Current Affairs - 23 April

India replaced China as Top FDI Destination

According to FDI Intelligence Report India has replaced China as the top Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) destination by attracting $63 billion worth FDI projects in 2015. FDI Intelligence is a division of international media company - The Financial Times Limited.

India was the highest-ranked country by capital investment in the year 2015, with 63 billion dollars-worth of FDI projects announced. It was the biggest change in Greenfield FDI in 2015 was near tripling with an estimated 63 billion dollars.

Questions

1. Which country is at top FDI destination in 2015?
2. Which report has ranked countries in Foreign Direct investment destination?

Answers

1. India
2. FDI Intelligence Report

Six members nominated to Rajya Sabha

President Pranab Mukherjee has nominated six eminent members to Rajya Sabha as per the provisions of Article 80 of the Constitution. These nominated members are Mary Kom, Narendra Jadhav, Suresh Gopi, Swapan Dasgupta, Subramanian Swamy, Navjot Singh Sidhu.

As Per Article 80 (Part V) of the Constitution, President can nominate 12 members in the Council os States (Rajya Sabha). These persons should have special knowledge or practical experience in the field of Art, Science, Literature and Social Service.

Questions

1. How many eminent members has been nominated to Rajya sabha recently?
2. Who has nominated them as per the provision of which article of the Constitution?
3. Which Malayalam actor is the nomination?

Answer

1. Six (6)
2. Pranab Mukherjee, Article 80(Part V)
3. Suresh Gopi

HP High Court issued notice on declaring Monkeys as Vermin

High Court of Himachal Pradesh issued notices on the matter of declaring monkey as vermin for the following 6 months to the Union and state government. The court directed to file a reply within six weeks to all the concerned departments including Union of India, government of Himachal Pradesh and Member Secretary on National Board of Wildlife. 

The petitioner Rajeshwar Singh Negi also appealed that by declaring monkeys a vermin species, the government has made a provision for killing of monkeys  and also the main purpose of issuing the notification was that monkeys pose a threat to people and damage their crops the petitioner extended. The notification has been directed to only for Shimla town which has less agricultural area than other parts of the state.

Questions

1. Which high court has issued a notice to Union and State on Declaring Monkeys as Vermin?
2. Which is also a concerned department of this including Union of India and goernment of Himachal Pradesh?

Answers

1. High Court of Himachal Pradesh
2. Member Secretary of National Board of Wildlife 

Harriet Tubman, first Afro-American to appear on US paper currency

The U.S. Treasury Department announced on 20 April 2016 that the image of an American abolitionist and anti-slavery activist Harriet Tubman will appear on a new series of US $20 bills. With this, Tubman will become the first African-American and the first woman in more than a century to appear on U.S. paper Currency. 

Tubman will replace Andrew Jackson, the seventh President of the United States, to appear as the portrait gracing the US $20 bill. Harriet Tubman was an American abolitionist, humanitarian, and an armed scout and spy for the United States Army during the American Civil War.

Questions

1. Who will be the first African-American to appear on US paper currency?
2. She was a/an _____.

Answer

1. Harriet Tubman
2. American abolitionist 

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