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Rio Olympics 2016 Olympic Games are the world’s biggest sports MEDALS: Winners of different events are awarded extravaganza held every four years to recognize and three medals - Gold, Silver and Bronze. The gold honour world’s best in various sports events. They medals are made with silver at 92.5 per cent are also known as Summer Games. Two years after purity, coated with at least 5 gram of pure gold. these games, Winter Olympics are held at a different Each medal weighs around 500 gram. The medals venue, a cold place, at four year intervals. depict picture of Nike, Greek Goddess of victory, with the inscription of particular games. For example, Next Summer Olympics will be hosted by Tokyo, this time the inscription is: “XXXI Olympiada Rio Japan in July, 2020. 2016”. Back of the medals features laurel leaves – a symbol of victory in the ancient Greece, in the form HISTORY of the wreaths awarded to competition winners. According to historical records, the first ancient They surround the logo of the respective games, this Olympic Games can be traced back to 776 BC. They year – logo of the Rio 2016 Olympics. were dedicated to the Olympian Gods and were held in the city of Olympia in Greece. They continued for RIO OLYMPICS 05 to 21 August at Rio de nearly 12 centuries, until Emperor Theodosius Janeiro, Brazil decreed in 393 A.D. that all such "pagan cults" First step to beginning of Summer Olympics started (referring to religions other than Christianity) be with the traditional flame-lighting ceremony in banned. Olympia (Greece) at the Temple of Hera on April 21, 2016. The torch is lighted with the help of focusing MODERN OLYMPICS of sun rays. The torch is carried in relay by Several attempts were made after 400 AD to restart prominent sports persons to the main Olympics the Olympic Games but none could succeed for a venue. It will reach at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio long time. The breakthrough came in June, 1894 on 5 August for lighting of the cauldron during the when International Olympic Committee was formed Opening Ceremony of the Games. in Paris as an independent not for profit organization It will have 42 games, 306 events, 37 venues. committed to build a better world through sports. More than 10,000 participants from 206 countries The 1st Olympic Games of the modern era opened in will be competing for 812 gold, 812 silver and 864 bronze medals. Athens, Greece on 6 April 1896. 241 athletes from 14 nations took part in 43 events of the first Olympics. Headquarters of IOC are located at THE MASCOT: Vinicius, Lausanne, Switzerland and it is headed by its the mascot for the Olympic President, Thomas Bach. Games Rio 2016 is made up of a blend of animals OLYMPIC SYMBOLS native to Brazil, and Main symbol of Olympic Games is a set of five symbolises the energy and interlaced rings of equal dimensions, in five different enthusiasm exuded by the colours, which are, from left to right, blue, yellow, Brazilian people. It has black, green and red on a white background. It is been named after one of said that they represent the five continents – Brazil’s most prominent Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania; but in 20th century cultural icons, no particular order or colour association. They also great musician Vinicius des represent the colours of the flags of almost all the Moraes. participating countries. Official slogan: A New World Olympics Flag: It is in white colour with five Olympic rings in the middle. INDIA AT OLYMPICS: India is sending its biggest The Olympic motto is made up of three Latin ever contingent of 106 sportspersons for Rio words: Olympics. They will compete in 63 events. Ace Citius - Altius - Fortius. These words mean shooter Olympian Abhinav Bindra will be the India’s Faster - Higher - Stronger. flag bearer. GENERAL AWARENESS – SEPTEMBER 2016 1 GENERAL AWARENESS SEPTEMBER 2016 Vol. 5, Issue 03 A PUBLICATION OF GYANM EDUCATION & TRAINING INSTITUTE PVT. LTD. SCO 13-14-15, 2ND FLOOR, SEC 34-A, CHANDIGARH Contents NATIONAL NEWS JULY 2016 CURRENT AFFAIRS 01-34 MAY TO JULY 2016 PM VISITS 4 AFRICAN COUNTRIES BULLET NEWS 35-57 FEB 2016 TO APRIL 2016 Prime Minister made a five days visit to four-nations - Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Kenya. The visit aimed at shoring up economic ties, firm LATEST 100 GK MCQs 58-64 up maritime security and counter balance China’s growing influence in the GENERAL SECTION 65-70 resource-rich continent. A deal was signed with Mozambique to import 1lakh tonnes of pulses. A set of 30 SIX MONTHS GK BYTES 71-100 SUVs was handed over to them for their local use. With South Africa four MoUs were signed for bilateral cooperation in information FIGURES TO REMEMBER and communication technology, grass root innovation and