17 January 2019 - Daily Current Affairs

17 January 2019 - Daily Current Affairs

1. Yohei Sasakawa to get Gandhi Peace Prize for 2018

• The Union government has announced the names of the winners of the Gandhi Peace Prize for 2015-2018.
• The Gandhi Peace Prize 2018 will be given to Yohei Sasakawa, Goodwill Ambassador of the World Health Organisation (WHO) for Leprosy Elimination.
• For 2017, the award is given to Ekai Abhiyan Trust for their contribution to education for rural and tribal children
• For 2016, the award has been jointly given to Akshaya Patra Foundation for providing mid-day meals to children across the country and Sulabh International for its work towards the emancipation of manual scavengers.
• Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari won the award for 2015 for rural development and education.
• Gandhi Peace Prize carries an award of one crore, a citation a plaque and a handicraft item.

Note:

• The award was instituted in 1995 during the commemoration of 125th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and is to be given annually.
• Gandhi Peace Prize is given to individuals and institutions for their contribution towards social, economic and political transformation through non-violence and other Gandhian methods.

The recipient of Gandhi Peace Prizes:

Years	Names of the winners
2018	Yohei Sasakawa
2017	Ekai Abhiyan Trust
2016	Akshaya Patra Foundation & Sulabh International
2015	Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari
2014	Indian Space Research Organisation

Appointments 

2. UK PM Theresa May wins the no-confidence vote

• British Prime Minister Theresa May has won a confidence vote by 325 votes to 306 - a majority of 19, averting a general election.
• After her win, Ms May called on MPs to put self-interest aside and work constructively together to find a way forward for Brexit.
• PM Theresa May (leader of the Conservative Party) was appointed by the Queen on 13 July 2016.

Note:

• The Prime Minister leads a major political party and generally commands a majority in the House of Commons (the lower House of the legislature).

3. C P Joshi elected as Rajasthan assembly speaker

• Senior Congress leader C.P. Joshi (68-years) elected as speaker of the 15th Rajasthan Assembly.
• Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh administered the oath of office.
• Mr. Joshi has been elected from the Nathdwara assembly constituency.

Note:

• Speaker of the Legislative Assembly is a title commonly held by presiding officers of parliamentary bodies styled legislative assemblies.

National Affairs

4. PM Modi to visit Gujarat inaugurates the Global Trade Show

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the Global Trade Show in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
• Global Trade Show has been organized as a part of Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit 2019 to be held at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, On Friday.
• The main theme of this edition of Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit will be “Youth Connect 2019: Shaping A New India - The Story of Billion Dreams”.
• Prime Minister inaugurates newly constructed Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel- SVP Institute of Medical Sciences in Ahmedabad.
• Modi will inaugurate the Ahmedabad Shopping Festival - 2019 being organized simultaneously with Vibrant Gujarat.
• Fifteen countries including Australia, Canada, France and Japan have agreed to be “partner countries” this year.

5. Govt. to set up over 460 more Eklavya Model Residential Schools across the country

• According to Union Tribal Affairs Minister Jual Oram, The Union government will set up over 460 more ‘Eklavya Model Residential Schools’ across the country.
• The Centre would spend about Rs 25,000 crore towards the initiative of these schools.
• Eklavya Model Residential Schools have expanded into a major education system in the country after Kendriya Vidyalaya and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas.

Note:

• Ekalavya Model Residential School (EMRS) is a Government of India scheme for model residential school for Indian tribals (Scheduled Tribes, ST) across India.
• It was established by the Tribal Ministry, Government of India.

6. SBI, other banks agree to finance Nagpur-Mumbai Samruddhi Corridor

• A consortium of banks led by State Bank of India (SBI) has agreed to lend 8,500 crore rupees finance for Nagpur-Mumbai 'Samruddhi Corridor' expressway project.
• Other lenders include Punjab National Bank, Bank of Baroda, Bank of Maharashtra as well as the Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India.
• The estimated cost of the project, being constructed by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation, is around 50,000 crores, of which around 26,000 crores are required for the construction of the expressway.
• The corridor will have 25 toll plazas, and the toll will be collected for 40 years.
• The state government was falling short of 3,000 to 4,000 crores to reach the target of 26,000 crore rupees.

Obituaries

7. Malayalam Director Lenin Rajendran passes away

•  Noted Malayalam director & screenwriter Lenin Rajendran (67-years) passed away at a private hospital in Chennai.
• He was a five-time recipient of the Kerala State Film Awards and also received the International Federation of Film Critics Award for the best Malayalam film for his film ‘Makaramanju’.
• He was also chairman of the Kerala State Film Development Corporation.

