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Friday, April 26, 2019

Daily Current Affairs, 26th April 2019

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1) World Intellectual Property Day: April 26
•World Intellectual Property Day (WIPD) is celebrated every year on 26 April around the world to promote the importance of intellectual property rights (patents, trademarks, industrial designs, copyright) in encouraging innovation and creativity. WIPD-2019 Theme is “Reach Gold-Intellectual Property (IP) And Sports“.

2) World Immunization Week 2019 Observed In April
•The last week of April every year is observed as World Immunisation Week (WIW) in order to promote the use of vaccines for the protection of people of all age-groups against disease.

 •The WIW 2019 observed from 24-30th April, carrying the theme “Protected Together: Vaccines Work”. It was observed for the very first time in 2012.
3) Two New Bird Species Found In Indonesia
•Zoologists at Trinity College Dublin have discovered two new bird species named as the Wakatobi white-eye and the Wangi-Wangi white-eye in the Wakatobi Archipelago of Sulawesi, Indonesia.

 •Details of their discovery were published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. The Wakatobi white-eye also called as Zosterops Chloris flavissimus.
4) Etihad Becomes First Major Airline To Fly Plastic-Free
•Etihad Airways, UAE based flag carrier, has become the first major airline in the Gulf region to operate a flight without any single-use plastics on board. The objective is to raise awareness about pollution. Etihad Airways has pledged to reduce single-use plastic usage by 80% across the entire organization by the end of 2022.




5) Pakistan’s Cyril Almeida Named IPI’s World Press Freedom Hero
•Dawn editor and Columnist Cyril Almeida from Pakistan has won the IPI’s (International Press Institute) World Press Freedom Hero award in 2019. He won this award for his “critical” and “tenacious coverage” of the civil-military relations in Pakistan.

 •MadaMasr, an Egyptian news site, won Free Media Pioneer Award 2019 of the IPI and International Media Support (IMS). Both awards will be presented in Geneva, Switzerland on 5th June, World Intellectual Property Day 2019.

6) State Bank of India Launched India’s First ‘Green Car Loan’
•State Bank of India (SBI) has launched India’s first ‘Green Car Loan’ (Electric Vehicle) to encourage customers to buy electric vehicles. The new scheme ‘Green Car Loan’ will offer the loan at 20 basis points lower than the interest rate on the existing car loan schemes.

 •SBI has already notified 100% migration to EVs (Electric Vehicles) by 2030 in order to decrease carbon footprints, thus being in line with the government’s pledge of ensuring 30% EVs on road by 2030.

7) Salim, Helen and Bhandarkar Get Deenanath Mangeshkar Award 2019
•The prestigious Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Award 2019 was awarded to National Award-winning filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar, popular scriptwriter Salim Khan and dancing diva Helen.

 •The event was organized by Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Smruti Pratishthan charitable trust, Pune. It aims to encourage legends from the fields of music, drama, art and social work.

 Complete list of Awardees:

 •Lifetime Award – Salim Khan.
•Special Award for the contribution to Indian cinema – Madhur Bhandarkar.
•Special Award – Helen.
•Vagvilasini Award – VasantAbaji Dahake.
•Mohan Wagh Award (Best Drama of the Year 2019) – SoyareSakal.
•Anandmayee Puraskar– Pandit Suresh Talwalkar.
•Award for music and art – Classical dancer Sucheta Bhide-Chapekar.

8) Benny Antony Conferred With The National IP Award 2019
•Dr. Benny Antony has been honoured with the National Intellectual Property Award, 2019 in the category of Top Individual for Patents and Commercialization. Dr. Antony has over 80 international patents to his credit.

 •Along with the National IP Award, the Intellectual Property Office India and the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) have jointly honoured Antony with the ‘WIPO Medal for Inventors’.
9) India Wins Two Gold At ISSF World Cup
•India won gold each in 10 metres Air Rifle Mixed Team and 10 metres Air Pistol Mixed team events in the ISSF World Cup in Beijing. Shooters Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary took the top spot in the 10 metres Air Pistol Mixed Team event while Anjum Moudgil and Divyansh Singh Panwar won gold in the 10 metres Air Rifle Mixed Team event.
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The HINDU Notes – 26th April 2019

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📰 Khasi ‘kingdoms’ to revisit 1947 agreements

Concerns over impact of Citizenship Bill, Central acts prompt rethink

•A federation of 25 Himas or Khasi kingdoms that have a cosmetic existence today, plan to revisit the 1948 agreements that made present-day Meghalaya a part of India.

•The revisiting in consultation with legal experts and academicians is aimed at safeguarding tribal customs and traditions from Central laws in force or could be enacted, such as the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) intends to bring in if voted to power again.

•“Yes, the bill is one of the factors in our move to strengthen the Federation of Khasi States that were ruled by a Syiem (king-like head of a Hima). But things are at an initial stage. We will be holding a series of meetings to come to a conclusion on how best to insulate our customs and traditions from overriding central rules and policies,” Pynshngaiñ N Syiem, chairman of the Advisory Legal Committee to discuss the Instrument of Accession and Annexed Agreement, told The Hindu from Meghalaya’s capital Shillong on Thursday.

•Mr. Syiem is also the chairman of the Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council.

•The 25 Khasi states had signed the Instrument of Accession and Annexed Agreement with the Dominion of India between December 15, 1947, and March 19, 1948. The conditional treaty with these states was signed by Governor General Chakravarty Rajagopalachari on August 17, 1948.

