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
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2) US-based Dalit
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Shakti Bhatt Prize?
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A) Virgil Aldrich
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B) Agha Shahid Ali
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C) Sujatha Gidla
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D) Daud Ali
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Answer: C
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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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