National:
1. Arunachal Pradesh
Re-Organisation of Districts (Amendment) Bill, 2018 for the creation of three
new districts, Pakke-Kesang, Lepa Rada and Shi Yomi in the state has passed by voice
vote in Arunachal Pradesh Legislative assembly. With
addition of these three new districts, state will have total 25 districts from
earlier 22 districts.
2. Governor of Assam has extended
application of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 (AFSPA) in the entire
state for six more months with immediate effect.
This decision was taken as precautionary measure to maintain law and order
during ongoing National Register of Citizens (NRC) update process during the
ongoing National Register of Citizens (NRC) update process.
3. The third edition of World’s
biggest open innovation model Smart India Hackathon 2019 (SIH-2019) has
launched by the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD).
It aims to provide students with platform to solve some of pressing problems
faced by people in their daily lives. It also seeks to inculcate culture of
product innovation and mindset of problem-solving among young children.
4. India has inked $346 million
loan agreement with Asian Development Bank (ADB) to finance Karnataka State
Highways Improvement III Project (KSHIP-III) for improvement of over 400 km of
state highways in Karnataka. This will help in
enhancement of connectivity and access to economic centres across 12 districts
in Karnataka. KSHIP-lll project will upgrade about 419 kilometers of state
highways to two-and four-lane with paved shoulders. It will also reconstruct,
widen, and strengthen culverts and bridges.
5. Innovation Cell has established
at AICTE premises in New Delhi by Union Ministry of Human Resource Development.
Its primary mandate is to encourage, inspire and nurture young
students by exposing them to new ideas and processes resulting in innovative
activities in their formative years fostered through network of innovation
clubs in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) across the country.
6. National Reducing Emissions from
Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD+) strategy for India has released by
Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC). It
has been prepared by Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education
(ICFRE), Dehradun. It is one of tools to further supplement India’s commitment
to 2015 Paris agreement. It aims at achieve climate change mitigation by
incentivizing forest conservation. This strategy will soon be communicated to
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
7. Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARRIA) to
systematically rank education institutions and universities primarily on
innovation related indicators has introduced by Ministry of Human Resource
Development (HRD). ARRIA is named after former Prime
Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. ARRIA aims to promote culture of innovation and
research in higher education. It will focus
on quality of innovations rather than quantity and measure the real impact
created by these innovations nationally and internationally.
8. To strengthen sewage water
treatment infrastructure in Uttarakhand in an effort to clean River Ganga under
Clean Ganga Mission, Germany has announced to provide soft loan of euro 120
million (Rs. 990 crore approximately) to India. German
development agency GIZ also has prepared ‘Ganga Box’ aimed to target
schools-going children and inform them about the river.
9. The fourth Bay of Bengal
Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)
summit was concluded in Kathmandu which began on Aug 30,2018 with the signing and adoption of
the Kathmandu Declaration by all the seven members. . The theme of
the summit was ‘Towards a Peaceful Prosperous, and Sustainable Bay of Bengal
Region’. The 18-point Kathmandu Declaration is expected to enhance the
effectiveness of BIMSTEC Secretariat by engaging it in various technical and
economic activities in the region. Current chair of BIMSTEC, Nepal PM KP
Sharma Oli gave a closing speech after handing over the Chairmanship of the
next BIMSTEC Summit to Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena. Hence, Sri
Lanka will be conducting the fifth summit of the BIMSTEC.
10. Pindara Thakur village under
coveted Amethi parliamentary constituency of Congress president Rahul Gandhi
would go fully digital from September 1, 2018. The
villagers of Pindara Thakur would be linked with Wi Fi Chaupal and they would
be able to use 2 GB free data for the first 15 days and later avail the service
at cheaper rates. It would be digitally linked to the outside
world in a formal ceremony on September 1, 2018 by Smriti Irani. Irani had
fought the 2014 Lok Sabha elections from Amethi but had lost to Gandhi by over
1 lakh votes. Irani will also inaugurate the 'Digital India Banking
Service' at the head post office of Amethi in Amethi town to boost the payment
services in post offices.
International:
1.
The
Chinese Government unveiled its plans to control the number of online games as
part of an effort to prevent myopia among children. The
education ministry said in a statement that the authorities will regulate and
control the total number of internet games, as well as the number of new titles.
The plan is the latest move to tighten government oversight over the country's
fast-growing and highly popular video game industry and a new blow to their
stock market fortunes.
Science & Technology:
1. IBM has partnered with Indian IT
companies (Persistent Systems, Invest India, Wipro, Capgemini and NASSCOM) for
its ‘Call for Code’ initiative that aims to build global solutions for disaster
management. The initiative seeks to solve one of
the most pressing societal issues of preventing, responding to and recovering
from natural disasters. For this, IBM provide access to its cloud, data,
Artificial Intelligence and blockchain technologies, along with training and
code to developers.
