Daily Current Affairs Quiz 9th September 2017

India continued to be at the top in the ICC Test rankings but Australia slipped one rung to fifth in the latest list after drawing the away series against Bangladesh. India, who whitewashed Sri Lanka 3-0 in the recent away series, have 125 points.

India has slapped countervailing duty (CVD) for a period of five years on certain Chinese flat steel products to guard domestic players from imports that are subsidised by the exporting nation. The notification issued by the Ministry of Finance prescribes a total of 18.95 percent CVD on imports of Stainless steel flat products from China for the next five years. The decision to impose CVD was taken by the finance ministry after the DGAD’s recommendation.

A new species of edible freshwater fish has been discovered in Pampa river running through Pathanamthitta district of Kerala. Named as Labeo filiferus, it belongs to Labeo genus. The two researchers, Mathews Plamoottil, Assistant Professor, Government College, Chavara, Kollam, and Primoz Zupancic from the Dinaric Research Institute, Slovenia, Europe, have reported the discovery in the latest issue of research journal Bioscience Discovery. The fishes in the Labeo genus are widely distributed in the inland waterbodies of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Burma, Malaysia, tropical Africa and Syria. They are medium- sized elongate fishes with rounded abdomen, swollen snout, finged lips and a straight lateral line.

The organization that oversees the Nobel Peace Prize says the 1991 prize awarded to Myanmar's Aung Sang Suu Kyi cannot be revoked. The Norwegian Nobel Institute said that neither the will of prize founder Alfred Nobel nor the Nobel Foundation's rules provide for the possibility of withdrawing the honor from laureates. An online petition signed by more than 386,000 people on Change.org is calling for Suu Kyi to be stripped of her Peace Prize over the persecution of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim minority. Suu Kyi received the award for "her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights" while standing up against military rulers. She became the country's de facto leader after Myanmar held its first free election in 2012 and she led her party to a landslide victory.

James Anderson on Friday became the sixth bowler to pick 500 or more wickets in Test cricket.

Karnataka has topped the list of manufacturing excellence followed by Kerala, according to an ASSOCHAM study.

“Karnataka has the best manufacturing process ratio of 2.63 with a maximum value of goods being converted into finished goods valuing over Rs 2,000 crore,” noted the study titled ‘Manufacturing Excellence and Emergence in India: The state level analysis’, conducted by ASSOCHAM’s Economic Research Bureau, recently.

One of the biodiversity-rich uninhabited islands part of Lakshadweep has vanished due to coastal erosion and another four such territories in the sea are shrinking fast, claims a new study. Parali I island, part of Bangaram atoll, which was 0.032 km in 1968 has been eroded to an extent of 100%, resulting in its inundation, said R.M. Hidayathulla in his research work.

Sjoerd Mrijne, current chief coach of India women's team, was appointed as the new coach of the men's senior team in place of sacked Roelant Oltmans and Harendra Singh will take charge of the women's team.

In a bid to take internet connectivity to the remotest part of the State, Government of Assam signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Google India. Under the partnership, Google would help the government in providing internet connections to 26,000 villages and 1,500 tea garden areas in the state. According to the government, the MoU would be used as a launch pad to materialise the vision of women empowerment, skill development and universal education.

Safe Water Network, an international NGO has partnered with Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to launch water ATMs, providing affordable, 24x7 safe water access in Hyderabad. The first of the ATMs was inaugurated by Telangana State Home Minister N Narasimha Reddy at Nalgonda X Roads. A total of 200 ATMs will be set up to reach a targeted 150,000 people. In the first phase 50 water ATMs will be operationalized by next year. The initiative is supported by USAID under the Urban WaSH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) Alliance Partnership and funded by Honeywell India. Consumers can collect water that is affordably priced at Rs.1 per glass, Rs.2 per litre, Rs.5 per 10 litres, and Rs.10 per 20 litres.