Daily current affairs for 9th Jan 2018 ( English)
1.
R.S. Puram Police station in Coimbatore , Tamil
Nadu has been adjudged as the best
police station in India in SMART Police stations initiative of Union Ministry
of Home Affairs ( MHA).SMART Police stands for S-Sensitive and Strict,
M-Modern with Mobility, A-Alert and Accountable, R- Reliable and Responsible ,
T-Trained and Technosavvy. SMART Police concept was announced by PM Modi at the 49th annual conference
of Director General/Inspector General
held in Guwahati in Nov 2014.
2.
The first phase of BharatNet project is completed after
successfully laying optical fibre cables (OFC) in more than 1 lakh gram
panchayats. BharatNet project forms backbone for Digital India initiative.
It aims to bring high speed broadband to all 2.5 lakh gram panchayats (GPs)
through optical fibre. The project was approved by Union Cabinet in 2011 as
National Optical Fibre Netwok. The project is being funded by Universal service
Obligation Fund (USOF).The second phase of the project was initiated in
November 2017 for connecting the remaining 1.5 lakh gram panchayats.
Government is expecting to concluding it ahead of schedule by December 2018 and
the second phase’s original target is March 2019.
3.
National Programme for
Control of Viral Hepatitis, a new scheme free treatment of Hepatitis C is
rolled out by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare from the 2018-19
financial year. Hepatitis C is infectious
disease caused by blood-borne virus hepatitis C virus (HCV) that primarily
affects the liver. Significant number of people infected with Hepatitis C
develop cirrhosis of liver or liver cancer, which are responsible for 3,99,000
Hepatitis C deaths annually across the world. Under the new scheme, the focus
will be on anti-viral treatment of Hepatitis C which will be provided free at
all government health set-ups. For this government has embarked budget of Rs
600 crore for the next three years.
4.
The Supreme Court has
stayed Karnataka High Court order reducing size of pictorial warnings on
packages of tobacco products to 40% of the package space from earlier 85%. The apex court took decision saying that health of citizen has
primacy and emphasised on importance of public health and harmful effects of
tobacco products.
5.
The Union Defence Ministry
has sanctioned raising of Territorial Army (TA) battalion named as Composite
Ecological Task Force (CETF) battalion of TA comprising ex-servicemen of Indian
Army as part of its mission to clean the Ganga by 2020.The CETF battalion will be raised in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
as a pilot project. For this government has allocated Rs 167 crore under
National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), the nodal agency for cleaning Ganga. It
will be responsible for monitoring ecological and environmental projects
related to Ganga River, and also raise public awareness through campaigns. It
will also assist government in enforcing pollution control measures, support
local civil administration and police in managing the ghats, and provi de
support and assistance if and when there is flood or natural disaster in
region.
6.
Bihar government has imposed a ban on manufacture, distribution, sale,
purchase, display and advertisement of electronic cigarettes.(e-cigarettes)
across the state.
7.
Central govt has notified
the companies ( Amendment )Act,2017. This act now
allowed companies to issue shares at a discount to its creditors in instances
wherein its debt is converted into shares as a part of any statutory resolution
plan/debt restructuring under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016.
8.
Turkey announced plans to extend the
ongoing state of emergency for the sixth time to crack down on individuals
connected with failed coup. The ongoing emergency expires on Jan 19,
2018.The fresh extension will be for another three months. The state of emergency was first imposed on July
2016.
9.
A MoU was signed between
Punjab National Bank (PNB) and National Scheduled Castes finance and
development Corporation ( NSFDC) to
provide financial assistance to Sc families living below double poverty line(
DPL). At present persons whose family income is
below 40000/per annum in rural areas and Rs 55000 per annum in urban areas are
considered to be below double poverty line.
10.
Gujarat has topped
logistics ease across different states ( LEADS) index as per the
report released by the union minister of commerce and industry Suresh Prabhu at
the third meeting of council for Trade development and promotion on 8th
Jan 2018.LEADS index is a perception based index of mobility of goods and
efficiency of logistics chain.
11.
January 9 -The Pravasi
Bharatiya Divas (PBD) is celebrated every year to
mark the contribution of Overseas Indian community in the development of India
with the theme of 2018 “Ancient Route, New Journey: Diaspora in the Dynamic
ASEAN INDIA Partnership” This year marks 25 years of ASEAN-Indian
Partnership which is based on centuries-old cultural, religious and human
links, forged on an ancient route of commerce. PBD was chosen to commemorate
the return of Mahatma Gandhi from South Africa to India in 1915.
12.
Matunga Suburban station in Mumbai enters
Limca book of records for comprising all -woman staff. It became the India’s
first railway station to be operated by all- woman staff in July 2018 . A
total of 41 woman staff are working at the station.
13.
French
Government’s highest order of merit “ Legion of Honour award “ was given to
actor Soumitra Chatterjee at the 42nd International Kolkata Book
fair by French culture Minister Francoise Nyssen . Theme country for the
International Kolkata book fair 2018 is France. This is considered as the
world’s largest book fair in terms of participants.
14.
BCCI has suspended cricketer Yusuf Pathan
for five months for failing a dope test.But he is allowed to play from Jan
2018 as the ban was backdated to August 2018.
15.
Kolkata Open 2018 International Invitation snooker championship
at the Hindustan Club in Kolkata won by Aditya Mehta by defeating
England’s Alfie Burden. He won the Kolkata open for the third time.
16.
Dilip Asbe has been appointed as
the MD and CEO of National Payments Corporation of India ( NPCI), an umbrella organization for retail payments
in India
17.
Allu Arjun (Telugu film star) was
appointed as the brand ambassador of Frooti, as a part of Parle Agro’s
expansion strategy.
18.
AR Rahman was appointed as the
brand ambassador of Sikkim tourism. He will also brand Sikkim on
International platforms.
19.
Rajesh Ranjan,( IFS officer of 2001
batch ) was appointed as the High Commissioner of India to Botswana.
20.
Sita Ram Mandi was appointed as
the new DGP of Himachal Pradesh. He replaces Sanjay Kumar.
21.
Karen Bardley was appointed as the
new secretary of state for Northern Ireland .
22. R. S .Puram Police station House officer T. Jothi ( Coimbatore, Tamil
Nadu ) received the India’s best SMART
Police station award at the all India
conference of Director General/ Inspector General of Police held at BSF Academy
Tekanpur in Madhya Pradesh from Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
Prepared By
Sarala Dhavamanoharan
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