IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF MAY 26th, 2017
i. In Uttar Pradesh, a massive immunisation
drive has been launched in 38 districts to eradicate Japanese Encephalitis
(JE). Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has launched the drive
from Kushinagar district. The government also launched a
toll-free number to get or provide any information about encephalitis. The
number is 18001805544. His several cabinet colleagues also participated in the
launch programmes in different districts. Drive will be continued by June 11th,
2017.
ii. Initiating the drive from a slum locality in Kushinagar
district, Mr Yogi issued an appeal to all the public representatives
starting from MPs to village Pradhans to give their full cooperation in the
drive.
i. Two Indian cities — Mumbai and Kota — have been
named among the world’s most crowded in a list topped by Dhaka, according to World
Economic Forum (WEF) citing UN-Habitat data. With a population density
of 44,500 people per square kilometre, Dhaka, the capital of
Bangladesh, is the most crowded city on the planet, followed by
India’s financial capital Mumbai, home to 31,700 people per square kilometre at
the second place.
ii. Kota in Rajasthan with 12,100 people per square
kilometre was ranked seventh. Others in the list include Medellin in Columbia
ranked third with 19,700 people per square kilometre, Manila, Philippines (4th,
14,800), Casablanca, Morocco (5th, 14,200), Lagos, Nigeria (6th, 13,300),
Singapore (8th, 10,200) and Jakarta, Indonesia (9th, 9,600).
i. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the country’s
longest bridge - the Dhola-Sadia Bridge in Assam on. Mr Modi walked a
short distance over the bridge and enjoyed two minutes of solitude amidst his
hectic schedule, with a strong wind above him and gushing waters below him as
his companions.
ii. Mr Modi named the bridge after legendary singer Bhupen
Hazarika. This three-lane, the 9.15-kilometre bridge has been built
over the Brahmaputra river. It links Dhola to Sadia, both in Assam. The bridge
will reduce the distance from Rupai on NH- 37 in Assam to Meka-Roing on NH-52
in Arunachal Pradesh by 165 KM. The travel time between the two places will
come down from the current six hours to just one hour, a total five-hour
reduction.
i. The United States Senate has confirmed
Indian-American Judge Amul Thapar to a key judicial position
on the powerful US court of appeals. Thapar, the first Indian-American to be
nominated by US President Donald Trump for the 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals,
was confirmed by the Senate 52-44, a vote on party lines.
ii. With this, 48-year-old Thapar will become the second South
Asian judge to be on the US Circuit Court of Appeals, which hears
appeals from Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio and Michigan. Thapar, currently a US
District Court Judge, was nominated by Trump on 21st March. Thapar
received his undergraduate degree from Boston College and his law degree from
the University of California, Berkeley.
i. President Pranab
Mukherjee has received the first
copy of two books 'Mann Ki Baat-A Social Revolution on Radio' and 'Marching
with a Billion-Analysing Narendra Modi’s Government at Mid term' at Rashtrapati
Bhavan in New Delhi. Speaker of Lok Sabha, Sumitra Mahajan formally
released the books at a function in Rashtrapati Bhavan. The book Mann
Ki Baat: A Social Revolution on Radio by Rajesh Jain is a compilation
of Prime Minister Modi’s addresses to the nation on All India Radio every month
under the programme Mann Ki Baat.
ii. It contains a comprehensive, qualitative and academic analysis of
programme - the themes, the choice of topics, the salient features. It
illustrates how this programme has connected with the New India - the youth in
particular. It also presents a coherent narrative about the manner in which
'Mann Ki Baat' has created mass movements, including cleanliness, safer roads,
and drugs free India.
iii. The book Marching
with a Billion- Analysing Narendra Modi’s Government at Mid-term written by
eminent journalist Uday Mahurkar analyses the monumental
changes that PM Narendra Modi has brought on multiple fronts as Prime Minister
on India's governance landscape by ushering in an unprecedented culture of
transparency to create a level playing field.
i. Google’s vice-president for South East Asia and India, Rajan
Anandan has been appointed the new chairman of Internet and Mobile
Association of India (IAMAI).
ii. He will take over from FreeCharge’s co-founder and chief
executive officer Kunal Shah. MakeMyTrip Chairman & Group
CEO Deep Kalra has taken over as vice-chairman from music app Saavn co-founder
and president Vinodh Bhat; Facebook’s managing director - India & South
Asia, Umang Bedi has been elected as the new treasurer of the association,
while Subho Ray continues to be the president. The tenure of the new Council is
for two years.
No comments:
Post a Comment