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Briefing for Competitive Quiz 17th May 2018


1. Zhangjiajie National Forest Park is located in China. Recently, 100-meter tall glass skywalk has been prepared on the rock of Tianmen Mountain. This rock is 4,600 feet high and other ranges are visible from there. 
2. Nurses Day is celebrated on May 12 every year. This day is celebrated as the mark of the contribution of nurses to society and the birth anniversary of the founder of Nursing Florence Nightingale.
3. Mansoor Ahmad was a Hockey player, had played for Pakistan hockey team as a goalkeeper. Recently Ahmad died with his long-term Disease.
4. The author of the book "Across the Bench - Insight into the Indian Military Judicial System" is Lieutenant General Gyan Bhushan. This book describes the issues of control and management within the military establishments with the military judicial system.
5. Balkavi Bairagi was the famous and popular litterateur of India. He was also a politician, songwriter, and a poet. He has passed away recently.
6. Ela Ramesh Bhatt (born September 7, 1933) is an exemplary Indian social worker. She was honored with the Nivanao Peace Prize on May 13, 2010.
7. The Union Cabinet has approved the  Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Morocco for cooperation in the legal field. The Cabinet was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
8. RBI has imposed lending and deposit restrictions on Allahabad Bank, including the expansion of risky assets and creation of non-banking assets.
9. In the Swacch Surveskshan 2018, Indore, Bhopal & Chandigarh are Top 3 cleanest cities of India.
10. Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has been banned from leaving the country. The attorney general, who gave a clean chit to Razzaq in the crores of rupees scam, has also been removed from the post.

Published On : 17 May 2018

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