Legend Magazine (January - 2018) Current Affairs and Quiz, Computer, Aptitude, Banking Awareness Exclusively prepared for RACE students Issue : 8 | Page : 56 | Topic : Legend of January | Price : Not for Sale Current Affairs: Ms. Preeti Sudan, Secretary, Health NATIONAL and Family Welfare launched the Allied and India’s First Digital Online Oncology Tutorial: World Book Fair begins in New Delhi to focus Healthcare Professionals’ database portal. Smt Preeti Sudan, Secretary of Health on environment: The ministry aims to ensure better systems and and Family Welfare has launched the country’s The 26th edition of New Delhi World Book frameworks for the healthcare workforce of the first digital Online Oncology Tutorial Series. Fair is all set to begin in New Delhi. It will be held country. The link to the website portal is It is designed by the Tata Memorial Center in at Pragati Maidan and it is organised by the a2hp.mohfw.gov.in. More than 3000 collaboration with the Health Ministry. The National Book Trust (NBT), India, in association professionals have already registered on the portal tutorial series is aimed at educating doctors in with India Trade Promotion Organization during the testing phase. The portal will help the early detection, prevention, palliation, (ITPO). Government in tracking down the number of rehabilitation and treatment of various forms of Burning environment issues like climate professionals and streams of allied and healthcare cancers. Oncology is a branch of medicine that change, global warming, and water pollution will professions in the country. deals with the prevention, diagnosis, and be the main theme for this year’s New Delhi World treatment of cancer. Book Fair.This year’s book fair will host European Centre Released the Contours of ‘Electoral Union as the Guest of Honour Country. Bonds’ Scheme: The Government launches Swachh • Theme: “Environment and Climate The Centre released the contours of the Survekshan 2018: Change” ‘Electoral Bonds’ scheme, which seeks to The government has announced the ensure the flow of clean money to political launch of largestcleanliness survey for this year Union Minister Maneka Gandhi inaugurates parties. Electoral Bond is a financial instrument as part of Swachh Bharat Mission. The online portal “NARI”: for making donations to political parties. Swachh Survekshan 2018 will rank 500 cities Women and Child Development Electoral bond was announced in the Union Budget on national level which have more than 1 lakh Minister Maneka Gandhi inaugurates an online 2017-18. population, while 3,541 cities with less than 1 lakh portal NARIfor the empowerment of women in As per the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, population will have State and Regional ranking. It New Delhi. It is developed by the Ministry and the the electoral bonds will be a bearer instrument in would be the largest survey impacting more than portal will provide women with easy access to the nature of a Promissory Note and an 40 crore urban population. In Swachh Survekshan information on government schemes and interest-free banking instrument. A citizen of 2017, Indore emerged as the cleanest city in initiatives for women. India or a body incorporated in India will be eligible the country. The portal summarises over 350 to purchase the bond from specified branches of • Housing and Urban Affairs Minister of government schemes and other important the State Bank of India. state (Independent Charge):Hardeep information. To provide a platform for NGOs and The bonds can be purchased for any Singh Puri Civil Societies to interact with the Ministry of value in multiples of Rs1,000; Rs10,000; Rs1 Women & Child Development, e-Samvad lakh; Rs10 lakh; and Rs1 crore. The bonds will Defence Ministry approves projects worth portal has also been developed and inaugurated. not carry the name of the payee and will be valid Rs.2420 crore: • The constituency of Maneka Gandhi is only for 15 days during which it can be used to Defence Ministry has cleared contracts Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh. make a donation only to certain political parties. worth 2,420 crore rupees for Navy and Army which includes the procurement of P-8I Training Insolvency and Bankruptcy code Bill passed Namami Gange Projects worth Rs. 295 crore Solution and Low Intensity Conflict in Rajya Sabha: Approved by NMCG: Electronic Warfare System (LICEWS). The P- The Rajya Sabha passed the Insolvency National Mission for Clean Ganga 8I Training Solution, along with 10-year and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill which (NMCG) has approved five projects worth Rs. comprehensive maintenance service, will be aims to reduce the crisis of looming bad loans in 295.01 crore. Three projects related to sewage bought from Boeing for around one thousand 950 the banking sector. It bars persons from management in West Bengal at an estimated crore rupees. misusing the provisions of the Code. cost of Rs 278.6 crore, one relates to sewage The final approval has now been given by According to the government data, top 50 management in Uttarakhand at an estimated Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. defaulters of public sector banks had exposure in cost of Rs 4.68 crore and one project worth Rs excess of Rs 1.21 lakh crore as on December 11.73 crore is related to ghat improvement works IICA join hands with IPPB to Provide 2015. Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh was sanctioned. With Training on Payment Banking announced that the Insolvency and Bankruptcy these approvals, all projects related to sewage The Indian Institute of Corporate Code was transformational and will help the management in high pollution load towns along Affairs (IICA) and India Post Payments Bank country to improve its rankings in the World Bank river Ganga have been sanctioned. (IPPB) signed an agreement for the training the survey on ease of doing business. Water Resources and Ganga Rejuvenation employees of the IPPB in the area of payment Ministry banking. Under the agreement, IICA has been Health Secretary launches the Allied Health • Minister: Nitin Jairam Gadkari entrusted with the key responsibility of capacity Professionals Database Portal: • Constituency: Nagpur, Maharashtra building of IPPB through training of its Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry 7601808080 / 9043303030 www.RACEInstitute.in Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore |Legend Magazine | January - 2018| 2 officials/employees besides providing research Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore unveils the also in line with the Go Green initiative of the support by instituting Research Chairs in the Khelo India Anthem: government. emerging area of payment banking. The union sports ministry’s ambitious • The constituency of Shri Ananth Kumar: The India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) programme, ‘Khelo India’, an initiative to scout Bengaluru South, Karnataka has been incorporated as a public-sector company for talent at the grassroots and provide it under the Department of Posts with 100% GOI substantial long-term scholarship will be launched PM Modi Inaugurates 1st PIO Parliamentary equity. on January 31. Conference in Delhi: • DG & CEO of IICA: Gyaneshwar Kumar In the run-up to the launch, Union Sports Prime Minister Narendra Modi Singh Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore inaugurates the first Persons of Indian Origin • Corporate Affairs Secretary: Injeti unveiled the mascots (Vijay the tiger and Jaya (PIO) Parliamentary Conference in the 'Pravasi Srinivas the black buck) and launched the anthem at a Bharatiya Kendra'. Pravasi Bharatiya Divas India Post Payments Bank ceremony in Delhi. The anthem is conceptualized or NRI day is observed on January 9 every year. • MD & CEO: Suresh Sethi by Ogilvy, composed by Louis Bank and the film It marks the contribution of overseas persons of has been produced by Nirvana Films. Indian origin (PIO) towards their homeland. Indian Railways HRD and S&T Ministry inks MoU on Technology Mission: Indian Navy signs MoU with Cochin Port Trust: Delhi Government Launches Common Card A memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Indian navy inked a pact with Cochin port for Bus & Metro Rides: Technology Mission for Indian Railways trust for utilising the Port berthing facility at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal (TMIR) was signed by the ministries of Mattancherry wharf for Naval ships. It aims to launched a common card for rides on public railways, human resource development increase the berthing capacity of naval ships buses and the metro. Delhi is the first city in (HRD), and science and technology. It was in Kochi. The MoU was signed between the the country to have a common mobility card, signed at Rail Bhawan, New Delhi for joint Chief Staff Officer (Operations) of Southern which can at present be used on 200 DTC and 50 funding of Technology Mission for Indian Railways. Naval Command Commodore Deepak Kumar cluster buses plying on different routes. The card, The MoU aims to facilitate co-financing of TMIR for and Gautam Gupta, Traffic manager of the Port which will function like a debit card, will be identified railway projects for applied research. Trust, at the Naval Base. This is the first operational from April 1. The funding component of the railways agreement that has been signed between the ministry is 30 percent, the HRD ministry is 25 Navy and CPT. Govt extends deadline for linking Aadhaar per cent and the department of science and with savings scheme: technology (DST) 25 per cent. The Technology Harsh Vardhan dedicates supercomputer Government has extended the deadline Mission will take up research and development 'Pratyush' to Nation: for linking of biometric identification Aadhaar projects in the areas of heavy haul, safety, energy, Union Minister of Earth Sciences Dr to small savings schemes like post office environment and urban railways. It is headed by Harsh Vardhan dedicated India’s fastest and first deposits, Kisan Vikas Patra by three months to Prof. NS Vyas of IIT Kanpur as Chairman and multi-petaflops supercomputer to the nation in March 31, 2018.