1. National
Sports Day being observed today
i. The
National Sports day in India is celebrated on 29th August every year to mark
the birthday of hockey player Dhyan Chand.
ii. Dhyan
Chand was an Indian field hockey player, who is considered as one of the
greatest field hockey players of all time.
iii. He is
known for his extraordinary goal scoring feats, in addition to earning three
Olympic gold medals (1928, 1932, and 1936) in field hockey.
iv. The Khel
Ratna Award is honored for the players spectacular and most outstanding
performance in the field of sports over a period of four years at international
level.
v. The
Arjuna Awards are given to recognize outstanding achievement in National sports
while the Dronacharya Award is sports coaching honour.
2. PM
Modi inaugurates National Highway projects in Rajasthan
i. Prime
Minister ‘Narendra Modi’ has inaugurated various National Highway projects and
lay the foundation stone of the Jaipur Ring Road in Rajasthan.
ii. The
projects include six Lane Cable Stayed Bridge across River Chambal at Kota,
four laning of Gomati Chauraha - Udaipur section and four laning of Rajsamand -
Bhilwara section.
iii. The
total outlay on these projects is estimated to be over 15,000 crore rupees.
iv. The PM
Modi will also visit the Pratap Gaurav Kendra to pay his respects to Maharana
Pratap.
3. DIPP
releases next edition of consolidated FDI policy
i. The
Commerce and Industry Ministry has released the next edition of its consolidated
FDI policy document, incorporating all the changes made over the past year.
ii. The
consolidated policy is a compilation of the various decisions taken by the
government in the past one year.
iii. The
Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) compiles all policies
related to foreign investment regime into a single document to make it simple
and easy for investors to understand.
iv. In last
one year, the union government has liberalized FDI policy in over a dozen
sectors, including defence, civil aviation, construction and development,
private security agencies and news broadcasting.
v. The whole
exercise is aimed at providing an investor friendly climate to foreign players
and, in turn, attract more FDI to boost economic growth and create jobs.
4. Ministry
of Textiles to organize Pan India camps for weavers and artisans
i. The
Ministry of Textiles will organize a Pan India camps in handlooms and
handicrafts clusters, under the initiative ‘Hastkala Sahyog Shivir’ on 7-17th
of October this year.
ii. This
initiative is dedicated to ‘Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Garib Kalyan Varsh’, the
birth centenary year of Pandit Deendayal Upadhayay.
iii. In
these camps, Assistance for technological upgradation under Hathkargha
Samvardhan Sahayat & distribution of modern tool kits and equipment will be
provided to the weavers and artisans.
5. Government
to launch Deep Ocean Mission
i. The Union
Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) will launch Deep Ocean Mission by January
2018 to spur research activities in ocean science and develop technology to
harness ocean resources.
ii. The
proposed inter-ministerial and interdisciplinary project aims to explore and
harness mineral resources beneath the ocean floor.
6. UNSC
to meet today to discuss latest North Korea missile launch
i. Today,
the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will meet to discuss the latest
North Korea missile launch.
ii. UNSC
wastes no time in convening the meeting in view of North Korea fired a
ballistic missile that passed over Japan early today.
iii. Earlier,
the Pentagon has confirmed that North Korea has launched a missile over Japan,
in a major escalation by Pyongyang amid tensions over its weapons ambitions.
7. India
& Germany ink agreement to improve grid integration of renewable energy
i. India’s
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für
Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) of Germany have signed an agreement on
technical cooperation under the Indo-German Energy Programme-Green Energy
Corridors (IGEN-GEC).
ii. The main
objective of this program is to improve the sector framework and conditions for
grid integration of renewable energies with conventional power grids.
iii. Germany
had agreed to provide concessional loans of up to 1 billion euros through
German Development Bank (KfW) and up to 10 million euros under technical
assistance.
8. Kenya
imposes world's toughest law against plastic bags
i. Kenya has
imposed the world's toughest law against plastic bags in the country to reduce
plastic pollution.
ii. The law
punishes Kenyans producing, selling or using plastic bags with a maximum fine
of over Rs. 25 lakh or a four-year jail term.
iii. It took
Kenya three attempts over ten years to pass the ban which critics say could cut
80,000 jobs.
9. Barefoot
footballer Ahmed Khan passes away
i. India's
oldest football Olympian Ahmed Khan (90-year) passed away at his residence in
Bengaluru.
ii. Ahmed
was part of the famous 'barefoot' football squad that made its debut in Olympic
football at the 1948 London Games.
10. Ultra-thin
carbon nanotubes can separate salt from seawater
i. Scientists
have developed carbon nanotubes over 50,000 times thinner than a human hair
which can separate salt from seawater.
ii. The team
found that water permeability in carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with diameters of 0.8
nanometre significantly exceeds that of wider carbon nanotubes.
iii. The
super smooth inner surface of the nanotube is responsible for their remarkably
high-water permeability, while the tiny pore size blocks larger salt ions.
iv. The
narrow hydrophobic channel forces water to translocate in a single-file
arrangement, a phenomenon similar to that found in the most efficient
biological water transporters.
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