One Liner Gk & Current affairs : 1 June 2018

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National

  • The Ministry of Tourism for the first time issued guidelines for this type of tourism in India – Adventure Tourism
  • The Jammu and Kashmir government has submitted a detailed report to the Centre for the rejuvenation of this river – Devika River
  • The range of the upgraded version of Pinaka rocket successfully test-fired from the Proof & Experiment Establishment (PXE) at Chandipur in Odisha is – 70 km
  • Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has issued new draft norms to curb pesky calls and SMSes by using this technology – Blockchain technology

International

  • Scientists of this University have created the world’s first 3D-printed human corneas to treat blindness – Newcastle University (UK)
  • Researchers of this University have devised a method to counter the surface damage and electrical failure caused due to bending, stretching and impact loading in an electric circuit – Carnegie Mellon University
  • This offshore rock is bone of contention or territorial dispute between Malaysia and Singapore – Middle Rocks
  • The resolution on digital health brought out by this country was adopted by the 71st World Health Assembly in Geneva – India
  • The fourth element discovered to have unique magnetic properties at room temperature - Ruthenium (Ru)

Person in News

  • This Indian botanist became the first Indian person to win the Linnean Medal in Botany from the Linnean Society of London – Kamaljit S. Bawa

Sports

  • This person stepped down as Director of Formula 1 team Force India – Vijay Mallya
  • This famous footballer stepped down as manager of Real Madrid football club – Zinedine Zidane
  • This Indian Weight lifter, who won gold medal in the 53kg category at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, has failed the dope test – Sanjita Chanu

General Knowledge

  • The River Devika originates from the hilly Suddha Mahadev temple in this district of Jammu & Kashir – Udhampur
  • The Research Centre Imarat (RCI), a unit of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), is situated in – Hyderabad
  • Singapore, once a part of Malaysia, separated from it in the year – 1965
  • The Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UN), was established in – June 1945
  • The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is a statutory body set up by the Government of India under section 3 of this Act – Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997
  • The Linnean Medal is awarded to a biologist every year by the Linnean Society of London, the world’s oldest active biological society, founded in this year – 1788
  • Only three elements on the periodic table have been found to be ferromagnetic at room temperature – Iron (Fe), Cobalt (Co), and Nickel (Ni)

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