DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 29 JUNE 2018
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
SHARED
BY: WWW.DAILYGK.IN
1.
INDIA PLEDGES $5 MILLION FOR UN PALESTINIAN AID AGENCY
i. India has
pledged USD 5 million in assistance to the UN agency working for the welfare of
Palestinian refugees to help bolster its "severe funding crisis"
following US' cut in its annual aid to United Nations Relief and Works Agency
for Palestine Refugees .
ii. A total
of 20 countries, including India, announced contributions to the 2018 budget of
the UNRWA for Palestine Refugees in the Near East during a meeting.
2.
GUJARAT CM ANNOUNCES AGRICULTURE JWG WITH ISRAEL
i.Israel
and Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani
met Israel's Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Uri Ariel and announced
a joint working group between Gujarat
and Israel in the fields of agriculture, horticulture and allied sectors.
ii. The
objective of the meeting was strengthening the Indo-Israeli agricultural
cooperation and extension of the Indo-Israel Agriculture Plan (IIAP) and also
to explore the opportunities of using the hi-tech protective cultivation and
precision farming methods of Israel.
Israel
Capital- Jerusalem, Currency- Israeli new shekel, Prime Minister- Benjamin
Netanyahu.
3.
SURESH PRABHU LAUNCHES MOBILE APP 'REUNITE'
i. Union
Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu launched
a mobile application called 'ReUnite' which helps to track and trace missing
and abandoned children in India.
ii. The app
is multiuser where parents and citizens can upload pictures of children, and
provide detailed description like name, birthmark, address, report to the
police station, search and identify missing kids.
4.
NORTH KOREA NAMED ‘WORST HUMAN TRAFFICKING COUNTRY’
i. The US
State Department categorised North Korea as one of the “worst human trafficking
nations” for the 16th straight year, citing the use of forced labour.
ii.
According to the annual ‘2018 Trafficking in Persons Report’, North Korea has
been included in the Tier 3 category, which is the lowest ranking, along with
China, Russia and Iran.
ii. The
'2018 Trafficking in Persons Report' placed India in Tier 2 category for making
significant effort to comply with the US standards. However, India does not
fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking.
5.
NASA TO LAUNCH WORLD'S LIGHTEST SATELLITE DESIGNED BY CHENNAI
STUDENTS
i. The four
first-year engineering students from Hindustan Institute of Technology and
Science near Chennai, Tamil Nadu have developed the world’s lightest satellite
which will be launched from a NASA facility in the US by August 2018.
ii. The
students built the 4cm ‘cube’ satellite ‘Jaihind-1S’ with a 3D printed outer casing
from polylactic acid (PLA) nylon material, making it lighter than a medium
sized egg, at just 33.39 grams.
