Which country to host ministerial meeting of UN Security Council (UNSC) on North Korea’ nuclear efforts?
- Japan
- United States
- Russia
- France
Explanation:
Japan will host a ministerial meeting of the UN Security Council (UNSC) on December 15, which will be focused on finding peaceful ways to pressure North Korea to halt its nuclear and ballistic missile tests and de-nuclearise the Korean peninsula. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is expected to brief the council. This year’s meeting has the backing of nine members – the United States, France, Britain, Italy, Japan, Senegal, Sweden, Ukraine and Uruguay.
- Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti
- Khwaja Qutubuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
- Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya
- Shaikh Nasiruddin Mahmud
Which committee has been constituted by the SEBI on fair market conduct?
- K M Krishna committee
- G S Prasad committee
- T.K. Viswanathan committee
- P S Chauhan committee
Explanation:
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has recently constituted a committee on fair market conduct, which will be headed by former Lok Sabha secretary and law secretary T K Viswanathan. The panel will have representations from SEBI, mutual funds, brokers, audit firms, stock exchanges, data analytics firms and legal firms. The committee has been tasked with suggesting improvements to the existing SEBI norms, including on insider trading and Fraudulent and Unfair Trade practices (FUTP). It has been specifically asked to look at trading plans, handling of price-sensitive information during takeovers and aligning of insider-trading rules with provisions of the Companies Act. The committee has also been tasked with suggesting short-term and medium-term measures for improved surveillance of the markets, as well as issues of high-frequency trades and harnessing of technology and analytics in surveillance. The committee will submit its report within 4 months.
- April 12
- April 10
- April 13
- April 14
Explanation:
The International Day of Human Space Flight is celebrated every year on April 12 to mark the beginning of the space era for mankind, reaffirming the important contribution of space science and technology in achieving sustainable development goals and increasing the well-being of States and peoples, as well as ensuring the realization of their aspiration to maintain outer space for peaceful purposes. On 12th April 1961 the first human space flight was carried out by Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet citizen. This historic event opened the way for space exploration for the benefit of all humanity.
“Hasan Nizami ” and “Fakh-e-Mudabbir were the court poets of which ruler of Mamluk Sultanate?
- Qutb-ud-din Aybak
- Iltutmish
- Balban
- Razia
Forest Research Institute of India is located in
- Ghaziabad
- Dehradun
- Delhi
- Lucknow
Which city is hosting the 2017 Global clubfoot conference?
- Kanpur
- New Delhi
- Indore
- Jaipur
Explanation:
The President of India, Ram Nath Kovind has inaugurated the Global Clubfoot Conference at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi on November 1, 2017. The 2-day conference is organised by the CURE India in partnership with the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The Clubfoot is one of the most common orthopaedic birth defects, which can cause permanent disability if not treated early. This affects the child’s mobility and confidence. Inevitably, education and schooling suffer – and the child cannot fulfil his or her potential.
India’s first Butterfly Park was established at which among the following National Parks?
- Bannerghatta National Park, Karnataka
- Nagarhole National Park, Karnataka
- National Zoological Park Calcutta
- Kaziranga National Park, Assam
- 1556 AD
- 1561 AD
- 1571 AD
- 1581 AD
G-77 is a group of _________?
- Capitalist countries
- Socialist countries
- Developing countries
- Underdeveloped Countries
Explanation:
The Group of 77 (G-77) was established on 15 June 1964 by seventy-seven developing countries signatories of the “Joint Declaration of the Seventy-Seven Countries” issued at the end of the first session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva.