Daily Gk 16th June 2017

Current affairs for IBPS RRB,RBI,DENA BANK,SSC CGL

National:

Government set to launch 'Parivar Vikas' programme in 146 districts

·        The government is all set to roll out the 'Mission Parivar Vikas' programme to improve family planning services in 146 districts that are home to 28 per cent of the country's population.

·        The districts, in the seven states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Assam, have a total fertility rate (TFR) of 3 and above and have been identified as high-focus districts to accelerate access to high quality family planning choices based on information, reliable services and supplies.

·        TFR (the number of children who would be born per woman) has a direct correlation with maternal mortality rate (MMR) and infant mortality rate (IMR).

Ministry of Steel Organises Second Steel Consumers’ Council Meeting in Bhubaneswar

·        The Second Meeting of the National Steel Consumers’ Council, on the theme of “Current Status of Steel Industry and the Way Forward’’ will be held under the Chairmanship of the Union Steel Minister Shri Chaudhary Birender Singh in Bhubaneswar on 16th June,2017 . The function of the Steel Consumer Council is to advise Government on matters relating to supply, availability, quality and the market trends of iron and steel.

·        India is currently the third largest steel producer in the world; while the domestic steel consumption remains at only 60 Kgs per capita which is quite less in comparison to the world average of 208 kgs.

States shortlisted by NITI for transformative change in Health and Education

·        NITI Aayog has initiated a unique and novel initiative to catalyse transformational change in key Social Sectors. Under SATH (Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital), NITI Aayog and its knowledge partners will provide strategic, technical and implementation support to three states for each sector.

·        In Health sector, five States have been shortlisted as run up to the final selection of three. These are, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam, Karnataka and Gujarat. Similarly in Education, the shortlisted States are Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh.

Neeru Chadha becomes 1st Indian woman as member of ITLOS

·        In a significant victory for India at the UN, international law expert Neeru Chadha has won a crucial election to a top UN judicial body that deals with disputes related to the law of the sea, becoming the first Indian woman to be appointed as a judge at the tribunal.

·        Chadha, an eminent lawyer and the first Indian woman to become the chief legal adviser in the ministry of external affairs, won the election to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) for a nine-year term from 2017 to 2026.

International:

De Beers, Namibia launch world’s biggest diamond exploration ship

·        Anglo American’s diamond unit De Beers launched the world’s largest diamond exploration vessel off the coast of Namibia as it looks to maintain high production levels until 2035.

·         The 12,000-tonne, 113-metre-long SS Nujoma was built at a cost of $157 million and is named after Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s founding president.

Business & Economy:

AIIB approves $150 million equity investment in India

·        The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) approved its first-ever equity investment, worth $150 million, to catalyze private capital for infrastructure projects in India.

·        The deal will benefit local infrastructure development by enhancing private capital inflows from global long-term investors.

FIPB portal to be renamed

·        The FIPB portal will be renamed Foreign Investment Facilitation Portal under DIPP.

·        DIPP has defined timelines for ministries in the standard operating procedures.

·        DIPP will transfer the application to the concerned ministry within two days and also to MHA and RBI as required.

MSTC plans to set up first of its kind auto shredding unit in India

·        MSTC Ltd hopes to garner a sizeable chunk of the estimated USD 2 billion business in auto scrap by setting up a state-of-art vehicle collection centre near Noida.

·         This will be part of the country's first auto shredding unit being set up by MSTC in a Rs 120-crore joint venture with the Mahindra group.

Government unveils tit-for-tat public procurement policy

·        Entities from countries where Indian suppliers are not allowed to participate or compete in bids for government procurement, may be restricted or excluded from public procurement tenders in India.

·        Such a provision, relating to “reciprocity,” has been included in the Indian government’s new policy to encourage ‘Make in India’ by granting preference to local suppliers in public procurement.

Sci & Tech:

India ranks 75th in environmental impact survey

·        Mozambique, the southern African country rated as one of the poorest, has topped a survey of nations with the lowest global environmental impact while India has ranked a dismal 75th in the report.

·        Mozambique topped the list because almost all its energy use comes from green sources.

·        India, on the other hand, was placed 75th, with renewable energy making up only 15.2 per cent of all energy used; only 2.2 per cent of waste water being recycled, and municipal waste of 0.34 kg per person being generated daily.

·        The study by UK-based Money Super Market highlights the individual contribution to the world's climate while also highlighting areas for improvement for each country.

ISRO working to use kerosene as fuel for semi-cryogenic engine

·        After the historic launch of the country's heaviest rocket GSLV Mk III, Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is developing a semi-cryogenic engine that will use eco-friendly kerosene as propellant.

·        The advantage of using this semi-cryogenic engine in the launch vehicle is that it uses refined kerosene which is lighter than liquid fuel and can be stored at a normal temperature. The current fuel-a combination of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen--is heavier than kerosene and has to be stored at freezing temperatures of (-) 253 degree Celsius.

·        Kerosene is a fuel lighter than the conventional combination of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen but it gives higher thrust. Therefore kerosene occupies less space and more propellant can be packed in the semi-cryogenic engine's fuel compartment. However, liquid oxygen will be retained as oxidiser. The advantage of using this semi-cryogenic stage is the payload capacity of the launch vehicle will increase from four tonnes to six tonnes. This kind of rocket with the semi-cryogenic engine can the refore take heavier satellites into space and can also be used for interplanetary missions and deep space missions.

Sports:

Mira, the first Indian woman driver to race in JK Euro

·        Vadodara’s young racer Mira Erda will become the first Indian woman driver to compete in one of the highest classes of Formula racing in the country after signing up for the Euro JK series in the upcoming JK Tyre-FMSCI National racing championship.

Miscellaneous:

Israeli writer wins Man Booker International

·        Israeli author David Grossman has won the Man Booker International Prize, sharing the £50,000 award with translator Jessica Cohen.

·        Mr. Grossman, the first Israeli writer to win the prize, is now expected to enjoy a spike in international sales for A Horse Walks into a Bar.

Uttar Pradesh government data for 2016: Domestic tourists prefer Varanasi over Taj Mahal

·        Visitors to one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations, the Taj Mahal, declined last year, but more tourists visited the Prime Minister’s constituency of Varanasi, Lucknow and the holy town Ayodhya in the same period.

·        The latest numbers compiled by the Uttar Pradesh government have raised concerns about why fewer tourists are visiting the Taj Mahal and Agra Fort, the two most visited monuments in the country.

India, US, Japan to hold joint maritime security exercise

·        Maritime forces from India, Japan and the US would participate in Malabar 2017, a joint mid-summer exercise aimed at addressing shared threats to maritime security in the Indo-Asia Pacific region.

·        The exercise involving naval ships, aircraft and personnel from the three countries will feature in both ashore and at-sea training off India's eastern coast in the Bay of Bengal.


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