Current affairs notes on 17/06/2018
1.China plans to launch 300 low-orbit satellites to
provide worldwide communication services, with the first in the series to be
launched later this year. The first in the 300-satellite array - known as the
Hongyan constellation - is set to be launched by the end of this year. China is
already developing BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) to rival America's
Global Positioning System.
2.American Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather has been named the world's highest paid celebrity
by Forbes with earnings of $285 millio.
3.IIT Madras launched "world's first"
remotely operable Local Electrode Atom Probe (LEAP) microscope,that would
enable precise view of atoms of a material.
4.The 2018 Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral
Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)
Summit is to commence from August 30, 2018 in Nepal. This is the fourth summit
of BIMSTEC since its formation in 1997. Nepal is hosting it for the first time.
It will see the heads of states from Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Sri
Lanka and Thailand along with Nepal.
5.National Youth Empowerment Scheme which is under discussion currently in
Union government, which is aimed at providing military training to 10 lakh
young men and women every year to instil nationalism, discipline and
self-esteem.
6.On 16 July, India’s supersonic cruise
missile BrahMos was test fired from
the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, Odisha. Brahmos is India’s
only supersonic cruise missile and it can cruise at speeds of up to Mach 3.0,
or three times the speed of sound.
Sir, some GKs are being repeated
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