DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 10TH MAY 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
SAMADHAN – RAJNATH SINGH COINS AN ACRONYM TO WIPE OUT LEFT-WING TERROR
i. A meeting of the Chief
Ministers of states affected by Left-Wing Extremism, presided over by Union
Home Minister Rajnath Singh was held in New Delhi.
ii. In the meeting, Mr.
Rajnath Singh announced SAMADHAN, a new strategy to wipe out left – wing terror.
iii. Other Govt.
functionaries who attended the meeting included Rajiv Mehrishi – Union Home
Secretary, Ajit Doval – National Security Adviser, Director of Intelligence
Bureau, State Heads of Police Department and Heads of the Central Forces.
2.
29TH INDIA- INDONESIA CO-ORDINATED PATROL COMMENCES
i. The 29th series of
India–Indonesia CORPAT is scheduled from 9th to 25th May 17.
ii. The opening ceremony
being conducted at Port Blair. It will be conducted under the aegis of Andaman
and Nicobar Command.
iii. The CORPAT serves to
enhance mutual understanding and inter–operability between the two navies.
3.
INDIA UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED TO HEAD UN-HABITAT, THE UNITED NATIONS’ HUMAN
SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME
i. India has been
unanimously elected as the President of UN-Habitat for next 2 years. UN-Habitat
is an organ of United Nations, which promotes environmentally and socially
sustainable global human settlements.
ii. Consequential to
India being elected as President of UN-Habitat, Union Minister of Housing &
Urban Poverty Alleviation - Venkaiah Naidu chaired the 26th Meeting of the
Governing Council of UN-Habitat which began in Nairobi, Kenya.
iii. Theme of 26th
Meeting of the Governing Council of UN-Habitat was “Opportunities for effective
implementation of the New Urban Agenda”.