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What is the name of the second vessel which ran aground at Mumbai Juhu Beach on July 31?

What is the name of the second vessel which ran aground at Mumbai Juhu Beach on July 31?

What is the name of the second vessel which ran aground at Mumbai Juhu Beach on July 31?
1. Deadly riots broke out in the UK recently, with rioters smashing looting everything in sight. Why did the riots break out?
In protest of slowing economy
Lack of jobs for locals
After police shot a suspect
 
The riots first broke out in Tottenham, where a peaceful rally was disrupted when police allegedly shot a suspect. Tottenham includes areas with the highest unemployment rates in London. The riots have also been touted as a cry for help from impoverished areas reeling from the government's harsh austerity measures.
2. Which leader ripped apart Sports Minister Ajay Maken’s defence in the Rajya Sabha regarding the Commonwealth Games scam issue?
Sushma Swaraj
Arun Jaitley
LK Advani
 
Speaking in the ongoing monsoon session of the Parliament, Arun Jaitley also attacked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for appointment of disgraced Suresh Kalmadi as Chairman of the Commonwealth Games organising committee and charged Sports Minister Ajay Maken with committing "monumental deception" on Parliament.
3. What is the name of the Indian origin UK cop probing the death of singer Amy Winehouse?
Superintendent Raj Kohli
Superintendent Amrit Sharma
Superintendent Damodar Pilgaokar
 
Superintendent Raj Kohli is part of the police team investigating singer Amy Winehouse’s death. Amy was found dead at her London home on July23. Police were called to the address at around 1500 GMT and nearly five hours later the body was removed for a post mortem after it appeared she had lost her battle with drink and drugs.
4. Vice-chancellor of Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband, Maulana Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi was recently ousted from his post. What was the reason?
He badmouthed the Majlis-e-Shoora
He embezzled the body’s funds
He praised Narendra Modi
 
Maulana Ghulam Mohammad Vastanvi triggered a controversy soon after his appointment as VC in January 2011 for praising Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's rule and his development policy. The Maulana has cried foul over the Majlis-e-Shoora’s (management body) to remove him.
5. Suresh Kalmadi , who has been lodged in Tihar jail since April 25 in connection with the multi-crore Commonweath Games scam, has been detected with a medical condition. What is it?
HIV AIDS
Dementia
Parkinson’s Disease
 
Known as “diffused cerebral atrophy with old ischemic changes in brain parenchyma with calcified granuloma in caudothalamic groove on left side (of his brain)” in medical jargon, dementia is typical in old age. According to police, Suresh Kalmadi, 66, suffered from the disease much before he was arrested. Dementia gradually affects cognitive functions and understanding abilities of the afflicted.
6. What is the name of the second vessel which ran aground at Mumbai Juhu Beach on July 31?
MV Wisdom
MT Pavit
MT Emirates
 
The motor tanker is a much smaller cargo vessel with a capacity to hold 1,000 tonnes of cargo (as against MV Wisdom's 10,000 tonnes). The vessel is suspected to have drifted on from the Persian Gulf. MV Wisdom, which ran aground on June 12, was finally towed away on July 2.
7. A second royal wedding took place in Britain when Zara Phillips married England rugby captain Mike Tindall. How is Zara related to Queen Elizabeth?
Youngest daughter
Youngest granddaughter
Oldest neice
 
Zara Phillips, the eldest granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth, married England rugby captain Mike Tindall, at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland on July 31. Earlier this year, Prince William and Kate Middleton married amid much fanfare on April 29. They are now known as the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
8. What is the name of the Christian fanatic who went on rampage with bombs and a gun killing 92 people on July 22?
Anders Behring Breivik
Paul Aamot
Abraham Bell Borsheim
 
On July 22, twin bomb attacks tore through government buildings and a gunman opened fire at a youth meeting of the ruling party, leaving at least 92 dead. In a manifesto posted online just before the massacre, Anders said he was on a “self-appointed mission to save Europe from what he saw as the threats of Islam, immigration and multi-culturalism.” He has accepted responsibility for the attacks.
9. How old is Hina Rabbani Khar, Pakistan’s youngest and first woman minister of foreign affairs?
34
44
50
 
All of 34, Hina Rabbani Khar holds a masters degree in hotel management from University of Massachusetts and is Pakistan’s youngest and first woman minister of foreign affairs. She visited India for two days, creating a flutter in the online world for her striking beauty and sense of style. She comes from an influential political family in Multan and has two sons and one daughter with husband Feroz Gulzar who is also a businessman.
10. Who became the latest politician to be quizzed in connection with the Adarsh Society scam?
Nitin Gadkari
Eknath Khadse
Sushil Kumar Shinde
 
Sushil Kumar Shinde was Maharashtra’s chief minister when the files related to the controversial high-rise Adarsh Society were processed. He is currently the Union power minister. The society, which was originally meant for the kin of Kargil war martyrs, eventually became a 31-storey high rise, allegedly without permission.

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