Current Affair - 17/April/2019

Home Expo India 2019 began –

·       The 8^th edition of HOME EXPO INDIA 2019 opened at India Expo Centre and Mart, Greater Noida on 16 April, 2019.

·       The 3-day exhibition has been organized by the Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH).

·       Buyers from more than 50 countries including USA, Europe, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, UAE, Lebanon, Iran, Nigeria, Ghana, and South Africa will be visiting the home expo.

RBI put Rs.50 notes into circulation –

·       The RBI has put into circulation 50 rupees denomination banknotes signed by its Governor Shantikanta Das.

·       The design of these notes is similar in all respects to 50 bank notes in Mahatma Gandhi new series.

·       All banknotes in the denomination of 50 issued by the Reserve Bank in the past will be continue be legal tender.

NASA awarded 3 Indian teams –

·       NASA awarded 3 teams from India as part of its Human Exploration Rover Challenge.

·       The team from KIET Group of Institutions, Uttar Pradesh, won the AIAA Neil Armstrong Best Design Award.

·       The Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management and Engineering, Mumbai, Maharashtra, won the Frank Joe Sexton Memorial Pit Crew Award.

·       A team from LPU, Punjab, won the STEM Engagement Award.

Astronomers discovered 3^rd planet –

·       Astronomers have discovered a third planet in the Kelper-47 system, securing the system’s title as the most interesting of the binary-star worlds.

·       Using data from researchers, led by astronomers at San Diego State University, detected the new Neptune-to-Saturn-size planet orbiting between two previously known planets.

Govt granted financial financial powers to buy weapons –

·       In the wake of the Pulwama terror attack, the government has granted emergency powers to the services to procure weapons and military hardware.

·       This would be enhance their operational preparedness along the border with Pakistan.

·       The threshold granted to the three forces a couple of weeks ago for each proposal is around Rs. 300 crore.

Workshop on Loss and Damage conducted -

·       A 1-day National Consultation on Loss and Damage was hosted by the Ministry of Environment in New Delhi on 16 April, 2019.

·       India has been experiencing weather and climate-related loss and damage, the Kerala floods and Ockhi being the rarest of the rare events.

·       The workshop had 2 technical sessions on topic including ‘Strenghtening response to address loss and damage’.

3-member women team set out to summit Everest –

·       For the first time, a 3-member team of women climbers from India, Nepal, and China set out to scale the World’s Highest peak, Mt.Everest.

·       This is being done to spread the message of women empowerment, world peace, and friendship.

·       The expedition, supported by the Visit Nepal Year 2020 campaign of the Nepal Tourism Board, was flagged off on 16 April 2019.

ICC partnered with UNICEF –

·       International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket for Good in partnership with UNICEF announced #OneDay4Children, a tournament-wide campaign.

·       It is focused on bringing the world of cricket together as one team to help build a better world for every child, at the World Cup.

·       Former England Batsman and #OneDay4Children ambassador Nasser Hussain along with Chris Woakes launched the campaign.

NASA found Alien World –

·       NASA’s newest planet hunter has discovered its first Earth-size Alien World.

·       The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) spotted the planet, as well as a weird sub-Neptune world, circling the star HD 21749, which lies about 53 light-years from Earth.

China’s GDP grew by 6.4 % -

·       China’s economy grew 6.4% in the first quarter of 2019, slightly more than expected.

·       China’s GDP reached 21.343 trillion yuan in the first 3 months of 2019, and the growth pace was the same with that of the fourth quarter of 2018.

·       The first quarter GDP growth was in the range of 6% to 6.5% target fixed by the Chinese government for this year.

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