Current affairs : October 6, 2016 for all competetive exams
Cabinet approves MoU between India and European Union on water cooperation
The Union Cabinet has given its approval for the signing of MoU between
India and European Union in the field of water resources.
- The MoU envisages strengthening the technological, scientific and management capabilities of India and the European Union in the field of water management on the basis of equality, reciprocity and mutual benefit.
Memorandum of Understanding with AARDO
The Union Cabinet has given its approval to the signing of a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) between India and the African Asian Rural Development
Organization (AARDO) for capacity building programmes in the field of rural
development.
- The MoU for the triennium 2015 – 2017 is being signed under which capacity building programmes for AARDO member countries will be organized every year during the triennium at various Institutions of Excellence in India such as National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj (NIRD & PR), institutions governed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Indian Institute of Management (IIM) and others.
Cabinet approves amendments to the HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control)
Bill, 2014
The Union Cabinet has approved the amendments to the HIV and AIDS
(Prevention and Control) Bill, 2014.
- The provisions of the Bill seek to address HIV-related discrimination, strengthen the existing programme by bringing in legal accountability and establish formal mechanisms for inquiring into complaints and redressing grievances.
New Solar Powered Guard
Van of Goods Train flagged off
Railways
Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu flags off the newly manufactured
Guard Van of Goods (Freight) Train, in New Delhi.
- The newly manufactured Guard Van of Goods Train has been equipped for the first time with Solar powered Light, Fan, Mobile Charging Point along with the facility of Zero discharge Bio Toilet.
IAF inducts renowned space
scientist UR Rao in Hall of Fame
The International
Astronautical Federation's renowned space scientist U.R. Rao has been inducted
into its Hall of Fame for his contribution to development of India's space
technology.
- Rao, 84, is the Chairman of the space agency's Physical Research Laboratory at Ahmedabad in Gujarat.
Election Commission of
India collaborates with Facebook to register young voters
Social networking site
Facebook is collaborating with the Election Commission of India in five states
,which are going to polls next year, to run a voter registration drive
aimed at encouraging youth to participate in the democratic exercise.
UN court rejects disarmament case against India
The United Nations’ highest court has rejected nuclear disarmament cases
filed by the Pacific nation of the Marshall Islands against Britain, India and
Pakistan, saying it did not have jurisdiction.
- The Marshall Islands had sued India, Pakistan and Britain, and had sought to persuade the UN’s highest court to take up a lawsuit, accusing the countries of failing to halt the nuclear arms race.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to builders of molecular machines
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2016 has been awarded to Jean-Pierre
Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart and Bernard L. Feringa for developing molecular
machines.
- The 2016 Nobel laureates in Chemistry have miniaturised
machines and taken chemistry to a new dimension.
- They have developed molecules with controllable movements, which can perform a task when energy is added.
ISRO successfully launches
GSAT-18 from Kourou in French Guiana
India's latest communication
satellite GSAT-18 has been successfully launched by a heavy duty rocket of
Arianespace from the spaceport of Kourou in French Guiana.
- GSAT-18, built by the ISRO, aims at providing telecommunications services for the country by strengthening ISRO's current fleet of 14 operational telecommunication satellites.
J&K Bank appoints
Parvez Ahmed as Chairman & CEO
Jammu and Kashmir Bank today
appointed Parvez Ahmed as Chairman and CEO of the bank.
- He has been appointed Chairman for
a period of three years, Jammu and Kashmir Bank
- He replaces Mustaq Ahmad, who completed his term on October 5.
Finance Ministry to set up
public debt management cell
Union Finance Ministry has constituted a Public
Debt Management Cell (PDMC). The cell was created to streamline government
borrowings and better cash management with the overall objective of deepening
bond markets.
- The Joint Secretary (Budget), Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance would be the overall in-charge of the ODMC.
Former Portugal PM,
Antonio Guterres set to become next UNSC chief
Former Prime Minister
(1995-2002) of Portugal, Antonio Guterres is poised to become the next
Secretary-General of the United Nations after the Security Council declared him
to be the unanimous choice in the sixth straw poll.
- He served as 10th high commissioner for Refugees to UNHRC in between 2005-2015.
BRICS U-17 Football
Tournament:
India is hosting the first
BRICS U-17 Football Tournament. It is being held in Goa.
- The BRICS U – 17
Football Tournament will be played among the ‘BRICS’ countries Brazil,
Russia, India, China and South Africa.
- The initiative of the Government of India aims at taking the ongoing interaction and cohesion amongst the BRICS nations.
Asian billiards 2016:
Siddharth clinches gold
World No. 3 Siddharth Parikh
clinched the gold medal at the inaugural Asian billiards 2016, defeating Aung
Htay (Myanmar) in the final of the billiards 100up format here.
- The Indian cueist did not lose a single frame till the semifinal, then dropped two frames in the final against Htay.
