IMPORTANT
CURRENT AFFAIRS OF SEPTEMBER 2nd , 2018
1.
World Coconut Day is
being observed (2nd September).
a. This
day is being observed on September 2 every year since 2009 to highlight the
benefits of coconuts.
b. The day
aims at creating awareness about the importance of the coconut and its
potential to ward off various diseases and create employment.
c. This
day was started by the Asian and Pacific Coconut Community (APCC) headquartered
at Jakarta in Indonesia.
d. Countries
that produce coconuts on a large scale including India are members of
APCC.
2.
The 4th BIMSTEC Summit concluded
in Kathmandu (Nepal's Capital) with signing and adoption of Kathmandu
Declaration by all the 7 BIMSTEC members (India, Nepal, Bangladesh,
Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand).
a. The
18-point Kathmandu Declaration aims to enhance effectiveness of BIMSTEC
Secretariat by engaging it in various technical and economic
activities in the region.
b. It
acknowledges importance of trade and investment as one of major contributing factors
for fostering economic and social development in the region.
c. It also
deplored terrorist attacks in all parts of the world, including in BIMSTEC
countries, and strongly condemned terrorism in all its forms.
d. During
the summit, foreign ministers of BIMSTEC member countries had also signed
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on establishment of BIMSTEC Grid
Interconnection.
e. After
conclusion of summit, current chair of BIMSTEC, Nepal PM KP Sharma Oli also
handed over Chairmanship of next (fifth) BIMSTEC Summit to Sri Lankan President
Maithripala Sirisena.
f. Theme
of 4th BIMSTEC Summit 2018 : ‘Towards a Peaceful
Prosperous, and Sustainable Bay of Bengal Region’.
3.
China-Maldives Friendship Bridge was
recently opened for traffic.
a. It
is 1st cross-sea bridge to be built in Maldives.
b. The 2.2
km long bridge is considered as iconic project of China and Maldives
cooperation towards building 21st Century Maritime Silk Road.
4.
Prime Minister Narendra
Modi along with Nepal PM K P Sharma Oli inaugurated
400-bed Nepal-Bharat Maitri Pashupati Dharamshala in
Kathmandu, capital of Nepal.
5.
The 6th Regional Comprehensive
Economic Partnership (RCEP) Trade Ministers’ Meeting was recently held
in Singapore.
a. Indian
delegation was led by Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil
Aviation Suresh Prabhu.
b. The
meeting saw participation of representatives from 10 ASEAN countries and six
ASEAN FTA partners namely, India, China, Japan, Korea, Australia and New
Zealand.
6.
The Haryana government has
settled the first claim of ₹9,000 under the public insurance scheme Ayushman
Bharat for a baby girl born in Karnal's Kalpana Chawla Government
Medical College.
a. The
scheme's first beneficiary Mousami gave birth to Karishma through
a caesarean section on August 17 and the claim amount was paid to the treating
hospital on August 31.
7.
The 7th meeting of National Medicinal
Plants Board (NMPB) of Ministry of AYUSH was held under the
chairpersonship of Minister of State for AYUSH, Shripad Yesso Naik at New
Delhi.
a. The
Board meeting considered various Agenda Items placed before it for
consideration.
8.
The Union Ministry of Women and Child
Development had inaugurated a widows’ home titled ‘Krishna Kutir’
at Vrindavan in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.
a. Krishna
Kutir is special home for 1000 widows set under Swadhar Greh
scheme and is the largest ever facility of its kind created
by government organization.
b. It was
constructed to mitigate the plight of widows living in pathetic condition in
Vrindavan.
9.
The Department of Biotechnology
(DBT) under Union Ministry of Science and Technology has signed
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with International Energy Agency
(IEA) for enhancing innovation for Clean Energy Transition.
a. The MoU
seeks to deepen co-operation in support of clean energy innovations to
accelerate research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) of clean energy
technologies in India.
10.
The India Post Payments Bank (IPPB), which
was launched yesterday by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that it
will use QR cards instead of debit cards.
a. Users
do not have to remember PIN as transactions are initiated using biometric
authentication after scanning the QR code printed on the card.
b. In case
of a lost QR card, the money will be safe in the account as each transaction is
authenticated through biometrics.
11.
Island nation Mauritius remained
the top source of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into India in
2017-18 followed by Singapore, a recently released data by
the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) stated.
12.
Indian Information Technology Services
corporation Wipro has announced that it has bagged its biggest
ever deal of $1.5 billion from US-based Alight
Solutions that provides technology-enabled health, wealth, HR and
finance solutions.
a. Under
the 10-year deal, Wipro will digitalise and modernise Alight’s core across
platforms, technologies and operations.
13.
Germany has
announced to provide soft loan of euro 120 million (Rs. 990 crore
approximately) to India to strengthen sewage
water treatment infrastructure in Uttarakhand in an effort
to clean River Ganga under Clean Ganga Mission.
a. German
development agency GIZ also has prepared ‘Ganga Box’ aimed to target
schools-going children and inform them about the river.
14.
The Managing Director and Chief Executive
Officer (MD & CEO) of Punjab National Bank (PNB), Sunil
Mehta was elected as new Chairman of Indian
Banks Association (IBA) for year 2018-19.
a. Bank of
India’s managing director and chief executive Dina Bandhu
Mohapatra was elected as the Deputy chairman.
b. Madhav
Nair, country head and chief executive, Mashreqbank PSC, was elected
as Honorary Secretary.
c. State
Bank of India (SBI)’s chairman, Rajnish Kumar, and Federal
Bank’s managing director, Shyam Srinivasan, will continue
as Deputy Chairmen of IBA.
15.
Kerala Government has decided to
appoint professional service company KPMG (Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler)
as project consultant partner for rebuilding state ravaged by
recent massive floods.
a. Beisdes, Tata
Project Ltd was entrusted with task of reconstructing roads, buildings
and bridges destroyed in rain fury at Pamba, the foothills of famous Lord
Ayyappa shrine in Sabarimala.
16.
Congress MP Kapil Sibal will
be releasing a new book titled "Shades of Truth : A Journey Derailed".
a. This
book is going to be published by New Delhi-based Rupa Publications in
September.
17.
Eminent neurosurgeon Dr B.K.
Misra has been named for this year’s prestigious Dr B.C.
Roy National Award 2018 as an Eminent Medical Person of the Year.
18.
The 18th Asian Games 2018 ended
today in a glittering ceremony in Jakarta (Indonesia).
a. China led the
medal table for the tenth consecutive time with a total of 289 medals (132
Gold, 92 Silver and 65 Bronze).
b. Japan stood
at the 2nd place with 205 medals (75 Gold, 56 Silver and 74 Bronze).
c. South
Korea is at the 3rd position with 177 medals (49 Gold, 58 Silver and
70 Bronze).
d. The Indian
contingent bagged a total of 69 medals (15 Gold, 24 Silver and 30
Bronze), their best-ever medal tally in the history of the event.
e. Japanese
swimmer Rikako Ikee, who bagged six gold and two silver
medals at the Asian Games 2018, has been named as the quadrennial event's Most
Valuable Player.
o
The 18-year-old became the first female athlete to bag
the award in the history of Asian Games.
No comments:
Post a Comment