Akshay Kumar Launches Ad Campaign to Promote Twin Pit Toilet Technology
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Akshay Kumar launches ad campaign to promote twin pit toilet technology • Akshay Kumar, launched an advertising campaign for the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) in New Delhi. The campaign focuses on promoting the twin pit toilet technology in rural India, and also features actress Bhumi Pednekar. • The twin pit toilet technology was invented in India and is the most well-suited toilet technology for rural India and is recommended by Government of India and the World Health Organization. • It is scientifically proven that: o A pit in a standard twin-pit toilet model fills up in roughly 5 years for a 6-membered family o The waste may then be easily re-directed to the second pit o In 6 months to 1 year, the waste in the filled pit decomposes completely o This decomposed waste is safe to handle and rich in NPK (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium) nutrients which makes it ideal for use in agriculture. Pakistan's Sindh province passed the bill allowing Hindu widows to remarry • A landmark Bill allowing Hindu widows to remarry has been passed by the assembly of Pakistan’s Sindh Province. • The bill, titled the Sindh Hindu Marriage Act, 2016 (Amendment) Bill, 2018, was moved by Nand Kumar Goklani of Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F). • The Bill allows Hindu widows to remarry out of their own free will but only after a period of six months has lapsed after their husband’s death. • Hindu women were also granted the right to file a petition for the termination of their marriages. Telangana government enhanced retirement age limit for teaching professors • The State Cabinet of Telangana decided to enhance the retirement age limit for teaching professors of state health department from 58 to 65. • The Cabinet also approved the proposed farmers insurance scheme under which every farmer in the age group of 18 to 60 years will be provided with life insurance coverage of five lakh rupees. Chennai Super Kings win the 11th edition of IPL • The Chennai Super Kings (CSK) won the 11th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) by defeating Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the final played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. • With this, CSK joined Mumbai Indians (MI) to have won the title for the third time. Prior to this, they won I.P.L in 2010 and 2011. • Shane Watson hit a magnificent century in the biggest game of the season. He made 117 runs. Their coach is Stephen Fleming. • List of Awards • Emerging Player of the Tournament: Rishabh Pant • Fair Play Award: Mumbai Indians • Catch of the tournament: Trent Boult (Virat Kohli catch) • Super striker of the season: Sunil Narine • Stylish player of the season: Rishabh Pant • Innovative thinking: MS Dhoni • Purple Cap: Andrew Tye • Orange Cap: Kane Williamson • Most Valuable Player: Sunil Narine BCCI, UNEP sign agreement to promote ‘green' Cricket in India • BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary and Erik Solheim, Executive Director of UN Environment (UNEP) signed a letter of intent at the BCCI headquarters in Mumbai. • The partnership aims to spread greater awareness about key environmental challenges facing the country and highlight alternate and more sustainable solutions. • The BCCI will endeavour to reduce its environmental impact by greening operations and engaging cricketers and fans in green initiatives. The partnership will also focus on phasing out single-use plastic across stadiums in the country. • At the M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru, the Karnataka State Cricket Association replaced plastic cups and bottles with environment-friendly alternatives for over 32,000 fans. Stretch of Delhi Metro's Magenta Line inaugurated • The 24.82-km-long Janakpuri West-Kalkaji Mandir stretch of the Delhi Metro's Magenta Line was inaugurated on May 28, 2018. It will cut travel time between Noida and Gurugram by at least 30 minutes. • It will take the total length of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) network to 277 km. • Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs (Independent Charge) Hardeep Singh Puri and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated the corridor. Chinese shuttlers wins Thomas Cup title • China's men took home the Thomas Cup-2018, after beating Japan 3-1 and compensate for their early exit from the previous tournament in 2016. The tournament was held in Bangkok. • Players faced added pressure when the national women's team failed to make the final of the concurrent Uber Cup for the first time ever. • The Thomas Cup, sometimes called the World Men's Team Championships, is an international badminton competition among teams representing member nations of the Badminton World Federation(BWF), the sport's global governing body. • The championships have been conducted every two years since the 1982 tournament. It was founded in 1949 with most titles won by Indonesia. Delhi’s air is as bad as smoking 7.7 cigarettes a day: Sh**t! I Smoke App • Going by PM2.5 levels, the app ‘Sh**t! I Smoke’, available on Android and iOS portals for free, shows that inhaling the air in Delhi is equivalent to smoking 7.7 cigarettes a day. • The smartphone application, launched in Paris, uses location-specific data for PM2.5 — floating particulate matter, including organic and inorganic pollutants, with the diameter of lesser than 2.5 microns that can enter the respiratory system • The app uses a study by Berkeley Earth, California-based climate science analysts, to make the calculation. • The figure for Lucknow is 8, for Jaipur 7.3, for Bengaluru 0.7, for Chandigarh 6.1, for Ranchi 3.3, for Indore 3.9 and for Kolkata 3.5. • PM2.5 particles are small enough to work their way deep into the lungs and into the bloodstream, where they can trigger the heart attack, stroke, lung cancer and asthma. • The World Health Organization (WHO), earlier, declared Delhi as the most polluted megacity in the world and Mumbai as the fourth-most polluted. It also found that 14 Indian cities were among the world’s 20 most polluted. Daniel Ricciardo wins F1 Monaco Grand Prix • Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo of Red Bull won the Formula One (F1) Monaco Grand Prix. The second and third place was taken by Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari and Lewis Hamilton. • It was Ricciardo's second win of the season after the Chinese GP last month and seventh of his career, pushing him up to third in the title race. Air India, IndiGo included in top five cheapest airlines in World • Low-cost carriers IndiGo and Air India Express have been ranked among the top five cheapest airlines in the world in providing international connectivity. • Air India Express, the wholly-owned subsidiary of state-run carrier Air India, has been ranked second and the budget carrier IndiGo placed at the fifth position in a Global Flight Pricing Report prepared by Melbourne-based Rome2rio -- a multimodal travel planning site. • The report compared 200 major airlines across continents by the average price per kilometre with Air Asia X taking the pole position. • Air India Express, mostly connecting Gulf countries and Singapore, has an average cost of USD 0.08 per km and IndiGo USD 0.10 per km. AirAsia X at the top has an average of USD 0.07 per km. .