TNPSC Current Affairs April 03, 2018

www.tnpsc.academy – TNPSC Current Affairs April 03, 2018 (03/04/2018)

 

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Topic : General Administration, Latest Diary of Events

1st IBSA Sherpas’ / Sous Sherpas’ Meeting

The 1st IBSA (India, Brazil & South Africa) Sherpas’ / Sous Sherpas’ Meeting, was held in Chennai from April 1-3, 2018.

Welcoming the commemoration of IBSA’s 15th Anniversary, in 2018-19, the Sherpas agreed to organize focused and substantive events to celebrate this occasion.

IBSA Sherpas expressed their determination to take forward the observations and decisions taken by the IBSA Ministers last year in Durban to give an added fillip to IBSA activities.

In particular, IBSA Sherpas reiterated their appreciation for the work done by the IBSA Fund on Poverty and Hunger Alleviation that is spread over 27 projects in 15 countries.

Origin:

After the failperation between India (South Asia), Brazil (South America) and South Africa.

The Declaration at the trilateral meeting in Brasilia, called for removing protectionist policies and trade distorting practices by improving the multilateral trade system.

On 6 June 2003, Yashwant Sinha (External affairs minister of India), Celso Amorim (Foreign minister of Brazil) and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (Foreign minister of South Africa) met in Brasilia, where the IBSA Dialogue forum was formalized through the adoption of the “Brasilia Declaration”.

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Topic : New Appointments, Persons in News

Subrata Bhattacharjee appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Serbia

Shri Subrata Bhattacharjee (IFS: 1989), has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Serbia.

She is currently working as the Joint Secretary in Ministry of External Affairs.

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Topic : Latest Diary of Events

Samridhi – the virtual assistant

SIDBI celebrated it’s Foundation day on April 2nd with launch of ‘Samridhi – the virtual assistant’.

It will answer standard queries of aspirants 24*7.

About SIDBI:

Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) was set up on 2nd April 1990 under an Act of Parliament.

It acts as the Principal Financial Institution for Promotion, Financing and Development of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) sector as well as for co-ordination of functions of institutions engaged in similar activities.

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Topic : Latest International Events

Malaysia approves law against fake news

Malaysia has approved a law banning fake news ahead of elections.

The law makes “fake news” punishable with a maximum six-year jail term. The law covers all media and extends even to foreigners outside Malaysia.

Concerns:

Critics fear the law will be abused to silence dissent ahead of a general election.

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Topic : New Inventions on Science and Health, Latest Diary of Events

Fimbristylis agasthyamalaensis

Researchers have reported the discovery of a new plant species from the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot.

Classified as a sedge, the grass-like plant has been named Fimbristylis agasthyamalaensis, after the locality from which it was found.

Key facts:

The new species belongs to the Cyperaceae family. In India, the genus is represented by 122 species, of which 87 are reported from the Western Ghats.

Many of the known Cyperaceae species are medicinal plants or used as fodder.

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Topic : Latest Diary of Events

BEL crosses RS 10,000 Crores landmark turnover

Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) has achieved the landmark turnover of more than Rs. 10,000 crore during FY 2017-18, sustaining double digit growth over the previous year’s turnover of Rs. 8,825 crore.

Also, BEL has been able to maintain good order acquisition this year.

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Topic : Latest Diary of Events

World Autism Awareness Day

World Autism Awareness Day is an internationally recognized day on 2 April every year, encouraging Member States of the United Nations to take measures to raise awareness about people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) throughout the world.

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Topic : New Appointments, Persons in News

First gender-equal Games

The XXI Commonwealth Games is all set to become the first multi-discipline sports event to offer an equal number of medals to men and women.

Of the 275 sets of medals on offer, 133 each will be presented to men and women, while the remaining nine medals have been reserved for mixed events.

What’s in a name?

The CWG host city was originally known as South Coast before it was nicknamed Gold Coast around 1950.

The nickname came about due to the inflated prices for real estate and other goods and services in the area which lies on the mouth of River Nerang.

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Topic : Latest Diary of Events

1,300 robots dance together to break Guinness World Record

A new Guinness record has been set in Italy for the most number of robots dancing simultaneously, with 1,372 humanoids syncing their different moves to music.

The event was held in Italy, using the Alpha 1S robot which is just under 40 cm tall and made of aluminium alloy with a plastic coating.

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Topic : Latest Diary of Events

Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay

On 3 April 2018, on what would have been her 115th birthday, Google honored her with a Doodle on their homepage.

About her:

Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay was an Indian social reformer and freedom fighter.

She was most remembered for her contribution to the Indian independence movement; for being the driving force behind the renaissance of Indian handicrafts, hand looms, and theater in independent India; and for upliftment of the socio-economic standard of Indian women by pioneering the co-operation.