DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 10 JUNE 2018
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
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1.
CENTRE LAUNCHES 'RAIL MADAD', 'MENU ON
RAILS' MOBILE APPS
i.
The Ministry of Railways has launched two mobile applications to ease the
traveling experience. The two apps, 'Rail MADAD' and 'Menu on Rails', were
launched by Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and Minister of State (MoS) Manoj
Sinha during a press conference organized to highlight the achievements of the
Ministry in the last four years.
ii.
While Rail MADAD will enable travelers to lodge complaints, Menu on Rails will
facilitate seamless ordering of food. The Minister stated Rashtriya Rail
Sanraksha Kosh has been created with a corpus of one lakh crore rupees for
making additional funds available for safety-related works.
2.
INDIA BEAT KENYA TO LIFT
INTERCONTINENTAL CUP FOOTBALL TITLE
i.
India has lifted the Intercontinental Cup football title. In the summit clash
in Mumbai, they defeated Kenya 2-nil. Both the goals were netted by skipper
Sunil Chhetri. He gave India the lead in the eighth minute before scoring the
second goal in the 29th minute.
ii.
Sunil Chhetri has become the joint second highest international goal scorer
among active players along with Argentine superstar Lionel Messi with his 64th
strike for the country against Kenya.
3.
NORTHERN RAILWAYS TO MONITOR
CLEANLINESS OF TRAINS USING WHATSAPP GROUPS
i.
The Northern Railways will now monitor the cleanliness of its trains using
WhatsApp groups supervised by senior officials. Every department, be it the
pantry, bedrolls etc., will have separate WhatsApp groups, in which status
report of cleanliness will be uploaded on a daily basis.
ii.
WhatsApp groups have been created for train and pantry cleanliness, bedrolls
and functionality of air conditioners in trains. Photographs are being uploaded
in these groups for monitoring by senior officials.
4.
MET DEPT TO USE FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE
SYSTEM FOR FIRST TIME TO FORECAST FLOODS
i.
India Meteorological Department (IMD) will use flash flood guidance system for
the first time in the country to forecast floods. Currently, the Central Water
Commission issues flood warnings.
ii.
The national weather agency is preparing to launch this service from the next
month. Different kinds of soil from various parts of the country have been
studied to find out how absorbent each variety was.
5.
SHARAD KUMAR APPOINTED VIGILANCE
COMMISSIONER IN CVC
i.
Former NIA chief Sharad Kumar has appointed vigilance commissioner in the
probity watchdog CVC. The 62-year-old Kumar, a 1979-batch IPS officer of the
Haryana cadre, retired in September last year after heading the National
Investigation Agency, an anti-terror probe organization, for over four years.
ii.
Kumar has been appointed vigilance commissioner in the Central Vigilance
Commission (CVC) for a term of four years or till he attains the age of 65.
6.
44TH G7 SUMMIT WAS HELD IN CANADA
i.
The 44th G7 summit was held on June 8–9, 2018, in Quebec, Canada. This was the
sixth time since 1981 that Canada has hosted the meetings. The 44th G7 summit
was the first summit for Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.
ii.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has hosted this summit. The 45th G7
summit or next G7 summit will be held in 2019 in France.
7.
WHO COMMENDS INDIA FOR REDUCING
MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO BY 77%
i.
The WHO has commended India's progress in reducing the maternal mortality ratio
(MMR) by 77 percent, from 556 per one lac live births in 1990 to 130 per one
lac live births in 2016. This progress puts the country on track towards
achieving the Sustainable Development Goal target of an MMR below 70 by 2030.
India's present MMR is below the Millennium Development Goal target.
ii.
According to WHO Regional Director for South-East Asia, Poonam Khetrapal, India
has made a concerted push to increase access to quality maternal health
services with the coverage of essential maternal health services has doubled
since 2005.