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Daily G.K. - Top Stories

12 Apr 2019

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

EU and the U.K. Agree to Delay Brexit

  •  Britain won't be leaving the EU on April 12, after Britain and the EU agreed to an extension till the end of October, with the option of Britain leaving earlier if a deal was agreed to in Parliament.
  • The period is longer than the extension till June 30 that Prime Minister Theresa May had sought but is shorter than some of the possible dates that had been considered, including a possible delay of a year.
  • Leaders made clear that the onus was very much on Britain to find a solution and deliver within this period.

S. Korea Lifts Abortion Ban

  •  South Korea's constitutional court ruled to lift the country's 66-year-old ban on abortion, in a landmark decision that will decriminalise the medical procedure by the end of 2020.
  • Seven out of nine judges declared that the current penalising of abortion was unconstitutional and ordered parliament to revise the 1953 law.
  • South Korea, Asia's fourth largest economy, is one of the few industrialised nations where the procedure is illegal except in cases of rape, incest and when the mother faces serious health risks.  
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ENVIRONMENT

Shut Industrial Units Polluting Yamuna

  •  The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has ordered the Haryana State Pollution Control Board to shut down hundreds of industries factories located in Yamunanagar, Panipat and Sonepat districts that are polluting the Yamuna.
  • As per the orders issued on April 5, on the directions of NGT-appointed Yamuna Pollution Monitoring Committee, a joint team of CPCB and National Environmental Engineering Research Institute in December 2018 had conducted an inspection to monitor the quality of water in the Yamuna.
  • During the inspection, the monitoring team observed that three different drains were dumping untreated waste into the river at various locations.
  • The CPCB has also ordered the Haryana pollution watchdog to submit a compliance report within two months.
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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

Vedanta Moves SC

  •  Vedanta Ltd. has moved the Supreme Court with a special leave petition (SLP) seeking interim access to undertake maintenance activities at its plant in Thoothukudi.
  • The SLP also urged the apex court to grant all approvals, permits, licences, certificates etc. that stood withdrawn or cancelled by the various statutory authorities.
  • Vedanta, which runs Sterlite Copper, has sought the Supreme Court to "issue an interim direction permitting it to complete its turnaround shut-down activities that it was conducting and which were stopped abruptly as a result of the illegal closing/sealing of the plant."
  • The Supreme Court had earlier ruled that the NGT (National Green Tribunal) had lacked jurisdiction in the matter (i.e. ordering the reopening of the Sterlite unit) and asked Vedanta to seek remedy from the High Court.
  • Vedanta could not get any interim relief from the Madras High Court, which adjourned the case to April 23.

Ratan Tata-led Committee to Pick CEO for Tata Trusts

  •  Twenty professionals, both from within the country and abroad, are in the race for the position of chief executive officer (CEO) of Tata Trusts, which own 66% of $110.7 billion salt-to-software Tata Group.
  • A committee headed by Ratan Tata will be in discussions with the identified individuals, over the next fortnight, to identify the right candidate for the post of Tata Trusts CEO.
  • The committee of trustees comprising Mr. Tata, chairman of the trusts, and Vijay Singh and Venu Srinivasan, vice-chairmen of the trusts, has been overseeing the operations after R. Venkataramanan relinquished responsibility as the managing trustee of the Tata Trusts on March 31, 2019.

Commercial Credit Rises Strongly

  •  As per a report by TransUnion CIBIL and SIDBI, total bank credit exposure stood at Rs. 111.1 lakh crore as of December 2018 with the mid and large corporate segment accounting for the largest share of 43% and an exposure of Rs. 47.5 lakh crore.
  • Consumer lending (retail, agriculture and priority sector lending) is the second biggest segment with a share of 35% and exposure of Rs. 38.4 lakh crore.
  • The MSME segment (business lending to both corporate entities and individuals) stands third with a share of 23% of the aggregate pie.
  • The year-on-year commercial credit growth continues to rise, clocking 14.4% in the December 2018 quarter.
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

A Pile of Solar E-waste

  •  According to a study, by 2050, India will likely stare at a pile of a new category of electronic waste, namely solar e-waste.
  • Currently, India's e-waste rules have no laws mandating solar cell manufacturers to recycle or dispose waste from this sector.
  • India's PV (photovoltaic) waste volume is estimated to grow to 200,000 tonnes by 2030 and around 1.8 million tonnes by 2050.
  • India is among the leading markets for solar cells in the world, buoyed by the government's commitment to install 100 GW of solar power by 2022.
  • So far, India has installed solar cells for about 28 GW and this is largely from imported solar PV cells.

