(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
2ND AGRI UDAAN PROGRAM LAUNCHED IN DELHI
i. In an attempt to
promote innovation and entrepreneurship in agriculture, Government launched
“AGRI UDAAN”- Food and Agribusiness Accelerator 2.0 programme in New Delhi. The
program will be run by ICAR-NAARM Technology Business Incubator, a-IDEA and
Indian Institute of Management Ahmadabad’s Center for Innovation, Incubation
and Entrepreneurship.
ii. This is a 6 month
program in which shortlisted agri startups with promising innovative business
models will be mentored & guided to scale up their operations. AGRI UDAAN
will be reaching out to agri-startups across the country with a series of road
shows in Chandigarh, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Pune, Kolkata & Hyderabad.
2.
COMPULSORY RETIREMENT FOR NON-PERFORMING TEACHERS AND EDUCATION OFFICIALS ABOVE
50: BIHAR GOVT
i. The Bihar Government
has informed that it has decided to compulsory retirement to the non-performing
teachers, head masters and education department officials above the age of 50
years.
ii. The committee is
headed by RK Mahajan. The main aim is to improve results in matriculation and
intermediate. The action was taken after the poor show of students in matric
and intermediate exams of the state in 2017.
iii. The state government
is in process of identifying non-performing institutions and all those
responsible for the poor show will be given compulsory retirement. The decision
was taken after the review of the education department by CM Nitish Kumar.
iv. The committee is
working to identify such non-performing headmasters, teachers, block education
officers or district education officers. The government has also asked the
Bihar School Examination Board to work out changes with greater emphasis on
multiple choice questions.
v. The government will
also go in for the merger of two or more schools in the same building in urban
areas.
3.
INDIA’S 1ST HELI-TAXI SERVICE LAUNCHED BY MOS FOR CIVIL AVIATION JAYANTH SINHA
IN BENGALURU
i. Thumby Aviation, a
private helicopter service provider, and Bangalore International Airport Ltd.,
have partnered to launch Heli-Taxi service from Bengaluru Airport.
ii. Kempegowda
International Airport is the 1st airport and Bengaluru is the first city in the
country with such a service.
iii. KIA is launched by
Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha. The helicopter service will
initially be launched from Bengaluru Airport to Electronic City and gradually expanded
to other parts of the city.
4.
FIRST MEETING OF JICF FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH-EASTERN REGION HELD IN NEW DELHI
i. The 1st meeting of the
Japan-India Coordination Forum for Development of North-Eastern Region was held
in New Delhi.
ii. The Japanese
delegation was led by the Japanese Ambassador to India, Mr. Kenji Hiramatsu
while Secretary, Ministry of Development of North-Eastern Region, Shri Naveen
Verma led the Indian side.
iii. The regular meetings
of the Forum would enhance Assistance by JICA and also promote B2B and people
to people contacts.
iv. The priority areas of
cooperation identified by Indian side including Connectivity and Road Network
Development, Food Processing, Disaster Management, Organic Farming and Tourism
were the main agenda of meeting.
5.
INDIA SIGNS LOAN AGREEMENT WITH AIIB FOR FINANCING OF US$ 329 MILLION FOR
GUJARAT RURAL ROADS PROJECT
i. Government of India/
Government of Gujarat signed US$ 329 million Loan and Project Agreements with
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank for or Gujarat Rural Roads Project. The
loan agreement was signed in New Delhi.
ii. The objective of
Gujarat Rural Roads Project is to improve the rural road connectivity and
accessibility by providing all weather road connectivity to 1,060 villages in
all the 33 districts in Gujarat.
iii. This project will
benefit nearly 8 million people in Gujarat.
6.
FINANCE MINISTER ARUN JAITLEY ANNOUNCES NEW ETF-BHARAT-22, SECTORAL CAP SET AT
20%
i. Finance Minister Arun
Jaitley launched a new Exchange Traded Fund under the name Bharat 22,
comprising shares of 22 companies from 6 sectors of the economy. This decision
comes on the basis of past experiments with CPSE-ETF which proved to be
successful.
ii. The ETF will feature
four banking stocks — SBI, Bank of Baroda, Axis Bank and Indian Bank — other
than CPSEs such as Nalco, IOC, ONGC, BPCL and Coal India.
iii. Besides, there will
be 9 other PSUs as well as REC and PFC.
7.
INDIA’S 1ST PRIVATE MISSILE SUB SYSTEMS PRODUCTION FACILITY INAUGURATED AT
HYDERABAD
i. India’s first private
sector missile sub-systems manufacturing facility, a joint venture between the
$2.5 billion Kalyani Group and Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defence Systems Ltd.,
was inaugurated near Hyderabad, Telangana.
ii. KRAS is a 24,000-sq
ft facility, located about 40 km from Hyderabad and is close to the new
international airport. The project has been set up in a record time, and is
considered first such facility which makes missile systems by a private player
in India.
8.
MOHAMMAD MUSTAFA APPOINTED CMD OF SIDBI
i. Senior bureaucrat
Mohammad Mustafa was appointed as Chairman and Managing Director in Small
Industries Development Bank of India.
ii. Mustafa is a 1995
batch IAS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre, was working as a Joint Secretary in
Department of Financial Services. The Appointments Committee of the cabinet has
approved his appointment to the post for 3 years.
iii. He served as the
Chairman of the Board of National Housing Bank in 2014-2015. He has been a
Non-Executive Nominee Director of Bank of Baroda since November 2014.
iv. He has also been
Government Nominee Director of The New India Assurance Co Ltd since 2015.
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS BASED
ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1.
THE 1ST MEETING OF THE JAPAN-INDIA COORDINATION FORUM FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH-EASTERN
REGION WAS HELD IN?
a) Tripura
b) Manipur
c) New Delhi
d) Assam
Q2.
SENIOR BUREAUCRAT MOHAMMAD MUSTAFA HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING
DIRECTOR OF?
a) SIDBI
b) NABARD
c) ONGC
d) NTPC
Q3.
IN AN ATTEMPT TO PROMOTE INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN AGRICULTURE,
GOVERNMENT LAUNCHED “AGRI UDAAN”- FOOD AND AGRIBUSINESS ACCELERATOR 2.0
PROGRAMME IN?
a) Karnal
b) Bhopal
c) New Delhi
d) Varanasi
Q4.
INDIA’S 1ST PRIVATE SECTOR MISSILE SUB-SYSTEMS MANUFACTURING FACILITY, A JOINT VENTURE
BETWEEN THE $2.5 BILLION KALYANI GROUP AND ISRAEL’S RAFAEL ADVANCED DEFENCE
SYSTEMS LTD., WAS INAUGURATED NEAR?
a) Kochi
b) Hyderabad
c) Amritsar
d) Jaipur
Q5.
FINANCE MINISTER ARUN JAITLEY LAUNCHED A NEW EXCHANGE TRADED FUND UNDER THE
NAME ______, COMPRISING SHARES OF 22 COMPANIES FROM 6 SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY?
a) Bharat 22
b) GOI 22
c) India 22
d) PSU 22
ANSWERS:
1 - C 2 - A 3 - D 4
- B 5 - A
