Daily Current from Jan 29-31, 2018 ( English )
1.
INS Karanj, Scorpene
submarine was launched by Indian Navy at the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd
(MDL), Mumbai, Maharashtra. It the third Scorpene
class submarine built by MDL under ambitious Project 75 of the Indian Navy. INS
Karanj has an overall length of 67.5 metres and height of about 12.3 metres. The
first of these, INS Kalvari was commissioned in December 2017 and second, INS
Khanderi is undergoing sea trials. Remaining 4 submarines will be inducted
gradually by 2020. In all, six scorpion submarines being indigenously built at
MDL under Project 75 with help of French naval defence and energy company DCNS.
These are diesel-electric attack submarines equipped with anti-ship missile.
The first four submarines will be conventional, while last two will be equipped
with the Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) system, which will enable them to
stay underwater for longer duration. INS Karanj has been named after older
submarine as per Indian naval tradition that was in operation from 1969 to
2003. It served country for 34 years and was also part of operations in 1971.
2. To Improve Rural Connectivity in 5 States viz. Assam,
Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and West Bengal under Pradhan Mantri Gram
Sadak Yojana (PMGSY), the Union Government has inked $250 Million Loan
Agreement with Asian Development Bank (ADB). The
program is aimed to improve rural connectivity, facilitate safer and more
efficient access to livelihood and socio-economic opportunities for rural
connectivity, facilitate safer and more efficient access to livelihood and
socio-economic opportunities for rural communities through improvements to
about 12,000 kms Rural Roads across 5 States.
3.
India has overtaken US to
become the world’s third largest steel producer in 2017, according to recent
report published by World Steel Association (WSA). India’s crude steel production has grown by 6.2% to 101.4
million tonnes (MT) in 2017 compared to 95.5 MT in the previous year. China has
remained world leader by producing 831.7 MT in 2017, up 5.7% from 786.9 MT in
the year-ago period. Japan is second largest global steel producer.
4.
While addressing the joint
sitting of Parliament on the commencement of the Budget Session, President
Ram Nath Kovind has called for simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and state
assemblies. He called for sustained debate on subject of simultaneous
elections and urged all political parties to arrive at consensus on this issue.
5.
Zero Budget Natural
Farming (ZBNF) project to promote organic farming have been launched by Jai Ram
Thakur (CM of Himachal Pradesh.)in the state . ZBNF
is set of natural farming methods where cost of growing and harvesting plants
is zero. It is a farming practice that believes in natural growth of crops
without adding any fertilizers and pesticides or any other foriegn elements. It
is different from organic farming. The project aims to increase agriculture
produce and the income of farmers by the year 2022.
6.
The first military
exercise (VINBAX-2018) between India and Vietnam was conducted at Jabalpur in
Madhya Pradesh as a part of joint training
undertaken with friendly foreign countries by Indian Army.
7.
Indian Cyber Crime
Coordination Centre (I4C), an apex coordination
centre was set up in New Delhi to deal with cybercrimes by the Union
Home Ministry.
8.
The agreement of Thar Link
Express, second solitary rail service between India and Pakistan was extended
for three more years i.e. till 2021. It was set
to expire in March 2018, but has now been extended to January 31, 2021. The
agreement to link the two countries by rail service through Munabao-Khokhrapar
link was signed in 2006 to facilitate people-to-people contact.. The Thar
Express links Jodhpur (India) and Karachi (Pakistan) via Munabao
(Rajasthan)-Khokhrapar (Sindh province) border crossing and carries only
passengers.
9.
Third version of the
Government e-Marketplace (GeM 3.0) was launched by the Ministry of Commerce
& Industry. It aims to enhance
transparency, efficiency and speed in public procurement of goods and services
and eliminate corruption. GeM is an Online Market platform to facilitate
procurement of goods and services by various Ministries and agencies of the
Government. It has been envisaged as National Procurement Portal of India. The
earlier version GeM 2.0 was launched as pilot project in August 2016.
10.
High performance computer
system (HPC) or supercomputer Mihir (meaning sun) has inaugurated by Ministry
of Earth Science (MoES) at National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting
(NCMRWF), Noida. It is country’s largest HPC
facility in terms of peak capacity and performance. It also propelled India’s
ranking to Top 30 in the list of HPC facilities in world. The HCP will provide
facility for improving weather/climate forecasts.
11.
India was ranked sixth in
list of wealthiest countries with total
wealth of US $8,230 billion in 2017 according to New World Wealth Report. Top
10 Wealthiest Countries are United States (1st, total wealth held US $ 64,584
billion), China (2nd, $24,803 billion), Japan (3rd, $19,522 billion) United
Kingdom (4th, $9,919 billion), Germany (5th, $9,660 billion), France (7th,
$6,649 billion), Canada (8th, $6,393 billion), Australia (9th, $6,142 billion)
and Italy (10th, $4,276 billion).
12.
The Union Government has
inked $100 million Loan Agreement with World Bank for Project to Boost Rural
Economy of Tamil Nadu. The project aims to promote
rural enterprises, facilitate their access to finance and create employment
opportunities for youth, particularly women in. selected blocks of Tamil Nadu
across 26 districts.
13.
Jan 29 –Hicky’s Day. 238th anniversary of India’s first newspaper the Hicky’s Bengal
Gazette was celebrated by the journalists and social activists Hicky’s Dayis
celebrated to pay tributes to the
fighter-journalist James Augustus Hicky who is considered as founder of
journalism in India.
14.
NITI Aayog member Dr Vinod
Paul became first Indian to be awarded prestigious IhsanDoğramacı
Family Health Foundation Prize by World Health Organisation.
15.
France’s highest civilian
award, Legion d’Honneur was awarded to Legendary Bengali actor Soumitra
Chatterjee (83) .Chatterjee was awarded in
recognition of his remarkable career and his outstanding contribution in
promoting Indian cinema in France and his long-standing attraction for our
country. He was presented the medal by French Ambassador Alexandre Ziegler at a
function in Kolkata, West Bengal.
16.Outstanding
Parliamentarian Awards was conferred to five Members of Parliament by the
parliamentarian Group. They are Dr Najma Heptulla:
former Rajya Sabha MP was selected for
this award for the year 2013. Hukumdev Narayan Yadav, Lok Sabha MP and he was selected for this award for the year for
2014. Ghulam Nabi Azad MPof Rajya Sabha and was selected for this award for the
year for 2015. Dinesh Trivedi, Lok Sabha MP and was selected for 2016. Bhartruhari
Mahatab, Lok Sabha MP and was selected
for 2017.
Prepared by
Sarala Dhavamanoharan
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