Israeli spacecraft Crashes onto Moon

  •  The Israeli spacecraft Beresheet crashed onto the moon after a series of technical failures during its final descent, shattering hopes of a historic controlled landing on the lunar surface.
  • The unmanned robotic lander suffered periodic engine and communications failures during the 21 minutes or so of the landing sequence.
  • Beresheet, whose name is Hebrew for the biblical phrase "In the beginning", had travelled through space for seven weeks in a series of expanding orbits around Earth before crossing into the moon's gravity last week.
  • So far, only three nations have succeeded in carrying out a "soft" landing on the lunar surface: the United States, the Soviet Union and China.

New Species of Tiny Early Humans

  •  Scientists have discovered the remains of a tiny, previously unknown species of humans that roamed the Earth nearly 67,000 years ago.
  • Researchers said that the findings represent a major breakthrough in our understanding of human evolution across Southeast Asia.
  • The team uncovered the remains of at least two adults and one juvenile within the same archaeological deposits in the Philippines, proving the region played a key role in hominin evolutionary history.
  • The new species, Homo luzonensis is named after Luzon Island, where the more than 50,000 year old fossils were found during excavations at Callao Cave.
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SPORTS

Indian Women Win Series

  •  The Indian women's hockey team beat Malaysia by a solitary goal to complete a 4-0 win in the five-match bilateral series.
  • It was Navjot Kaur's fine field goal and a good defensive display that helped India win.
  • India did well to create scoring opportunities with substantial circle entries but could not convert enough chances.

Singapore Open

  •  P. V. Sindhu, Saina Nehwal, K. Srikanth and Sameer Verma progressed to the quarterfinals of the $355,000 Singapore Open.
  • Fourth-seeded Sindhu defeated World No. 22 Mia Blichfeldt.
  • Srikanth defeated Denmark's Hans-Kristian Solberg Vittinghus, setting up a meeting with top seed Japan's Kento Mamota.
  • Sania defeated defeated Pornpawee Chochuwong.

AITA Signs MoU with STF

  •  The All India Tennis Association (AITA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Serbian Tennis Federation (STF) to train Indian junior players under world renowned Serbian coaches at the R. K. Khanna Stadium.
  • The MoU was signed by AITA Secretary-General Hironmoy Chatterjee and STF CEO Dusan Orlandic.
  • Trainers and coaches from Serbia will come to India for a week/ two-week camp in the under-12, 14, 16 and 18 categories.
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS

Lok Sabha Election Phase 1

  •  Phase I of the Lok Sabha election was held across 91 Parliamentary constituencies in 18 States and two Union Territories.
  • According to the Election Commission, the turnout reported till 6 p.m. stood at 63.69% in Uttar Pradesh. In Andaman and Nicobar, it was 70.67%; 60% in Telangana; 57.85% in Uttarakhand; 69% in Sikkim; 60% in Mizoram; 78% in Nagaland; 78.2% in Manipur; 81.8% in Tripura; 68% in Assam and 81% in West Bengal.
  • Maharashtra reported 56% turnout, while in Arunchal Pradesh the figure was 66%. The minimum of 50% was reported in Bihar.

