Current affairs notes on 23/07/2018


1.India's Muhammad Anas Yahiya broke his own national record to win the 400 metres race at the Cena Noveho Mesta nad Metuji meet in Czech Republic. He became the second Indian sprinter to reach the finals of the one-lap event at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast after Milkha Singh.

2.The All India Football Federation (AIFF) named  Indian football Captain Sunil Chhetri as the AIFF Player of the Year 2017. Kamala Devi bagged the 2017 AIFF Woman Player of the Year.

3.India has planned to buy environmentally friendly TaxiBots, which can be used at the airports, developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). These Pilot-controlled and semi-robots will allow pilots to switch on the plane's engines only when it reaches the starting point of the runway hence reducing carbon emissions.

4.NABARD launched the Centre for Climate Change in lucknow. It is for designing climate related projects and take up collaborative studies and action research projects in area of climate change.

5.The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has launched the ‘Remote Sensing Toolkit’ to promote commercial use of satellite data. It is an online toolkit launched with an aim to make it easier for users to find, analyse and utilise the relevant satellite data for their research, business projects or conservation efforts. 

6.Odisha Police has launched a drive to bust an international syndicate that peddles “endangered” pangolin, one of the world’s most illegally traded mammals. Pangolin is only scaly mammal on the planet. According to Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), it is also the most illegally traded vertebrate within its class (Mammalia).


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