Economy News
1. Government Recorded More Than Rs. 12,000 crore
business on GeM
i. The National Mission on Government
e Marketplace (GeM), was launched by the Minister of Commerce and
Industry, Suresh Prabhu, on 5th of September 2018. This
was followed by the launch of the Mission in 19 States and Union Territories.
GeM has recorded till date more than 8 lakh transactions worth over Rs.12,239 crore.
ii. The Government of India decided to
launch a six week long National Mission on GeM from 6th Sept. to 17th
Oct 2018 in order to increase awareness, accelerate the use of GeM and
to further augment the proven benefits of procurement through GeM for all
government departments and organisations.
Schemes And Committees News
2. Supreme
Court Constitutes Committee To Look Into Jail Reforms
Supreme Court |
i. The Supreme Court constituted
a three-member committee headed by its former judge Justice
Amitava Roy to look into the aspect of jail reforms across the country
and suggest measures to deal with them. A bench headed by Justice M B
Lokur said the panel will look into the issues including over-crowding
in prisons.
ii. The Supreme court on August 27 had
reserved its order on the issue of constituting a committee to deal with issues
pertaining to jails and suggest reforms for prisons across the country. The
committee will also look into the various issues concerning women
prisoners.
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Takeaways Important for Indian Bank PO Exam 2018-
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Current Chief
Justice of India (CJI)- Dipak Mishra, Next CJI- Ranjan Gogoi
Business
News
3. FDI in Telecom Sector Jumped Five Times In
Three Years
i. FDI in the telecom sector has jumped
nearly five times in the last three years – from USD
1.3 Billion in 2015-16 to USD 6.2 Billion in 2017-18.
According to Union Minister of Communications Shri Manoj Sinha, the draft National
Digital Communications Policy, 2018 aims to attract investment of
USD 100 billion or about Rs.6.5 lakh crore in the Digital
Communications Sector.
ii. India has also announced plans to
launch commercial 5G networks by the year 2020 and this
provides a big opportunity for investing in the newer emerging technologies
like 5G, AI, IoT, Data analytics etc. Shri Sinha also released a publication
titled “Telecom Sector Growth & FDI: A Way Ahead”.
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Takeaways Important for IBPS PO Exam 2018-
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Telecom Regulatory Authority of
India (TRAI) chairman- Ram Sewak Sharma
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TRAI headquarters- New Delhi, Establishment year- 1997
Science
and Technology News
4. Dr. Harsh Vardhan Inaugurated Air Pollution
Control Device ''WAYU'' in Delhi
i. Union Minister for Science &
Technology and Earth Sciences and Environment, Forest and Climate change, Dr
Harsh Vardhan inaugurated air pollution control device WAYU(Wind
Augmentation PurifYing Unit) for traffic junctions at ITO intersection
and Mukarba Chowk in Delhi.
ii.WAYU is developed by Council of
Scientific and Industrial Research – National Environmental Engineering
Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI) as a part of Technology
Development Project being funded by Department of Science and Technology. This
device can purify the air in an area of 500 square meters. 54
more such devices will be installed by 15th October in Delhi
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Takeaways Important for IBPS PO Exam 2018-
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Prime Minister of India is
the chairman of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.
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CSIR-NEERI Director- Dr
Raksh Kumar
Appointments
5. Google appoints Keith Enright as its Chief
Privacy Officer
i. Technology giant Google has
appointed its privacy lawyer, Keith Enright, as Chief
Privacy Officer as the company proposed policies for potential federal
regulation of data. In his new role, Enright will be in charge of crafting
Google's strategy on privacy issues. Before Google, Enright worked as the Chief
Privacy Officer at Macy's and was also a senior consultant
at IBM.
Sports
News
6. Croatia's Luka Modric Won FIFA's Best Player
Of The Year Award
i.
Luka Modric broke a decade of award dominance by Cristiano Ronaldo
and Lionel Messi after being crowned world footballer of the year by FIFA.
Modric beat out Liverpool's Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah and Ronaldo.
ii. Modric was voted FIFA's best player
in the 2017-18 season after winning the Champions League for a
fourth time in five seasons with Real Madrid and leading Croatia to its
first World Cup final where it lost to France. Messi
and Ronaldo were the only winners of world soccer's main individual
award from FIFA in various guises since 2008, both winning five
titles each.
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2018-
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FIFA Headquarter - Zürich,
Switzerland, President - Gianni Infantino.
Miscellaneous
News
7. Nepal to become world's first country to
double its tiger population
i.
Nepal is set to become the first country in the world
to double its tiger population as part of the World Wildlife
Foundation's (WWF) 'Tx2' programme which aims to double
the number of tigers all over the world.
ii. The
government of Nepal announced on September 23, 2018, on the occasion of
National Conservation Day, that there are now an estimated 235 wild tigers in
the nation, nearly double the number (235) from around 121 in
2009. The earlier tiger survey in 2013 had estimated the tiger population in
the nation to be around 198.
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Takeaways Important for RRB PO/Clerk Mains Exam 2018-
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The WWF had launched its ambitious TX2 programme at
the St Petersburg Tiger Summit in 2010.
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The programme aims to double the world tiger
population by 2022.