National:
1.
National
Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has written to Madhya Pradesh forest
department to revive its Cheetah Reintroduction Project to reintroduce Cheetahs
in Nauradehi sanctuary located in Sagar district of state.
The ambitious project was conceived in 2009 but had hit roadblock for want of
funds. India’s last spotted Asiatic cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus)
had died in Chhattisgarh in 1947.
2. The Election Commission held a
meeting of all recognised national and state political parties on various
electoral reforms in New Delhi on August 27, 2018. The
main agenda for the meeting included discussion on the fidelity of electoral
rolls. The ECI invited the views of all parties on measures to improve
the accuracy, transparency and inclusivity of electoral rolls in view of the
upcoming elections to the Lok Sabha and the State Assemblies.
3. A Delhi court on August 27, 2018
acquitted two men, accused of hijacking a New Delhi-Srinagar Air India flight
and forcing it to land in Pakistan in 1981. The
two allegedly hijacked an Air India plane from New Delhi en route to Srinagar
via Amritsar and forced it to land in Lahore, Pakistan, where they were
arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment.
4. PM Narendra Modi will launch the
second phase of the FAME India scheme on September 7, 2018.
The scheme offers incentives for mass adoption of electric vehicles with an
outlay of Rs 5,500 crore. The second phase of the scheme spanning five
years will offer a subsidy to all categories of electric vehicles, including
two-wheelers, three-wheelers and four-wheelers including taxis and electric
buses that are used in public transportation.
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International:
1.
The
third edition of Indian Ocean Conference inaugurated by External Affairs
Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Vietnamese counterpart Pham Binh Min, Deputy
Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam was held in Hanoi,
capital city of Vietnam from 27-28 August 2018.
Its theme was “Building Regional Architectures”. It will see participation from
around 35 countries and have speakers from 25 countries.
2.
Pakistan's
new government has banned the discretionary use of state funds and first-class
air travel by officials and leaders, including the president and the prime
minister, as part of its austerity drive. The
decisions were made at a Cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Imran Khan
on August 24, 2018. After his victory in the July 25 general election,
Khan decided not to use palatial Prime Minister House and instead live in a
small portion of it that was previously used as the residence by the military
secretary to the prime minister. Khan also decided to use only two
vehicles and keep two servants. He refused to use elaborate official protocol.
The prime minister also decided to stop using special plane for foreign visits
or domestic travelling and use business class. The discretionary
allocation of funds by the prime minister and the president and other officials
was also stopped by the Cabinet.
Science & Technology:
1. NASA’s
asteroid sampling spacecraft OSIRIS-Rex (Origins, Spectral Interpretation,
Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer) has captured first images
of its target asteroid Bennu and began its final approach towards it after almost
two-year journey. OSIRIS-Rex mission was launched in
September 2016 for studying 101955 Bennu, a carbonaceous asteroid. The first
glimpses of targeted asteroid were captured by PolyCam camera OCAMS on board of
OSIRIS-Rex from a distance of 2.1 million kilometre. It will help to study Bennu’s size, shape, surface
features, and surroundings.
Economy:
1.
The
G20 Digital Economy Ministerial Meeting was held in Salta, Argentina from 23 to
24 August, 2018. The theme of the meeting was
‘Building consensus for fair and sustainable development‘. It took place as
part of Sherpa Track for 2018 G20 Leaders’ Summit, which is to be hosted by
Argentina by end of 2018. India was represented by Union Minister for
Electronics and IT & Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad. Participating G20
member nations agreed to promote policies that will contribute to bridging all
forms of digital divide with special attention to digital gender divide. Its
three key issues for the agenda were future of work, infrastructure for
development, and sustainable food future. The other focus areas which were also
deliberated included digital inclusion in particular gender divide, digital
government, digital infrastructure and measuring digital economy.
Appointments:
1. Ganga Prasad was sworn in as the
16th Governor of Sikkim at a function held at Raj Bhawan in Gangtok on August
26, 2018. He succeeds Shriniwas Patil as the 16th Governor
of Sikkim.
First in State/ India/ World:
1. India’s first flight using
biofuel will fly from Dehradun (capital of Uttarakhand) to Delhi.
India will be first developing nation to experiment biofuel test flight. SpiceJet
operated first such biofuel flight from Dehradun to Delhi using alternative
environment friendly fuel for 10 minutes over Dehradun. The objective this
biofuel flight is to make air travel economical and bring some respite to
airlines reeling under high fuel price through use of alternate fuel. The first
ever biofuel test flight was conducted by SpiceJet on its turborporp Q-400
plane. Developed countries like Canada, Australia and US have already conducted
these test flights.
2. India’s only aircraft carrier
INS Vikramaditya for the first time will be fitted with marine hydraulic system
to boost the air operations of the ship. INS
Vikramaditya design is based on Kiev-class aircraft carriers. It is 284 metres
long and 60 metres high (high as 20-storeyed building). It weighs 40,000 tonnes
and is biggest and heaviest ship in e Indian Navy. Its air wing consists of 30
MiG 29K fighter jets and six Kamov helicopters. It is based at its home port at
Karwar in Karnataka. Currently it is most powerful aircraft carrier of the
Indian Navy. It will be fitted with two marine hydraulic systems whose
technical terms go by “GS-1MF” and “GS-3”. GS-1MF hydraulic system is used in
helicopters, while GS-3 is used in aircraft. The
system will be installed by Technodinamika, a subsidiary of Russia’s Rostec
State Corporation by May 2019.
3. One of India’s premier avian
research institutes, the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) will start
operating its first regional centre or avifauna observatory on the campus of
Wetland Research and Training Centre near Chilika Lake (Asia’s largest brackish
water lagoon), Odisha. The avifauna observatory will
carry out research on avian disease by collecting samples and monitor Nalabana Bird
Sanctuary.
Sports:
1. India's medal account opened on
Day 9 of the 18th Asian Games with star shuttler Saina Nehwal winning a
historic bronze after losing to World No.1 Tai Tzu
Ying of Chinese Taipei in women's singles semifinals. Nehwal with her
bronze medal became the only second singles player and the first female one to
win an Asiad bronze after Syed Modi, who had won a bronze in 1982. In
another first, India's PV Sindhu
defeated Japan's Akane Yamaguchi in their semifinal clash to become
the first-ever badminton player to reach the final of Asian Games in either
singles or doubles. Sindhu will now face World No.1 Tai Tzu Ying in the
final.
Deaths:
1. Former Indian Cricketer, Bengal
opener and captain Gopal Bose (71) passed
away at Birmingham on August 26, 2018. Bose passed away
after suffering a cardiac arrest at a Birmingham hospital.
2. US senator John McCain (81),
a celebrated Vietnam War hero, passed away on August 25, 2018 after losing a battle to
brain cancer.
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