1. FICCI in
association with Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology announced
that the first phase of national optic fibre network christened as Bharat Net
project will be completed by December 2017 in ‘i-Bharat 2017’ thus
providing internet access to 100,000 gram panchayats. BharatNet is Union
Government’s ambitious rural internet connectivity programme which is
implemented by Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL). It is world’s largest
rural broadband connectivity programme using Optical fibre. The project is
being funded by Universal service Obligation Fund (USOF).
2. The three-day
conference of the 14th SAARCLAW ( South Asian
Association for Regional Co-operation in Law ) Conference was
held in Colombo, capital city of Sri Lanka along with 11th SAARC
Chief Justices Conference which was inaugurated by Sri Lankan Prime Minister
Ranil Wickremesinghe . The SAARCLAW Conference provided platform for legal
professionals to meet and discuss issues of mutual interests and emerging legal
trends in the South Asian countries.
3. The Union Government
has inked $65.5 million loan agreement with Asian Development Bank (ADB) to continue
interventions to check coastal erosion on the Western Coast in
Karnataka. The loan is second tranche of $250 million financing facility
under Sustainable Coastal Protection and Management Investment Program for
20-year term.
4. Country’s
first-ever such defence vessel to be built in a private shipyard Larsen and Toubro (L&T)
handed over offshore patrol vessel (OPV) named “Vikram” to the
Indian Coast Guard. OPV Vikram is first of seven vessels for which by
Ministry of Defence had awarded Rs. 1,432-crore contract to L&T in March
2015. It will be inducted into service by April 2018 after completion of
extensive trials of equipment and machineries. The OPV Vikram is 97 metres
long, 15 metre wide and has 2,140 tonne displacement capacity with range
of 5,000 nautical miles and can reach speed of up to 26 knots (One knot is
1.852 km/hr).
5. Earlier it was
believed that parasite Leishmania donovani (sandfly) alone is
responsible for spread of the dreaded infection kala-azar (visceral
leishmaniasis). Now, Scientists have found that parasite called Leptomonas
seymouri hosting virus called Lepsey NLV1 may be also responsible for this
disease. Kala-azar or visceral leishmaniasis (VL), also known as black
fever and Dumdum fever is most severe form of
leishmaniasis.
6. A team of
researchers from India and Germany have discovered a 152 million year-
old fossil of an ichthyosaur –an extinct marine reptile in the Kutch region of
Gujarat.
7. The Uttar Pradesh
government issued an order notifying Vrindavan and Barsana towns in
Mathura district as ‘Sacred pilgrimage sites(‘pavitra teerth sthals’). With this Vrindavan
and Barsana became the first two places to be notified as teerth sthal in
government records,No meat and liquor shops will be allowed in these towns
anymore.
8. Convention on
Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) have awarded
highest protection to several species of vultures including four from India on
their migratory routes during CMS Summit held in Manila in
submissions made by 24 countries from Asia, Africa, Americas, Europe and
Oceania. Asian vultures are red-headed vulture, white-rumped vulture,
Indianvulture and slender-billed vulture. They are faced with threats such as
poisoning, hunting, collision with electricity cables and habitat degradation.
A subspecies of black noddy, yellow bunting and lesser and great grey shrike
are other avians listed on CMS protected list.
9. India’s ace
shuttler Kidambi Srikanth (World no. 8) won French Open Superseries badminton
title in men’s single category by defeating Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto. It was Kidambi
Srikanth’s fourth Super Series Premier title in 2017 season after winning
Australian Super Series title, Indonesia Super Series Premier title and Denmark
Open Super Series title. Women’s single was won by Tai Tzu-ying
from Chinese Taipei. Men’s double was won by Chinese Taipei’s
Lee Jhe-huei and Lee Yang. Women’s doubles title was won by
Indonesia’s Greysia POLL and Apriyani Rahayu by defeating Lee Sottee and SHIN
Seung Chen .Mixed Doubles title was won by Indonesia’s Tontowi
Ahmad and Liliyana NATSIR by defeating Zheng Siwei and Chen Qingchen.
10. BCAS, currently
under the Union Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) is responsible for laying
down standards, policies and measures with regard to security of all commercial
flights. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) is set to move a proposal
before Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) for taking over Bureau of Civil
Aviation. The decision is based on security audit conducted by team of
experts from MHA, IB, CISF and BCAS which had recommended change. Once CCS
gives its approval, CISF will assume larger role in airport security.
11. India has
flagged off shipment of wheat for Afghanistan through Iran’s Chabahar port
flagged off from Kandla port in Gujarat. The first consignment transfer was
part of India’s commitment to send 1.1 million tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan
on grant basis. Afghanistan will receive entire amount in six different
instalments over coming months.
12. India will host
next Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS)
Conference of Parties 13 (CMS COP13) in year 2020 which
was announced by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The
announcement was made during 12th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties 12
(COP12) to CMS held in Manila, Philippines. The theme of the CMS
COP12 was “Their Future is Our Future – Sustainable Development for
Wildlife and People”. This was for first time the summit was
held in Asia. It was held from 23 to 28 October 2017 and was attended by
over 500 delegates from more than 91 countries participated in the summit which
is held once in three years. CMS COP is also known as a Global Wildlife
Conference.
13. The Union Defence
Ministry and Indian Army has finalised infantry modernisation plan to purchase
large number of light machine guns (LMGs), assault rifles and battle carbines
at cost of nearly Rs. 40,000 crore to replace its ageing and obsolete weapons.
14. The 11th
India-United States Trade Policy Forum (TPF) Meeting was held in Washington
D.C, capital city of US. Both sides held discussions on issues related to bilateral
trade, areas of mutual cooperation, market access in agriculture,
non-agricultural goods and services and Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) which
was chaired jointly by Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu
and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.
15. World’s shortest
X-ray laser pulse with duration of just 43 attoseconds (1×10−18 of a second)
was successfully created by Scientists from ETH Zurich in Switzerland. Using this laser
pulse, researchers can now observe in high detail how electrons movement within
molecule and fully understand dynamics during chemical reaction.
16. Karnataka
government has signed a MoU with tech giant Microsoft for empowering farmers with
technology-oriented solutions like Cloud, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and
advanced analytics.
17. Veteran actor Sharmila
Tagore was honoured with 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award by PHD
Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) for her contribution in the
field of cinema.
18. The Appointments
Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has appointed Vikram Singh as Private
Secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind for a period of two years.
19. BJP MP B C Khanduri
will head the recently constituted parliamentary standing committee on defence. The committee
will examine operational preparedness of armed forces and review accidents
involving strategic defence assets.
20. England won 17th
edition of FIFA U-17 World Cup by defeating Spain by 5-2 goals in the
final match held at Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan/Salt Lake Stadium in
Kolkata, West Bengal. England’s Phil Foden was adjudged
tournament’s best player and was awarded ‘Golden Ball’. Besides, Rhian
Brewster of England who scored most goals in tournament (8
goals) was awarded ‘Golden Shoe’. Brazil’s goalkeeper
Gabriel Brazao was awarded ‘Golden Glove’. 17th edition of FIFA
U-17 World Cup was held in India from 6th – 28th October 2017. The official
Mascot for FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 was clouded leopard named ‘Kheleo’.
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