Daily Current affairs for 7th & 8th Dec 2017 (English)
1. A Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) for enhanced cooperation in the health sector was signed
between India and Cuba. The objective of MoU is
to establish comprehensive inter-ministerial and inter-institutional
cooperation between two countries in the field of health. It aims at regulation
of pharmaceuticals, medical devices and exchange of information. It aims at
exchange and training of medical doctors, officials, other health professionals
and experts.
2.
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for intensive efforts
towards achieving the immunization target was signed between the Union Health
Ministry and Rotary International India National PolioPlus. It aims to provide collaborative support and accelerate
efforts under Polio Eradication Programme, Routine Immunization including
Mission Indradhanush.
3.
A three member committee led by NCM’s Vice Chairman George
Kurien has been set up by the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) to study
the matter to give minority status to Hindus in 8 states where their
population is less than 50%.The committee has been given three months to submit
its report. According to 2011 Census, Hindus are in monitory in eight states —
Lakshadweep (2.5%), Mizoram (2.75%), Nagaland (8.75%), Meghalaya (11.53%),
J&K (28.44%), Arunachal Pradesh (29%), Manipur (31.39%), and Punjab (38.40).
4.
Time magazine has named ‘the silence breakers’ as its Person of
the Year for 2017. It was referring to those
individuals, mostly women, who came forward this year with #MeToo movement to
publicly expose patterns of sexual harassment and assault by powerful public
figures in United States.
5.
2017 Ballon d’Or (Golden Ball) for world player of the year in
Paris, France for the fifth time was awarded to Real Madrid and Portugal
superstar Cristiano Ronaldo. In this year’s Ballon
d’Or Award competition, Lionel Messi came second while Paris’ Neymar Jr, came
third, Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon finished fourth and Luka Modric came
fifth. With this Ronaldo equals record of his great Barcelona rival Lionel
Messi. Earlier Ronaldo had won Ballon d’Or in 2008, 2013, 2014 and 2016. FIFA
Ballon d’Or Award is annual football association award given by FIFA to the
male player who has performed the best in previous calendar year.
6.
Uttar Pradesh became first state to endorse Union Government’s
draft law — Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act that makes practice of instant “triple
talaq” or talaq-e-biddat. a cognisable and non-bailable criminal offence.
The draft law was endorsed by the state cabinet meeting chaired by Chief
Minister Yogi Adityanath.
7.
India and Israel have jointly set up a centre for excellence in floriculture
at Thally in Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu. It is first agro-technology
development centre to be set up with Israel’s assistance in Tamil Nadu. The
centre at Thally and similar centre planned for vegetables to be established in
Dindigul, Tamil Nadu. The Dindigul centre, specialises in vegetables such as
cucumber, capsicum and tomatoes, is expected to be launched in January 2018. More
such centres of excellence are planned in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in near
future. Centres in Karnataka will come up in Dharwar, Kolar and B agalkot and
will focus on vegetables, mangoes and pomegranate, respectively. The centre in
Andhra Pradesh will come up in Kuppam and will work on both floriculture and
vegetable research.
8.
A high-level committee headed by NITI Aayog Chief Executive Amitabh Kant has
been constituted by the Union Government to address problem of
Non-performing assets (NPAs) or stressed assets in India’s power sector.
9.
The Intergovernmental Committee for Safeguarding of Intangible
Cultural Heritage under UNESCO has inscribed ´KumbhMela´ on UNESCO’s
Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. KumbhMela is the 14th intangible cultural heritage from India to
be listed in UNESCO’s list. KumbhMela is held every four times every 12 years
at four different locations across central and northern India. Kumbh Mela is
held every third year at one of four places by rotation: Haridwar, Allahabad,
Nashik and Ujjain. Thus, it is held at each of these four places every twelfth
year. Ardha Kumbha Mela, which is next in sanctity, is held only at Haridwar
and Allahabad. The rivers at these four places are Ganga at Haridwar, Prayag
Sangam at Allahabad, Godawari at Nashik, and Shipra at Ujjain.
10.
“SAICON 2017”- the first International Conference on Sports Medicine &
Sports Sciences was held in New Delhi which was inaugurated by the Minister
of State (I/C) Youth Affairs and Sports Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore. The theme of
the conference was ‘Scoring Goals in Sports with Science and Technology’. The
3-day conference was organized by Sports Authority of India (SAI). It aimed at
promoting scientific temperament in country and inspire students, researchers
and educationists alike to take up sports science and research to next level.
11.
Kacheguda Railway Station in Hyderabad has become the first
energy-efficient ‘A1 Category’ railway station in India. Kacheguda Railway station is one of the historic building in
Hyderabad that has completed 100 years. Kacheguda Railway Station attained the
100% energy-efficient status by replacing 1312 conventional lights with
light-emitting diode (LED) lighting, 12 air conditioners (ACs) with energy
efficient inverter type ACs and 370 ceiling fans with Brushless DC Electrical
(BLDC) motors energy-efficient fans.
12.
Multilateral funding agency Asian Development Bank (ADB) has
approved $346 million loan for highways upgradation project in Karnataka. The loan funds will be used for Karnataka State Highways
Improvement III Project to upgrade 419 km of state highways from two to
four–lane widths and improving culverts and bridges along stretch of road. This
is second loan from ADB for improving state’s road network. The project roads
will address needs of residents along roads for adequate footpaths, lights, and
improvement to curves that pose safety hazards, especially at night.
13.Elite export control regime Wassenaar Arrangement
(WA) has decided to admit India as its new member. The decision was taken
at two-day plenary meeting of grouping in Vienna, Austria. India will be
Arrangement’s 42nd participating state. The Wassenaar Arrangement on Export
Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies, commonly
known as the Wassenaar Arrangement is a multilateral export control regime
(MECR). It is elite club of countries subscribing arms controls similar to NSG
and MTCR.
Announcement !
கருத்துரையிடுக
கருத்துரையிடுக