Current Affair - 9/May/2019

Rakesh Sharma elected as IMMA Vice-President –

·       Bajaj Auto Executive Director Rakesh Sharma has been elected as Vice-President of Geneva-based International Motorcycle Manufactures Association (IMMA).

·       He is representative of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufactures (SIAM).

·       Geneva-based manufacturer association from across the world.

Thrust to make State thalassaemia-free by 2020 –

·       The Thalassaemia Welfare Association (TWA) launched a campaign to spread awareness among doctors on screening pregnant women to find out if they were thalassaemia (a genetic blood disorder) carriers.

·       Revathi raj is the honorary president of TWA.

·       This was done on the World Thalassaemia Day i.e. 8^th May 2019.

Sea phase of ‘Varuna’ exercise begins –

·       The sea phase of the Indo-French naval exercise ‘Varuna’ began on 8 May 2019.

·       This year’s edition of the Indo-French of the naval exercise currently underway off the Goa coast is the largest ever undertaken by the two navies.

·       The exercise, began on May 1, will culminate on May 10 after sea phase operations.

·       The first bilateral naval exercise between India and France was held in 1983.

India’s newest pit viper found in Arunachal –

·       India now has a fifth brown pit viper but with a reddish tinge.

·       Scientists have described a new species of reddish-brown pit viper, a venomous snake with a heat-sensing system from a forest in West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh.

·       The team of herpetologist was led by Ashok Captain.

BharatPe launches UPI for merchants –

·       BharatPe, a fintech startup enabling payments for merchants through interoperable UPI QR codes, has announced its foray into merchant services with a new app.

·       The apps allows merchants to record their cash/credit (udhar) sales customer wise, request accounts receivable from customers via SMS payments links, and keep track of accounts payable to suppliers.

Vice-President Naidu on Vietnam visit –

·       Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu will undertake a three-day official trip to Vietnam from 9 May 2019.

·       He will hold meetings with Vice-President of Vietnam Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

·       He will also meet beneficiaries of the Jaipur Foot Artificial Limb Fitment Camp organized in Vietnam under the ‘India for Humanity’ initiative.

Singapore passes new law to police fake news –

·       Singapore’s parliament has passed a sweeping “anti-fake news” bill.

·       It includes ability to demand corrections, order the removal of content, or block websites deemed to be propagating falsehoods contrary to the public interest.

·       Penalties for not complying with orders include steep fines and jail time.

London: Base for WhatsApp payments –

·       Facebook has chosen London as the centre for the global roll-out of WhatsApp pay.

·       Facebook chose London because it attracts a multicultural workforce from many of the countries.

·       Out of WhatsApp user base if 1.5 billion people, more than 200 million people are in India – the single targets market for the popular messaging platform.

Kalavathi: CEO of Philips Innovations Campus –

·       Kalavathi G V has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Philips Innovation, Campus in Bengaluru.

·       Kalavathi, currently the head of Global Customer Service and Operations for Philips‘ Healthcare Informatics business, will succeed Srinivas Prasad M R.

·       Philips Innovation Campus in Bengaluru is a premier software research and development unit in Philips.

India and Turkey to strengthen economic relation –

·       India and Turkey vowed to strengthen economic relations with the aim of reaching 10 billion US dollars bilateral trade by 2020.

·       Turkey’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sedat Onal held talk with Gitesh A Sarma, Secretary, under the institutional mechanism of foreign office consultations.

·       Other aspects such as enhanced culture interaction, tourism, people-to-people contacts were also discussed.

Peruvian Climber died on Nepal Peak –

·       Experienced Peruvian climber Richard Hidalgo was found dead on Mount Makalu.

·       The body of the 52-year old was found in his tent at 6,600 metres (21,650 feet) by Sherpa guides who went to check after he did not wake up.

·       The guides said that it seemed he had died in his sleep.

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