Daily Current Affairs for Competitive Exams 23.10.2018




Suresh Nambath appointed as the next Editor of ‘The Hindu’

The Board of Directors of The Hindu Publishing Group unanimously appointed Suresh Nambath as Editor of The Hindu. He will succeed Mukund Padmanabhan, who has been Editor of the newspaper.

US-based Dalit writer Sujatha Gidla wins 2018 Shakti Bhatt Prize

US-based Dalit writer Sujatha Gidla (55) has won 2018 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize for her debut book “Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India”. Her book was shortlisted by award panel from of other six contestants.

Marc Marquez wins 2018 MotoGP World Champion

Marc Marquez won the hard-fought battle with Andrea Dovizioso at Motegi to win Japanese Grand Prix. With this win, Repsol Honda rider Marquez clinched his seventh World Title and fifth Premier Class Title equaling the record of Mike Dohan.

Haryana girl wins Miss Deaf Asia crown

Haryana girl Nishtha Dudeja has proved that disability cannot come in the way of success. She has won the 18th Miss Deaf Asia 2018 title at an international pageant held in Prague recently. She is the first Indian to have won any title at the Miss Deaf World Pageant.

Ustad Chand Khan Lifetime Achievement award for Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt

Grammy-winning Hindustani classical music instrumentalist Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt will be honoured with the annual Ustad Chand Khan Lifetime Achievement Award. Best known for his Grammy award winning album 'A Meeting by the River' with Ry Cooder, Bhatt, born in Jaipur, plays the Mohan Veena (slide guitar).

Bajrang Punia          bagged silver   at Wrestling World Championships Wrestler Bajrang Punia won the silver medal after he went down against Japan’s Takuto Otoguro in the 65kg final of the Wrestling World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. It is his second medal at the Worlds. Only the fourth Indian     ever     to     make     it     to     the     World Championship gold medal match, 24-year-old Bajrang was rattled by the 19-year old Otoguro.

Bank of India shuts down operations in Jersey

State-run Bank of India has closed down its operations at Jersey in the Channel Islands. Earlier, the bank had also closed down its operations in Yangoon, Bostwana and Dubai.

Japanese Nobel Chemistry Laureate Shimomura passes away

Japanese-born Marine biologist Osamu Shimomura, who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry, has died. He was 90. Shimomura and two American scientists shared the 2008 Nobel prize for the discovery and development of a jellyfish protein that contributed to cancer studies.



QUIZ



1)      Suresh Nambath appointed as the next Editor of which News Paper?

A)   The Hindu
B)   Times of India
C)   Deccan Chronicle
D)   The Indian Express

Answer: A



2)   US-based     Dalit
writer
Who
wins
2018
Shakti Bhatt Prize?




A) Virgil Aldrich




B) Agha Shahid Ali




C) Sujatha Gidla




D) Daud Ali




Answer: C





3)   Who wins 2018 MotoGP World Champion?
A)   Jorge Lorenzo
B)   Alex Criville
C)   Dani Pedrosa
D)   Marc Marquez

Answer: D


4)    Which State girl Nishtha Dudeja wins Miss Deaf Asia crown?
A)   Andhra Pradesh
B)   Haryana
C)   Bihar
D)   Madhya Pradesh

Answer: B



5)     Which of the following will be honoured with Ustad Chand Khan Lifetime Achievement award?
A)   Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
B)   Hariprasad Chaurasia
C)   Zakir Hussain
D)   Ilaiyaraaja

Answer: A


6)      Who bagged silver at Wrestling World Championships?
A)   Sushil Kumar
B)   Yogeshwar Dutt
C)   Bajrang Punia
D)   Vinesh Phogat

Answer: C


7)      Which Indian Bank has shut down its operation at Jersey in the Channel Island?
A)   PNB
B)   Dena Bank C)Bank of Baroda
D) Bank of India

Answer: D


8)     Japanese Nobel Chemistry Laureate who has passed away?
A)   Ryoji Noyori
B)   Osamu Shimomura
C)   Akira Suzuki
D)   Ei-ichi Negishi

Answer: B



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