DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 16 MAY 2018
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
- INDIA 3RD LARGEST
SOLAR MARKET IN WORLD: MERCOM REPORT
i. India emerged as the third largest solar market in the world in
2017 behind China and the US, according to the report of Mercom Communications
India.
ii.. As per the report, India set a new record with 9.6 GW of
solar installations in 2017, which was more than double the 4.3 GW installed in
2016.
iii. The robust growth boosted the country's total solar installed
capacity to 19.6 GW as of December 2017.
- YES BANK LAUNCHES
AGENDA 25×25
i. YES Bank launched Agenda 25×25, which pledges to create a
synergetic startup environment for budding women entrepreneurs in India.
ii.The effort would ensure that by 2025 at least 25% of all
entrepreneurs in India are women.
iii. The bank made the announcement at the YES Bank – YES Global
Institute Annual Startup Conclave hosted in partnership with NITI Aayog, Invest
India, Startup India and Atal Innovation Mission.
- SHASHANK MANOHAR
TO SERVE 2ND TERM AS ICC CHAIRMAN
i. Former BCCI President Shashank Manohar will serve a second
two-year term as the independent chairman of the International Cricket Council
after he was elected unopposed by the governing body's Board.
ii. Mr Manohar became the first independent ICC Chairman in 2016.
- FASTEST GROWING
BLACKHOLE OF UNIVERSE DISCOVERED
i. Scientists have discovered the fastest-growing black hole known
in the universe, describing it as a monster that devours a mass equivalent to
our Sun every two days.
ii. This black hole is growing so rapidly that it's shining
thousands of times more brightly than an entire galaxy, due to all of the gases
it sucks in daily that cause lots of friction and heat.
iii. The energy emitted from this newly discovered supermassive
black hole, also known as a quasar, was mostly ultraviolet light but also
radiated x-rays.
- MARK TULLY TO GET
RED INK AWARD
i. Senior journalist Mark Tully will be honoured with the Lifetime
Achievement Award at the annual Red Ink Awards in Mumbai.
ii. Tully worked with the BBC for three decades and was the
broadcaster’s Chief of Bureau for Delhi for 20 years.
ii. Tully was a front-running reporter for all major news breaks
in South Asia like the Indo-Pakistan wars, the Bhopal gas tragedy, Operation
Blue Star, assassination of Indira Gandhi and anti-Sikh riots
- ANINDITA HONOURED
WITH JAYADEV RASHTRIYA YUVA PURASKAR AWARD
i. US-based Kathak dancer Anindita Anaam was honoured with the
prestigious 'Shri Jayadev Rastriya Yuva Pratibha Puraskar 2018' for outstanding
contribution to the field of art.
ii. The award was presented to the Kathak exponent during the
'Jayadev International Dance Festival' in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
