IMPORTANT
CURRENT AFFAIRS OF SEPTEMBER 7th , 2018
1.
Qatar has become the 1st
Gulf nation to offer permanent residency to expatriates (a
person temporarily or permanently residing in a country other than their native
country).
a. The
country's Monarch Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has issued a
decree allowing a maximum of 100 expatriates to gain permanent residency each
year.
b. Children
of Qatari mothers, and skilled expatriates who have lived in the country for
more than 20 years will be given priority.
2.
The International Aviation
Summit which is being organized by the Airports Authority of India
(AAI), Ministry of Civil Aviation and International Air Transport Association
(IATA) was started in New Delhi.
a. The summit
is being attended by more than 700 delegates and leaders from global aviation
fraternity.
3.
The 6th edition of India, Sri Lanka joint
naval exercise SLINEX-2018 has started today at Trincomalee,
Sri Lanka.
a. Indian
Naval Ships Kirch, Sumitra and Cora Divh are taking part in the exercise.
b. SLINEX
series of bilateral maritime exercises were initiated in 2005 and were
initially held every two years.
c. It has
now been converted to an annual event this year onwards, according to a
statement issued by Indian High Commission in Colombo.
4.
The 3rd ASEM (Asia-Europe Meeting)
Conference on ‘Global Ageing and Human Rights of Older
Persons’ was held in Seoul, capital of South Korea.
a. It was
jointly organised by South Korea and National Human Rights Commission of Korea.
b. The
3-day Conference was attended by International Institutions including United
Nations, Regional Institutions such as UNESCAP, UNECE, European Union (EU),
ASEAN, GANHRI and also International NGOs, Experts etc.
c. Indian
delegation was led by Union Minister of Social Justice and
Empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot.
5.
31st meeting of the Central Hindi
Committee was recently held in New Delhi under the chairmanship of
Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
a. The
Chief Ministers of Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, and Gujarat, and other
members of the committee participated in this meeting.
6.
The Union Ministry of Human Resource
Development (HRD) has announced that it is going to participate
in Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) after
gap of 9 years.
a. It will
send team of officers to Paris to negotiate India’s terms of participation in
PISA 2021.
b. About
PISA :
c. PISA is
assessment test for 15-year-olds, organised every three years by Organisation
for Economic Cooperation Development (OECD), Paris, France.
d. It
measures student performance in mathematics, reading, and science and even
innovative subjects like collaborative problem-solving and money
literacy.
7.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated
3-day Defence & Homeland Security Expo and Conference – 2018 in
New Delhi.
a. It was
jointly organised by PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry in association with
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME).
8.
India and France today
announced a working group for Indian Space Research Organisation's
(ISRO) first manned space mission Gaganyaan.
a. The
mission would make India one of the four countries in the world after Russia,
China, and the US to launch a manned space
flight.
b. The two
countries also have plans to work on Mars, Venus, and asteroids.
9.
ISRO today displayed a prototype space suit
and crew module for India's first manned mission scheduled for
2022 during the Bengaluru Space Expo.
a. The
suit was displayed at the launch of the sixth edition of Bengaluru Space
Expo.
b. The
orange-coloured prototype space suit was developed over the past two years at
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre in Thiruvananthapuram.
10.
India's second-largest IT services
company Infosys has formed a joint venture with Singaporean
holding company Temasek to support the investment company’s
digital transformation.
a. Infosys
will take a 60% stake in the Singapore-headquartered joint
venture and Temasek will hold 40%.
b. Shveta
Arora (Vice President at Infosys) has been appointed as the Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) of the new venture.
11.
Union Ministry of Commerce & Industry has
launched National Mission on Government eMarketplace (GeM) for
increasing awareness and accelerating use of GeM by major central Ministries,
State Governments and their agencies.
a. The aim
of the National Mission is to promote inclusiveness, transparency and
efficiency in public procurement and achieve cashless, contactless and
paperless transaction.
b. This
will increase overall efficiency and lead to cost saving on government
expenditure in procurement.
12.
American actor, director and producer Burt
Reynolds (82), known for films like 'Boogie Nights',
'Smokey and the Bandit' and 'Striptease', passed away.
a. He was
nominated for an Oscar for 'Boogie Nights' and won an Emmy for the TV series
'Evening Shade'.
b. He had
opened the Burt Reynolds Jupiter Theatre.
13.
Noted Gujarati author, journalist and
poet Bhagwati Kumar Sharma (84) passed away.
a. He had
received Sahitya Academy award for his Gujarati novel Ashuryalok.
b. He was
also honored with Gujarati literature awards Ranjitram suvarna chandrak and
Kumar paritoshik.
14.
SBI Mutual Fund, a
joint venture between the State Bank of India (SBI) and European asset
management company Amundi, has appointed Ashwani Bhatia as
its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO).
a. He
replaces Anuradha Rao, who now returns to State Bank
of India (SBI) as Deputy Managing Director.
15.
Dr. Poonam Khetrapal
Singh was unanimously re-elected as World Health Organization
(WHO) Regional Director for South-East Asia for another five-year term
beginning February 2019.
a. She was
reelected by 11 member states of the Region during elections held at ongoing
Regional Committee meeting of WHO South-East Asia. With this, India has
retained top WHO position in South-East Asia Region.
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