DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 10 JUNE 2018
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
SHARED
BY: WWW.DAILYGK.IN
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.