Current affairs notes on 27/07/2018

1.This month marks the 100th year of the publication of the‘Report on Indian Constitutional Reforms’, commonly known as the Montagu-Chelmsford Report (MCR) 1919 .It relaxed the central control over the provinces by demarcating and separating the central and provincial subjects. 

2.Union Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD) had recently organized 2nd meeting of National Council on India’s Nutrition Challenges under POSHAN Abhiyaan in New Dehli. POSHAN Abhiyaan (National Nutrition Mission) was launched on 8thMarch, 2018 to reduce stunting, under-nutrition, anemia, reduce low birth weight.

3. 2018 Earth Overshoot Day will fall on August 1,It is date when humanity annual demand on nature exceeds what Earth can regenerate over the entire year. It is calculated by Global Footprint Network and World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

4.Two Indians Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk were named winners of 2018 Ramon Magsaysay Award. Bharat Vatwani is awarded for leading the rescue of thousands of mentally ill destitute people and reuniting them with their families. Sonam Wangchuk is awarded for his contribution in the field of education, culture and progress of communities in remote northern India.

5.Tamilnadu government has released the draft state Forest Policy that aims to conserve forests and wildlife, ecosystems, and climate change mitigation etc.It aims to increase forest cover, protect wetlands and other waterbodies in Tamil Nadu.

6.The Lok Sabha passed the Trafficking of Persons (Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation) Bill, 2018. The Bill aimed at preventing human trafficking of women and children, providing rehabilitation to the victims and prosecuting offenders.It also proposes establishing a National Anti-Trafficking Bureau (NATB) for coordinating, monitoring and surveillance of trafficking cases.

7.Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu is appointed as the Chancellor of Pondicherry Central University by the President, Ram Nath Kovind, in his capacity as Visitor of the university. 

8.West Bengal state assembly has unanimously passed resolution to change state’s name to ‘Bangla’ .The name change will only become official when resolution gets approval from Union Home Ministry and Parliament passes Bill.

9.Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog & MyGov (a citizen centric platform of the Government of India) have launched “Innovate India Platform”.It aims to serve as the common point for all the innovation happening across the nation.



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