National News
1. 1st Smart & Green
Highway Eastern Peripheral Expressway At Baghpat In UP
i. Prime Minister Narendra
Modi has dedicated to the nation its first smart and green highway, the Eastern
Peripheral Expressway at Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh. The 135-kilometer six-lane
access-controlled expressway is eco-friendly and has world-class safety
features. It envisages signal-free connectivity between Ghaziabad, Faridabad,
Gautam Budh Nagar and Palwal. It has been built at a cost of 11,000 crore
rupees. It is India's first highway to be lit by solar power besides provisions
of rainwater harvesting.
ii. Earlier in the day, the PM
inaugurated the first phase of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway. The first phase of
the Delhi-Meerut Expressway cost Rs 842 crore on building the 9-km stretch of
14-lane highway.
2. 15th Finance Commission
Constitutes Panel For Health Sector
i. The Fifteenth Finance
Commission has constituted a High-Level Group consisting of eminent experts
from across the country to examine the strengths and weaknesses for enabling
balanced expansion of Health Sector. High-Level Group on Health Sector will
have Convenor by Dr. Randeep Guleria, Director, AIIMS (New Delhi).
ii. In the context of ambitious schemes
like Ayushman Bharat and also keeping in mind the needs of the huge young
population of the country, this is considered as an important step to
understand the needs of the health sector in the country.
3. E-Way Bill System For
Intra-State Goods Movement Comes Into Force In Seven More States, UTs
i. E-Way Bill system for
intra-State movement of goods will be implemented in seven more states and
Union Territories from 27th May 2018. The States are Maharashtra, Manipur,
Chandigarh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu
and Lakshadweep.
ii. With this, the number of States, where
the system is being implemented, will go up to 27. As per the decision of
the GST Council, e-Way Bill system has been rolled out from 1st of April this
year.
4. PM Modi Launches Survey
On NaMo App
i. Prime Minister Narendra
Modi has launched a survey on the NaMo App, asking people to rate the
performance of the government at the Centre and MPs and MLAs in their
constituencies.
ii. He launched the initiative,
to mark the completion of four years of the NDA government, which came to power
at the Centre in 2014.
Sports
5. Japan Win Uber Cup To
End 37-Year Drought
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| . Japan Win Uber Cup |
i. Japan's women clinched the
Uber Cup, breezing by surprise finalists Thailand 3-0 in Bangkok to end a
37-year wait to regain the title. With a team stacked with top-ranked players
in both the singles and doubles, Japan made light work of the hosts, who
entered the finals for the first time after stunning China in the semis.
ii. It ends an Uber Cup drought
for Japan that stretches back to 1981 and is a major confidence boost ahead of
the Olympics which they will host in two years' time.
Static/Current Takeaways
Important for Dena Bank PO Exam 2018-
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The Uber Cup, sometimes called the World Team
Championships for Women, is a major international badminton competition
contested by women's national badminton teams.
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The Uber Cup is second in prestige only to
the Olympics as a national team event.
6. Real Madrid Lifts Champions Trophy Defeating Liverpool
i. Real Madrid has lifted Champions Trophy
defeating Liverpool 3-1 in Kiev, Ukraine.
ii. A sensational overhead
strike from Real Madrid substitute Gareth Bale and two calamitous errors by
Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius gave the Spanish side a third straight
Champions League title in an incident-packed final.
Obituaries
7. Alan Bean, 4th Man To
Walk On The Moon Died
i. Former US astronaut Alan Bean, who was
the fourth man to walk on the Moon, has died in Texas, United States. He was
86. Bean went into space twice, the first time in November 1969 as the lunar
module pilot on the Apollo 12 moon-landing mission. In 1973 he was commander of
the second crewed flight to Skylab- America's first space station.
ii. Bean retired from NASA in
1981 and carved a successful career as an artist. His paintings, inspired by
space travel, featured lunar boot prints as well as small pieces of his mission
patches which were stained by Moondust.
