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Legend Magazine (December - 2017) Current Affairs and Quiz, Computer, Aptitude, Banking Awareness Exclusively prepared for RACE students Issue : 7 | Page : 48 | Topic : Legend of December | Price : Not for Sale Current Affairs: The One Rupee note printed in India The Shared Value Summit begins in New NATIONAL turned 100. The first Re1 note printed in Delhi: Union Ministry approved procurement of England was issued on November 30, 1917 in The Minister of Industry and Commerce, new radio technology for Indian navy: India, with an image of King George V, the British Suresh Prabhu was the chief guest for the The Union Defence Ministry approved monarch. This is not signed by the RBI governor, Shared Value Summit 2017, in New Delhi. He procurement of 260 naval communication sets but by the finance secretary. The first note unveiled the Inclusive Business List and including Software Defined Radios (SDR), had the signature of three British finance Emerging Social Enterprise List for the year naval communication sets for Indian Navy of secretaries namely, MMS Gubbay, AC McWatters 2017. worth Rs. 490 crore. and H Denning and every note is signed by the The summit is being organised by The decision was taken at a meeting of finance secretary, including 18 since Shared Value Initiative India, Institute for Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by Independence. Competitiveness (India), and SoulAce & India Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The DAC Council on Competitiveness. The summit aims to is the defence ministry’s highest decision-making Kathakar: International Storytellers Festival provide a platform to identify and address the body on procurement. begins in New Delhi: barriers that exist to equality and empowerment Software-defined radio (SDR) is a The Minister of State for Home Affairs in the Indian society. radio communication system where components Shri Kiren Rijiju will inaugurate 7th edition of • Theme: “Equity and Empowerment”. that have been traditionally implemented in three day ‘Kathakar: International Skill India Partners with Airbnb to Upskill hardware are instead implemented by means of Storytellers Festival’. It begins at the Indira Hospitality Entrepreneurs: software on a personal computer or embedded Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), A tripartite Memorandum of system. New Delhi. Another inaugural session was held, Understanding (MoU) was signed between the book ‘Curious Tales from the Himalayas’ National Skill Development Corporation Rs.500 crore allocated for Clean Ganga co-authored by Shaguna Gahilote and (NSDC) and Tourism and Hospitality Sector Mission: Prarthana Gahilote was released. Skill Council (THSC) with Airbnb, the world’s The UK-based Indian-origin Kathakar is the only oral storytelling leading community-driven hospitality company. businessmen have committed to projects worth festival in India and is a part of Ghummakkad The MoU will provide hospitality skills training nearly Rs 500 crore associated with the Clean Narain- the Travelling Literature Festival to hospitality micro-entrepreneurs in India. Ganga mission. Vedanta Group chief Anil which was started under the aegis of UNESCO in Partnership builds on Airbnb’s commitment is to Agarwal has pledged his support for the 2010. support Skill India mission by creating and regeneration of the city’s riverfront, shipping Empowering 50,000 Hospitality Entrepreneurs in magnate Ravi Mehrotra has taken on Kanpur, Cabinet Approves Setting up of National India. the Hinduja Group will develop the Ghats of Nutrition Mission: Haridwar and Indorama Group chief Sri The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Smt. Anupriya Patel Launches National Prakash Lohia will take charge of Ganga Sagar Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the Strategic Plan (2017-24) and Mission in Kolkata. National Nutrition Mission (NNM). NNM is a “SAMPARK”: As part of their corporate social three-year mission with budget of 9046.17 On World AIDS Day, Minister of State in responsibility (CSR) agenda, the businessmen will crore rupees and it comes under Ministry of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Smt. take on the projects and work with the Indian Women and Child Development. Anupriya Patel urges all to join hands to end government on finalising the plans for each of the NNM will strive to reduce the level of the epidemic by 2030 and Launches National cities. stunting, under-nutrition, anaemia, and low-birth Strategic Plan (2017-24) and Mission weight babies. It will also create synergy, ensure “SAMPARK”. The next seven years are, Boxing Federation of India recognised as better monitoring, and issue alerts for timely therefore, critical and investments made now will National Body: action. More than 10 crore people will be result in substantive gains towards ‘End of The Boxing Federation of India (BFI) benefitted by this programme. AIDS’. has been recognized as a national body by the SAMPARK is to trace those who are Left Indian Olympic Association (IOA). Already, 22nd Small Farmers Agri-Business to Follow Up and are to be brought under ART the BFI was recognized by the International Consortium held in New Delhi: services. World AIDS Day, 2017 organized by the Boxing Association (AIBA) and the Sports The 22nd meeting of Board of National AIDS Control Organization (NACO), Ministry. Management (BOM) of Small Farmers, Agri- Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The decision removed the terminated Indian Business Consortium (SFAC), chaired by Union Amateur Boxing Federation (IABF) as its affiliate Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Radha PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate Dr. after months of indecision. According to the Mohan Singh in New Delhi. Ambedkar International Centre in New Olympic charter, sporting federation must be The Scheme aims to facilitate the Delhi: recognised by the international body. Therefore, promotion of agri-business projects Prime Minister Narendra Modi will the IOA has ratified the Olympic charter. establishing backward linkages with farmers, inaugurate the Dr Ambedkar International Indian Olympic Association providing assured market to their production, Centre in New Delhi. He will also launch the Dr. • Headquarters: New Delhi thereby generating employment and enhancing Ambedkar International Centre for Socio- • President: Narayana Ramachandran farmers’ income. Economic Transformation(DAICSET). It includes seminar as well as conference halls. There are One rupee note turns 100 years in age: Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore |Legend Magazine | December - 2017| 2 three auditoriums and an extensive library with a 1st Intl. Conference on Sports Medicine & for MSME. The objective of the portal is to rich digital repository. Sports Sciences SAICON 2017 Inaugurated monitor the implementation of the Public in Delhi: Procurement from MSEs by Central Public-Sector Vice President inaugurates 12th Annual The First International Conference on Enterprises. The procurement policy mandates Convention of Central Information Sports Medicine and Sports Sciences SAICON the Central government departments/CPSEs to Commission: 2017 was inaugurated by the Minister of State procure an overall 20 percent of their total The Vice President of India, Shri M. (I/C) Youth Affairs and Sports Col. annual purchases from MSEs. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the 12th Annual Rajyavardhan Rathore. Additionally, ‘Khelo Convention of Central Information India’ programme has been chalked out to tap Khelo India Programme to be launched from Commission (CIC) in New Delhi. He said that talent at the school and college level. 2018: RTI information has to be given in a language SAICON 2017 aims to promote The Government of India will launch a which is understandable to everyone, especially scientific temperament in the country and Khelo India programme at a cost of Rs 1,756 the applicant. inspire students, researchers and educationists crore for the period 2017-18 to 2019-20, Addressing at the inaugural session, the alike to take up sports science and research to announced by Union Minister of State for Youth Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) the next level. Under the Khelo India national Affairs and Sports Rajyavardhan Singh Development of North-Eastern Region (DoNER), school games would be organised from January Rathore. MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances & 31 to February 8 next year for the under 17 age The programme aims at mainstreaming Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space Dr Jitendra group. sports as a tool for individual development, Singh said that for the first time, all vacancies community development, economic development of Information Commissioners have been filled by International conference on Ground water: and national development. Each athlete selected the Government. An International conference is being under the scheme will receive an annual organized on the Ground water issues in the scholarship worth Rs 5 lakh for 8 years and Health Ministry and Rotary India sign MoU country with a theme of “Ground water Vision 2018 will be celebrated as Year of Sports. for concerted efforts towards achieving 2030- Water Security, Challenges and Bodhi Parva: BIMSTEC Festival of Buddhist immunization target: Climate Change Adaptation” from December Heritage held in New Delhi A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) 11 to 13, 2017. The conference has been India hosted “Bodhi Parva: BIMSTEC was signed between the Ministry of Health & organized by the