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Daily Updated Current Affairs – 01.12.2017 to 5.12.2017 DAILY UPDATED CURRENT AFFAIRS – 01.12.2017 TO 5.12.2017 NATIONAL Cabinet approves setting up of National Nutrition Mission (a) The Union Cabinet approves setting up of National Nutrition Mission (NNM) with three year budget of 9046.17 crore rupees commencing from 2017-18. (b) Under the mission, the government is targeting a reduction of 2% a year in stunting, undernutrition and low birthweight among 100 million people. (c) It aims to reduce anaemia among young children, women and adolescent girls by 3% a year. The programme would be undertaken in a phased manner, covering 315 districts in 2017-18, 235 districts in 2018-19 and the remaining districts in 2019-20. HUA approves construction of over 1 lakh more houses for urban (a) The Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has approved the construction of 1.12 lakh more affordable houses for urban poor under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban). (b) There will be an investment of Rs 8,105 crore for construction of these houses. The Centre will provide an assistance of Rs 1,681 crore for their construction. (c) The approval was given in the 28th meeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee (CSMC).With this, the total number of houses sanctioned so far under the scheme would be over 30.52 lakh (d) In the latest approvals, Madhya Pradesh got the highest sanction of 34,680 houses, followed by Haryana 24,221 houses, Maharashtra 11,523 houses, Jharkhand 28,477 houses, Kerala 9836 houses and Mizoram 3,270 houses. (e) Under PMAY(U), the government targets to provide houses to all urban poor by 2022. Currently, the shortage of houses is pegged at 1.2 crore. (f) Ministre of Housing and Urban Affairs-Narendra Singh Tomar (Constituency-Gwalior) Telangana announces WE-Hub, an innovation hub for women, special Rs 15-cr fund for women (a) The Telangana Government announced a move to set up an exclusive innovation hub on the lines of T-Hub for women called WE-Hub, backing it with an exclusive Rs. 15-crore fund. (b) NITI Aayog announced it will back the proposed WE-Hub with funds under the Atal Innovation Mission. Government proposes to register only BS-VI vehicles from June 2020 (a) In a bid to curb emissions from the vehicles based on outdated technology, the Central government has proposed to set the registration deadline for BS-IV standard vehicles to June 30, 2020. (b) While the government had already ordered the implementation of the Bharat Standard-VI compliant cleaner transport fuels across the nation by April 2020 and by April 2018 in Delhi, it has now invited suggestions and objections in a draft notification on the Central Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Rules, 2017. (c) New motor vehicles conforming to Emission Standard Bharat Stage-IV, manufactured before 1st April, 2020 shall not be registered after 30th June, 2020. (d) It added that if the new motor vehicles of category M (eight-seater cars) and category N (trucks), conforming to Emission Standard Bharat Stage-IV and manufactured before April 1, 2020 and sold in the form of drive-away chasis, then they will not be registered after September 30, 2020. (e) At par with its Europen counterpart "Euro-VI", under the BS-VI standard fuel, petrol and diesel are at the same level of emissions. Apart from this, while BS IV-compliant fuels which are currently being used in the country, has 50 parts per million (ppm) sulphur, BS VI emits a low 10 ppm. (f) The move is being welcomed by the Supreme Court-appointed Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) that had earlier in April this year recommended to the apex court that only BS-VI emission standards compliant vehicles should be allowed to be sold from April 1, 2020. Chhattisgarh bans use of fire crackers in six cities The Chhattisgarh government has ordered a ban on bursting fire crackers in six of its cities, including the state capital – Raipur, ahead of the wedding season from December 1 to January 31.The Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board said the ban will be implemented every year during the period to curb pollution in the state. Shared Value Summit held in New Delhi Shared Value Summit 2017 was held in New Delhi where the Minister of Industry and Commerce, Suresh Prabhu, was the chief guest. The theme of the summit was “Equity and Empowerment”. Bengal first state in India to setup green university West Bengal Assembly passed the West Bengal Green University Bill 2017 for setting up an environmental studies university at Hooghly district. President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated Nagaland’s Hornbill Festival President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the Hornbill Festival and State Formation Day celebrations of Nagaland in Kisama. The Hornbill Festival is the perfect showcase of rich Naga culture and traditions, preserved over the years in the form of music, dance and food. Centre increases agricultural education budget by 47.4 percent The Agriculture minister said that the Government has started implementing programmes towards strengthening Agricultural Education, Research and Extension for a long term and sustainable development in agriculture. He mentioned that the government of India has increased the budget of Agricultural Education by 47.4% this year as compared to the financial year 2013-14. First ever International Conference cum Exhibition on AYUSH and Wellness inaugurated in New Delhi The First Ever International Conference on AYUSH and Wellness ‘Arogya 2017’ was inaugurated by the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Suresh Prabhu and Minister of State for AYUSH, Shri Shripad Yesso Naik in New Delhi. Nearly 1500 delegates from India and 60 countries are participating in ‘Arogya 2017’. 