Sports

8.  Mohammed Ali Qamar appointed Women’s Boxing team Coach 

• Mohammed Ali Qamar (38-years) has taken over as the chief coach for the country’s female boxers.
• He has replaced veteran Shiv Singh.
• Qamar won India’s first Commonwealth Games gold medal in boxing.
• Qamar’s CWG gold came in the 2002 Manchester edition in the light flyweight category.

9.  Shakil Ahmed sets world record in indoor rowing

• Asian Cup gold medallist ‘Shakil Ahmed’ has set up a world record in indoor rowing by completing one lakh metres in above 40 years category in Kolkata.
• Shakil began his record-setting indoor rowing feat in Salt Lake stadium complex and achieved the milestone of covering one lakh metres of simulated distance in 10 hours.
• Now, West Bengal Rowing Association certifies the feat to the authorities of Limca Book of Records for entering the achievement in their record book.

 10. India’s Satyarup becomes world’s youngest mountaineer to climb 7 peaks, 7 volcano summits

• Mountaineer Satyarup Siddhanta conquered Antartica's highest point, Mount Sidley.
• With this feat, he became the first Indian and youngest man (35 years and 262 days) to climb the seven highest peaks and volcanic summits across all continents.
• Australia's Daniel Bull had done it at the age of 36 years 157 days.
• According to the in-Reach Satellite, Communicator Satyarup was carrying, he summited Mount Sidley at a temperature of minus 40-degree Celsius.
• Earlier, Satyarup had scaled the highest volcanic peak in North America, Pico de Orizaba.

11. Chennai’s Gukesh crowned world’s second youngest grandmaster

• Tamil Nadu lad D Gukesh has become 2nd youngest Grand Master in the world and the youngest Indian to achieve the feat at 12 years, 7 months and 17 days, erasing the mark set by his state-mate R Praggnanandhaa (in June 2018).
• Now, Gukesh becomes India’s 59th Grand Master.
• Ukraine’s Sergey Karjakin remains the youngest-ever GM, having achieved the feat at the age of 12 years and seven months in 2002.

Note:

• Grandmaster (GM) is a title awarded to chess players by the world chess organization FIDE.
• Apart from World Champion, Grandmaster is the highest title a chess player can attain.
• The title of Grandmaster, along with the lesser FIDE titles of International Master (IM) and FIDE Master (FM), is open to both men and women.

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16 January 2019 - Daily Current Affairs

16 January 2019 - Daily Current Affairs

1. 9th International Micro irrigation conference begins in Aurangabad

• The Union Minister for water resources and river development Shri Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the 9^th International Micro irrigation conference at Aurangabad, Maharashtra.
• The theme of the three-day conference is “Micro Irrigation and Modern Agriculture”.
• 740 delegates including 100 foreign delegates from 56 countries and as many 100 Agricultural scientists will also attend the conference.
• The conference aims to share experiences in the use of new technologies and best management practices in drip, micro-sprinkler, and other localized irrigation systems.

2. Govt forms GoM for GST issues in real estate

• The Union Government has constituted a seven-member Group of Ministers (GoM) to boost the real estate sector under the GST regime.
• Nitin Patel (Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat) will be the convener of the GoM.
• Finance Ministers of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh and the Panchayat Minister of Goa will be the members.
• Group of Ministers will analyse tax rate of GST and suggest a composition scheme for residential construction units.
• Currently, GST on the under-construction flats and houses is 12% whereas ready-to-move-in flats with a completion certificate attract no GST.

3. Puducherry to ban single-use plastic from 1st March

• Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy has announced to ban the production, sale and use of single-use plastic products in the Union Territory from 1st March 2019.
• The government wants to gift a plastic-free Puducherry to the future generation and curb the plastic in the larger interest of the environment.

4. Harshvardhan launches DD Science and India Science channels

• India DST (Department of Science and Technology) along with Doordarshan has launched the two-science communication initiative ‘DD Science’ and ‘India Science’ in New Delhi.
• The two channels will have science-based documentaries, studio-based discussions, and virtual walkthroughs of scientific institutions, interviews and short films and will be completely free to access (24/7).
• While DD Science is a one-hour slot on Doordarshan National channel, India Science is an internet-based science channel.

5. Regional Centre of National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD)

• The Union Minister of Women and Child Development, Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi has inaugurated 5th Regional Centre of National Institute of Public Cooperation and Child Development (NIPCCD) at Mohali, Punjab.
• NIPCCD is a premier organisation devoted to the promotion of voluntary action, research, training, and documentation in the overall domain of women and children development.
• NIPCCD already has four such Regional Centres one each at Bangalore, Guwahati, Indore and Lucknow besides the Headquarters at New Delhi.

