Current affairs notes on 01/07/2018
1.Ayushman Bharat will be the world's largest government
funded health care programme. Under the National Health Protection Mission, 10
crore poor and vulnerable families will be provided a coverage up to 5 lakh
rupees per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalization.
2.Asia's first arbitration centre specialised in intellectual
property is slated to open in Tokyo in September 2018 to resolve the growing
number of disputes in the region. The International Arbitration Centre in Tokyo
(IACT) is set to have around a dozen arbitrators from around the world.
3.Madhya Pradesh Government has conferred prestigious
National Kalidas Samman on noted artist Anjolie Ela Menon for her contribution
to visual arts. Anjolie Ela Menon is a well-known muralist and one of
India's leading contemporary artists.
4.The 42nd session of World Heritage Committee (WHC) meeting
of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
held in Manama, Bahrain has inscribed four cultural sites on the World
Heritage List. These four cultural sites are Victorian Gothic and Art Deco
Ensemble of Mumbai (India), Sassanid Archaeological Landscape of Fars region
(Iran), Hidden Christian Sites in Nagasaki Region (Japan) and Sansa Buddhist
Mountain Monasteries in Korea (South Korea).
5.The
conference of Ministers for Power, New & Renewable Energy of States &
Union Territories will be held on 3rd July at Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The
purpose of the conference is to review the implementation of various ongoing
Schemes/ Programmes & deliberate on a host of issues pertaining to Power
and Renewable Energy sectors.
6.The Union government has constituted a committee a
13-member committee to upgrade the norms for computation of economic data at
states and districts level in the backdrop of plans to revise the base year for
National Accounts or GDP calculation. The Committee will be headed by
Ravindra H Dholakia.
7.Indian Kabaddi team clinched the Kabaddi Masters Dubai 2018
title by defeating Iran 44-26 in the summit clash in Dubai on June 30.Under Ajay
Thakur's captain ship, the Indian Kabaddi team clinched the 2018 Kabaddi
Masters Dubai title.
8.S Ramesh, has taken over charge as the new chairman of
the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), the apex policy-making
body for indirect taxes. The CBIC is the apex body for administering the
levy and collection of indirect taxes of the Union of India viz. Central Excise
duty, Customs duty and Service Tax, and for facilitating cross border movement
of goods & services.
9.Odisha government signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) with the Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (RIMES)
for enhancing early warning system for effective management of all kinds of
disaster in the state, including flood, drought, heat wave, lightning, and road
accidents.
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