1441, Opp. IOCL Petrol Pump, CRPF Square, Bhubaneswar-750015 1 Ph. : (0674) 6556677, 8093556677. Web : www.vanik.org, E-mail : [email protected] DAILY UPDATED CURRENT AFFAIRS – 01.12.2017 TO 5.12.2017 PM Modi inaugurates unique world-class hospital in Ahmedabad Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a unique world-class hospital at the Swaminarayan Gurukul Vidyapeeth Pratisthanam in Ahmedabad. The 200-bed hospital is an integration of Yoga, Ayurveda and Allopathy. The hospital has world-class facilities in all the 3 streams offering the best possible care for any ailment. Telangana soon to have an IT campus for differently-abled Telangana government has signed an agreement with Vindhya E-Infomedia Private Limited to set up World’s first Information Technology (IT) campus for persons with disabilities that will focus on creating employment opportunities for them. The announced IT campus will be spread across 10 acres of area near the Hyderabad International Airport in the IT Park developed by the state government. India’s largest floating solar power plant opens in Kerala Kerala Electricity Minister MM Mani inaugurated India’s largest floating solar power plant at the Banasura Sagar dam in Wayanad district. The plant, worth approximately Rs 9.25 crore, floats on 6,000 square metres of water surface. With a capacity of 500 kilowatts, the plant comprises 1,938 solar panels and 17 inverters. Newly-formed 15th Finance Commission holds its first meeting The newly constituted 15th Finance Commission, held its first meeting in Delhi and touched upon preliminary discussions regarding its terms of reference. The commission also agreed that it would expedite meetings with the government and the various stakeholders in order to meet those terms. Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli District Included in NCR Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district has been included in the national capital region, taking the total number of districts in the NCR to 23. Cities in the NCR get funds at “attractive” interest rates from the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) for infrastructure development. Besides Delhi, there are at present 22 districts — 13 of Haryana, seven of Uttar Pradesh and two of Rajasthan — in the NCR. Missile AKASH successfully launched from Chandipur, Odisha The Surface to Air Missile AKASH with indigenous radio frequency seeker against target Banshee has been successfully launched from Chandipur, Odisha. With this success, India has achieved the capability of making any type of Surface to Air Missile. INTERNATIONAL Russia to create ‘Independent Internet’ for BRICS Countries (a) The Russian Security Council has asked the Russian government to develop a separate infrastructure for BRICS countries’ internet needs while still being linked to the World Wide Web, which they claim will continue services in the event of a global internet infrastructure collapse. The plan has a deadline set for August 1, 2018. (b) Russia-Capital:Moscow,Currency:Rubel, President:Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister:Dmitry Medvedev (c) BRICS Nations: China, Russia, India, Brazil, South Africa, Founded: June 2006 India wins election to global maritime body (a) India won the election to the Council of International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in Category-B which represents the developing countries and countries with largest interests in international sea-borne trade. (b) The IMO, known as the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation (IMCO) until 1982, is a specialised agency of the United Nations responsible for regulating shipping. (c) IMO-Headquarters: London, United Kingdom, Head: Kitack Lim SCO summit held in Russia (a) The annual SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) summit held in Russia’s Sochi discussed issues related to the regional security scenario including the situation in the Gulf and Afghanistan. From India, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj went Russia to attend the SCO summit. (b) The 2017 SCO summit was the 17th annual summit of heads of state of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation held between 7 - 10 June in Astana, Kazakhstan. (c) SCO-Formation:15 June 2001, HQ: Beijing, China, Secretary General: Rashid Alimov (d) 8 member state- China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India and Pakistan(India and pakistan became member on 9 June 2017) Japan to host ministerial meeting of UNSC on 15th Dec (a) Japan announced that it will host a ministerial meeting of the UN Security Council on 15th December.
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