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Daily G.K. - Top Stories

30 Jan 2019

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

India's First Private Jets Terminal at IGIA

  •  India's first terminal for private jets to land and take off is expected to be ready by May, will be connected by a separate road leading to the facility, and feature sculptures evocative of the Mughal era and artificial water bodies.
  • The terminal coming up at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport will ensure faster turnaround of business jets and chartered planes, shielding them from the clutter of general passenger terminals, where they now have to compete for landing and take-off slots with commercial planes.
  • The terminal building is designed to withstand over 60 aircraft movements a day, (and) is being built with a handling capability of over 200 passengers a day.
  • The terminal will be able to handle Boeing 767 business jets and any Boeing 777 with a VIP configuration and a passenger capacity of 250.
  • According to the aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation, the number of operators with a non-scheduled operator's permit reached a peak of 147 in financial year 2012, which declined to 111 in 2018.

India Improves in Corruption Index

  •  India improved its ranking on a global corruption index for 2018, while its neighbour China lagged far behind.
  • The US, meanwhile, plunged in the index as a surge in support for populist leaders and the erosion of democracy hobbled efforts to tackle graft around the world, according to the anti-graft watchdog Transparency International, which released its Corruption Perceptions Index
  • India rose by three points to 78 in the list of 180 countries, while China ranked 87 and Pakistan 117.
  • The top countries on the list are Denmark and New Zealand, with scores of 88 and 87 respectively. Somalia, Syria and South Sudan are at the bottom of the list, with scores of 10, 13 and 13 respectively.
  • The US under President Donald Trump dropped six places to 22nd globally in the index published by the Berlin-based watchdog.

Multiple Charges Slapped on China's Huawei

  •  US authorities charges Huawei with multiple crimes a sweeping set of 23 criminal charges against the Chinese telecom giant Huawei Technologies Co., escalating tensions with China.
  • The US accused Huawei and its CFO Meng Wanzhou, who is in the custody of Canadian authorities on an extradition request from the US, with bank fraud, violation of US sanctions on Iran, theft of trade secrets and obstruction of justice.
  • The charges come ahead of Top commerce negotiator Liu He's US visit for high-level talks on a broader trade dispute.
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Artificial skin could give humans 'superpowers'

  •  Scientists have developed a sensor for artificial skin that may not only help burn victims feel, but also lend humans 'superpowers' to detect sound waves and magnetic fields.
  • Our skin's ability to perceive pressure, heat, cold, and vibration is a critical safety function.
  • However, burn victims, those with prosthetic limbs, and others who have lost skin sensitivity, often injure themselves.
  • Researchers from University of Connecticut created a sensor with a silicone tube wrapped in a copper wire and filled with a special fluid made of tiny particles of iron oxidecalled nanoparticles.
  • When this tube is bumped by something experiencing pressure, the nanoparticles move and the electric signal changes.
  • Sound waves also create waves, and the electric signal changes in a different way than when the tube is bumped.
  • Researchers found magnetic fields alter the signal too, in a way distinct from pressure or sound waves. 
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SPORTS

India Clinches ODI Series Against New Zealand

  •  Opener Smriti Mandhana led the chase for India with panache after a feisty bowling performance that steered the side to a series clinching eight-wicket triumph over New Zealand women in the second one-dayer.
  • Opting to field, India produced an excellent effort to bowl out New Zealand for a paltry 161 in 44.2 overs before Player-of-theMatch Smriti (90 not out) and skipper Mithali Raj (63 not out) stitched a 151-run unbroken third-wicket stand to guide the team to an easy win.

Goa National Games postponed yet again

  •  The organising committee of the 36th National Games in Goa, grappling with "cash crunch" to complete infrastructure projects, has been imposed a ~10 crore fine by the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) for postponing the event to October-November from March.
  • After several postponements, the organising committee had promised to hold the Games from March 30 to April 14 this year.
  • The Goa government expressed its inability to hold the Games in March saying, 'Logistically it wouldn't be possible due to several issues including Lok Sabha polls'.

Russian GM Vladimir Kramnik retires

  •  Russian chess grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik, regarded as one of the strongest players in the world, announced on Tuesday he was retiring from professional competition.
  • Kramnik, 43, made waves in 2000 when he defeated defending champion Garry Kasparov at the World Championship.
  • Currently ranked seventh by the World Chess Federation, he became the undisputed world champion in 2006. 
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS

Ten North-East Parties Join Hands Against Citizenship Bill

  •  Ten Northeast political parties, most of which are members of BJP-led North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA), came together on a common platform to jointly oppose the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 "in the interest of the NE people".
  • They also decided that a delegation, comprising their representatives, would call on the President and the Prime Minister to apprise them of their opposition to the bill that seeks to provide Indian citizenship to minorities who fled religious persecution in Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan and entered India before December 31, 2014, after six years of residence in the country.
  • Meghalaya chief minister Conrad K Sangma, on whose initiative the meeting was called, and his Mizoram counterpart Zoramthanga attended the meeting. The Asom Gana Parishad, which pulled out of Sonowal-led BJP government in Assam over the issue, was also associated with the convening of the meeting.
  • The 10 parties were Mizo National Front, United Democratic Party, AGP, Naga People's Front, National People's Party, National Democratic Progressive Party, Hill State People's Democratic Party, People's Democratic Front, Indigenous People's Front of Tripura and the Khnam.
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PERSONS IN NEWS

