DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 12 JAN 2018
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
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1. UIDAI INTRODUCES ‘VIRTUAL ID’ TO STRENGTHEN PRIVACY AND SECURITY
OF AADHAAR DATA
i. The Unique Identification Authority of India has introduced a
concept of 'Virtual ID' to further strengthen privacy and security of Aadhaar
number holders. The Aadhaar number holder can use 'Virtual ID' in place of an
Aadhaar number whenever authentication or KYC services are performed.
ii. Aadhaar card holder can generate the Virtual ID from UIDAI
website and give for various purposes, including SIM card verification, instead
of sharing the actual 12-digit biometric ID.
2. PRESIDENT RAM NATH KOVIND INAUGURATED 4TH INTERNATIONAL DHARMA
DHAMMA CONFERENCE
i. President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated a 3-day International
Dharma-Dhamma conference at Rajgir in Bihar.
ii. The inaugural session was chaired by Mr Kovind. The conference
was attended by Sri Lanka’s foreign Minister Tilak Marapana.
3. JEFF BEZOS BECOMES RICHEST PERSON SURPASSING BILL GATES:
BLOOMBERG REPORT
i. Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon has become the richest
man in the history, overtaking the wealth Bill Gates ever had to his name,
according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The Index showed that Bezos' net
worth had hit USD 105.1 billion.
ii. According to Forbes' tracker, most of Bezos' wealth comes from
his 78.9 million shares of Amazon stock. According to Bloomberg Billionaires
Index, the top 3 richest people in the world are Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and
Warren Buffett.
4. MINISTRY OF RAILWAY LAUNCHES SFOORTI APPLICATION
i. The Ministry of Railways has launched Smart Freight Operation
Optimisation & Real Time Information App for Freight Managers which
provides features for monitoring and managing freight business using Geographic
Information System Views and Dashboard.
ii. The major digital initiative is to help plan the traffic flows
and optimize freight operations.
iii. Salient features of SFOORTI Application are as below: With
this application, movement of freight trains on Geographic Information System
view can be tracked.
iv. Both passenger and freight trains can be tracked over
Zones/Divisions/ Sections in single GIS View. Comparative Analysis of
Zonal/Divisional Traffic. This app provides a Bird’s eye view of all Freight
Assets in a single window.