Current affairs notes on July 10
1.National Mission for Manuscripts (NMM) in news: NMM was launched in February 2003 by the Government of India, under the Ministry of Tourism and Culture. It has the mandate of documenting, conserving and disseminating the knowledge preserved in manuscripts.
2.The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that measles and rubella have been eradicated from Sri Lanka and the Maldives. This makes them the first two countries in WHO South-East Asia Region to achieve measles and rubella elimination ahead of the 2023 target. Measles is a highly contagious viral disease.
3.The U.S. officially notified the United Nations of its intention to withdraw membership from the World Health Organization. WHO came into existence on 7 April, 1948 – a date which is now celebrated every year as World Health Day. Its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
4.India to shortly take a call on Australia’s inclusion in Malabar Exercise. Malabar Exercise began as a bilateral naval exercise between India and the U.S. in 1992, and was expanded into a trilateral format with the inclusion of Japan in 2015.
5.Samadhan se Vikas: It is a one-time settlement scheme introduced by Haryana government for the recovery of long-pending dues on account of External Development Charges (EDC)and Infrastructural Development Charges (IDC).
6. Finland driver Valtteri Bottas won the Formula One (F1) season-opening Austrian Grand Prix.
7. The National Skill Development Corporation, a not-for-profit public limited company has joined hands with Microsoft to enhance the digital skills of the country's youth.
8. World Zoonoses Day is celebrated on July 6 every year, to commemorate the work of the famous French biologist Louis Pasteur. He successfully administered the first vaccine against the zoonotic disease rabies.
9. As per the latest World Drug Report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the highest seizure of opium in 2018 was reported from Iran. India is placed in the fourth place.
2.The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that measles and rubella have been eradicated from Sri Lanka and the Maldives. This makes them the first two countries in WHO South-East Asia Region to achieve measles and rubella elimination ahead of the 2023 target. Measles is a highly contagious viral disease.
3.The U.S. officially notified the United Nations of its intention to withdraw membership from the World Health Organization. WHO came into existence on 7 April, 1948 – a date which is now celebrated every year as World Health Day. Its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
4.India to shortly take a call on Australia’s inclusion in Malabar Exercise. Malabar Exercise began as a bilateral naval exercise between India and the U.S. in 1992, and was expanded into a trilateral format with the inclusion of Japan in 2015.
5.Samadhan se Vikas: It is a one-time settlement scheme introduced by Haryana government for the recovery of long-pending dues on account of External Development Charges (EDC)and Infrastructural Development Charges (IDC).
6. Finland driver Valtteri Bottas won the Formula One (F1) season-opening Austrian Grand Prix.
7. The National Skill Development Corporation, a not-for-profit public limited company has joined hands with Microsoft to enhance the digital skills of the country's youth.
8. World Zoonoses Day is celebrated on July 6 every year, to commemorate the work of the famous French biologist Louis Pasteur. He successfully administered the first vaccine against the zoonotic disease rabies.
9. As per the latest World Drug Report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the highest seizure of opium in 2018 was reported from Iran. India is placed in the fourth place.
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