LIC AAO 2016: General Awareness Test – Day 6

Explanation: The K.K. Birla Foundation was established in 1991 by Krishna Kumar Birla in Delhi. Its mission is to promote literature (especially Hindi literature) and the arts, as well as education and social work. It regularly gets mentioned in the media for the awards it confers, including:
• Saraswati Samman for literary work in any Indian language(22)
• Vyas Samman for prose/poetry work in Hindi
• Bihari Puraskar for prose/poetry work in Hindi/Rajasthani, only authors from Rajasthan are eligible
• Shankar Puraskar for a work in Hindi concerning Indian philosophy, culture and/or art
• Vachaspati Puraskar for any work in Sanskrit
• G.D. Birla Award for Scientific Research

Explanation: It is a move aimed at curbing the black money menace. PAN will be a must for all transactions, including purchase of jewellery, above Rs 2 lakhs in cash or through card. PAN will also be mandatory on purchase of immovable property of over Rs 10 lakh. This will be a relief to small home buyers as previously the government had proposed to make PAN mandatory for property worth Rs 5 lakh.

Explanation: It is the day to remind governments to respect their commitments to international agreements.
• 2015 International Human Solidarity Day theme is “Shared Progress & Prosperity based on global solidarity”.

Explanation: He was called as the “one of the last old-style maestros”.

About Kurt Masur

• 1927 born served in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War.
• Masur spent 26 years leading the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.
• He also served as music directorof the New York Philharmonic.

Explanation: The 2015 FIFA Club World Cup concluded with Barcelona defeating Argentina’s River Plate 3-0 in Yokohama in front of a 66,853 crowd, thanks to goals from Lionel Messi and a second-half double from Luis Suarez.
• It was a historic journey for the 2015 UEFA Champions League winners, who became the first club to be crowned world champions on three separate occasions, adding to their 2009 and 2011 triumphs.

Explanation: It is part of the country’s high-definition earth observation project from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in the southwestern province of Sichuan aboard a Long March-3B carrier rocket.
It was the 222th flight of the Long March rocket series by the the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND).
• About Gaofen-4: Gaofen-4 is China’s first geosynchronous orbit HD optical imaging satellite and the world’s most sophisticated HD geosynchronous orbit remote sensing satellite.

Explanation: New Cost: Rs 107, Rs.989(Outside India)
Previous Cost: Rs 106, Rs. 985(Outside India)
• PAN card: PAN is a 10-digit unique alphanumeric number allotted by the I-T department to taxpayers and it has authorised two domestic organisations UTIITSL and NSDL to issue them on its behalf.

Explanation: The college, which is the first Yoga institute established by India outside the country, was set up during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit in May.
• The college is functioning from Yunnan Minzu (Nationalities) University, featuring yoga and shadowboxing performances by 1,000 students and yoga students in Kunming.

Explanation: ZSI conducted by Indian rainforests and deserts are teeming with life and a treasure house of biological diversity.
• Scientists have brought to light about 778 fauna species in the last five years, thanks to the annual surveys ZSI conducts in protected areas in forests, wetlands, deserts and coral reefs.
• As a result, they have identified more than 5,000 fauna species new to scientific world till date.

Explanation: As per Android Authority report, Fly Lab’s apps have been downloaded more than 3 million times from over 150 countries for the last year and a half. Around 20 million videos have been edited using their app.
• Fly Labs Apps: Fly Lab’s popular app is Tempo. It has slow-motion and time-lapse capabilities. It also lets users adjust their video’s speed of the tempo from slowest to fastest.
• Another app is the Clips, which allows the users to edit their video on their smartphones.