Wednesday, 10 October 2018

10th October Current Affairs

  • China launched two remote sensing satellites
    • China successfully launched two remote sensing satellites to conduct electromagnetic environmental probes.
    • The satellites, both belonging to the Yaogan-32 family, were launched by a Long March-2C rocket.

    • Remote sensing generally refers to the use of sensor technologies to detect objects.
    • The remote sensing satellites collect data by detecting the energy reflected from the Earth.
  • Army Commanders’ Conference began in Delhi
    • Army Commanders’ Conference began in New Delhi on 9 October 2018.
    • The last Army Commanders’ Conference was held in April 2018.
    • A large number of issues ranging from operational challenges, administrative issues, logistics to human resource related issues was discussed during the conference.
  • India, Tajikistan signed several MoUs
    • President Ram Nath  Kovind met his Tajikistan counterpart Mr Emomali Rahmon.
    • On this occasion, India and Tajikistan signed several MoUs in the field of political relations, strategic research, agriculture, renewable energy, traditional medicine, space technology, youth affairs, Culture and Disaster Management.
    • India has offered a grant of $20 mn to Tajikistan for development projects.
  • India faces threat of deadly heat waves
    • According to the ‘Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C’, if the average global temperature rises by more than one degree Celsius from the present, India could “annually” expect conditions like the 2015 heat wave.
    • The report has been commissioned by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
    • IPCC is a scientific and intergovernmental body under the United Nations.
  • NHB raised refinance limit for HFCs
    • National Housing Board (NHB) has raised refinance limit for housing finance companies to Rs 30,000 crore for the period between July 2018 to June 2019.
    • The regulator to housing finance companies (HFCs) had set an initial limit of Rs 24,000 crore, towards refinancing eligible institutions.
    • NHB is the principal agency to promote housing finance institutions.
  • K’taka govt unveils ‘Unnati’ scheme
    • Karnataka Social Welfare Minister Priyank Kharge unveiled the ‘Unnati Scheme’.
    • The scheme will identify and promote entrepreneurs from SC and ST background.
    • The govt will invest up to Rs 20 crore to create the end-to-end support infrastructure for startups and entrepreneurs
    • The department will provide up to Rs 50 lakh to winning entrepreneurs to develop tech-based solutions.
  • India’s first Olympic medal in judo
    • Thangjam Tababi Devi became India’s first judo medallist at the Olympic level in Youth Olympic Games 2018 at Buenos Aires, Argentina.
    • She won a silver medal after losing to Venezuela’s Maria Giminez in the finals of the women’s 44kg event.
    • India has never won an Olympic medal in judo either at the senior or the youth level.

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