•The Khasi states, though, did not sign the Instrument of Merger unlike most other states in India.

•“During the British rule, the Khasi domain was divided into the Khasi states and British territories. At that time, the British government had no territorial right on the Khasi states and they had to approach the chiefs of these states if they needed land for any purpose.

•After independence, the British territories became part of the Indian dominion but the Khasi states had to sign documents beginning with the Standstill Agreement that provided a few rights to the states,” Mr Syiem said.

•Though the Constitution has provided self-rule to a considerable extent through tribal councils, there has been an increasing demand for giving more teeth to the Khasi states.

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Thursday, April 25, 2019

Daily Current Affairs, 25th April 2019

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1) World Malaria Day: 25 April
•Every year on 25 April, people around the globe observe World Malaria Day (WMD) to raise awareness and funds for the treatment and prevention of the disease. This year, the theme for the day is “Zero malaria starts with me” and it is being hosted by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

 •WMD is one of eight official global public health campaigns currently marked by the WHO. It was established in May 2007 by the 60th session of the World Health Assembly. Prior to the establishment of WMD, Africa Malaria Day was held on April 25.

2) Army Starts Process To Induct Women As Jawans In Military Police
•The Indian Army has started the process of inducting women as jawans by starting their online registration for recruitment in the corps of military police. They were being inducted only as officers and this is the first time they would be taken in as soldiers.

 •Women will be inducted in a graded manner to eventually comprise 20% of the total Corps of Military Police and their role will range from probing crime cases to assisting the army in field operations wherever required.

3) Kazakhstan Sets Up Coordinating Council To Attract Indian Investments
•Kazakhstan has set up Coordinating Council for attracting foreign investments including from India. A decision was taken to lay down the functions of Investment Ombudsmanin order to venture for new approaches to improve the investment scenario in Kazakhstan.

 •The meeting identified the Astana International Financial Centre (AIFC) as a Unified Center for the coordination of work on investment and promotion of the investment image of Kazakhstan.

4) MD Karnam Sekar Appointed As IOB’s New MD & CEO
•Former Dena Bank MD & CEO Karnam Sekar is set to take over as the new Managing Director and CEO of Indian Overseas Bank from July 1, 2019. He will take over from R Subramaniakumar.

 •Earlier Sekar was the MD & CEO of Dena Bank till September 2018. He was also the Deputy Managing Director and Chief Credit Officer in State Bank of India heading its highest Credit Committee.



5) RBI Sells Entire Stake In NHB, Nabard To Government For INR 1,470 crore
•The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has divested its entire stake held in National Housing Bank (NHB), and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) to the government, which now holds 100% in these entities.

 •The transactions were completed in February (Nabard) and March (NHB). RBI had 100% shareholding in NHB, which was divested for INR 1,450 crore. RBI had 72.5% stake in Nabard, out of which 71.5%, worth INR1,430 crore was divested in October 2010 and the residual shareholding was divested in February 2019 for INR 20 crore.

6) RBI Sells Its Entire Stake In NABARD And NHB To The Government
•The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has divested its entire stake held in National Housing Bank (NHB), the regulator for housing finance companies, and National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) to the government, which now holds 100% in these entities.

 •The central bank has sold its stake in NHB in the month of March, while it sold the stake in Nabard in February. RBI had 100% shareholding in NHB, which was divested for INR1,450 crore. The Nabard stake was divested in two phases. RBI had 72.5% stake in Nabard amounting to INR1,450 crore, out of which 71.5%, worth INR 1,430 crore was divested in October 2010 and the residual shareholding was divested in February 2019 for INR 20 crore.

 •NHB is the regulator for housing finance companies while NABARD is responsible for regulating and supervising the functions of Co-operative banks and RRBs.

 •The move is part of ending the cross-holding in regulatory institutions and follows the recommendation of second Narasimham committee report of October 2001 and the RBI’s own discussion paper on the same entitled ‘Harmonizing the role and operations of development financial institutions and banks.’ 

 •The Narasimham panel had stated that RBI could not own those entities which are regulated by it. Earlier, based on the second Narasimham committee recommendations, the RBI had proposed to transfer its ownership in SBI, NHB, and Nabard to the government in October 2001.

 •The current change in the capital structure of both these financial institutions was brought in by the government through amendments to the Nabard Act of 1981 and the NHB Act of 1987 which were notified in January 2018 and March 2018, respectively.

 •The Nabard came into existence on July 12, 1982, by transferring the agricultural credit functions of RBI and refinance functions of the then Agricultural Refinance and Development Corporation. Set up with an initial capital of Rs 100 crore, the development finance institution’s paid-up capital stood at Rs 10,580 crore as of March 2018.

 •The decision to establish NHB was announced in the 1987-88 Budget. Following that, the National Housing Bank Bill, providing a legislative framework for the NHB, was passed by Parliament in the Winter session of 1987 and it became an Act on December 23, 1987.  The National Housing Policy of 1988 envisaged setting up of NHB as the apex level institution for promoting the housing sector.

7) RBI Becomes The First APAC Central Bank To Begin Interest Rate Easing Cycle
•The Reserve Bank of India has become the first central bank in the Asia-Pacific(APAC) region to begin an explicit interest rate easing cycle. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), headed by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das, cut rates in February and April.

 •In the four months of 2019, the RBI has cut policy interest rates twice by 0.25% each to a one-year low of 6%. This is the first back-to-back rate cut since the MPC was formed in late 2016.
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