Current Affairs-December 2012 Part-1
Current Affairs-December 2013
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41. First Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) World Congress – the first ever global meeting on community-based rehabilitation for differently-abled persons was held in which among the following cities?
Agra
Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR) is the strategy and promoted by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for a cross-sectoral, human right-based approach to inclusive development. This approach for community development is targeting and involving people with disabilities, their families and their organisations as primary stakeholders. It seeks to ensure that all individuals are supported in their own communities, enjoy equal rights and opportunities as other members in the society. The experience of CBR can provide practical lessons learned and methods to wider development community. The 1st CBR World Congress was held in Agra, India.
42. Recently, India and Libya signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in the field of __________?
Electoral Cooperation
The major aims of the MoU are promotion of exchanges of knowledge and experience in electoral processes; exchange of information, materials, expertise and training of personnel; production and distribution of materials pertaining to electoral systems, voting technology, voters’ education and awareness, and participation of women and minorities in electoral process, said a press release. Election Commission of India (ECI) has so far signed sixteen MoUs with Election Management Bodies and international organisations across the world. Some of the MoU signed recently are with Egypt, Venezuela, Republic of Korea and United Nations Development Programme.
43. “Bhagidari”, a scheme for Citizen’s Partnership in Governance is an initiative of ___________?
New Delhi
The Bhagidari (Partnership) Scheme, initiated by Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi, involves bringing together of local area people, officials and political leaders in a round table for identifying and solving the community problems.
44. Recently, which among the following typhoon has created large scale devastation in Philippines?
Typhoon Bopha
Typhoon Bopha is currently active tropical cyclone which formed unusually close to the equator. Bopha is the strongest tropical cyclone to ever hit the southern Philippine island of Mindanao, making landfall as a Category 5 super typhoon with winds of 160 mph.
45. Recently, which among the following media group in India and Pakistan’s Jang Group have organized a seminar as part of their efforts to work towards practical solutions to bilateral problems under the Aman Ki Asha (AKA) initiative?
The Times of India
Aman Ki Asha (A Hope for Peace) is a unique people-to-people movement that dared to look beyond the violent history shared by India and Pakistan and focus on the ancient bonds that tie together the peoples of these two great nations. Launched jointly by the Times of India and the Jung Group of Pakistan, Aman Ki Asha recognized that people of these two countries should seek to take the relationship beyond the dead-end it found itself in. The initiative has three main planks: Cultural Exchange, Conflict Resolution and Commerce.
46. Which among the following is not a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) group?
Turkmenistan
The CIS comprises nine member states — Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
47. According to a new study, based on the data collected by NASA’s high-tech satellites, which among the following Indian city has been rated among top polluted mega cities in the world?
Bangalore
India’s silicone valley Bangalore has been rated among top polluted megacities in the world, claims a new study, using data collected by NASA’s high- tech satellites. Scientists at Tel Aviv University tracked pollution trends for 189 megacities, including Mumbai, New York City and Tokyo, by analysing eight years’ worth of data from three of NASA’s high-tech aerosol monitoring satellites. Northeast China, India, the Middle East, and Central Africa are currently leading in pollution increase, including Bangalore, with a 34 per cent average increase in aerosol concentration between 2002 and 2010, website Tel Aviv University’s American Friends (AFTAU) reported.
48. The World Institute of Sustainable Energy (Wise) is based in __________?
Pune
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Current Affairs-December 2013
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49. Who among the following heads the panel constituted by the Planning Commission to consider issues relating to Producers Price Index (PPI) and revision of Wholesale Price Index?
Saumitra Chaudhury
PPI is a measure of change over time in the selling price for producers for their output. It is usually the first commercial transaction in goods and services produced which gives an idea of margins on different products and incidence of taxes. It indicates the cost pressures in an economy.
50. . Which among the following textiles clusters in India has recently become the first textile cluster in India to achieve zero liquid discharge (ZLD) in their units?
Tirupur, Tamil Nadu
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