lewis Hamilton

(c) P Versepttan

(d) Michel Well         

• The multinational exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2016 has begun in the Pacific  Ocean at Hawai, United States BRICS Nations meeting on energy efficiency has begun in Vishakapatnam.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has attended a commemorative event to mark the 300th Martyrdom Anniversary of Baba Band Singh Bahadur in New Delhi.
• Linda Burney becomes first Indigenous Woman elected to Australia's lower house.
• Kapil Seth, former Madhya Pradesh Cricketer, passed away.
• US Oscar-winning director of the film the Deer Hunter, Michael Cimino, has died at the age of 77.     
• The South Asian Basketball Association (SABA) zone qualifying round of the FIBA Asia challenge 2016 will be held from 6 to 8 at the Sree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium, Bangalore. 
• Praneeth, Manu-Sumeeth, with Canada open titles. 

Today's Word:
Pre-car-i-ous
adjective 
: not safe, strong, or steady 

Pre-car-i-ously (adverb)
Pre-car-i-ous-ness (noun)

Example:
It was a precurious journey through the jungle 

Synonym: 
Dangerous, Jeopardizing, Unsafe

Antonym:
Safe, harmless, innocent  

Sab-o-tage
: the act of destroying or damaging something deliberately so that it does not work correctly.

Example:
The airplane crashed because it was sabotaged.