tourism, arts and culture. REPO RATE (05.04.2016) 6.50% A Line of Credit of US$ 92 million was agreed for Tanzania for strengthening of REVERSE REPO RATE 6.00% the water resources system in Zanzibar. MARGINAL STANDING 7.00% Seven pacts were signed with Kenya in the field of defence and security and FACILITY RATE avoidance of double taxation. STATUTORY LIQUIDITY RATIO 21.25% CASH RESERVE RATIO 4.00% ANSARI VISITS MONGOLIA BANK RATE 7.00% Vice-President Mohammad Hamid Ansari visited Mongolia to attend the 11th BASE RATE(s) 9.30 to Asia -Europe Meeting at Ulaanbaatar, capital of Mongolia. He also unveiled a (of various banks) 9.70% stone statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Pethub Monastery in the Capital. INDIA’s RANK IN INDIA GETS 3 SITES IN HERITAGE LIST The ruins of ancient Human Capital Index 105th Nalanda Mahavihara Sustainable Development Goals 110th known as old Nalanda University of Bihar, Networked Readiness Index 91st Chandigarh’s Capitol Global Retail Development Index 02nd Complex and Sikkim’s Ranking in Total Wealth 07th national park, home to the Ranking in Attracting FDI 10th world’s third highest peak Global Peace Index 141st Mount Khangchendzonga, are the three sites that th Good Country Index 70 have been included in the Renewable Energy Index 3rd list of UNESCO's World Heritage Site. (Chandigarh High Court) World Press Freedom Index 133rd Rank in Manufacturing Countries 6th INDIA’s FIRST DIGITAL COURT World Happiness Index 118th Giving a kick-start to digital judicature, the first paperless e-court of India was Intellectual Property Index -2016 37th inaugurated in Hyderabad High Court. The court will use digitised case Overall Growth Prospectus 5th records thereby minimising the usage of man power. Global Talent Competitiveness Index 89th Nuclear Security Index 21st WORLD BANK’s PROJECT FOR YOUNG GIRLS Ease of Doing Business (Forbes) 97th The World Bank has approved a $ 63 million support for the project Tejaswini: Human Development Index 130th Socioeconomic Empowerment of Adolescent Girls and Young Women in ICT Development Index 131st Jharkhand. It is the first World Bank project in India that is solely focused on the welfare of adolescent girls and young women. GENERAL AWARENESS – SEPTEMBER 2016 2 LARGEST ‘CHARKHA’ AT DELHI AIRPORT PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic energy; Department of Space; and all important policy issues, and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister CABINET MINISTERS Rajnath Singh Home affairs Sushma Swaraj External affairs A 17 ft tall and 30 ft long 4-tonnes Charkha made from Arun Jaitley Finance and Corporate Affairs high-quality Burma teak wood was installed at the Venkaiah Naidu Urban Development and Housing; Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi. Largest Urban Poverty Alleviation; of its kind in the world, it aims to promote the rich Information and Broadcasting cultural heritage of India. Nitin Jairam Road Transport and Highways; Gadkari Shipping OP. ‘SANKAT MOCHAN’ IN SOUTH SUDAN Manohar Defence Govt launched ‘Operation Sankat Mochan’ by sending Parrikar two C-17 Globemaster aircrafts to Juba, capital of South Suresh Prabhu Railways Sudan to evacuate Indians from the war-torn country. DV Sadananda Statistics and Programme The operation was headed by the State Minister of Gowda Implementation External Affairs, Gen. (retd) V K Singh. Uma Bharati Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation NOT MUCH INDIAN MONEY IN SWISS BANKS Najma A Heptulla Minority Affairs As per the data released by the Swiss National Bank, India has slipped to 75th place in terms of money held by Ramvilas Paswan Consumer Affairs, Food and Public its citizens with banks in Switzerland, accounting for Distribution hardly 0.1 per cent of total foreign deposits of around $ Kalraj Mishra Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 1.45 trillion with SNB. U K is the top depositor with 25 Maneka Sanjay Women and Child Development Gandhi per cent share. Ananth Kumar Chemicals and Fertilizers; Parliamentary Affairs MODI RESHUFFLES COUNCIL OF MINISTERS Ravi Shankar Law and Justice; Electronics and IT Prime Minister Modi expanded his Council of Ministers Prasad by inducting 19 new ministers in the government. The Jagat Prakash Health and Family Welfare new Ministers were administered the oath of office and Nadda secrecy by the President Pranab Mukherjee at Ashok Gajapathi Civil Aviation Rashtrapati Bhavan. Raju Pusapati Now there are total 78 ministers in the government of Anant Geete Heavy Industries and Public which 27 are of Cabinet rank. Enterprises Harsimrat Kaur Food Processing Industries Badal Narendra Singh Rural Development; Panchayati Raj; Tomar Drinking Water and Sanitation Chaudhary Steel Birender Singh Jual Oram Tribal Affairs Radha Mohan Agriculture and Farmers