The Daily Brief – 12th August 2017

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• Prasoon Joshi, a renowned songwriter-poet, has been appointed as the new Chairman of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) and will be replacing Pahlaj Nihalani. The CBFC, also known as the Censor Board, is a statutory body under the Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and grants certificates to regulate the public exhibition of films in India under the Cinematograph Act, 1952.

  

• Facebook in collaboration with the Odisha goverment has launched ‘SheMeansBusiness’ programme to train women entrepreneurs in the state. This was launched in partnership with Odisha’s MSME (micro, small and medium enterprises) department and Project Mission Shakti. 25,000 women entrepreneurs and self-help groups members from the state will be given training on digital marketing skills by the end of 2018.
• Multi Commodity Exchange Ltd, commodity derivatives bourse has received the approval of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to launch the first gold options contract in India.
• The International Youth Day is observed across the world on 12th August to draw attention to the set of cultural and legal issues pertaining youth. This year’s theme is ‘Youth Building Peace’ and aims at celebrating young people’s contributions in preventing conflicts and bringing about transformations along with social justice, inclusion and sustainable peace.
• A micropropulsion system called a Film-Evaporation MEMS Tunable Array (FEMTA) has been designed and tested by engineers from Purdue University in the USA. This thruster uses liquid water as the propellant for orbital maneuvering of tiny satellites called CubeSats, which have the potential to carry out tasks like imaging and remote-sensing in the future.
• Real Madrid defeated Manchester United to win the 2017 UEFA Super Cup. The Man of the Match was Real Madrid’s Isco.
• NASA’s Curiosity Rover captured stunning shots of Martian clouds over the southern horizon. The clouds resemble Earth’s cirrus clouds which are typically made up of ice water.
  

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  Today’s Quiz
  

  1. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)?

  
  Pahlaj Nihalani
  Homi Adijani
  Prasoon Joshi
  Anurag Kashyap
  

  2. Facebook in collaboration with which State goverment has launched 'SheMeansBusiness' programme to train women entrepreneurs in the state?

  
  Odisha
  Andhra Pradesh
  Maharashtra
  Kerala
  

  3. Multi Commodity Exchange Ltd, commodity derivatives bourse has received the approval of Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to launch the first _____ options contract in India.

  
  Silver
  Platinum
  Zinc
  Gold
  

  4. When is the International Youth Day observed across the world?

  
  11th August
  12th August
  13th August
  14th August
  

  5. Who won the 2017 UEFA Super Cup?

  
  Real Madrid
  Manchester United
  Manchester City
  Barcelona FC
  

  6. NASA's Curiosity Rover captured stunning shots of cirrus clouds, resembling the cirrus clouds of the Earth in which planet's skyline?

  
  Saturn
  Mars
  Jupiter
  Neptune