Current Affairs – June 13, 2018 – One Liner
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- Chennai-based Munoth Industries announced setting up of a Lithium-ion cell manufacturing plant, said to be the first in India in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.
- The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has approved raising two women Battalions for Jammu and Kashmir Police.
- Kerala State Literacy Mission Authority has initiated a ‘water literacy’ campaign with the involvement of 70,000 students aiming to create awareness about the importance of water conservation in the State.
- India and Kazakhstan have agreed to further develop bilateral cooperation in the military-industrial sphere.
- Odisha is a major steel producing State contributing more than half of steel production in the country.
- Leading stock exchange NSE launched ‘Tri-Party Repo Market’ platform in its debt segment to facilitate repurchase (repo) of corporate debt securities.
- The agreement between India and Peru aims to establish the basis for a cooperative institutional relationship to encourage and promote technical bilateral cooperation on new and renewable issues on the basis of mutual benefit equality and reciprocity.
- Cabinet approves MoU between India and Vietnam on Joint issue of postage stamp between Department of Posts and Vietnam Post.
- The MoU between ICMR and INSERM, France aims at cooperation in areas of common interest within the medical, life sciences and health research fields.
- The Union Cabinet approved the proposal for introduction of Dam Safety Bill, 2018 in the Parliament.
- The Union Cabinet approved the continuation of the Three Year Action Plan (2017-2020) of the scheme for Agricultural Education Division and ICAR Institutes for strengthening and developing higher agricultural education in India.
- An Integrated Sewerage Infrastructure with one city one operator concept adopted for the first time in India.
- 10th meeting of Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GAELF).
- Raksha Mantri, Smt Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the first Representative Office of Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) in Hanoi, Vietnam.
- The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) conducted a table-top exercise at the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
- US administration has approved a deal to sell six AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to India for USD 930 million, to defend its homeland and deter regional threats.
- The Solar Charkha Mission of the Ministry of Micro Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) will be launched by the President, Ram Nath Kovind on June 27, 2018 in New Delhi.
- NITI Aayog has come up with the Composite Water Management Index as a useful tool to assess and improve the performance in efficient management of water resources.
- Francisco D’Souza – Vice-chairman of Cognizant board
- Rana Kapoor – CEO of Yes Bank
- Inder Jit Singh – Coal secretary
- The Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS) has developed a mobile based application ‘utsonmobile’ for Cashless Ticketing.
- Fifa confirm America, Mexico, Canada will host the 2026 World Cup.
- Saweety Boora, Indian boxer to clinch gold in the Umakhanov Memorial Tournament in Kaspiysk, Russia.
- Chennai-based Munoth Industries announced setting up of a Lithium-ion cell manufacturing plant, said to be the first in India in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.
- The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has approved raising two women Battalions for Jammu and Kashmir Police.
- Kerala State Literacy Mission Authority has initiated a ‘water literacy’ campaign with the involvement of 70,000 students aiming to create awareness about the importance of water conservation in the State.
- India and Kazakhstan have agreed to further develop bilateral cooperation in the military-industrial sphere.
- Odisha is a major steel producing State contributing more than half of steel production in the country.
- Leading stock exchange NSE launched ‘Tri-Party Repo Market’ platform in its debt segment to facilitate repurchase (repo) of corporate debt securities.
- The agreement between India and Peru aims to establish the basis for a cooperative institutional relationship to encourage and promote technical bilateral cooperation on new and renewable issues on the basis of mutual benefit equality and reciprocity.
- Cabinet approves MoU between India and Vietnam on Joint issue of postage stamp between Department of Posts and Vietnam Post.
- The MoU between ICMR and INSERM, France aims at cooperation in areas of common interest within the medical, life sciences and health research fields.
- The Union Cabinet approved the proposal for introduction of Dam Safety Bill, 2018 in the Parliament.
- The Union Cabinet approved the continuation of the Three Year Action Plan (2017-2020) of the scheme for Agricultural Education Division and ICAR Institutes for strengthening and developing higher agricultural education in India.
- An Integrated Sewerage Infrastructure with one city one operator concept adopted for the first time in India.
- 10th meeting of Global Alliance to Eliminate Lymphatic Filariasis (GAELF).
- Raksha Mantri, Smt Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the first Representative Office of Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) in Hanoi, Vietnam.
- The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) conducted a table-top exercise at the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
- US administration has approved a deal to sell six AH-64E Apache attack helicopters to India for USD 930 million, to defend its homeland and deter regional threats.
- The Solar Charkha Mission of the Ministry of Micro Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) will be launched by the President, Ram Nath Kovind on June 27, 2018 in New Delhi.
- NITI Aayog has come up with the Composite Water Management Index as a useful tool to assess and improve the performance in efficient management of water resources.
- Francisco D’Souza – Vice-chairman of Cognizant board
- Rana Kapoor – CEO of Yes Bank
- Inder Jit Singh – Coal secretary
- The Centre for Railway Information System (CRIS) has developed a mobile based application ‘utsonmobile’ for Cashless Ticketing.
- Fifa confirm America, Mexico, Canada will host the 2026 World Cup.
- Saweety Boora, Indian boxer to clinch gold in the Umakhanov Memorial Tournament in Kaspiysk, Russia.
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