IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS
OF APRIL 28th, 2019
IMPORTANT
CURRENT AFFAIRS OF APRIL 28th, 2019
1.
(28th April) is Workers' Memorial Day / World
Day for Safety and Health at Work.
a. This is an
international day of remembrance and action for workers killed, disabled,
injured or made unwell by their work.
b. Theme
of Workers' Memorial Day 2019 : “Dangerous substances – get them out
of the workplace”
2.
The 2nd Belt and Road Forum (BRF) was held in
Beijing, China.
a. It serves as
stocktaking exercise for China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative
(BRI).
b. It saw
participation of 126 countries and 29 international organisations, increase
from 60 countries and international organisations seen in in first edition of
BRF 2017.
c. Chinese
President Xi Jinping’s chaired leaders’ roundtable, high-level meeting and
thematic forum in this edition of three day BRF event.
3.
UN’s International Labour Organization (ILO) announced
that Qatar will officially abolish its Exit
Visa system for all foreign workers by the end of 2019.
a. Amnesty International
(human rights group) report accused that Qatar, which will be hosting 2022
World Cup was failing to implement reforms and stop widespread labour
abuse.
b. As a result
Qatar revived its pledge to reform labour section, and introduced a minimum
monthly minimum of 750 riyals ($206) and also agreed to work closely with ILO.
4.
The Cyclone Fani, formed in
south-east Bay of Bengal and adjoining Indian Ocean, is set to intensify into a
severe cyclonic storm by this afternoon.
a. It is
expected to further intensify into a very severe cyclonic storm by
tomorrow.
b. It is
currently moving in a north-west direction.
c. Many places
in Kerala are expected to get light to moderate rain on Monday
and Tuesday, with heavy rainfall at a few places.
d. North
coastal Tamil Nadu and coastal Andhra Pradesh are
set to get light to moderate rain at a few places on Tuesday and Wednesday.
5.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has
launched ‘MERA (Malaria Elimination Research Alliance) India’
- a conglomeration of partners working on malaria control - in order to
prioritise, plan and scale up research to eliminate the disease from India by
2030.
a. Aim of MERA
India : To prioritize, plan and scale up a coordinated research to
have impact on population facing malaria risk and to eliminate malaria from
India by 2030.
6.
Bengaluru-based healthtech startup Niramai secured
the top prize at the Hack Osaka event in Japan.
a. Niramai was
awarded for its "software to detect breast cancer with radiation-free,
non-touch, not painful examination which works for women of all ages".
b. The AI
startup was founded in 2016 by former Hewlett-Packard and Xerox employees
Geetha Manjunath and Nidhi Mathur.
7.
Social networking site Facebook has announced ban
on personality quiz apps on its platform.
a. The decision
is taken after last years Cambridge Analytica Scandal, which helped
researcher’s to access personal information of about 87 million facebooks users
by using quiz app “thisisyourdigitallife”.
8.
World’s first Malaria Vaccine named RTS,S (trade
name Mosquirix) was launched in Malawi (Africa).
9.
IT service management company Financial Software
Services (FSS) has launched real time voice banking platform
titled FSS voice commerce.
a. This platform
uses machine-learning language processing techniques and offers meaningful,
contextual, and personalized banking interactions to customers.
b. It also
provides secure financial transactions to prevent fraud and maintain integrity
of transaction ecosystem it supports out-of-band multi-factor authentication
like one-time passcodes (OTP) and biometrics.
10.Britain pledged £4
million to support Global Anti-Slavery Projects, from
sexually exploited girls in Ethiopia to migrant workers in Malaysia and
Mauritius.
a. It also
committed about 200 million pounds in aid funding to combat modern-day slavery
overseas, and given millions of pounds to nations from Albania to Vietnam.
b. 6 organisations,
including Anti-Slavery International ( a UK based international NGO, registered
charity and a lobby group) and United Nations University ( a research
institution) will share the aid money from The Modern Slavery Innovation Fund.
11.The Insurance
Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) set up a 13
member committee to review regulatory framework on micro insurance, and to
recommend measures to increase demand for such products.
a. It was formed
because of less than desired offtake of micro insurance products despite of
their inherent benefits in the country.
b. Its task is
to suggest product designs with customer-friendly underwriting, such as easy
premium payment methods and simple claims settlement procedures.
c. It will
suggest about if there is any change in distribution structure, including
mobile-based and technology driven solutions and on creating effective
awareness programmes.
d. Head of the
committee : Suresh Mathur (IRDAI's Executive Director)
12.A book titled “Politics
of Jugaad: The Coalition Handbook” was recently released.
a. This book
examines possibility of coalition government after 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
b. The book has
been authored by one of India's renowned journalists Saba Naqvi.
c. Other books
written by Saba Naqvi are :
o
In Good Faith (2012)
o
Capital Conquest (2015)
o
Shades of Saffron (2018)
13.Yes
Bank has appointed Shagun Gogia, the daughter of
late Co-founder Ashok Kapur, as a Director after she was
jointly nominated by Co-founder Rana Kapoor and mother Madhu Kapur.
14.SpaceX has received
approval from the US' Federal Communications Commission for its revised plan to
launch over 1,500 Starlink internet-beaming satellites into a
lower orbit at an altitude of 550 km.
a. The Elon
Musk-led venture plans to launch its first batch of satellites in May.
15.Indian golfer Gaganjeet
Bhullar won the 'Outstanding Achievement as a player' awardat
the fourth edition of the annual India Golf Industry Association (GIA)
awards.
a. Bhullar won
the 2018 Fiji International, a European Tour event, and also became
the youngest golfer on the Asian Tour to achieve 9 career victories on tour.
16.The Table Tennis
Federation of India has recommended Madhurika Patkar,
Harmeet Desai and Sanil Shetty for the
Arjuna Award.
a. Earlier, BCCI
had nominated Mohammad Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja and
women's team leg-spinner Poonam Yadav for the Arjuna
Award.
b. The All India
Football Federation recommended the names of goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh
Sandhu and forward Jeje Lalpekhlua for the Arjuna
Award.
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