Daily Current Affairs from May 5-7,2018 ( English)
Important Days:
1. May 3 - Foundation
Day of Department of Science and Technology. It was
set up on 3rd May 1971.
As a part of Swachh Bharat Mission, Swacchta Pakhwada is also observed in the
Department of Science & Technology from 1st May 2018 to 15th May
2018. The foundation stone of New State of Art Building of DST on 3rd May
2018 in New Delhi.
2. May 6- International No
Diet Day (INDD) was observed all over the world.This day promotes a healthy life style. It focuses on health at
any size and in creating awareness on dangers of dieting.
3.
May 7 - Raising Day of
Border Roads Organisation (BRO). It
celebrated its 58th year this year since its inception on May 7,
1960. BRO plays pivotal role in construction, maintenance and up gradation of
strategic infrastructure in remote and far flung border areas of India. It is
headquartered in New Delhi.
National:
1.
The proposal for renaming
and restructuring of Multi-sectoral Development Programme (MsDP) as Pradhan
Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK) has been approved by the Cabinet Committee
on Economic Affairs (CCEA). PMJVK aims to address
development deficits in identified minority concentration areas.
2. On May 6, 2018, the Supreme Court of India ruled that an adult
couple has the right to live together without marriage. They had found a place under the provisions of the Protection
of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 and also recognized by the
legislature.
3.
The continuation of
Umbrella Scheme, Green Revolution – Krishonnati Yojana in agriculture sector
beyond 12th Five Year Plan from 2017-18 to 2019-20 has approved by the Cabinet
Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA).
4.
A massive open online
course (MOOC) platform SWAYAM was launched by the Ministry of Human Resource
Development (HRD). 75 discipline-specific
National Resource Centres (NRCs) have been identified under its first phase of
implementation. SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active –Learning for Young Aspiring
Minds) programme aims to bridge digital divide for students (especially most
disadvan taged) who have hitherto remained untouched by digital revolution and
have not been able to join mainstream of the knowledge economy.
5.
To facilitate the Ganga
rejuvenation task under Namami Gange programme by using Geographic Information
System (GIS) technology was approved by National Mission for Clean Ganga
(NMCG). The project includes use of Digital
Elevation Model (DEM) technology which ensures accurate data collection which
is important aspect for river basin management planning. Critical hotspots are
also easily identified through this technology. The high resolution GIS enabled
data will also help in regulating proposed protected and regulatory zones along
banks of river.
6.
The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services
(INCOIS), under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, has developed a new model that
would be able to forecast the distance of a destructive tsunami wave
after it hits the coast. The prediction could help
reduce loss of life and property in the future. The warning service would be a
Level-3 alert under India's Tsunami Early Warning System, which was put in
place after the devastating 2004 tsunami.
7.
The Supreme Court of India
struck down Section 4(3) of the Uttar Pradesh Ministers (Salaries, Allowances
and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1981 that allowed
former Uttar Pradesh Chief Ministers to continue occupying government
accommodation even after demitting office. The bench said
such bungalows constitute public property which by itself is scarce and meant
for use of current holders of public offices.
8.
The Supreme Court vacated
the stay on the trial of the Kathua gang rape and murder case and transferred
it outside Jammu and Kashmir to Pathankot in Punjab. The SC bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra directed that
the trial in the case should be held in-camera and ordered that the trial be
fast-tracked and conducted on a day-to-day basis to avoid any delay.
9.
The first organized census
of Indus Dolphins will be conducted over period of five days in 185 km stretch
between Talwara and Harike Barrage in Beas River in Punjab were riverine fresh
water Indus Dolphins are confined by Punjab government along World Wildlife
Fund (WWF)-India. Indus Dolphins is one of the
world’s rarest mammals found only in India and Pakistan. The organised census
aims at conservation of the species.
10.
15th Asia Media Summit
(AMS-2018) which is being organized by Asia-Pacific
Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) in collaboration with its
partners and international organizations in New Delhi from May 10-12, 2018
is going to host by India with the theme of the annual summit is “Telling our
Stories- Asia and More”.
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International:
1.
On May 4, 2018, the 12th
informal meeting of SAARC Finance Ministers was held in Manila, on the
sidelines of the 51st Annual Meeting of Asian Development Bank (ADB). The meeting was attended by the Finance Ministers/Heads of
Delegations from all SAARC member states and was chaired by Nepal’s Finance
Minister Yuba Raj Khatiwada.
2. Vladimir Putin was sworn in as the President of Russia for
fourth time in the Grand Kremlin Palace,
Moscow on May 7, 2018. With this, Putin will be serving the office of President for
another six years. He won the presidential elections in March 2018 with 76 percent
of the votes to his name by defeating Communist Party candidate Pavel Grudinin,
who fetched 11.8 percent of votes.
Science and Technology/Defence:
1.
“APSTAR-6C”, a new communication satellite
was launched successfully by China. It was launched onboard of Long
March-3B carrier rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The satellite
will provide TV transmission, Internet, communication and multimedia services
to customers across Asia-Pacific region. It will also provide high-power
transponder services for video distribution, broadband internet access, and
cellular backhaul. Both satellite and rocket were developed by China Aerospace
Science and Technology Corporation.
2.
The InSight - Interior
Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport Spacecraft
to study the Mars’ deep interior was launched by NASA on 5th May 2018. It was launched aboard United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V
rocket from Space Launch Complex-3 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
The rocket also launched two mini-spacecraft called Mars Cube One (MarCO) —
MarCO-A and MarCO-B. It aims to expand the human knowledge about interior
conditions of the Mars and reveal how rocky planets like the Earth and the Moon
formed billions years ago. It has been designed to
listen for “Marsquakes”. It is 15 times deeper than any previous Mars mission
and will dig 10 to 16 feet (3 to 5 metres) deep into the Mars. The lander is
expected to land on Mars in November 2018.
3.
A mineral called moganite
in lunar meteorite that point to presence of abundant hidden reserves of water
ice under the surface of the moon was found by the Scientists from Japan’s Tohoku University Moganite is a
crystal of silicon dioxide (SiO₂). It is known to form on earth in specific circumstances in
sedimentary settings from alkaline fluids.
Economy:
1.
The proposal to convert
GST Network (GSTN) into government entity from current private entity status by
taking over stakes held by private entities was approved by GST Council chaired
by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in its 27th meeting. GSTN was set up as not for profit, non-Government, private
limited company in 2013. It was established primarily to provide IT
infrastructure and services to Central and State Governments, tax payers and
other stakeholders for implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST).
2. A
Statement of Intent (SoI) has signed by NITI Aayog with IBM to develop crop
yield prediction model using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to provide real time
advisory to farmers in Aspirational Districts. The
first phase of project will focus on developing model for 10 Aspirational
Districts across states of Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Assam, Madhya Pradesh,Bihar,
Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh. The project will introduce and make available
climate-aware cognitive farming techniques.
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