Daily Current affairs - June 30th, 2017 for all competitive exams
In December 2016 the United
Nations General Assembly declared 30 June International Asteroid Day in
order to "observe each year at the international level the anniversary of
the Tunguska impact over Siberia, Russian Federation, on 30 June 1908, and to
raise public awareness about the asteroid impact hazard."
June 30 - Statistics Day
11th statistics day was celebrated on 29th ‘Administrative
Statistics’ is this year’s theme for the Statistics Day.
- In recognition of the notable contributions made by
Late Professor Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in the fields of statistics,
statistical system and economic planning, Government of India in 2007,
designated 29thJune the birth anniversary of Prof. Mahalanobis. as the
“Statistics Day”.
New training programme ‘COMMIT’ for State Government
officials
A new training programme Comprehensive Online Modified Modules on Induction
Training (COMMIT) for State Government officials has been launched.
- The objective of this training programme is to
improve the public service delivery mechanism and provide citizen centric
administration through capacity building of officials who interact with
the citizens on day-to-day basis.
- The COMMIT programme, developed by DoPT in
collaboration with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), will supplement the existing 12-Day ITP launched in 2014-15
for newly recruited state Government officials to develop in them Generic
& Domain specific competencies.
Launch of Web Application for Legal Services to Prisoners
National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) has launched a Web
Application for free Legal Services to Prisoners and the Legal Services
Management System developed through the NIC.
- Through Web Application the State Legal Services Authorities
and District Legal Services Authorities shall feed the data for each
individual prison inmate in the jails within their jurisdiction, with
regard to their being represented through a counsel in the court.
PM inaugurates filling of Aji Dam under Sauni Yojana
The Prime Minister inaugurated the filling of Aji Dam near Rajkot under
Sauni Yojana.
- The Narmada water reaching the dam will resolve the
water woes of the people of this city in Saurashtra region which has been
facing perennial water shortage due to deficient rains.
- The project is not a part of the Narmada project but
is based on it. 1 MAFT (million acre feet) flood water has been allotted
to Saurashtra by the state government and this water will be pumped to
major reservoirs in the region under the SAUNI Yojna.
Centenary year celebrations of Sabarmati Ashram
Centenary year celebrations of Sabarmati Ashram have begun. PM Modi visit
the ashram in Gujarat to take part in the celebrations.
- Sabarmati Ashram (also known as Gandhi Ashram,
Harijan Ashram, or Satyagraha Ashram) is located in the Sabarmati suburb
of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, on the banks of the River Sabarmati.
Home Ministry to give security nod for GSTN
The Goods and Service Tax Network (GSTN), the IT backbone of the Goods and
Service Tax (GST) is all set to get a security clearance from the Home
Ministry, hours before the indirect tax regime comes into effect on July 1.
- Though the GSTN has been operational, it had not got
the security clearance — a mandatory requirement as it has private
participation.
Army, PLA in a tug of war over Doklam Plateau
At the heart of the border dispute between India and China is a road being built
by China in Doklam, where it has a territorial dispute with Bhutan. Beijing has
accused India of having a “hidden agenda” hinting that New Delhi is trying to
stop it from building the road on Bhutan’s behalf.
- Bhutan has lodged a formal protest asking China to
stop work on the road.
- Doklam, also called Donglang, is under Chinese
control, but is also claimed by Bhutan. It is located at a
tri-junction of India, Tibet and Bhutan and is close to the Nathu La pass, through which China has blocked this year’s Kailash
Mansoravar yatra or pilgrimage over the border tension with India.
Odisha moots first night
safari
Intending to make the best
use of large forest stretches available on the edge of Bhubaneswar, the Odisha
government has mooted setting up the State’s first night safari.
- Though the night safari plan is at a very nascent
stage, the authorities are eyeing 1,000 hectares of forest land (more than
10 sq km) comprising 4.37 sq km forest of the Nandankanan sanctuary and
close to 6 sq km area of the Chudanga reserve forest that comes under the
Chandaka sanctuary limits.
K K Venugopal likely to be
next attorney general: Law Ministry
The Law Ministry is learnt
to have proposed the name of senior advocate K K Venugopal as the next attorney
general after Mukul Rohatgi decided against continuing as the top law officer
of the government.
- The file has been referred to the Prime Minister's
Office for a final call, highly placed sources in the Law Ministry said
today.
- The president signs the warrant of appointment of
the attorney general.
- Rohatgi had told the government that he would not
like to go for another term as the AG.
World’s biggest tech incubator
opens in Paris
France took a step closer to
fulfilling its ambition of becoming Europe’s technology capital when President
Emmanuel Macron inaugurated Station F, the world’s largest start-up incubator
on the banks of the Seine.
- The 34,000 sq. m. facility, which entirely fills an
old railway depot is being bankrolled by billionaire Xavier Niel, who
revolutionised the French internet and mobile market with his low-cost
Free service and is now on a crusade to put French technology on the map.
- Station F is situated in the fast-changing 13th
district — an airy neighbourhood of modern high-rises, shops and cinemas
that is home to the national library.
IndiGo offers to buy AI
overseas operations
IndiGo, India’s biggest low
cost airline, evinced interest in buying a strategic stake in Air India, a day
after the Union government cleared the decks for strategic disinvestment in the
national carrier.
- Recently, Union cabinet starts discussions to privatise Air India.
