Daily current affairs for 12th Jan 2018 ( English)
1.
President Ram Nath Kovind
inaugurated the 4th International Dharma-Dhamma Conference on “State and Social
Order in Dharma-Dhamma Traditions” was held at Rajgir in Nalanda district,
Bihar. Its central theme was the ideal state and
just social order based on dharmic principles. The conference aimed to
facilitate crosspollination of ideas and foster harmony at global level. The
event was organised as part of commemorative events to celebrate Silver Jubilee
(25) year of ASEAN-India Dialogue Partnership.
2.
Union Ministry of Youth
Affairs & Sports in collaboration with Uttar Pradesh Government at Gautam
Buddha University Greater Noida organised the 22nd National Youth Festival
(NYF) in New Delhi on the occasion of birth anniversary of Swami
Vivekananda, the youth icon of India. This is the first time that the National
Youth Festival is being organized in National Capital Region (NCR). The first
National Youth Festival was held in 1995 ( Bhopal). Its objective is to provide
platform to bring youth of country together in attempt to provide them
opportunity to showcase their talents in various activities. The Theme of 2017
NYF is ‘Sankalp Se Siddhi’
3.
The Union Ministry of
Railways has launched Smart Freight Operation Optimisation & Real Time
Information (SFOORTI) application to help plan traffic flows and optimize
freight operations. SFOORTI application will help
to track movement of freight trains over Zones/Divisions/Sections on GIS View.
Even passenger trains can be tracked using it. It will help to monitor freight
business along with comparative analysis of Zonal and Divisional Traffic.
4.
Kerala Govt permitted
Prisoners in Kerala Jails to donate organs to their relatives. This decision was taken at the cabinet meeting chaired by
Pinarayi Vijayan, Kerala CM .
5.
4th ASEAN –India
Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry was held in New Delhi on 12 Jan 2018.5th Meeting will be held in Brunei, Darussalam
in 2019.
6.
NITI Aayog to provide
rankings to 115 aspirational districts at the
“Transformation of Aspirational Districts’ conference held in New Delhi.
7.
During the recent meeting
of Afghanistan Defence Minister Tariq Shah Bahrami, with Chinese Defence
Minister Chang Wanquan, China has announced to provide financial support to
construct counter-terrorism base in Badakshan province of northern Afghanistan
that would prevent cross-border infiltration of the Chinese Uyghur militants.
8.
China became Nepal’s
second internet service provider, ending
India’s monopoly on internet access.
9.
South Australia planned to
build the World’s largest thermal Power plant
10.
Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd
is planning to create its own cyptocurrency, JioCoin. The Jiocoin project is being led by Mukesh Ambani’s elder son
Akash Ambani.
11.
January 12 - The National
Youth Day is observed every year to mark the birth anniversary of social
reformer, philosopher, thinker and youth icon of India Swami Vivekananda. Observance of the day seeks to propagate the philosophy and
the ideals of Swami Vivekananda for which he lived and worked. It will also
help and act as great source of inspiration for the Indian Youth.
12.
The annual survey of Gallup international
has placed PM Modi at 3rd rank among World leaders. The survey
was conducted with people from 50 countries. Angela Merkel , German Chancellor
became World no: 1 with a score of 21, French President Emmanuel Macron became
second with a score of 20. Indian PM Narendra Modi became 3rd rank
with a score of 8 .
13.
“ Majuli : Resources and Challenges
“ is a book that appreciates
the beauty and challengrs of Majuli in Assam. This book was edited by Sanjib
Kumar Borkakoti and published by Authorspress. This book is a collection of
essays written by experts.
14.
Senior advocate Indu
Malhotra becomes first woman lawyer from the country to be directly elected for
post of judge of the Supreme Court. Overall she
will be seventh woman judge in SC, since it was established 67 years ago. In
1989, Justice M. Fathima Beevi became first woman judge in Supreme Court. At
present, Justice R. Banumathi is lone woman judge in SC which currently has a
strength of 25 judges of total sanctioned strength of 31.
15.
Actress Kajol became
advocacy ambassador for Swachh Aadat Swachh Bharat initiative. she will be an active supporter of eradicating
preventable deaths from hygiene related issues.
16.
Anil Khanna was appointed as the Chairman of the Finance commission of
the Indian Olympic Association ( IOA)
17.Asian Games bronze medalist Sukhchain Singh
Cheema died in a car
accident in Patiala, Punjab recently.
Prepared By
Sarala Dhavamanoharan
Announcement !
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