DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 19 MAR 2018
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1. NCAA.
BECOMES WORLD’S FIRST TRUSTED DIGITAL REPOSITORY
India’s National Cultural Audiovisual
Archives has been certified as the
world’s first Trusted Digital Repository as per ISO.
i. NCAA. is A. project of the Union Ministry
of Culture, implemented by IndirA. Gandhi National Centre for the Arts.
ii.The main Objective of NCAA. is to identify
and preserve India’s cultural heritage available in audiovisual form through A.
process of digitization and making it accessible to the people.
iii. By end of March 2018, A. corpus of 30000
hours of unpublished, non-commercial audio & video recordings will be made
online at NCAA. repository.
iv. NCAA. digital repository is powered by
DIGITĀLAYA. which is developed by C-DAC Pune.
2. INFORMAL
WTO MINISTERIAL MEET HELD IN NEW DELHI
Informal meeting of the World Trade
Organisation ministers was held in New Delhi .
i. This meeting was called by IndiA. to
explore options to reinvigorate the World Trade Organisation, by engaging in
free and frank discussions.
ii. This meeting was attended by Ministers
and Vice Ministers from 27 countries and WTO Director General Roberto Azevedo.
World Trade Organisation (WTO):
♦ Formed in –
1995
♦ Task –
Regulation of International Trade
♦
Headquarters – Geneva, Switzerland
♦ Current
Director General – Robert Azevedo
3. INDIA.
AND EU SIGNED AGREEMENT ON SHARING EARTH OBSERVATION DATA. FROM EACH OTHER’S
SATELLITES:
i. The agreement was signed by Philippe
Brunet, director for Space Policy, Copernicus and Defence, on behalf of
European Commission and by PG Diwakar, Scientific Secretary in the ISRO on
behalf of the Department of Space.
ii. The agreement will strengthen cooperation on Earth
observation and mutual access to datA. from sentinel series of satellites of EU
and from the earth observation satellites of India.
iii. According to this agreement the European
Commission would offer free, full and open access to datA. from the Copernicus
Sentinel family of satellites to India.
iv. India’s Department of Space will offer
free, full and open access to the datA. from ISRO’s earth observation
satellites to the Copernicus programme and its participating states.
About Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO):
♦ Chairman –
Dr. K. Sivan
♦
Headquarters – Bangalore, Karnataka
4. G-20
MINISTERS MEETING HELD IN ARGENTINA
First G20 meeting of finance ministers and
central bank governors under Presidency of ArgentinA. was held on 19th and 20th
March 2018 in Argentina.
i. The meeting was attended by finance ministers of 22 countries, 17 Central
Bank Governors and 10 heads of international organizations, including International
Monetary Fund Managing Director, Christine Lagarde and Administrator of the
United Nations Development Programme, Achim Steiner.
ii. Discussions at the this two-day meeting
revolved around infrastructure
development and the future of work in the digital arena.
Facts about G20 (Group of Twenty):
♦ Founded in
– 1999
♦objective –
Forum to deliberate upon key issues affecting the global economy
♦ Members
Countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India,
Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South
Africa, South Korea, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, and the European
Union
5. KATRINA.
KAIF BECOMES BRAND AMBASSADOR FOR INTERNATIONAL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
‘EDUCATE GIRLS’
Bollywood actress KatrinA. Kaif has been
named the brand ambassador of ‘Educate Girls’, an international non-profit
organisation.
i. she will work towards creating equal
opportunities for girls to access quality education.
ii. Educate Girls involves the families, ,
local administration, village leaders and school authorities in its efforts
towards educating girls.
6. INTERNATIONAL
DAY OF HAPPINESS OBSERVED ON MARCH 20TH
i. The United Nations has celebrated the
International Day of Happiness since 2013 to promote the importance of
happiness in the lives of people.
iii.This year the focus is on the importance
of relationships, kindness and helping each other.
UNESCO Cultural Heritage sites in India:
♦The
Architectural Work of Le Corbusier – Chandigarh
♦NalandaMahaviharA.
(NalandA. University) – Bihar
♦TajMahal –
Uttar Pradesh
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS BASED ON
TODAY’S NEWS
Q1. IN WHICH CITY, THE INFORMAL
MEETING OF WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION (WTO) MINISTERS WAS HELD AT?
A. Kolkata
B. Gandhinagar
C. New Delhi
D. Mumbai
E. Thrissur
Q2. INDIA’S DEPARTMENT OF SPACE AND
SIGNED AN AGREEMENT WITH ____________, THAT WILL ENABLE THEM TO SHARE
EARTH OBSERVATION DATA. FROM EACH OTHER’S SATELLITE?
A. Chinese Commission
B. USA. Commission
C. Australian Commission
D. European Commission
E. UK’s Commission
Q3. WHICH COUNTRY HOSTED THE FIRST G20
MEETING OF FINANCE MINISTERS AND CENTRAL BANK GOVERNORS ON 19TH AND
20TH MARCH 2018?
A. Australia
B. Argentina
C. Spain
D. Norway
E. Finland
Q4. WHEN IS THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF
HAPPINESS CELEBRATED ALL OVER THE WORLD?
A. 16th March
B. 17th March
C. 18th March
D. 19th March
E. 20th March
ANSWERS:
1-C 2-D 3-B 4-E
