Daily Current affairs from 25th to 28th August 2017 ( English)
1. Software giant
Microsoft has launched Project Brainwave, a deep
learning acceleration platform for real-time artificial intelligence
(AI). It can processes requests as fast as it receives them with the
help of ultra-low latency.
2. “Ude Desh Ka Aam
Nagrik (UDAN)”, a flagship regional flying scheme to attract more airlines and
helicopter operators to participate in regional connectivity scheme ( RCS) has
been announced by the Union Civil Aviation Ministry. The UDAN Scheme aims at
providing connectivity to un-served and under-served airports of the country
through revival of existing airstrips and airports. It aims to develop the
regional aviation market and make flying affordable.
3. According to
Japanese scientists, delicate mosses found on rocks and trees in
cities around the world can be used as low-cost bio indicator to
monitor urban pollution and to measure the impact of atmospheric
change. Mosses respond to pollution or drought-stress by changing its shape,
density or disappearing.This characteristic will allow scientists to calculate
atmospheric alterations and air pollution.
4. The Union Ministry
of Commerce and Industry has constituted a Task Force on Artificial
Intelligence (AI) for India’s Economic Transformation headed by Dr. V.
Kamakoti of IIT Madras. The Task force will explore the possibilities to
leverage AI for development across various fields. It will submit concrete and
implementable recommendations for government, industry and research
institutions.
5. The Parliamentary
Standing Committee has recommended that no genetically
modified (GM) crop should be introduced unless the biosafety and socio-economic
desirability is evaluated in a transparent process.
6. Scientists from
(CSIR-NIIST), Thiruvananthapuram have developed new technique to produce bio-ethanol from
discarded cotton-stalks using both chemical and biological processes.
7. The National
Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has given approval to Spice
Digital Ltd. for processing bill payments under the Bharat Bill
Payment System (BBPS) as a Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit (BBPOU).
8. Based on the
recommendations of Directorate General of Antidumping and Allied Duties (DGAD,
the Union Finance Ministry’s Revenue Department has imposed a five year
anti-dumping duty on Sodium Nitrite imports from China.
9. A newly
developed biosensor that can accurately measure both the pH
and urea concentration with a single drop of urine and makes it
possible to detect kidney disorders in less than eight minutes was
jointly developed by researchers from Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT),
Bombay and Indore.
10. The 2018 International Table Tennis Federation Team
World Cup will be staged at the iconic Copper Box Arena in
London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park from 22nd Feb - 25th Feb
2018
11. Qatar who denied all allegations of Arab bloc, has weathered the
boycott and established diplomatic relations with Iran.
12. The Government of Brazil abolished a vast
national reserve in the Amazon to open up the area to mining.
13. Cristiano Ronaldo( Real Madrid’s ) won UEFA
Men’s player of the year award .and Lieke Martens was
named 2016-17 UEFA Women’s player of the year award
14. Union Government inaugurated the production of Light Combat
Helicopter ( 5.8 tonne) at HAL to provide fire support to the
army at mountainous deployment areas on the northern borders which can be as
high as 6000 m.
15. India won South Asian Foot ball Federation U-15 Championship at the ANFA
Complex, Satdobato, Nepal by defeating Nepal. Bangladesh and Bhutan captured
third and fourth place respectively.
16. Union Government has restricted imports of gold and silver items
from South Korea in a bid to check the surge in imports of precious metals from
the country.
17. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has launched a grid
connected roof top solar programme through a net- metering
system at the State Secretariat in the capital city
of Bhubaneswar to increase its capacity of generating renewable energy.
18. The agriculture department of Karnataka has
signed an MoU with software giant Microsoft India to
develop a unique “farm price forecasting model “ that will help
farmers of the state understand the market behavior in advance.
19. The Union Government has notified the Banking
Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2017. The Parliament had approved the Banking
Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2017 which replaced an ordinance in this regard.
It amended the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 by adding provisions for handling
cases related to stressed assets or non-performing assets (NPAs) of banks.
20. The Canadian Government has announced
that citizens who do not identify with a particular gender ,
whether male or female would soon be able to obtain gender
neutral passports. The citizens would mark X in the space of gender on
their passports and other identity documents.
21. The DRDO has signed Rs.17,000 crore deal
with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) for producing
advanced medium—range surface to air missile (MRSAM) system for Indian Army by
2020. The deal envisages developing 40 firing units and around 200
missiles.\
22. Justice Dipak Misra (64) sworn in as the 45th Chief Justice of India (CJI).
He was administered the oath of office by President Ram Nath Kovind at the
Rashtrapati Bhawan.
23. The Union Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) launched
country’s first Videsh Bhavan by assimilating all
Regional Passport Offices and allied departments under a single roof at the
Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai, Maharashtra is expected to cut
costs besides ensuring improving efficiency and speeding up the delivery of
various services. Currently, 90-plus RPOs and PoEs across the country function
from rented offices.
24. PM Modi asked people to undertake the “ cleanliness is
service “ for “Swachchata Hi Seva “ campaign to promote the creation
of an environment of cleanliness while marking the third anniversary of
“Swachch Bharat Programme “
25. Nitasha Biswas from Kolkatta was crowned as “first Miss Trans Queen
India” at the competition held in Gurugram, Haryana.
26. Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes won the 2017 Belgian Grand Prix of Formula
One (F1) held at Circuit de Spa- Francorchamps Stavelot,
Belgium.
27. Nozomi Okuhara of Japan won the World
Badminton Championship held at Emirates Arena in Glasgow,
Scotland . India’s PV Sindhu won silver. This was the third medal for
her.
28. Kerala Government has launched e-waste disposal in its State’s
schools with about 12500 kg being disposed statewide on a single day
under a programme aimed at clearing the accumulated junk.
29. The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) of the
Ministry of Earth Sciences inaugurated the Ocean Forecasting System for
Indian Ocean countries Comoros, Madagascar, and Mozambique at
the 3rd Ministerial Meeting of Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard
Early Warning System for Asia and Africa (RIMES) held at Port Moresby, Papua
New Guinea.
30. The Indian Commodity Exchange (ICEX) has
launched world’s first diamond futures contracts after
receiving approval from market regulator Securities Exchange Board of
India (SEBI) to provide exporters with a hedging tool. India is a global
diamond polishing hub where 14 out of every 15 rough diamonds in the world are
polished. The futures contracts will enable companies involving in cut and
polished gems business to better hedge price risks. ICEX has to commence
trading with diamond futures contracts.
31. A NASA rocket mission named “ WINDY “ will form
night-time white artificial clouds visible by residents of the Republic of
Marshall Islands during two rocket flights between 29 August 2017 and 9
September 2017 . This mission will study a phenomenon that occurs in the
Ionosphere , alayer of charged particles in the upper atmosphere.
32. Ending the bitter standoff of 70 days over Doklam ,
India and china agreed to withdraw their troops from the
border region by diplomatic talks on 28th Aug,2017
33. Researchers at the University of Southern California have
identified a noval variant within the previously identified family of
proteins in HIV called “ Delta 20” an immune system protein that suppresses
the most damaging HIV strains X4 by preventing the virus from infecting cells.
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