DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 13 JUNE 2018
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
INDIA’S 1ST NATIONAL POLICE MUSEUM TO
COME UP IN DELHI
i.
The Union Government has announced to establish India’s first national police
museum in Lutyens' Delhi. The museum is expected to be inaugurated on 21st
October 2018 on the occasion of Police Commemoration Day.
ii.
The unique museum, depicting the history, artefacts, uniforms and gear of
central and state police forces, will come up as an underground facility in the
premises of the national police memorial in Chanakyapuri area.
2.
SEBI CONSTITUTES EXPERT COMMITTEE TO
FRAME RULES FOR DIRECT LISTING OF INDIAN FIRMS ABROAD
i.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) constituted an Expert
Committee to frame rules for direct listing of Indian firms abroad.
ii.
The committee will examine the economic case for permitting direct listing of
Indian companies overseas and listing of Indian companies on foreign bourses in
India. The committee includes nine members.
3.
INDIA TO HOST 1ST BIMSTEC MILITARY
EXERCISE
i.
India will host first military exercise of the BIMSTEC Countries in September
2018 in Pune, Maharashtra. The theme of the exercise includes counter-terrorism
in semi-urban terrain and cordon and search.
ii.
The main aim of this military exercise is to promote strategic alignment among
the member-states and to share best practices in the area of counter-terrorism.
Each participating member country will bring in some 30 soldiers.
iii.
BIMSTEC countries had held disaster management exercise in 2017 in New Delhi,
but this will be the first military exercise of the grouping.
BIMSTEC
stands for Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic
Cooperation.
Member
countries: India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka from South Asia and
Myanmar, Thailand from South East Asia.