WWW.RACE2IAS.COM | [email protected] India’s first model civil service exam for school and college students. CTRRENS AFFAIRS DIGESS. Most Important current affairs collected for school students from The HINDU / The Indian Express / Press Information Bureau etc.. 1. ISRO launches observation satellite EMISAT district received the Geographical Indication (GI) tag. Kandhamal turmeric, originally grown by The Indian Space Research tribal people in Kandhamal, is famous for Organisation (ISRO) has successfully its medicinal properties. launched 29 satellites including the primary Kandhamal haldi is organic by default being payload EMISAT from Satish Dhawan Space cultivated by more than 60,000 families. Centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, Kandhamal Apex Spices Association for India. Marketing had moved for registration The main satellite EMISAT and the 28 „Kandhamal Haldi‟ which was accepted customer satellites will be led into two under sub-section (1) of Section 13 of the different orbits. Geographical Indications of Goods The foreign satellites include 24 from the (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999. United States, two from Lithuania and one 3. Scientist discovered a new each from Switzerland and Spain. An ISRO release says EMISAT (weighing enzyme to arrest bacteria cell 436 kg) is intended for electromagnetic growth spectrum measurement, developed for monitoring radar network by India. Scientists from the Centre for Cellular & Molecular Biology (CCMB), the Research 2. Kandhamal haldi (turmeric) gets Institute in Hyderabad, Telangana have GI tag discovered Murein EndopeptidiaseK, a new enzyme which helps in breaking cell walls Kandhamal haldi (turmeric) produced by of bacteria. the tribal farmers in Odisha's Kandhamal APRIL 2019 | Page 1 | Subscribe our Youtube Channel for Inspiring Talks & Classes The enzyme Murein EndopeptidiaseK As part of the carbon-positive village would act on the protein of the cell wall of project, Phayeng will receive a grant the bacteria and it can be a potential drug of Rs10 crore in phases to facilitate target. This discovery of a new enzyme will afforestation in the catchment of river ensure the cell wall synthesis would not Maklang that flows along the village. occur. This discovery offers the potential for Phayeng is a scheduled caste village of the a new drug delivery system to arrest the Chakpa community in Imphal West district antibacterial and its conservation efforts are mainly linked to the belief that the forest is a sacred grove. It is surrounded by three densely forested hillocks with fruit trees at centre and a stream flowing through I‟ 5. Revolt Intellicorp announces 4. Phayeng Village of Manipur India’s first AI-enabled e- becomes Indias first carbon- motorcycle positive settlement A village is given the Carbon-Positive Tag if it sequesters more carbon than it Rahul Sharma (Micromax co-founder) has emits, slowing the accumulation of announced his new venture Revolt greenhouse gases and mitigating the effects Intellicorp Pvt Ltd that will be making smart of climate change. electric two-wheelers & connected devices. APRIL 2019 | Page 2 | Subscribe our Youtube Channel for Inspiring Talks & Classes The e-motorcycle is supposed to be child‟s early education by creating short, launched in June this year. friendly audio content that is sent to them As per some crucial specifications, the bike via their mobile phones. will be able to cover over 150 km on a The software, single charge. audio content, and tool kits of 6. Former Kerala Finance Minister Dost Education K M Mani passes away makes it easy fun and addictive for parents to boost their Former Kerala Finance Minister K M Mani child‟s early development, so low-income (86-years) passes away at a private hospital. families need no longer send their children He is credited with the record of presenting to primary school behind and without a the State Budget 13 times as Finance chance to catch up. Minister. 8. RailWire Wi-Fi Mani (Chairman of the Kerala Congress (M) RailWire Wi-Fi by RailTel is now live at party) had been an MLA of Pala assembly 1600 railway stations across the country, constituency for nearly five decades. with Santacruz railway station in Mumbai Kerala Congress(M) is a key ally of the becoming the 1600th station to become a Congress-led UDF in the state. RailWire Wi-Fi zone. RailWire is a retail Broadband initiative of 7. India’s education technology the RailTel. It envisages extending startup bags global tech prize broadband and application services to the public. RailTel is working to establish Dost was awarded for its ability to bringing fast and free Wi-Fi at all stations empower parents to take charge of their (except the halt stations) within a year. APRIL 2019 | Page 3 | Subscribe our Youtube Channel for Inspiring Talks & Classes Wi-Fi connections at 200 stations were provided with support from the Universal Service Obligatory Fundof the Government 9. India’s Official Secrets Act of India. 