April 10 Current Affairs

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STATE

KARNATAKA

Basavashri award 2017

  • Basavashri award for 2017 will be presented to shepherd and nature lover Kamegouda of Dasandoddi village in Malavalli taluk of Mandya district. The award honours people for services to society in their fields by following the principles of Lord Basaveshwar.

GUJARAT

World’s largest solar park to come up

  • Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani approved setting up a 5000 MW capacity solar park at the Dholera Special Investment Region (SIR), which would be the largest such entity in the world after its completion.The proposed solar power generation project would be set up in 11,000 hectares of land with an investment of Rs 25,000 crore.

NATIONAL

New Website & Mobile APP of National Commission for Safai Karamcharis Launched

  • The new website is very user-friendly and as per Government of India Guidelines for official websites. It is a comprehensive website giving complete details about the Commission viz. its composition, mandate, manner of filing complaints, details of visits undertaken by its Chairman and Members, etc. The petitioners can file their grievances/complaints, etc. on-line on the website and thereafter track their grievances/complaints.

 India Signs MOU With World EXPO 2020 Dubai

  • India and World Expo 2020 signed participants contract today for India’s pavilion in the prestigious World Expo 2020 held once in 5 years. The contract provides for the setting up of India pavilion at Expo 2020 on an extra large plot (about one acre) in the ‘Opportunity’ segment. This is tune with the great opportunity for economic activity that India provides today on the way to becoming a $5 trillion economy by 2025.  Focus will be given to India’s advances in Space, Pharma, IT, Renewable Energy, Telecom sectors.

Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries launches Pashu Chikitsak Mahasangh website

  • Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries (DADF) Shri Tarun Shridhar inaugurated the website of Pashu Chikitsak Mahasangh namely www.pashuchikitsakmahasangh.in and dedicated it to Veterinarians of the country in New Delhi.

India’s first high-speed electric locomotive to be launched

  • As part of the Make in India project, Indian Railways is all set to induct the first high-speed electric locomotive to its list of transport vehicles. The 12,000 horsepower high-speed electric locomotive will be flagged off from Bihar’s Madhepura loco factory by PM.

                        To know about the train please click here

CBDT to recognise transgenders as independent gender, new category amended in PAN form

  • The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) issued notifications to recognise transgenders as Independent gender.The application form for PAN now has a new tick box for transgenders. The notification, issued under sections 139A and 295 of the Income Tax Act, specifies the new application process for obtaining a PAN number by an individual for easier tax-related transactions.

 WORLD

U.S.: North Korea is prepared to discuss denuclearization

  • North Korea has told the U.S. for the first time that it is prepared to discuss the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula when North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meets President Donald Trump.U.S. and North Korean officials have held secret contacts recently in which Pyongyang directly confirmed its willingness to hold the unprecedented summit.

Tropical cyclone Keni approaches Fiji

  • Tropical cyclone Keni, which has upgraded to a category 3 storm, was approached the island nation of Fiji on Tuesday and authorities have warned the public to make preparations for it.
  • Keni is expected to be closest to the island state from midday and the weather office is expecting the storm to pass south of Nadi, the third largest city of Fiji, before making landfall over the southern island of Kadavu.

SCIENCE

Navigation satellite IRNSS-1I to be launched

  • The Indian Space Research Organisation will on April 12 launch a navigation satellite, the eighth such satellite to be a part of a constellation. IRNSS-1I is expected to replace IRNSS-1A, the first of the seven navigation satellites, that was rendered ineffective after its three rubidium atomic clocks failed. The seven satellites are part of the NavIC navigation satellite constellation.

                              To know about IRNSS please click here

ECONOMY

Intra-state e-way bills for five states

  • The government announced that it would be rolling out the e-waybill system for the intra-state transport of goods in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Kerala, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh on April 15, 2018.
  • The government planned a phased rollout of the system for intra-state movement following the nation-wide rollout of the system for inter-state transport so as to ease the burden on the e-waybill portal as well as on transporters.

SPORTS

Commonwealth Games 2018: Heena Sidhu wins gold medal in 25m Pistol

  • Heena Sidhu won gold medal in 25m Pistol. Heena Sidhu became the first Indian to win a double medal at the Commonwealth Games 2018.

Commonwealth Games 2018: Sachin wins bronze medal in the men’s heavyweight category in para powerlifting

  • Sachin Chaudhary bags a bronze medal in the men’s heavyweight category in para powerlifting of the XXI Commonwealth Games.
  • The 34-year-old, who began shakily, failing with a weight of 201kg through his first two attempts, smartly cleared it in the third and was awarded 181.0 points for the bronze.

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