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1)
India’s Civil Aviation Ministry on 27 January 2014 approved the
operations of Airbus A-380s in India at four airports currently equipped
to handle these super jumbos. Singapore Airlines, Emirates and
Lufthansa have been pressing the government for several years to allow
them fly these super jumbos into India. Which four airports were allowed
to handle this huge aircraft? - Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore
(Presently these four are equipped to handle huge A-380s. The
restrictions on the fully double-decker planes were lifted after weeks
of consultation between Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Air India
and Airports Authority of India (AAI). An A-380 aircraft can seat 850
passengers in an all-economy configuration, but those having a
three-class configuration can accommodate between 550-600 passengers)
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2)
What is the name of a new fund announced on 27 January 2014 by the
National Innovation Council (NInC) and the Ministry of Micro, Small and
Medium Enterprises to combine innovation and the dynamism of enterprise
to solve the problems of citizens at the bottom of the economic pyramid
in India? - India Inclusive Innovation Fund – IIIF
(The fund, launched by Sam Pitroda, head of the NInC, is an autonomous
Rs. 500-crore fund, with the Union Government contributing 20%. The
balance will come from public sector banks, financial institutions,
insurance companies, multilateral/bilateral development agencies, Indian
& global corporates)
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3)
The North-African country whose people overthrew their dictator in 2011
in a popular uprising that inspired the so-called Arab Spring across
the region, approved the country’s landmark democratic constitution on
26 January 2014. Which country is this? – Tunisia
(Tunisia’s National Constitutional Assembly on 26 January approved the
country’s landmark post-revolutionary Constitution its members have
spent the last two years writing, by 200 out of 216 votes. The new
document guarantees basic freedoms and gender equality. It has been
called one of the most progressive Constitutions in the Arab world and
involved lengthy negotiations between an Islamist-dominated Government
and the largely secular Opposition)
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4) Which organisation was chosen for the National Communal Harmony Award 2013 in the organisations category? - The Centre for Study of Society and Secularism (CSSS)
– The award was announced on 25 January 2014 by the National Foundation
for Communal Harmony. Mohinder Singh of Delhi and Dr. N Radhakrishnan
of Kerala have been selected for the award in the individual category.
Established in 1996, CSSS is a Mumbai-based organisation working to
promote peace, secularism and communal harmony in the country. Mohinder
Singh, 72, is a scholar and member of the National Commission for
Minority Educational Institutions. Dr. N. Radhakrishnan, 69, is a
well-known academic, Gandhian scholar and peace worker. The National
Communal Harmony Awards were instituted in 1996 by the National
Foundation for Communal Harmony, an autonomous organisation under the
Union Home Ministry)
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5) "Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo",
the patriotic song sung by Lata Mangeshkar to commemorate the martyrdom
of Indian soldiers in the Sino-Indian War of 1962, completed 51 years
of its public performance on 27 January 2014. The song written by Kavi
Pradeep was performed live at Delhi’s historic Ramleela Maidan on 27
January 1963 by Lata Mangeshkar, just two months after the end of the
war. Who composed this legendary song? – C. Ramchandra (A special function was held at Mumbai’s Mahalaxmi Racecourse to commemorate this occasion)
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