Daily Current affairs - September 5th, 2017 for all competitive exams
The International Day
of Charity is observed annually on 5 September. It was declared by
the United Nations General Assembly in 2012.
- The prime purpose of the International Day of
Charity is to raise awareness and provide a common platform for charity
related activities all over the world for individuals, charitable,
philanthropic and volunteer organizations for their own purposes on the
local, national, regional and international level.
‘Saurashtra Narmada Avataran Irrigation Yojana’ (SAUNI)
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind recently laid the foundation
stone of ‘Saurashtra Narmada Avataran Irrigation Yojana’ (SAUNI) Phase-II Link-4
in Rajkot, Gujarat.
- SAUNI stands for Saurashtra Narmada Avtaran
Irrigation, a project launched in September 2012. SAUNI envisages filling
115 major dams of the arid Saurashtra region by diverting
floodwaters overflowing from the Sardar Sarovar Dam across the Narmada in
south Gujarat.
Social media campaign to promote Geographical Indications
The Cell for IPR Promotions & Management (CIPAM) under the aegis of
Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), Ministry of Commerce and
Industry, has launched a social media campaign to promote Indian
Geographical Indications (GIs) with #LetsTalkIP which is an ongoing
movement initiated by CIPAM to make more people aware about the importance of
Intellectual Property Rights.
- A Geographical Indication or a GI is a sign
used on products that have a specific geographical origin and possess
qualities or a reputation that are due to that origin.
CERT-In issues alert on ‘Locky Ransomware’
The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has issued an alert about
spread of a new malicious software ‘Locky’, which is being circulated through
spam messages that can potentially lock computers and demand ransom for
restoring access to users.
- Locky Ransomware is learnt to be demanding ransom of
half bitcoin, which at present rate is equivalent to over Rs 1.5 lakh. To
target users spam e-mails showing links to fake websites is being used to
spread Locky variants.
Taiwan Prime Minister Lin
Chuan resigns
Taiwan’s Premier Lin Chuan
resigned in a move aimed at reviving dwindling public support for the
government of President Tsai Ing-wen.
- The government’s popularity has been hit by a series
of controversial policies, ranging from holiday cuts to pension reforms,
as well as by worsening relations with China.
Surya Kiran- Joint India-Nepal army exercise
India and Nepal have begun their joint military exercise in Nepal. This
is the 12th edition of
Nepal-India joint military exercise. The exercise – Surya Kiran
–is being participated by around 300 troops each side.
- The battalion-level joint training between the two
armies will focus on counter-terror operations in mountainous terrain by
facilitating interoperability. Disaster management and joint operations
for disaster relief will also be a part of the exercise.
- The 11th edition of the joint exercise was held in
Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand.
- The Surya Kiran series of Exercises are being
conducted annually, alternatively in Nepal and India.
BRICS declares Lashkar, Jaish
as global terror groups
The
Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) grouping unequivocally named
Pakistan-based groups — Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) — as
terror organisations, removing a key irritant in ties between New Delhi and
Beijing and stepping up the fight against global extremism.
- A joint communiqué released at the BRICS summit on
Monday expressed concern about the regional security situation and listed
the Taliban, IS/Daesh, Al-Qaeda and its affiliates, including the Eastern
Turkistan Islamic Movement, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, the
Haqqani network, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad, TTP and Hizb-ut-Tahrir
as sources of violence.
BRICS Leaders’ Xiamen Declaration
9th BRICS summit was recently held in Xiamen, China. This
is the second time the China has hosted the summit after the 2011
summit. At the end of the summit, Xiamen declaration was adopted by the leaders of the five countries.
- BRICS countries will strive towards broad
partnerships with emerging markets and developing countries, and pursue equal-footed and flexible practices and
initiatives for dialogue and cooperation with non-BRICS countries,
including through BRICS Plus cooperation.
- BRICS countries have resolved to promote the
development of BRICS local currency bond markets and to jointly establish
a BRICS local currency bond fund and also to
facilitate financial market integration.
- They have also committed to strengthen BRICS cooperation
on energy and work to foster open, flexible and transparent
markets for energy commodities and technologies.
New camera can see through
human body
Scientists in the U.K. have
developed a camera that can see through the human body and track the medical
tools known as endoscopes that are used to investigate a range of internal
conditions.
- The device, developed by researchers at the
University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University in the U.K., is able to
detect sources of light inside the body, such as the illuminated tip of
the endoscope’s long flexible tube.
- The camera takes advantage of advanced technology
that can detect individual particles of light, called photons.
RBI includes HDFC Bank in the ‘too big to fail’ list
After adding the State Bank of India and private lender ICICI, the Reserve
Bank of India has listed HDFC to systemically important
banks list.
- The addition means that HDFC has now being
considered as too big to fail bank. Since 2015, the central bank has been
identifying banks whose failure would impact the whole financial
system.
- These banks are subject to more rigorous regulation
and capital requirement.
DBS Bank gets RBI nod for
India subsidiary
Singapore-based DBS Bank
received in-principle approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to convert
its India operations into a locally incorporated, wholly-owned subsidiary
(WOS).
- DBS was the first foreign lender to seek RBI
approval for local incorporation in 2014 after the central bank revised
the guidelines for foreign banks.
Manish Gupta replaces Mukul
Roy in panel
The Trinamool Congress has
removed its senior MP Mukul Roy from the parliamentary consultative committee
of the Home Ministry, replacing him by its Rajya Sabha member Manish
Gupta.
- A letter to this effect has been submitted to the
Ministry.
Star India bags IPL deal for
Rs. 16,347 cr.
Star India made a strong
business statement on Monday with its strategic decision to pitch for the
Indian Premier League’s global media and digital rights with a single-band sum
of Rs. 16,357.50 crore.
- The television rights holder for the first 10 years
— Sony Pictures Network (SPN) India, which paid Rs. 8,200 crore in 2008 —
fell by the wayside.
- Star India, which owns the BCCI’s global media rights for home internationals, the ICC media rights for the 2015-2023 cycle and a number of other sports properties in India, used its footprint across continents and its widely accessed digital arm HotStar to land the winning bid.
