Current Affairs Notes on 14/06/2018
1.India stands 177th at the bottom of the Global
Environment Performance Index (EPI) rankings. In 2016, the country had ranked
141 out of 180 countries.India scored 5.75 out of 100 in air quality. The Top 3
countries on the list are: 1. Switzerland, 2. France, and 3. Denmark.
2.Sebastian Vettel claimed the 50th win of his career and
reclaimed the lead of this year's world championship on Sunday when he ended
Lewis Hamilton's run of supremacy at the Canadian Grand Prix.
3.India and the US have agreed to hold comprehensive talks to
address trade and economic issues. The decision in this regard was taken during
a series of meetings, Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu had with US
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.
Mr Suresh Prabhu was on a two-day visit to the US.
4.Noted social reformer and founder of Sulabh International,
Bindeshwar Pathak was honoured with Japan's prestigious Nikkei Asia Prize. The
award was given under Culture and Community category for his significant work in
tackling poor hygiene and discrimination. Launched in 1996, the award honours
people in Asia who have made significant contributions in one of the three
areas of regional growth; science, technology & innovation and culture
& community.
5.Gujarat will become the first Indian state to get
completely covered under the piped gas distribution network after the ninth
round of bidding, which will see a quarter of the country brought under the
network. The western Indian state already has 84.31 per cent of its area under
the city gas distribution (CGD) network.
6.Raksha Mantri, Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the first
Representative Office of Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)
in Hanoi, Vietnam.
7.President Ram Nath Kovind will launch Solar Charkha Mission
on 27th of this month which will entail a subsidy of 550 crore rupees in the
initial two years for 50 clusters.The ministry has provided training to over 15
lakh people over the past four years through its various initiatives. The 15 new
technology centres will be set up and out of these, ten will be made
operational this year.
8.PM Modi inaugurates hi-tech command and control centre in
Chhattisgarh. The centre will control and monitor online water and power
supply, sanitation, traffic movement, integrated building management, city
connectivity and Internet infrastructure, under one roof. The command and
control centre will be managed through a GIS (geographic information system)
platform, where residents can register their complaints regarding service
dysfunction through helpline numbers.
9.Housing finance major HDFC has been ranked as the 5th
biggest public company globally in the 'consumer financial services category'
on a list compiled by Forbes magazine.
10.The Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS) developed
a mobile-based application 'utsonmobile'. The 'utsonmobile' application enables
booking and cancellation of unreserved tickets, issue and renewal of season and
platform tickets, check and load R-wallet balance and helps maintain user
profile management and booking history.
11.World Blood Donor Day is being observed on June 14 across
the globe. The day is celebrated each year on 14 June across. It is also a day
to thank voluntary, unpaid blood donors for their life-saving gifts of blood.The 2018 theme is ‘Be there for someone
else. Give blood. Share life’.
12.On
14th June 2018, Shikhar Dhawan has become the first-ever Indian batsman to
score a century in the first session of a Test match joining the illustrious
ranks of Sir Don Bradman, Victor Trumper, Majid Khan, David Warner.
13.The Arunachal Pradesh government has inked an agreement
with Andhra Pradesh-based Smart Village Movement (SVM) to facilitate technology
innovations, research and development in selected villages of the north-eastern
state. The man behind the Smart Village Movement, Solomon Darwin, will be the
adviser to the project’s core team. The project will focus on solving
“pain-points” or challenges in rural segments by developing platforms driven by
“open innovation” approaches.
14.The Kerala State Literacy Mission Authority has initiated
a ‘water literacy’ campaign with the involvement of 70,000 students aiming to
create awareness about the importance of water conservation in the State.
15.The Union Cabinet has recently approved the final
extension of tenure of the Commission constituted to examine the issue of
Sub-categorization within OBCs in the Central List. The Commission is headed
by G. Rohini.
16.The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of Ministry of
Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) for the nomination of the Union
Home Minister as ex-officio Chairman of North Eastern Council (NEC).
17.India is hosting the 10th meeting of Global Alliance to Eliminate
Lymphatic Filariasis. India has highest burden of Lymphatic Filariasis and
there is need of taking leadership role to Eliminate lymphatic filariasis.
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