IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF
AUGUST 6th, 2018
1.
73rd anniversary of Hiroshima
atomic bombing is being observed today.
a. More
than 140,000 people were killed by the first of two uranium bombs,
nicknamed Little Boy and Fat Man dropped on
Japan at the end of the second world war.
b. Note : An
American B-29 bomber named Enola Gay dropped Little Boy, on
Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.
c. Japan
surrendered days later on 15th August 1945 bringing the war to a close.
2.
The joint military exercise MILEX-18 will
be held at the Foreign Training Node at Aundh Military Station in Pune in
September 2018.
a. The
armies of all seven BIMSTEC countries (India, Sri Lanka,
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Thailand and Myanmar) will be participating in
the exercise.
b. Aim of
MILEX 18 : To create synergy, better understanding and evolve an
institutionalized military forum for regional cooperation in the field of
counterterrorism among member states.
3.
The government of UK (United
Kingdom) has announced new plans to change law for Organ and
Tissue donation to address urgent need for organs within Indian-origin
communities in the country.
a. The
amendment in existing law will propose new system of consent for
organ and tissue donation.
b. This
will be known as Max’s Law after Max Johnson, a
10-year-old boy who was saved by a heart transplant.
4.
Uttarakhand is
going to become the 1st state to give identity cards to gau rakshaks
(cow protectors).
a. The
initiative is aimed at differentiating people who protect cows from those who
resort to violence in the name of cow vigilantism.
5.
The government has recently announced that, at
least 10,000 new jobs will be created with the implementation of the Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Mission,
popularly known as Modicare.
a. Around
one lakh Ayushman Mitras will be deployed at both
private and government hospitals under the scheme.
b. Aim of
this Scheme : To provide a cover of ₹5 lakh per family annually
to 10 crore poor families.
6.
American multinational food, snack, and beverage
corporation, PepsiCo today announced that it's first
female CEO Indra Nooyi will step down after 12
years.
a. Nooyi,
who will remain as Chairman until early 2019, will step down on October
3.
b. President Ramon
Laguarta is going to replace her as the new CEO.
7.
The government is going to invite fresh bids
for 100% stake sale in helicopter service provider Pawan
Hans as ONGC has also approved the sale of its entire stake in the
company.
a. Important
Points to Note :
b. Pawan
Hans maintains and operates a fleet of over 50 helicopters.
c. The
government holds 51% stake in the company while state-run ONGC owns the
remaining 49% shareholding.
8.
Delhi has replaced Gujarat to
top the State Investment Potential Index list of 21 states and
Union Territories, prepared by economic think tank National Council of
Applied Economic Research (NCAER).
a. Tamil
Nadu moved up four spots to 2nd while Gujarat fell two spots to rank at
3rd.
b. Top 10
in the Index :
i) Delhi
ii) Tamil
Nadu
iii) Gujarat
iv) Haryana
v) Maharashtra
vi) Kerala
vii)
Andhra Pradesh
viii)
Telangana
ix) Karnataka
x) West
Bengal
9.
Computer scientists from Indian
Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras have developed first of a family
of six industry-standard microprocessors under Project Shakti.
a. The
initial batch of 300 chips have been named RISECREEK and have
been fabricated at Intel’s facility at Oregon, US for free to run Linux
operating system.
b. Note :
Project Shakti was started in 2014 as IIT-M initiative and part of it is funded
by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.
10.
The launch of India's second Moon
mission Chandrayaan-2 has been delayed for the second time
from October to January 2019.
a. The
mission's launch was first planned in April and was pushed to October.
b. The
delay in launch comes after ISRO faced two setbacks this year, losing
communication with GSAT-6A satellite and failing PSLV-C39
mission.
11.
Space agency NASA's Curiosity
rover today completed it's 6th anniversary on Mars.
a. Curiosity,
which landed on Mars in 2012, was designed to assess whether Mars ever had an
environment able to support life forms.
12.
The Union Ministry of Hume Resource
Development (MHRD) has approved 122 new research project proposals
worth Rs 112 crore for funding under its IMPRINT-II
(Impacting Research Innovation and Technology) scheme.
a. These projects
were approved at IMPRINT-II Apex Committee meeting chaired by HRD Minister
Prakash Javddekar in New Delhi.
b. The 122
approved new research projects aims to advance research in energy,
healthcare, security and defence domains in the high education
institutions.
c. Note :
IMPRINT, which was launched in November 2015 is 1st
of its kind MHRD supported scheme to address major science and
engineering challenges and boost original scientific and technological research
in 10 technology identified domains in the country.
13.
The nominating committee of Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has selected Ajay
Data as new council member of Country
Code Supporting Organisation (ccNSO).
a. With
this, he becomes the 1st Indian to get selected as a
member of ccNSO, which is policy development body of ICANN for ccTLD (country
code top-level domains) issues and represents all country code top level domain
operators from around the world.
14.
Senior JD(S) leader A
H Vishwanath replaced Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy as
the party's state president.
15.
Engineering company Escort Group's
Chairman Rajan Nanda (76) passed away.
a. He was
the husband of late superstar Raj Kapoor's daughter Ritu Nanda and
the father-in-law of Amitabh Bachchan's daughter Shweta Bachchan-Nanda.
16.
Indian golfer Gaganjeet
Bhullar won his 1st title on the European Tour in the form of
the Fiji International championship, almost 12 years after turning
a professional golfer.
a. Bhullar,
who was playing his 106th European Tour event in Fiji, also became the 5th
Indian golfer to win on the European Tour.
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