INDIAN AFFAIRS
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was on two day visit to Sri Lanka to discuss the fishermen’s issue and rights of minority Tamils.
- 9th Joint Commission meeting
- Both Nations signed MoUs on education and health sectors
- Rise of Digital India
In a bid to improve tourist infrastructure in heritage places of Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh and Warangal in Telangana, urban development ministry has given its stamp of approval to the projects worth of Rs. 12 crore.
- An inter-Ministerial HRIDAY National Empowered Committee approved development of Heritage Park in Amaravati and 1000 Pillar Temple, Kazipet Durgah and Padmakshi Temple in Warangal.
Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare had launched Project Sunrise on for prevention of AIDS in the 8 North-Eastern states. The funding of project is done by theCentre for Disease Control of the United States. First cases of HIV were diagnosed in 1986 among sex workers in Chennai.
- The objective of this AIDS prevention project is to diagnose 90 per cent of such drug addicts with HIV and put them under treatment by 2020.
The maiden Kerala Literature Festival was hosted in Kozhikode
at which key topics like spirituality, social media, women’s issues,
Dalit issues, freedom of expression, environment issues and media
activism were discussed.
- Dalit issues were also discussed in a session “Dalit Literature Past and Present” and “Consciousness of Indian Religion and the Suicide of Rohith Vemula”.
- Noted documentaries, feature films and documentary fictions were also screened on various contemporary topics.
National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) at Bhubaneswar, Odisha has been dedicated by PM Modi to the nation.
- The Prime Minister urged the students of NISER to work towards making NISER India’s greenest campus, and a zero-emission, zero-discharge campus which uses only renewable energy.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
India is now in the UN panel on women’s economic empowerment. Padma Shri awardee Renana Jhabvala, social worker from Ahmedabad had invited to serve as a panelist.
- The aim of the panel is to finish the economic gender gaps that persist around the world.
- The panel had been established to offer advice on improving economic upshot for women and promoting women’s leadership and to counsel the implementation of 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
- The panel is sponsored by the United Kingdom, the World Bank Group and UN Women
BANKING & FINANCE
CAMS had launched Aadhar based eKYC (know your customer) for setting up an instant (MF) mutual fund account. The system had been launched to make mutual fund account opening and transactions a paperless and presence less process.
- Investors can voluntarily submit Aadhaar and mobile numbers for validation with Aadhaar or UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India)
- The authentication is done using OTP (one-time password) through CAMS at camsonline.com
BUSINESS
The Intellectual Property Appellate Board (IPAB) had approved the Geographical Indications Registry (GI) tag for . The report is given by the geographical isolation conducted by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA).
- Basmati rice-producing states in north Indian to get GI tag are Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand and parts of Uttar Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
The Indian Navy conducted an International Fleet Review (IFR) at Visakhapatnam.
- IFR 2016 Mascot – Dolphin
- IFR 2016 Theme Song – United through Oceans
During the IFR 2016, Indian Navy showcased its bio diesel powered fast attack craft. It was developed by the lab from the Jatropha Curacas plant.
About International Fleet Review (IFR): President of India being the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, once in his term, reviews the Indian Naval (IN) Fleet as part of the “President’s Fleet Review” (PFR).
- Ten Reviews have taken place in India since Independence in 1947.
- The first was held in 1953.
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