George Fernandes- India's Socialist Icon Passes Away

  •  George Fernandes (June 3, 1930 – January 29, 2019) was one of the most charismatic socialist leaders and his passing away after prolonged illness marks the end of the chapter of socialist politics of non-Congressism.
  • He lived a meaningful life with many roles—innovative trade unionist, socialist campaigner, successful strategist, effective parliamentarian, efficient minister, and a pillar of support for democracy in south Asia.
  • His politics attracted admiration as well as criticism. But he remained one of the main architects of the politics of non-Congress coalitions after the passing away of Jaiprakash Narayan in 1979.
  • He played a leading role in the formation of national coalition governments led by Morarji Desai (1977-80), Charan Singh (1980), VP Singh (1989-90) and Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1999-2004).
  • But it was paradoxical that Fernandes, the erstwhile giantkiller, was seen to be marginalised and isolated in the later years of his otherwise heroic life.
  • Fernandes entered the Lok Sabha from Muzaffarpur with a margin of 300,000 votes and took oath as a Union minister in the first ever non-Congress government in the country.
  • It made him a national hero and global icon for human rights and democracy.

 1st Female Hindu Judge in Pakistan

  •  For the first time in Pakistan's judicial history, a woman from the Hindu community has been appointed as civil and judicial magistrate.
  • Suman Pawan Bodani from Sindh's Shahdadkot district was declared eligible for the post after passing her judicial officers' examination with flying colours.
  • After completing her intermediate from Shahdadkot, Bodani pursued law and acquired an LLB from Hyderabad and LLM from Karachi.

Yes Bank director is interim CEO

  •  The Yes Bank board is understood to have recommended non-executive, non-independent director Ajai Sharma as interim CEO of Yes Bank until Deutsche Bank India chief Ravneet Gill takes charge in March 2019. 
  •  The RBI had cleared a three-year term for Gill, who was expected to join only in March while the bank's founder and current CEO Rana Kapoor will step down.
  • Kapoor's proposed exit has also paved the way for a reconciliation between the two promoter groups. Rana Kapoor and his sister-in-law Madhu Kapur have agreed to nominate one representative director each on the bank's board as part of a truce in the works.
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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION

NCAP to Improve Life Expectancy 

  •   India will be able to improve average life expectancy by 1.3 years and reduce concentrations of PM 2.5 (particulate matter of 2.5 microns, or fine respirable particles) to 40 micrograms per cubic metre by implementing the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), according to a new analysis by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago.
  • NCAP, launched by Union environment minister Harsh Vardhan, aims to cut the concentration of PM 2.5 and PM 10 (coarse pollution particles) in 102 non-attainment cities by 20% to 30% by 2024 compared with the 2017 annual average.
    It aims for a "participatory and collaborative" approach and has been criticised by environmental experts for not setting egally binding air pollution reduction targets.

MBA Rankings 2019

  •  Four Indian B-Schools have found place among the top 50 management schools in the fresh Financial Times (FT) Global MBA Rankings 2019 released recently.
  • Indian School of Business (ISB) has been ranked the best from India with a global ranking of 24th, followed by Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bangalore at 33rd place.
  • The other two in the top 50 are IIM-A at 47th and IIM-C at the 49th place.
  • FT Global Ranking considered as one of the top barometers of the quality of B-Schools in the world, takes into account several factors, including salaries earned, employment, research capabilities, alumni recommendation, and value for money among other factors.
  • Except IIM-A, which slipped 16 ranks in 2019 as against 2018, ISB jumped four places, IIM-B (two) and IIM-C increased its standing 29 places to be in the top 50.
  • Among top 100 B-Schools, though India's overall does not increase – with four schools, it is as the fifth best country.
  • US has 51 B-Schools, the UK has 11, China six and France five schools in the top 100. Singapore, Australia, Canada and Germany have three each in the top 100 list. FT Rankings termed IIM-C as the biggest gainer. 
  • IIM Calcutta made the biggest leap this year.

Partnership to Benefit School Children in Bihar

  •  The Bihar Education Project Council (BEPC), Government of Bihar, and CorStone announced a next phase partnership that will benefit over 100,000 schoolchildren in the state of Bihar, India.
  • Together, the BEPC and CorStone will work to expand CorStone's Youth First and Girls First resilience programs across government middle schools and Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) in all nine divisions of the state over the next three years.
  • CorStone's Youth First and Girls First programs center around a unique comprehensive resilience and adolescent health training curriculum delivered through an innovative teacher-facilitated peer group model. 
  • A cadre of government "Master Trainers", resource persons and school teachers will be trained over the next three years.
  • The Master Trainers will serve as a key resource to train and support district level BEPC personnel and school teachers to implement the programs among middle school students.
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ART AND CULTURE

150th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi

  •  The 20th edition of Bharat Rang Mahotsav will celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi with four plays on his life, philosophy, and principles.
  • Organised by National School of Drama (NSD), the "largest theatre festival in Asia" will open in Delhi on February 1 with "Karanth Ke Rang", a performance directed by Amod Bhatt based on songs composed by late B V Karanth, a stalwart of Kannada and Hindi theatres.
  • The plays , "Bapu" by Samir Biswas, "Stay Yet a While" by M K Raina, "Satya Ke Prayog" by Devendra Raj Ankur, and "Hind Swaraj" by Arjun Deo Charan will pay tribute to the father of the nation.
  • The festival will host 69 Indian and 15 foreign plays in addition to nine folk productions, five plays by the institute's diploma students, one production from the Sikkim centre of National School of Drama, three plays by the National School of Drama Repertory as well as five invitee plays by eminent theatre practitioners.
  • The festival also has eight folk performances.
  • International productions from countries such as Bangladesh, Poland, Russia, Sri Lanka, the Czech Republic, Italy, Nepal, Romania and Singapore are lined up for the Bharat Rang Mahotsav .
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