Yak 16Th August 2018 Daily Electrical Flow Affairs - Pdf Download
Daily Current Affairs of 16th August 2018
International Current Affairs
- New Zealand's parliament today passed a mouth banning the sale of existing homes to unusual buyers.
- The authorities said the ban would lower the toll of homes, as well as provide would increase.
- The ban applies to all nationalities, except foreigners with residency condition as well as buyers from Singapore as well as Australia.
- On the occasion of its 72nd Independence Day, India gifted 30 ambulances and half dozen buses to the hospitals, charitable organisations as well as educational institutions of Nepal.
- The 24th World Congress of Philosophy (WCP) is beingness held inwards Beijing, China.
- For the commencement fourth dimension PRC is hosting the quinquennial (once inwards v year) event.
- This congress is beingness organized past times the International Federation of Philosophical Societies, as well as Peking University.
- Theme of 24th WCP 2018 : “Learning To Be Human”.
National Current Affairs
- The Uttar Pradesh government has approached the Centre for its blessing to rename Bareilly Airport to 'Nath Nagri'.
- Note : 'Nath Nagri' is believed to endure an ancient advert of the urban meat which had worshippers of Lord Shiva.
- The first projection nether Swadesh Darshan Scheme ‘North East Circuit: Imphal as well as Khongjom’ was inaugurated inwards Manipur.
- The projection covers ii sites i.e. Kangla Fort and Khongjom in Manipur.
- Under this project, the Union Tourism Ministry has carried out industrial plant such every bit restoration as well as improvement of outer as well as inner moat of onetime Govindajee Temple as well as rejuvenation of sacred ponds, reconstruction of onetime rampart, alongside others.
Science & Technology
- The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is going to seat an Indian astronaut in infinite inwards its 1st manned mission by 2022 for at to the lowest degree 7 days at a toll of less than ₹10,000 crore.
- ISRO has already tested the crew module as well as crew escape systems.
- The Indian Air Force (IAF) volition select the astronaut, who volition endure trained overseas.
- Chairman of ISRO : K Sivan
- The Food Safety as well as Standards Authority of Bharat (FSSAI) launched RUCO (Repurpose Used Cooking Oil) initiatory to enable collection as well as conversion of used cooking fossil oil to biodiesel.
- Under this initiative, 64 companies at 101 locations quest hold been identified to enable collection of used cooking oil.
Books & Authors
- Union Minister for Oil as well as Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan launched the Odia edition of the mass ‘Exam Warriors’ written past times Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
New Appointments
- Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development as well as Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari announced the appointment of Bollywood histrion Akshay Kumar as Road Safety Brand Ambassador.
- Asad Qaiser of Islamic Republic of Pakistan Tehrik-e Insaf (PTI) political party has been elected every bit the Speaker of Pakistan’s parliament.
- IAS officeholder K south Srinivas has taken over every bit Chairman of Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA).
- Prior to this appoitment, he had served every bit Joint Secretary inwards Department of Agriculture Cooperation as well as Farmers’ Welfare inwards Ministry of Agriculture.
Banking, Business & Economic Affairs
- Qatar today pledged $15 billion (over ₹1 lakh crore) of investment inwards Turkey to back upward the country's economy.
- This comes every bit Turkey faces a currency crisis amid a diplomatic stand-off with US.
- Note : Turkish currency lira has lost most 40% against the dollar this year.
- India has released additional Rs. 470 1000000 (Nepali) for Phase I of Postal Highway Project beingness constructed inwards Southern Plains of Nepal.
- The total released volition assist to keep fund liquidity for ongoing structure of fourteen route packages nether Postal Highway Project.
- United States has announced to grant $39 million every bit part its unusual military machine financing to Sri Lanka to boost maritime security.
- The US funding for Sri Lanka is part of its $300 1000000 laid aside for South as well as Southeast Asia to ensure free, open, as well as rules-based lodge inwards the Indo-Pacific region.
Awards & Honors
- Three US scientists James Allison, Carl June and Steven Rosenberg were declared winners of the prestigious Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine as well as Biomedical Research for the yr 2018.
- They are beingness honored with this laurels inwards recognition to their leading role inwards the evolution of immunotherapy to process cancer.
- Note : Albany Medical Center Prize is United States’ second highest value prize in medicine as well as biomedical research, awarded past times the Albany Medical Center.
Deaths
- Former Prime Minister as well as Bharat Ratna awardee Atal Bihari Vajpayee (93) passed away.
- He was the 10th Prime Minister of India.
- He served every bit the Prime Minister of Bharat for 3 times (13 days inwards 1996, eleven months during 1998-99, Full term during 1999-2004).
- Former Bharat Test captain Ajit Wadekar (77) passed away.
- He played 37 Tests for India, making his debut inwards 1966 against the West Indies, as well as was named the national squad captain inwards 1971.
- He was too part of the Indian squad that played its first-ever ODI inwards 1974.
Sports Current Affairs
- Kerala's Nihal Sarin has locomote India's 53rd Grandmaster after attaining his tertiary as well as finally GM-Norm past times drawing inwards the 8th circular of Abu Dhabi Masters against Uzbekistan's Temur Kuybokarov.
- Note : The 14-year-old is the 12th youngest grandmaster in chess history.
- Manchester City midfielder 32 yr onetime David Silva announced his retirement from international football.
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