6. Multi-Modal Logistics Park (MMLP) in Jharsuguda to be dedicated to the Nation

• The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi dedicated to the Nation Multi-Modal Logistics Park (MMLP), at Jharsugudaand in Odisha.
• The Multi-Modal Logistics Park (MMLP) at Jharsuguda is built at a cost of Rs 100 Crores.
• PM Modi also inaugurated a new railway line from Balangir-Bichupali built at an estimated cost of Rs. 115 crores.
• It will facilitate EXIM and Domestic cargo including Private Freight Traffic.
• The Prime Minister laid the foundation stone of Kendriya Vidyalaya in Odisha's Sonepur at an estimated cost of Rs.15.81 crore.

7. 1st National EMRS National Sports Meet, 2019 began at Hyderabad

• The first National Level Sports Meet for the students of Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) has been inaugurated by Shri Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor (Minister of State for Tribal Affairs) at G.M.C Balayogi Stadium, Gachibowli, Hyderabad.
• The Minister also launched an app ‘EMRS Sports Meet’ dedicated on the occasion.
• The event has the participation of 1777 students (975 boys and 802 girls) representing 20 States of the country.
• The three-day event will have competitions in 13 different disciplines of track and field that includes Hockey, Wrestling, Football, Archery, VolleyBall, Kabaddi, Handball, Kho Kho and Athletics

Note:

• The Union Government in a historic decision has decided to establish EMRS in every block with more than 50% or more tribal population and 20,000 or more tribal persons by the year 2022.
• Around 462 schools will be set up in addition to the 288 EMRSs already sanctioned.

8. MP launches Rs 50,000-cr farm debt-waiver scheme

• Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath has launched the Rs 50,000-crore farm debt-waiver scheme named 'Jai Kisan Rin Mukti Yojana'.
• It would benefit 55 lakh small and marginal farmers.
• About 70% people of Madhya Pradesh are associated with agriculture and allied sectors.
• Farmers who have registered themselves to pay GST and are paying income tax, cannot avail benefits under this scheme.

9. PM Modi inaugurates the project “Development of Spiritual Circuit: Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple-Aranmula-Sabarimala”

• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has inaugurated the project “Development of Spiritual Circuit: Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple-Aranmula-Sabarimala” being implemented under the Swadesh Drashan Scheme of Ministry of Tourism, Government of India.
• The project ‘Development of Spiritual Circuit: Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple-Aranmula-Sabarimala’ was sanctioned by the Ministry of Tourism in 2016-17 for Rs. 92.22 Crores.
• The work under this project has been carried out at the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple.

Note

• The Sree Padmanabaswamy Temple is one of the 108 divyadesams of Lord Vishnu.
• Swadesh Darshan scheme is one of the flagship schemes of Ministry of tourism for development of thematic circuits in the country in a planned and prioritised.

10. Newly built broad-gauge railway line inaugurated in Una district

• The Minister of State for Railways Manoj Sinha has inaugurated the newly built broad-gauge railway line between Amb Andora and Daulatpur chowk in Una district, Himachal Pradesh.
• The 16 km railway line, includes 10 bridges with no level crossing, spent around 335 crore rupees.
• According to Mr Sinha, by 2022 this rail line would be extended to Mukerian in Punjab.
• This project will not only increase the railway connectivity but also play a significant role in the economic development of the state.

 Banking & Finance

11. Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2018-19 (Series-V) opens

• The Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2018-19 (Series-V) opened for subscription, continue till 18^th January 2019.
• The issue price of the Bond during this subscription period will be Rs. 3200 and fourteen rupees per gram with the settlement date of 22nd January 2019.
• The Centre in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India has decided to allow a discount of 50 rupees per gram from the issue price to those investors who apply online and make the payment through digital mode.

Note:

• Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme (SGBS) is one of the three gold related schemes launched by the PM in November 2015.
• It gives people to invest their gold into sovereign bonds. Bonds are one of the three assets, the other being stocks and cash.

 National Appointment

12. Jaideep Govind appointed Secretary General of NHRC

• Senior IAS officer Jaideep Govind (1984-batch, Madhya Pradesh cadre) has been appointed the Secretary-General (15^th) of National Human Rights Commission(NHRC).
• Earlier, he was posted as Special Secretary and Financial Adviser in the Ministries of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation. 

Note:

• The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) of India is an autonomous public body constituted on 12 October 1993 under the Protection of Human Rights Ordinance of 28 September 1993.
• It was given a statutory basis by the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993.

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