Daily Current Affairs for Aug 23,2018 (English)
National:
1. To curb adulteration for honey
and its products, food safety standards has notified by Food Safety and
Standards Authority (FSSAI). Honey products
should comply with 18 parameters like that of sucrose content, glucose ratio,
pollen count, foreign oligosaccharides etc. These products should contain fixed
maximum 5% limit for sucrose, 10% for carviacallosa and honeydew honey. The
moisture percentage should be maximum 20% and pollen count should be 25,000 per
gram. If product is sold as honey then food ingredient, including food additives
should not be added to it.
2. University Grants Commission
(UGC) issued circular directing all varsities and higher education institutions
to ban sale of junk food on their campuses. This ban
will help will set new standards for healthy food, making students live better,
learn better and reduce obesity levels. It will also help to prevent lifestyle
diseases which have direct link with excessive weight.
3. Kerala Heritage Rescue
Initiative to assess damage to rich cultural and built
heritage sites in flood-devastated Kerala has been launched by a global monument conservation body ICOMOS( International
Council on Monuments and Sites).
4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi
inaugurated various projects in Junagadh district.
These included the Government Civil Hospital, a milk processing plant and some
buildings of the Junagadh Agriculture University. He dedicated nine new
initiatives worth over Rs 500 crore to the state.
5. The Union Government on August
21, 2018 permitted private retail chemists to sell Oxytocin with effect from
September 1, 2018.Earlier, through a notification
dated April 27, 2018, the government stated that the sale of Oxytocin through
private retail chemists would be banned from July 1, 2018. However, fearing
shortage of Oxytocin in the market, the government deleted the provisions of
its April 27 notification stating that the Oxytocin would be sold through
government chemists only.
6. Kerala’s Chief Minister Pinarayi
Vijayan announced on August 21,2018 that the United Arab Emirates has promised
assistance worth Rs 700 crore for the state’s reconstruction.
The Union Government has, however, decided to decline all offers of financial
help from foreign countries. The state has reportedly suffered damages
worth over Rs 20,000 crore, which includes damaged highways covering about
10,000 kilometres, damaged buildings, crops lost and shutdown of one of the
state’s three international airports - Cochin International Airport- following
heavy flooding. The state government has demanded a minimum of Rs
2000 crore to help with rehabilitation and reconstruction work.
International:
1.
The
thickest sea ice in the Arctic has started to break up, opening waters of North
Greenland that are normally frozen. The ice has
broken up twice this year, due to warm winds and heatwaves in the northern
hemisphere. Scientists said it could prove catastrophic for polar bears
and seals, threatening their survival. The sea off the north coast of
Greenland had long been known as “the last ice area” as it was expected to be
the last place to remain frozen, given it had the oldest and thickest ice.
Science & Technology:
1. The maximum numbers of
cyber-attacks on official Indian websites are from China, US and Russia according
to recent report by Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In).
It had analysed cyber-attacks from April-June 2018. The report was forwarded to
National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) and other security agencies.
Economy:
1. India Banking Conclave (IBC)
2018 organised by Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) along with its
knowledge partner and government Think Tank, NITI Aayog was held in New Delhi
from Aug 23-24, 2018. IBC 2018 aimed to serve as effective
platform for varied stakeholders connected to India’s banking and financial
sectors.
2. Mukesh Ambani's telecom unit
Reliance Jio was ranked as the top company globally on Fortune's 'Change The
World' list 2018 that ranked companies using the profit motive to help the
planet tackle social problems. Jio is ranked ahead
of pharma giant Merck and Bank of America. Chinese group Alibaba is
ranked 5th on the list with food and drug stores Kroger at 6th, industrial
machinery firm ABB at 8th and network and communications giant Hughes Network
System at 10th.
Appointments/ Resignations:
1. Bollywood actor Raveena Tandon has
appointed as the brand ambassador of Mumbai city-based Sanjay Gandhi National
Park (SGNP) by Maharashtra Government. It was formerly
known as Borivali National Park (renamed to present name in 1996, after Sanjay
Gandhi, eldest son of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi).
Sports:
1. India won four bronze medals in
Wushu sporting event (all in Sanda style) at Jakarta-Palembang 2018 Asian Games
held in Indonesia. Four bronze medals winners are Roshibina Devi in 60kg category, Santosh Kumar in56kg category, Surya Bhanu Partap Singh in 60kg
category, Narender Grewal in65kg
category. He had earlier won bronze in Sanda 60kg in 2014 Asian Games. Wushu is
Chinese Kung-fu. It was India’s best performance so far in Wushu in Asian Games
as in Incheon games in 2014, India had won just two bronze medals.
2. Shardul Vihan (15), Young Indian
shooter won silver in the finals of the men’s double trap event.
It is India’s 17th Asiad medal on Day 5 of Asian Games 2018. Ankita Raina won bronze in tennis women’s
singles event. Indian tennis duo of Rohan Bopanna and Divij Sharan
has entered the finals of their event, assuring India of a silver medal.
3. Veteran India pacer Jhulan
Goswami on Thursday announced her retirement from T20 Internationals with
immediate effect. Goswami, a veteran of 10 Tests
and 169 ODIs, is currently the leading wicket-taker in the women’s ODI format
and also the first woman cricketer to take 200 ODI wickets. In 2010, she
received the Arjuna Award and two years later, became only the second woman cricketer
to be conferred the Padma Shri, after Diana Edulji. She won the
International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Women’s Cricketer of the Year award in
2007, the first Indian player to win it. She represented India in 68
T20Is, picking up 56 wickets which included a five-wicket haul against
Australia in 2012. Goswami's memorable Test performance came against
England at Taunton in 2006, where she took five wickets in each innings to
finish with match figures of 10 for 78 to help India to a famous series victory.
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