Current Affair - 18/April/2019

Titan has 100 m deep methane lakes –

·       Saturn’s largest Moon Titan has small liquid lakes that run more than 100 m deep, perched atop hills and filled with methane.

·       This was founded by scientists using data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft.

·       The findings are published in the journal Nature Astronomy.

·       They provide new information about the way liquid methane rains on, evaporates and seeps into Titan.

Atul Jalan’s book hit the stands –

·       Entrepreneur, technologist and science storyteller, Atul Jalan launched his new book titled, ‘Where will man take us? – A Bold Story of the Man Technology is Creating’.

·       It is published by Penguin Random House Books.

·       Authored by Atul Jalan, CEO of Manhattan Systems, the book looks at the immediate future of mankind and what lies in wait.

Time 100 most influential people report –

·       The Time 100 most influential people of 2019 includes lawyers Arundhati Katju and Menaka Guruswamy.

·       They were instrumental in the Supreme Court partly striking down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code.

·       Reliance Industries (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani also featured in the TIME magazine’s list of 100 most influential people.

SpaceX to fly its DART missions –

·       NASA announced that SpaceX will fly its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) planetary- defence mission.

·       The total launch cost for NASA is estimated to be about $69 Million.

·       DART – Double Asteroid Redirection Test.

·       It is planned Space probe that will demonstrate the kinetic effects of crashing an impactor spacecraft into an asteroid moon for planetary defence purposes.

Government bonds issuance jumped to Rs. 64,192 crore –

·       The issuances of government-fully serviced bonds (Gol-FSBs) rose to Rs.64,192 crore in the year ended March 2019 as compared to Rs.15,095 crore during the last fiscal.

·       These borrowings are estimated to have accounted for 0.34% of GDP for FY19 as compared to 0.09% of GDP for FY18.

·       The total outstanding value of these Gol-FSBs stood at Rs. 88,545 crore at the end of FY19, according to lcra.

Mitsui to buy Reliance ethane carrier fleet –

·       Reliance Industries Ltd’ wholly owned subsidiary Reliance Ethane Holding Pte. Ltd is selling its fleet of six very large ethane carriers (VLECs) through an investment deal with Japanese shipping group Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd.

·       RIL has 100% holding in six limited liability companies (LLCs) which own the VLECs.

FIFA banned former football President –

·       FIFA banned former Brazilian Football Confederation President Jose Maria Marine from all football-related activities for life.

·       In August 2018, Marin who led Brazil’s organizing committee for the 2014 World Cup, was sentenced to four years in prison for racketeering, money laundering, and wire fraud.

·       Earlier Marin was arrested at a luxury Zurich hotel in May 2015.

World Heritage Day: 18 April –

·       April 18 is annually observed as the International Day for Monuments and Sites (IDMS), also known as World Heritage Day.

·       This Day is celebrated to remind the citizens about beautiful places or heritage site in our country.

·       The theme for 2019 in Rural Landscape.

·       The Day was proposed by the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) on 18 April 1982.

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