BJP to Contest Highest Number of Lok Sabha Seats

  •  As per reports, the Bharatiya Janata Party may end up contesting the highest number of Lok Sabha seats in its history. It has so far announced 408 Lok Sabha candidates, which is 20 less than its 2014 tally of 428.
  • According to the party leader, there will be at least 30 more names.
  • The BJP fielded candidates for 433 seats in 2009, 364 in 2004 and 339 seats in the 1999 polls. Lok Sabha has 543 seats.
  • The BJP is yet to announce its seven candidates for Delhi and another eight nominees for Uttar Pradesh.
  • It is yet to finalise names for eight seats in Madhya Pradesh, including Indore and Bhopal.
  • The BJP's announcement of candidates for the three seats it will contest in alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab, two seats in Haryana and one in Rajasthan, too, is pending. 
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PERSONS IN NEWS

Cairn India's CEO and CFO Resign

  •  Cairn India CEO Sudhir Mathur and CFO Pankaj Kalra have resigned from the firm.  Ajay Dixit, who was CEO of the Aluminum and Power divisions of Vedanta, will take over from Mr. Mathur in the interim, after his exit.
  • Mr. Mathur is the fourth CEO to quit the firm after it was acquired by Vedanta in 2011.

Next Ujjivan SFB CEO Likely

  •  Nitin Chugh, digital banking head of private sector lender HDFC Bank, is likely to succeed Samit Ghosh, the managing director and chief executive of Ujjivan Small Finance Bank.
  • Mr. Ghosh, who is also the founder of Ujjivan SFB, will retire in November 2019 and the process to find a successor started in 2018.
  • The Bengaluru-based small finance bank has already applied to the Reserve Bank of India for approval to appoint Mr. Chugh as the managing director and chief executive officer.

U.S. Charges Assange with Hacking

  •  U.S. prosecutors announced charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, accusing him of conspiring with former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning to gain access to a government computer as part of one of the largest compromises of classified information in U.S. history.
  • Mr. Assange, arrested by British police in London and carried out of Ecuador's Embassy, faces up to five years in prison on the American charge, the U.S. Justice Department said in a statement. His arrest paved the way for his possible extradition to the U.S.
  • Mr. Assange's indictment arose from a long-running criminal investigation dating back to former President Barack Obama's administration.
  • It was triggered in part by the 2010 publication by WikiLeaks of hundreds of thousands of U.S. military reports about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and American diplomatic communications.
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GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND SCHEMES

Bengal Government Schemes Win UN Awards

  •  Two schemes of the West Bengal government for skill development and distribution of bicycles to students have won the prestigious World Summit on the Information Society awards of the United Nations.
  • The two schemes are 'Utkarsh Bangla' and 'Sabooj Sathi'.
  • The "Utkarsh Bangla" project aims at creating a pool of skilled candidates who are industry ready, while under the "Sabooj Sathi" scheme, bicycles are distributed to students between class IX and XII studying in government run and government aided schools and madrasas of the state.
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GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION

Entrance Test for Migrating Engineering Students

  •  The Panjab University Syndicate has given its approval for carrying out the PU Migration Entrance in Engineering Test for candidates who have finished the first year of the bachelors of engineering course from any other institute, recognised by the PU.
  • The Joint Academic and Administrative Committee of the University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Dr SS Bhatnagar University Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology and PU Swami Sarvanand Giri Regional Centre, Hoshiarpur, had proposed the idea of the test.
  • The test will be conducted in the last week of May 2019. The candidates who have secured a minimum aggregate 60% and have appeared in the Joint Entrance Examination in the previous session will be eligible to apply.
  • The test will consist of 100 multiple choice questions to be attempted in 100 minutes.

Indian Institutes Partner with Heidelberg University

  •  In a bid to promote the use of big data methods in biological applications, six Indian institutes of higher education  established the first joint Indo-German research training group.
  • The six institutes, Indian Institutes of Technology at Guwahati, Kanpur and Madras, University of Allahabad, University of Delhi and Jawaharlal Nehru University, will partner with Germany's Heidelberg University, and Department of Biotechnology under the Ministry of Science and Technology.
  • The programme aims at setting up as many as 50 PhD projects, on "Bio Big Data Science", which will be supervised by research teams consisting of leading Indian and German scientists.
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