International Affairs
Today (14th June) is World
Blood Donor Day
This
day is celebrated every year on the day of birth anniversary of
Austrian-American biologist and physician Karl Landsteiner (14th of June in 1868) who discovered the existence
of different types of blood groups in 1901.
He
was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1930 for his discovery.
Themes
of World Blood Donor Day
2016 :
"Blood connects us all”
2015 :
“Thank you for saving my life”.
2014 :
“Safe blood for saving mothers”.
2013 :
“Give the gift of life: Donate blood.”
2012 :
“Every blood donor is a hero”.
2011 :
“More blood, more life”.
Important Note
: World Blood Donor Day is one of eight
official global public health campaigns marked by the World Health Organization (WHO), along
with
World
Health Day,
World
Tuberculosis Day,
World
Immunization Week,
World
Malaria Day,
World
No Tobacco Day,
World
Hepatitis Day and
World
AIDS Day.
Israel
was
today elected to Chair the United
Nations Legal Committee
This
is the first time that Israel will
preside over a permanent UN committee since joining the world body in
1949.
The
Legal Committee is the sixth committee
of the UN General Assembly and deals with international law. Israel won 109 of
the 175 valid votes cast.
Prime
Minister Narendra Modi will visit Africa next
month to boost India’s economic and maritime ties with Tanzania, South Africa, Kenya and Mozambique
The
key topics of discussion during the four nation tour will include energy security, food security, ocean
economy, education, health, skill-building, and infrastructure.
Note :
India’s bilateral trade with Africa stands at $70 billion.
National Affairs
The Central
government today said all of its
vacancies must be publicised widely nationwide and suggested that
advertisements be posted on the Labour Ministry's online portal
It
added that the vacancies must be filled on a regular basis.
Note :
The Centre, in its budget estimates for 2016-17, said it would increase its existing
workforce of 33.05 lakh by 2.18 lakh,
The Sikkim government
has identified and listed 21 trees across
the state to be tagged as ‘Heritage Trees’ due to their historical and cultural importance
A
tree is recognised as a 'Heritage Tree' if it has a historical significance to
the human settlement in the area.
Some
of the trees identified include the locally found 'Bajrat', 'Tooni' and 'Rani
Champ'.
The
Madras High Court has directed
the Tamil Nadu government to set tobacco-free areas within 100 yards of all
schools.
It
further advised authorities to impose severe punishments on anyone caught
selling tobacco products to underage kids.
Awards & Appointments
Ranu
Langthasa was unanimously appointed as the Chairperson of the North
Cachar Hills Autonomous Council (NCHAC) in Assam
Important Note
: With this, she became the first women
chairperson to be appointed to the post since the formation of
Autonomous Council in 1950s.
The
senior-most Judge of the Manipur High Court Justice Rakesh Ranjan Prasadhas assumed charge of the Chief
Justice of the High Court.
He
succeeded Justice Laxmi Kanta Mohapatra who has relinquished the charge of
office.
Business & Economy
The New Development
Bank (NDB), established by the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and
South Africa) countries is planning its first
bond as a Yuan-denominated issue
in China
The
bank will also issue bonds in other member countries in their local currencies
to mitigate foreign currency risk of funded infrastructure projects.
The Reserve Bank of
India (RBI) today issued guidelines called Scheme for Sustainable Structuring of Stressed Assets (S4A)
The
main aims of this scheme are,
Strengthen
the lenders’ ability to deal with stressed assets
Put
real assets back on track of entities facing genuine difficulties by providing
an avenue for reworking financial structure.
Gunit
Chadha, CEO of Asia-Pacific of financial services firm Deutsche Bank, will step down from his
post with effect from July 17.
Earlier,
the bank posted a loss of $6.8 billion for 2015 following which it announced a
global restructuring drive.
The Haryana
government today approved a
project worth ₹25 crore to make the state’s
agriculture production system more flexible to climate change.
The
project proposes to intensify cropping systems and sustain production at less
cost by adopting climate resilient technologies without deteriorating soil
health.
Further,
the project is said to benefit 75,000 farmers.
The
Sovereign gold bonds started
trading on the stock exchanges (BSE and
NSE) for the first time
today.
Note :
The government had issued gold bonds in three tranches starting November last
year for about five tonnes worth of gold.
Non-banking lending firm SKS Microfinance has changed its name to Bharat Financial Inclusion.
The
decision to change the name was taken in line with a shift in the company's
core principles towards expanding the financial inclusion in the country.
Important Note :
SKS is the only publicly-listed microfinance company in India.
Deaths
The leader of the Islamic State Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed in US-led air strikes in
Syria today.
The
former captain of England Cricket team, Donald
Carr (89) passed away. died.
Sports
Mercedes driver
Lewis Hamilton (Great Britain) has won the Canada Grand Prix title of Formula One for the year 2016 .
Note :
It was his second title of the season after winning 2016 Monaco Grand Prix in
May 2016.
India
has
been given a wildcard by the
Association Mundial de Futsal (AMF) to participate in the upcoming U-17 Futsal World Cup.
The
tournament will be held from July 11-20 in Paraguay with 12 participating
countries.
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