DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 20 JUNE 2018
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
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1.
INTERNATIONAL DECADE FOR ACTION: WATER
FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 2018-2028
i.
Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation
and Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Shri Nitin Gadkari is scheduled
to visit Republic of Tajikistan to represent India in the high-level Conference
on “International Decade for Action: Water for Sustainable Development,
2018-2028” on 20-21 June 2018.
ii.
United Nations and Government of Republic of Tajikistan are jointly organizing
the Conference to discuss key water related issues of sustainable development
goals adopted by UN member countries.
2.
7TH OPEC INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR
i.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will host the 7th
OPEC International Seminar at the Imperial Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria,
on 20−21 June 2018.
ii.
The theme of the Seminar is ‘Petroleum – cooperation for a sustainable future’.
iii.
Seminar participants customarily include Ministers from OPEC Member Countries
and other oil-producing and oil-consuming nations, as well as heads of
intergovernmental organizations.
3.
UNION HRD MINISTER DEDICATES THE
NATIONAL DIGITAL LIBRARY OF INDIA TO THE NATION
i.
The Union Human Resource Development Minister, Shri Prakash Javadekar launched
the new digital initiative of HRD Ministry ‘National Digital Library of India’
on the occasion of National Reading Day in New Delhi.
ii.
The objective of NDL is to make digital educational resources available to all
citizens of the country to empower, inspire and encourage learning. National
Digital Library of India is developed by IIT Kharagpur.
iii.
It is a digital repository containing textbooks, articles, videos, audio books,
lectures, simulations, fiction and all other kinds of learning media.
4.
IRDAI SETS UP PANEL TO REVIEW NORMS FOR
MARKETING FIRMS
i.
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India has formed a 10 member panel to review norms
related to insurance marketing firm with an aim to increase insurance
penetration in the country.
ii.
The committee is headed by Suresh Mathur, Executive Director (insurance
marketing firms), IRDAI, with nine more members.
5. CHIEF
MINISTERS SUBGROUP CONSTITUTED FOR AGRICULTURE AND MGNREGS
i.
Government has set up a Chief Ministers Subgroup to Coordinate Policy Approaches
for Agriculture and MGNREGS.
ii.
Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh as the Convener and CMs of Andhra Pradesh,
Bihar, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Sikkim along with the Member
NITI Aayog, Shri Ramesh Chand are its members.
iii.
The move comes in the backdrop of the vision of the Prime Minister towards
Doubling Farmers’ Income by 2022 which requires a multi-dimensional and
inclusive approach.
