Daily Current Affairs, 29th May 2018

1) International Day Of UN Peacekeepers: 29 May

•The International Day of UN Peacekeepers is observed across the world on May 29, with an aim to honour more than 3700 peacekeepers who have lost their lives while serving the United Nations since 1948, including 129 who died in 2017.

•The theme of the International Day of UN Peacekeepers 2018 is ‘UN Peacekeepers: 70 Years of Service and Sacrifice’. The first UN peacekeeping mission was established on 29 May 1948. The day was first celebrated in 2003.

2) Main Event Of 4th International Yoga Day Celebrations To Be Held At Dehradun

•The main event of 4th International Yoga Day celebrations will be held at Dehradun in Uttrakhand on 21st of June.

•Secretary AYUSH Ministry Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha has announced that Dehradun has been selected as the venue for Mass Yoga Demonstration of International Yoga Day. Mr Kotecha is in Dehradun to initiate the preparations regarding this mega event. 

3) NIC Launches India's 4th Data Centre In Bhubaneswar

•Bhubaneswar (capital city of Odisha) becomes the fourth National data centre of National Informatics Centre (NIC) after Delhi, Hyderabad and Pune. The new cloud-enabled National Data Centre aims to offer round-the-clock operations with secure hosting for various e-governance applications of Central and State Governments and has the ability to support 35,000 virtual servers.

•NIC provides technology support to all governance services and hosts nearly 10,000 websites of the Government. NIC currently has 4,500 people across India in its various operations and will hire 800 professionals in the next one year.

4) PM Leaves On 3-Nation Tour To Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore

•Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a three-nation visit to Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.During his five-day visit, the PM will hold delegation level talks with the leadership of the three countries, on matters of mutual interest.

•This will be Prime Minister’s first official visit to Indonesia and second official visit to Singapore. The visit assumes significance in the light of India’s thrust on “Act East” policy under which New Delhi desires to enhance bilateral relationship with the 10-member ASEAN grouping. In the first leg of his visit, Mr Modi will arrive in Indonesia.

5) Cochin International Airport, World’s 1st Fully Solar Energy-Powered Airport: UNEP

•The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has recognised Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) in Kerala as the world’s first fully solar energy-powered airport. CIAL is India’s first airport to be constructed in public-private-partnership (PPP) model in 1999.

•It is the busiest and largest airport in the state of Kerala. The airport has 15 MWp solar power plant near the cargo complex of airport comprising 46,150 solar panels laid across 45 acres.

6) BMGI Enters Into A Strategic Partnership With SmartConnect Technologies

•BMGI, a global management consulting firm, has entered into a strategic partnership with SmartConnect Technologies, which provides Social / Digital Process Transformation through its IP-suite UNFYD®COMPASS across Marketing, Sales, Customer Service, mobility and field service operations.