Daily Current Affairs for 19th & 20th Sep 2017 (English)
1. To avail benefits
of Northeast Venture Fund (NVF) in a bid to make Northeast
India favorite destination for young Startups, the Ministry of
Development of Northeast has invited start-ups from all over country. It aims
to remove constraints faced by youngster when he sets out to be on his own by
providing financial relief.
2. Senior IPS
officer Rajni Kant Mishra was appointed as new
Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB). He will succeed Archana
Ramasundaram. SSB was established in 1963 following Sino-Indian War. It was
formerly known as Special Service Bureau.
3. On the occasion
of 101st Birth Centenary of noted Carnatic musician Dr. MS
Subbulakshmi, commemorative coins of Rs 100 and Rs 10 denomination were
released by Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu.
4. On occasion of
World Food Day (October 16), India’s ambitious ‘Zero Hunger Programme’ through
interventions in farm sector will be launched by Indian Council of Agricultural
Research (ICAR) in association with Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR),
MS Swaminathan Research Foundation and Biotechnology Industry Research
Assistance Council (BIRAC) with focus on agriculture, nutrition and health in a
symbiotic manner. The Programme initially will be launched in three districts –
Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Koraput (Odisha) and Thane (Maharashtra). These
three districts will act as model of integrated approach to deal with hunger
and malnutrition by adopting suitable agricultural or horticultural practices.
This dedicated farm-based programme is in sync with India’s Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) to end hunger by 2030. It will be in addition government’s
plan to deal with issue of malnutrition through various other initiatives under
its goal to make India malnutrition free by 2022.
5. To empower
government to confiscate property of economic offenders and defaulters who flee
India, the Union Law ministry has approved Fugitive
Economic Offenders Bill, 2017. The proposed bill will be applicable in
cases where the value of offences is over Rs 100 crore.
6. Former Indian
cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has nominated for Padma
Bhushan by BCCI. He is only cricketer nominated by BCCI for
this year’s Padma Awards.
7. Indian American
astrophysicist who was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize for Physics Subramaniyan
Chandrasekhar in 1946 had first predicted that some stars could be emitting
polarised light from their edges. After 70 years ,Scientists for first
time have observed Optical polarisation phenomenon (polarised
light emitted by rapidly rotating stars). The phenomenon was observed using
High Precision Polarimetric Instrument (HIPPI), world’s most sensitive
astronomical polarimeter to detect polarised light from Regulus, one of
brightest stars in night sky about 79 light years away.
8. First BIMSTEC
Disaster Management Exercise- 2017 (DMEx-2017) from October
10-13, 2017 is going to conduct by India. The purpose of the
exercise is to provide platform for sharing Best Practices on all aspects of
Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), strengthening regional response and coordination
for Disaster Management among BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for
Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) member countries. Delegates
from all seven nations of BIMSTEC grouping, including India, Bangladesh,
Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand are participating in BIMSTEC
DMEx-2017. It will be conducted by National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) as
the lead agency in the National Capital Region (NCR).
9. For the 11th consecutive
time, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust has won the “Rajbasha kirti award” for its
excellent implementation of the official language in the category of ’B’
region for autonomous bodies and boards.
10. Bollywood
Actor Akshay Kumar was appointed as the Brand
ambassador of the Swachh Bharat Mission in Uttarakhand.
11. Uttar Pradesh CM
Yogi Adityanath took
oath as the Member of the State Legislative Council to meet the
mandatory 6 month dead line to get elected to either house of the state after
assuming office.
12. America had issued
4 no’s of UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters to Afghanistan to
replace the existing MI 70 helicopters of Russia.
13. H1-B Visa issue was
solved by USA. Its ban was removed .
14. Dominican island was very
badly hit by “Hurricane Maria “
15. India’s joint
ambassador to England Bharat Joshi in Chennai have announced that those who are going to
study post graduate courses in England will be sponsored
full scholarship. “Chevening” is an education program
initiated by 1983.Under this program this scholarship will be provided. It can
be availed through the website www.chevening.org/india.
16. 28th Southern
Region Junior Athletic championship which is held at Trivandrum,
Kerala. In Girls U-16 100 m running , Tamil
Nadu’s Thabitha had won gold. She also bagged gold for long jump in the
first day event.
17. 5th Indoor
Asian games Athletic Championship is going at Turkmenistan. India’s Lakshmanan
from Tamil Nadu had bagged gold in 3000m running . Chitra
from Tamil Nadu also won gold for 1500 m running.
18. Japan
Open Badminton Super series is started at Tokyo .India’s
PV sindhu ,Saina Nehwal , Sourabh varma, Srikanth, Sai Praneeth, Pranoy, Sameer
Varma are going to participate in this event.
Announcement !
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