DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 12TH JAN 2017
(Daily News India)
1.
20TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR E-GOVERNANCE HELD IN ANDHRA PRADESH
i. The 20th National
Conference on e-Governance was held from in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
ii. The theme for the
conference was Internet of Things and e-Governance.
iii. The basic aim of
NCeG was to use digital innovations for transforming India.
2.
CHILD SEX RATIO AT BIRTH IN HARYANA TOUCHES 900-MARK IN TWO DECADES
i. The Child Sex ratio at
birth in the State of Haryana crossed the 900-mark in the year 2016 for the
first time in almost two decades.
ii. The continuous effort
of Haryana government led by CM Manohar Lal Khattar has led to such
development. PM Narendra Modi also launched the “Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao”
campaign against female foeticide in Panipat.
iii. The State government
made effective implementation of the law including Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal
Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994, and the Medical Terminal of Pregnancy Act
against illegal sex determination and female foeticide.
3.
DELHI AIRPORT ADOPTS WORLD’S FIRST DIGITAL PLATFORM “ARC”
i. The Delhi Airport
informed that has adopted a unique performance and benchmarking digital
platform, ARC, and claims that it is first in the world to adopt such platform.
ii .The dynamic platform
has been developed by Delhi Airport
Green Business Certification Inc and US Green Building Council. These are the
global certifying body for all Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
projects.
iii. The platform would
enable the airport operator to manage, measure and improve performance of
airport regarding carbon emissions, resource consumption, and quality of
passenger space.
4.
DEFENCE MINISTER MANOHAR PARRIKAR INAUGURATES INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE &
EXHIBITION ON REINFORCED PLASTICS
i. Defence Minister
Manohar Parrikar inaugurated the 8th edition of the International Conference
& Exhibition on Reinforced Plastics at the Bombay Convention &
Exhibition Centre in Mumbai, India.
ii .This event will
provide an ideal opportunity for the Global Composites Industry to focus its
attention to India.
iii. The conference will
focus on the latest developments on automation, mechanization and innovation to
meet growing challenges of end user requirements.
iv. It will also provide
update on composites in terms of raw materials, new applications, process
developments, machinery, case studies among others.
v. The Defence Minister
also informed about the government’s ambitious ‘Design in India’ policy to
promote product designing in the country.