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1. JIMEX
18’: 3RD EDITION OF INDIA-JAPAN BILATERAL MARITIME EXERCISE BEGAN AT
VISAKHAPATNAM
i.
‘JIMEX 18’: 3rd edition of India-Japan bilateral maritime exercise began at
Visakhapatnami.
ii.
JIMEX-18 is aimed to enhance interoperability, improve understanding and imbibe
the best practices of each other.
iii.
The last edition of JIMEX was conducted in Dec 2013 off Chennai.
2. TASK
FORCE LAUNCHED TO ADDRESS SKILL GAPS IN INDIA: MOSD&E AND WORLD ECONOMIC
FORUM
i.
A task force was constituted by the
Union ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship in collaboration with
World Economic Forum for addressing the skill gap in the country.
ii.
This task force is called: Closing the Skills Gap Task Force in India .
This
is the second country-led public-private collaboration of the World Economic
Forum’s Closing the Skills Gap Project after South Africa.
iii.
The task force would bring together various leaders from different sectors like
business, government, education and Working on promoting education and training
systems in the country.
3. “QUINTERO
ONE”: WORLD’S FIRST FULL-SCALE HYPERLOOP PASSENGER CAPSULE UNVEILED
i.
US-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies or HyperloopTT launched the
first full-scale transportation capsule which will be operational in 2019.
ii.
The name of the capsule is: “Quintero One”.
It
was constructed completely out of a specially made dual-layer smart composite
material called “Vibranium” made by
HyperloopTT.
iii.
It can move at speeds of more than 750 miles (1,200 kilometers) per hour and
has a capacity to hold 30 to 40 passengers at a time.
iv.
Andhra Pradesh signed Mou with HyperloopTT o set up the Hyperloop transportation
system connecting Anantapur, Amaravati, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam.