Current Affair - 19/March/2019

3^rd Indo Japan Workshop held in New Delhi –

Ø    The 3^rd Indo-Japan Workshop on Disaster Risk Reduction was held on 18 March 2019 in New Delhi.

Ø    It was organized with an objective of enhancing collaboration between research institutes, cities and private sector in the field of Disaster Risk Reduction.

Ø    The Government of India and Japan signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) in the field of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) in September 2017.

i-help launched in Assam –

Ø    The ‘i-help’ initiative to promote digital electoral literacy in Assam was launched in view of the forthcoming Lok-Sabha poll.

Ø    It is a joint initiative of the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) and Common Service Centers (CSC).

Ø    The CSCs are internet-enabled access points spread throughout the country delivering various government and non-government digital services to the citizens.

Gopi Thonakal qualified for World Athletics –

Ø    Gopi Thanakal qualified for the World Athletics Championships in Marathon, to be held in Doha in September-October 2019.

Ø    He achieved after finishing 11^th in the Seoul International Marathon, clocking his personal best time of 2 hours 13 minutes 39 seconds.

Ø    This was the 2^nd best ever by an Indian after the 4-decade old national record of 2 hours 12 minutes held by Shivnath Singh.

Ola signed MoU with Telangana Government –

Ø    Ola signed MoU with the Government of Telangana on 18 March 2019 to support the efforts in strengthening traffic infrastructure in the city.

Ø    The partnership would se Ola ‘share intelligent insight’ that enable the government to implement smart business to enhance ‘mobility experience’ in the city.

Ø    Ola will work with the government to build innovations solutions for the city.

Hyundai, KIA to invest $300 million in Ola –

Ø    Hyundai Motor Co and KIA Motors Corp will together invest $300 million in Ola, playing catch-up in the global rest to invest in mobility firms.

Ø    Hyundai, KIA, and Ola will collaborate to develop fleet and mobility solutions, electric vehicles and infrastructure specific to the Indian Market.

Ø    Ola’s other investors include SoftBank Group Corp and Tencent Holdings Ltd.

Alan Krueger passed away –

Ø    Alan Krueger, a groundbreaking Princeton University economist, passed away recently,.

Ø    He served as the top adviser in two Democratic administrations and was an authority on the labour market.

Ø    He also worked for President Barrack Obama as a Top Treasury official and then as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisor from 2011 to 2013.

Name change of Nagaland village –

Ø    The Center gave its consent for changing the name of Mangkhi village in Tuensang district of Nagaland to Mungankhun village.

Ø    The Central government has given its ‘no-objection’ to rename 22 villages, towns and railway stations across the country since December 2017.

Ø    Some of the cleared proposals are Arikkod as Areekode in Malappura, Kerala and Laxman Garh as Adawala in Rajasamand, Rajasthan.

Mizoram Assembly passed a bill –

Ø    The Mizoram Assembly passed the Mizoram Maintenance of Household Registers Bill, 2019 on 18 March 2019.

Ø    The bill seeks to detect foreigners illegally residing in the northeastern state, that shares an border 700-km with Bangladesh and Myanmar.

Ø    The measures proposed under the legislation are intended to provide a credibal individual identification system.

Military bands to perform in CSK-RCB opener –

Ø    Military bands will perform at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium ahead of the opening fixtures of the Indian Premier League (IPL).

Ø    BCCI will also contribute Rs. 20 crore of the welfare of the armed forces in the wake of the Pulwama Terror attack, where 44 CRPF personnel were killed.

Ø    Indian players had also paid their respects by sporting Army camouflague caps in the third ODI in Ranchi.

Japan’s Uncle Olympics passed away –

Ø    Businessman Naotoshi Yamada, known as ‘Uncle Olympics’, passed away due to heart failure recently.

Ø    He attended all 14 summer Olympics from the 1964 Tokyo Games to the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.

Ø    He stood out among the audience as he often wore a traditional Japanese jacket and a golden hat while cheering loudly and waving the Japanese flag.

Water-resistant electronic skin created –

Ø    Scientists have created a self-healing electronic skin that could be used into develop a range of devices from water-resistant touch screen to aquatic soft robots.

Ø    The material has been developed by researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the University of California.

Ø    The electronic skin is created by printing the novel material into electronic circuits.

Prajnesh Gunneshwaran rose to 84^th position –

Ø    In Tennis, India’s Prajnesh Gunneswaran rose to carrer-high rank of 84 in the latest men’s ranking of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

Ø    In the Women’s Tennis Association rankings, Ankita Raina constitutes to be India’s Top–ranked player at 168.

Ø    She was followed by Karman Kaur Thandi, who jumped seven places to 203.

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