IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF
SEPTEMBER 26th, 2018
IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF SEPTEMBER 26th,
2018
1.
As part of it's 'Saudi Vision 2030' programme, Saudi
Arabia today inaugurated a high-speed rail line connecting
the holy cities of Mecca and Medina.
a. The distance
between the two cities would be covered in less than two hours, less than half
the time it takes to cover the same distance by road.
b. The
450-kilometre Haramain Railway line is a part of the 'Saudi Vision 2030'
programme.
2.
South Korea's BTS band today became the 1st
K-Pop group to address the United Nations.
a. Kim Nam-joon, the leader
of the seven-member band delivered a six-minute speech during the launch
of UNICEF's 'Generation Unlimited' youth campaign.
3.
Moroccan Defence Minister Abdeltif Loudyi is on
a two day visit to India.
a. This is the
first ever visit of a Moroccan Defence Minister to India.
b. During this
visit, he met Defence Minister Nirmala Sitaraman in South Block in New
Delhi.
c. India and Morocco have
agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation in the fields of Defence and Security.
d. They
identified fields of hydrography, peacekeeping, telemedicine, information
technology and communications as well as counter Terrorism and counter
insurgency as potential areas for bilateral engagement.
e. They also
discussed cooperation in defence industry including collaboration in ship
building and manufacturing.
4.
The Supreme Court today ruled that the linking of a
person's Aadhaar to his/her bank accounts is
not mandatory.
a. However, the
court said that a person may choose to give Aadhaar voluntarily as identity
proof.
b. The court
also ruled Aadhaar is not needed for mobile connections, school admissions and
UGC, NEET, CBSE examinations.
c. The court
also ruled that linking the Aadhaar card to PAN card is mandatory and is needed
for filing income tax returns.
5.
The Haryana cabinet today approved a scheme
under which a Monthly pension will be provided to Acid
Attack survivors.
a. Any woman or
girl who suffered an acid attack on or after May 2, 2011 will be eligible for
the pension.
6.
Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated Indian
Culinary Institute (ICI) in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.
a. The main
objective of ICI is to institutionalize mechanism to support efforts
intended to preserve, document, promote and disseminate Indian Cuisine.
b. It also seeks
to meet sectoral requirement of specialists specific to Indian Cuisine and
promote cuisine as niche tourism product.
7.
Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences
and Environment Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurated air pollution control
device WAYU (Wind Augmentation PurifYing Unit)
for traffic junctions at ITO intersection and Mukarba Chowk in New Delhi.
a. WAYU has been
indigenously developed by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research –
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI) as part of
Technology Development Project being funded by Department of Science and
Technology.
b. Its prototype
has capacity to purify air in area of 500 meter square.
c. It consumes
only half unit of electricity for 10 hours of running and has maintenance cost
of only Rs. 1500 per month.
d. Aim of
WAYU : Tackling toxicity in air by sucking in particulate matter and
release fresh air
8.
Elon Musk's SpaceX has signed a deal with
Japanese lunar-exploration startup ispace for a Lunar Rover
Mission.
a. ispace plans
to orbit its lunar lander around the Moon and, in its second mission, land two
rovers on the Moon's surface using SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket.
9.
SpaceX's French rival Arianespace has launched
its Ariane 5 rocket for the 100th time, propelling
two telecommunications satellites into orbit.
a. Carrying a
payload of 10,827 kg, it also marked the sixth launch of the rocket this
year.
b. Note : The Ariane
5 will soon be replaced by an updated model, the Ariane 6, which will be an
estimated 40% cheaper to make.
10.
India has lost its tag as Asia-Pacific's best-performing stock
market this year to New Zealand.
11. The Cabinet
today approved the New telecom policy titled National Digital
Communications Policy-2018.
a. Aim of
National Digital Communications Policy-2018 : To attract $100
billion in investments and create 4 million jobs in the sector by 2022.
b. Under this
policy the government aims to provide universal broadband connectivity at
50 Mbps to every citizen.
c. The policy
also aims to expand IoT ecosystem to 5 billion connected devices.
12. According
to Barclays Hurun India Rich List 2018, Reliance Industries
Chairman Mukesh Ambani's family has emerged as India's
Richest Family with ₹3,90,500 crore
wealth.
a. Top 4 Richest
Families in India :
i) Mukesh Ambani
ii) Adi Godrej
iii) SP Hinduja
iv) Cyrus Mistry
13.
India and Pakistan's rivalry and "artificial
barriers" are costing the countries $35 billion worth of
annual trade, the World Bank has said in a recent report.
a. The trade
between South Asia's two largest economies currently stands at a "paltry
$2 billion", it added.
b. The bank
estimated India's potential trade with South Asia at $62 billion against actual
trade of $19 billion.
14.
Social networking giant Facebook has
selected 3 Indian women among five global leaders for $1
million award as part of its Community Leadership Programme.
a. They are :
o
Adhunika Prakash
o
Chetana Misra
o
Tamanna Dhamija
15.
Fields Medal and Abel Prize-winning mathematician Sir
Michael Atiyah today demonstrated a proof of the
159-year-old Riemann Hypothesis, which is one of the
"Millennium Problems", carrying a $1-million award for a
confirmed solution.
a. The
hypothesis states that the distribution of prime numbers is not random, but
might follow a pattern described by an equation called the Riemann zeta
function.
16.
Mercedes-Benz parent Daimler has named Swedish
development head Ola Källeniusas its next CEO.
a. Källenius,
the first non-German to take the helm of Daimler, will become CEO
in 2019 replacing Dieter Zetsche two years ahead of schedule. The company will
nominate Zetsche, who has led the German automaker since 2006, to become
Chairman of the supervisory board in 2021.
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