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Daily G.K. - Top Stories

08 Apr 2015

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

USD 952 Million Sale of Helicopters, Missiles to Pak Approved

  • The US State Department has approved sale of USD 952 million worth of attack helicopters, missiles and other defence equipment to Pakistan to help Islamabad with its counter-terrorism operations in South Asia.
  • The deal would also contribute to the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to improve the security of a country vital to US foreign policy and national security goals in South Asia.
  • The proposed sale includes a "precision strike, enhanced survivability aircraft" that Pakistan can operate at high-altitudes.
  • The deal is to be implemented over a period of five and a half years, involving technical support, training and maintenance by US personnel.
  • The principal contractors will be Bell Helicopter, General Electric Boeing and Lockheed Martin.
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ENVIRONMENT

Western Canada’s Glaciers may all but Vanish by 2100

  • The world has 200,000 glaciers, nearly a tenth of which are in British Columbia and Alberta in western Canada, where they cover an area of 27,000 square kilometres and have an average thickness of 112 metres.
  • The glaciers in these two provinces are losing almost one per cent of their volume each year – among the fastest rates of mountain ice loss anywhere in the world.
  • Researchers at University of British Columbia in Vancouver have made the first major assessment based on a detailed analysis of how glaciers are likely to move and change shape as they melt. They also concluded that this will substantially speed up melting.
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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

Top 3 Banks Cut Rates after RBI’s Tough Talk

  • Nudged and prodded by RBI, leading banks -- SBI, ICICI and HDFC Bank -- cut their lending rates by 0.15-0.25 percent despite the status quo in policy rate of the central bank.
  • The action can also have a snowballing effect forcing other banks to follow suit.
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Einstein Ring seen in Stunning Image of Lensed Galaxy

  • Astronomers have discovered that a distant galaxy -- seen from Earth with the aid of a gravitational lens -- appears like a cosmic ring, thanks to the highest resolution images ever taken with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA).
  • Forged by the chance alignment of two distant galaxies, this striking ring-like structure is a rare and peculiar manifestation of gravitational lensing as predicted by Albert Einstein in his theory of general relativity.
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS

Vehicles Older than 10 years Banned in Delhi

  • In an effort to curb air pollution in the national capital, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in a landmark ruling banned diesel vehicles over ten years old from plying on Delhi roads.
  • According to a report by the World Health Organisation (WHO), Delhi had the worst air quality in the world while 12 other Indian cities also figured among the world’s worst 20.
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