Daily Current Affairs – September 6 2018

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Daily Current Affairs – September 6 2018

NATIONAL

Andhra Pradesh

International tsunami drill

  • The National and the State Disaster Response Forces, the Fire Services and the Police Departments, the Navy and the Air Force took part in the international tsunami mock drill across the State.

Jammu & Kashmir

J&K SAC okays Centre, state’s joint venture for development of Ratle HEP

  • Jammu and Kashmir State Administrative Council (SAC) has approved formation of a joint venture between the Centre and the state government for development of 850 Mega Watt Ratle Hydro Electric Project (HEP).

Karnataka

Facial recognition facility from 2019 at Bengaluru International Airport

  • Bengaluru International Airport plans to roll out facial recognition facility for the passengers of some select airlines from early next year.

6th edition of Bengaluru Space Expo inaugurated

  • The 6th edition of the biennial Bengaluru Space Expo was inaugurated by ISRO Chairman Dr.K Sivan in Bengaluru. The three day event will showcase industry participation in Indian space programme.

INTERNATIONAL

Mahatma Gandhi statue unveiled in Bulgaria

  • President of India Ram NathKovind jointly with the President of Bulgaria, unveiled a statue of Mahatma Gandhi at South Park, Sofia in Bulgaria.

Facebook to invest $1 billion in data centre in Singapore

  • Facebook to invest more than $1 billion to build its first data centre in Asia in Singapore, slated to open in 2022.

SCIENCE

France to provide life support and medicine for ‘Gaganyaan’ crew

  • The national human space mission ‘Gaganyaan’ will get French support in the form of life support and medicine for the Indian crew.

SUMMITS & CONFERENCES

31st meeting of Central Hindi Committee

  • 31st meeting of Central Hindi Committee concluded under the chairmanship of the Prime Minister in New Delhi.

‘Source India’

  • India is the Partner Country in the 87th Izmir International tradeshow which begins in Turkey. In this tradeshow India will also be launching a mega business pavilion ‘Source India’ hosting 75 Indian companieswith the aim of tie-ups in order to increase India’s exports to Turkey and other neighbouring countries.

Global Sanitation Convention to Herald 150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi

  • Union Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation will organize a global sanitation convention to mark the beginning of the 150th birth anniversary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi, also coinciding with the fourth anniversary of the launch of Swachh Bharat Mission.

Defence & Homeland Security Expo and Conference

  • Three day Defence and Homeland Security Expo and Conference inaugurated by Home Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi.

MOU, AGREEMENTS & CABINET APPROVALS

Monetary limit for filing cases in DRT doubled to Rs 20 lakh

  • The government doubled the monetary limit to 20 lakh rupees for filing loan recovery application in the Debt Recovery Tribunals (DRT) by banks and financial institutions aimed at helping reduce pendency of cases in DRTs.There are 39 DRTs in the country.

India, U.S. sign security agreement COMCASA

  • India and the United States began a new generation of military and security cooperation by signing Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement (COMCASA).

Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code is clearly unconstitutional : SC

  • The Supreme Court decriminalised homosexuality with a prayer to the LGBTQ (Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) community to forgive history for their “brutal” suppression.

DEFENCE

Joint exercise SLINEX-2018

  • Indian navy ships and aircraft have arrived in Sri Lanka to take part in the joint exercise SLINEX-2018 to be held with Sri Lankan navy at Trincomalee.

AWARDS

Jal Bachao, Video Banao, Puraskar Pao Contest

1) Mohd Amjad from Patna 2) Sh. Supreeth Dev from Tumkur, Karnataka  3) Sh. Chandan Kumar from Champaran

APP & WEBPORTAL

Siddhi

  • An app unveiled by DestaGlobal, an agritech e-commerce company (Mumbai-based start-up), earlier this year is bringing farmers and dealers of agricultural equipment under one roof.

SPORTS

Saurabh Chaudhary clinches gold in ISSF World C’ship

  • India’s Saurabh Chaudhary clinched the 10 metres Air Pistol Junior gold at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Shooting World Championship. Arjun Singh Cheema claimed bronze in the same event

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