8. Namami Gange gets global Supreme Court has rejected the Centre‟s recognition at world summit twin arguments and ruled that classified The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) was awarded the distinction of “Public Water Agency of the Year” by Global Water Intelligence at the Global Water Summit in London. documents accessed by the media on the The Global Water Awards are presented at Rafale fighter jet deal can be admitted as the Global Water Summit, the major evidence and agreed to review its own business conference for the water industry order that the government had interpreted worldwide. as a clean chit. The court upheld the right of The Hindu newspaper to publish documents that the government had described as “stolen”. “The right of such publication would seem to be in consonance with the constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech. Official Secrets Act:The law meant for ensuring secrecy and confidentiality in The awards recognise excellence across governance, mostly on national security and the international water industry and reward espionage issues. those initiatives in the water, waste water, and desalination sectors, which bring 10. E-cigarettes remarkable improvements in the lives of The Commerce Ministry has asked the people. Health Ministry to frame a law banning manufacture and sale of e-cigarettes in APRIL 2019 | Page 4 | Subscribe our Youtube Channel for Inspiring Talks & Classes the country as in the absence of a domestic legislation, it would not be According to the National Sample Survey possible to put a blanket ban on its Office‟s (NSSO‟s) annual survey, as many as imports.‟ 11 states had an unemployment rate higher An electronic cigarette (or e-cig) is a than the pan-Indian average in 2017-18. battery-powered vaporizer that mimics As per the report, Haryana, Assam, tobacco smoking. It works by heating up Jharkhand, Kerala, Odisha, Uttarakhand, a nicotine liquid, called “juice.” Nicotine juice (or e-juice) comes in various flavors and nicotine levels. e- liquid is composed of five ingredients: vegetable glycerin (a material used in Bihar, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh face higher unemployment rates than the national average. all types of food and personal care While nine states, including Kerala, have products, like toothpaste) and been part of the list even back in 2011-12, propylene glycol (a solvent most states such as Punjab, Tamil Nadu, commonly used in fog machines.) Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh have also propylene glycol is the ingredient that become part of the list. produces thicker clouds of vapor. The survey was conducted during the 2017- Proponents of e-cigs argue that the 18 period. practice is healthier than traditional cigarettes because users are only 12. Mamata Banerjee's welfare inhaling water vapor and nicotine. schemes win UN award 11. Unemployment in 11 states Bengal has won the United Nations World exceeds the national average, Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) shows NSSO report awards. APRIL 2019 | Page 5 | Subscribe our Youtube Channel for Inspiring Talks & Classes The “Utkarsh Bangla” project aims at Ambedkar Jayanti honours the Dalit icon creating a pool of skilled candidates who who dedicated his life working for the are industry ready. upliftment of untouchables, women and Under the “Sabooj Sathi” scheme, bicycles labourers. are distributed to students between class Dr BR Ambedkar not just gave India its IX and XII studying in government-run and Constitution, but also played a key role in government-aided schools and madrashas the formation of Reserve Bank of India - the country's central banking institution. 14. India successfully test fires Sub- Sonic cruise missile ‘Nirbhay India Defence Research and Development of the state. Organisation (DRDO) successfully test fired The Bengal government has distributed indigenously designed and developed nearly 1 crore bicycles since the inception Long Range Sub-Sonic Cruise Missile of this project. 'Nirbhay' from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur Odisha. 13. 14 April: Ambedkar Jayanti It is the sixth development flight trial with the objective to prove the repeatability of Ambedkar Jayanti is an annual festival observed on 14th April to commemorate the memory of B. R. Ambedkar, the „Father boost phase, cruise phase using waypoint of The Indian Constitution‟. navigation at very low altitudes. It marks Babasaheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar's The missile took off vertically turning birthday who was born on 14th April 1891. horizontally into the desired direction, booster separated, the wing deployed, the APRIL 2019 | Page 6 | Subscribe our Youtube Channel for Inspiring Talks & Classes engine started, cruised all the intended communication and meteorological waypoints. satellites. 15. Union Cabinet approves the 16. First-Of-Its-Kind ‘Voter Park’ continuation of GSLV Phase - 4 programme Inaugurated in Gurugram Haryana Chief Electoral Officer Rajeev The Union Cabinet has approved the Ranjan has inaugurated India‟s first-of- continuation of the GSLV Phase - 4 its-kind „Voter Park‟ in Gurugram, programmes consisting of five GSLV Haryana.