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1.
‘2ND WORLD CONFERENCE ON ACCESS TO MEDICAL PRODUCTS: ACHIEVING
THE SDGS 2030’ INAUGURATED BY SHRI J P NADDA
i. Union
Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Shri J P Nadda inaugurated ‘2nd World
Conference on Access to Medical Products: Achieving the SDGs 2030’ in New
Delhi.
ii. The
objectives of the conference is working on recommendations from the 1st World iii.
Conference 2017, work on medical products in the context of SDGs of WHO,Accelerating
research and innovation.
iv. It also
highlighted the importance of traditional medical system in achieving the
health goals. The National Health Policy 2017 was also discussed.
2.
EAM SUSHMA SWARAJ LAUNCHED ‘INDIA FOR HUMANITY’ INITIATIVE IN
NEW DELHI
i. External
Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj launched ‘India for Humanity’ initiative in New
Delhi.
ii. It is a
part of 150th Birth Anniversary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi being held over
the next one year.
iii. This
initiative comprises of a year-long series of artificial limb fitment camps in
a number of countries spanning the globe fully sponsored by Ministry.
3.
20-MEMBER ENVIRONMENT POLLUTION (PREVENTION AND CONTROL)
AUTHORITY RECONSTITUTED BY GOVERNMENT
i. Centre
reconstituted 20-member Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control)
Authority or the EPCA
ii. The
objective is to tackle air pollution in the National Capital Region
The
authority is headed by Former secretary Bhure Lal.
iii. Ajay
Mathur, Arunabha Ghosh, Navroz K. Dubash,
and Vishnu Mathur are some other important members
iv. EPCA is
Supreme Court mandated body tasked with taking various measures to tackle air
pollution in the National Capital Region.
4.
SPG: KEY PANEL UNDER NSA TO ASSIST NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL SET
UP BY GOVERNMENT
i. Central
government set up a Strategic Policy Group headed by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval to assist the National Security
Council.
ii. The
objective is to advise on matters of
national security and strategic interests.
iii. The SPG
will assist the National Security Council on undertaking national security
measures and strategic review of country’s security affairs.
iv. The NSA
gives strategic advice to prime minister on the topics of national security and
the group’s decision will help it implement them the right way.
v. The group
will also be responsible for inter-ministerial coordination and integration of
relevant inputs.
5.
CLEAR SKY 2018”: UKRAINE LAUNCHED LARGE-SCALE AIR EXERCISES WITH
NATO COUNTRIES
i. Ukraine
along with United States and other NATO countries launched “Clear Sky 2018” war
games, which will run until October 19, in western Ukraine.
ii. The objective
is to secure air sovereignty and promote peace and security.
iii. 700
troops are participating with NATO countries such as the United States, Britain,
the Netherlands, Poland and Romania.
6.
IMF PREDICTED 7.3% GROWTH RATE FOR INDIA IN CURRENT FISCAL YEAR
IN ITS WEO REPORT
i. International
Monetary Fund predicted a growth rate of
7.3 per cent for India in the current year of 2018 and 7.4 per cent in 2019.
ii. For
2019, the GDP prediction has been decreased compared to the April 2018 World
Economic Outlook report.
iii. The
reason for the decrease is due to increase in oil prices and the tightening of
global financial conditions.
7.
NOBEL ECONOMICS 2018 AWARDED TO AMERICANS WILLIAM NORDHAUS AND
PAUL ROMER
i. The Nobel
Prize in Economics was jointly awarded to Americans William Nordhaus and Paul
Romer for integrating climate change and technological innovation into the
macroeconomic analysis.
ii. William
Nordhaus became the first person to develop a quantitative model that described
the interplay between economy and climate.
iii. Paul
Romer has shown how economic forces
govern the willingness of firms to produce new ideas and innovations. This laid
the foundation for endogenous growth theory.
iv. Nobel
Prize in Economics established in 1968
v. This
prize was not part of the original group of 5 awards mentioned in Alfred
Nobel’s 1895 will.
8.
ESIC WINS ‘ISSA GOOD PRACTICE AWARD’ AT THE “REGIONAL SOCIAL
SECURITY FORUM FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC”
i. Employees’
State Insurance Corporation has won the
‘ISSA Good Practice Award’ for
ii. Administrative
Solution for Coverage Extension at the “Regional Social Security Forum for Asia
and the Pacific”
iii. ESIC
was awarded for its measures on extension of coverage-SPREE (Scheme for
Promoting Registration of Employers and Employees), etc.
iv. Raj
Kumar, IAS, Director General, ESIC received the Certificate of Merit on behalf
of ESIC.
9.
WILD LIFE WEEK CELEBRATIONS CONCLUDE AT DELHI NATIONAL
ZOOLOGICAL PARK
i. The
national program of Wild Life Week concluded at the National Zoological Park in
New Delhi.
ii. Wildlife
Week is observed every year from October 2 to 8. Wildlife Week is celebrated
since 1952.