2. Bhuvan Ganga Mobile Application
and Web Portal to aid flagship mission to Clean Ganga has launched by Union
Government. Bhuvan Ganga application
will facilitate public to upload pictures of pollution sources of the
Ganga River for further action by the authorities concerned. Bhuvan Ganga
Portal: It is deployed as part of Indian Space Research Organisation’s
(ISRO’s) Bhuvan’s geoportal with all geospatial layers related to Ganga River.
It will be used as a tool to support decision making and planning for the Clean
Ganga Mission.
3. Chander Mohan, an
Indian-American scientist has identified as many as 50 protein biomarkers that
can non-invasively detect inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a gut disorder that
leads to diarrhoea, abdominal cramps and weight loss. IBD
occurs when the body's immune system fights its intestinal cells. Two of the
most common types are Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, both of which
cause inflammation in the digestive tract.
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Defence:
1. Vostok-2018 (East-2018) military
exercise is going to conduct by Russia in central and eastern Russian military
districts from September 11 to 15, 2018. Vostok-2018 will
involve participation of units from Russian Army, Air Force and Navy. China and
Mongolia will also participate in Vostok 2018. Vostok-2018 exercise is being
conducted in response to aggressive and unfriendly attitudes towards Russia by
NATO and West countries. More than 300,000 troops, 36,000 tanks, armoured
personnel carriers, armoured infantry vehicles, over 1,000 military aircraft,
two naval fleets and all its airborne units will participate in this military
exercise. It will be biggest war games ever conducted by Russia since Zapad-81
(West-81) exercise conducted by erstwhile Soviet Union in 1981 which had seen
involvement about 100,000 to 150,000 troops.
Economy:
1. $245 million finance package to
implement project for providing safe, sustainable drinking water service to million
people in three districts of West Bengal affected by arsenic, fluoride, and
salinity has approved by Asian Development Bank (ADB).
This project will play pivotal role in reducing burden of disease from arsenic
and fluoride while preserving groundwater and enhancing climate resilience. The
project will provide continuous potable water through metered connections to
about 390,000 individual households in three districts of North 24 Parganas,
Bankura and Purba Medinipur. Through this project, potable water will be
provided through bulk water systems, consisting of intakes, water treatment
plants and transmission mains that will be connected to grid with existing and
new systems in these three districts.
Schemes:
1.
Union
Minister for Women and Child Development, Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, along with
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the widows’ home
‘Krishna Kutir’ at Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh on August 31, 2018. Krishna
Kutir is a special home for 1000 widows set up under its ‘Swadhar Greh
Scheme’ of the Ministry. It is the largest ever facility of its kind
created by a government organisation. The Vrindavan home will offer shelter and
protection to the large number of helpless widows of Vrindavan.
Appointments/Resignations:
1.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) nominated senior IAS officer Anand Kumar as the Chief Electoral Officer
(CEO) of Rajasthan replacing Ashwini Bhagat on August 30, 2018
Sports:
1. India’s Arpinder Singh (25) won
gold medal in Men’s Triple Jump event at 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games.
With this, Arpinder Singh became first Indian in 48 years to win gold in men’s
triple jump at the Asian Games. India’s last Asian Games gold medal in men’s
triple jump had come in 1970 from Mohinder Singh Gill. Ruslan Kurbanov of
Uzbekistan won silver medal. Shuo Cao of China was third and won bronze.
2. Indian athlete Swapna Barman
(21) won gold medal in women’s Heptathlon Athletics event at 18th edition of
Asian Games held in Jakarta-Palembang in Indonesia. With
this, she became first Indian to win gold medal in heptathlete event in Asian
Games. Qingling Wang from China won silver medal and Yuki Yamasaki of Japan won
bronze medal.
3. India's
gold medal account on Day 12 of the 18th Asian Games opened with Jinson Johnson, who with a time of 3:44:72
finished first in the men's 1500m final. Johnson, who had won the silver in
800m, took the gold this time, while Manjit Singh, who had won the gold in
800m, finished fourth. India's second gold of the day came through the
Indian women's relay team who clinched the top position in the women's 4x400
relay finals. Hima Das gave India the
lead at first and the other three racers - MR Poovamma, SL Gayakwad and V
Koroth- maintained it right till the end. India took the first place with a
timing of 3:28:72.
4. Defending champion Nitu, Haryana
boxer (48kg) claimed her second successive gold at the world youth boxing
championships with a gritty performance in the
final in Budapest on August 30, 2018 by defeating Thailand's Nillada Meekoon.
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