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AWARDS AND HONORS
AAI bags national award for solar power projects
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has been conferred the National Award for Best Performing Central PSU for Roof Top Solar Power initiatives. It has installed 4.8 megawatt peak power (MWp) rooftop solar plants at 13 airports, generating approximately 51 lakh units of solar energy. Further, 4.9 MWp solar plants are expected to be installed at 14 other airports by December.
AAI’s efforts towards Solar Roof Top Projects which was initiated way back in 2010 with visionary approach towards “Invest in the Sun” Solar Revolution and commitment to sustainability have reduced carbon emission considerably
Quick Link – AAI bags national award
INDIAN AFFAIRS
Child rights body orders testing of J&J products
Laboratory testing of two popular baby care products of US firm Johnson & Johnson has been ordered by a child rights body of the government after taking suo motu cognizance of a number of US court orders against it over alleged lack of warning about health risks of its talc-based products.
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has asked five states — Gujarat, Jharkhand, Assam, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh — to collect the samples of Johnson & Johnson baby powder and shampoo for testing.
In the letters to states last month, the NCPCR said there were news reports highlighting the concerns about the use of products manufactured by Johnson and Johnson as they may contain carcinogenic substances like asbestos and formaldehyde. The NCPCR old the states to carry out the tests only in government-accredited laboratories.
Quick Link – Testing of J&J products
NGT allows diesel vehicles for Delhi civic body
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Delhi government to register two new diesel vehicles which are conforming to BS-IV norms and would be used for garbage disposal and handling of municipal waste generated in New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) area.
A bench, headed by Justice Jawad Rahim, granted the relief on similar terms and conditions which were imposed by the NGT in its May 31 order in which it had directed the government to register 45 new diesel vehicles for garbage management.
The tribunal had passed the May 31 order on applications moved by East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) and South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC), which had sought permission to buy 45 vehicles for garbage management as registration of new diesel vehicles above 2000cc is banned in Delhi.
Quick Link – NGT Delhi civic body
Single window clearance for investors in Assam
The Assam government has set up a single window clearance system at all district headquarters to help potential investors and to eradicate corruption. This single window clearance system will enable potential investors to apply online for all the clearance certificates and no objection certificates. The new government has introduced the Assam Ease of Doing Business Bill 2016 in the House on June 3 this year, which was passed subsequently. The Bill envisages to constitute an Assam Bureau of Investment Promotion (ABIP) and creation of a single window clearance system to boost investment in the state.
Quick Link – Single window clearance system
Sikkim launches open government data portal
Sikkim claimed to become the first state in India to have an open government data portal. Lok Sabha MP, P D Rai launched the open government data portal ‘Sikkim.data.gov.in’ and Open Government Data Platform (Sikkim). Sikkim thus became the first state in India to have this portal.
Speaking on the occasion Rai congratulated the Information Technology Department, Government of Sikkim and NIC team from Delhi for their effort. Rai also expressed hope to see more organic and agriculture data in the portal. On the open government data portal, the data produced or commissioned by the government or government controlled entities can be freely used, reused and redistributed by anyone.
Quick Link – Open government data portal
Gujarat island Shiyal Bet gets electricity for first time
Residents of Shiyal Bet, a nondescript island in Gujarat’s Amreli district woke up to cherish a moment they had been waiting for nearly seven decades after the country’s Independence — electricity supply in their homes. With power supply reaching to this small island with a population of around 6,000, surrounded by Arabian Sea from all corners, Gujarat now has its every nook and corner connected to electricity.
Located around 1.5 kms away from Pipavav port in Amreli, state-run Pashchim Gujarat Vij Company Limited (PGVCL) is supplying power to the island through a 6-km undersea cable through Chanch island in neighbouring Bhavnagar district.
Quick Link – Shiyal Bet gets electricity
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Kuczynski wins Peru election with 50.1% votes
Peru’s elections authority announced that Pedro Pablo Kuczynski had defeated Keiko Fujimori in the 2016 presidential election. National Office of Electoral Processes (ONPE) director Mariano Cucho announced that his organization had tallied all of the more than 18 million votes cast on June 5. Kuczynski garnered 50.1% of eligible votes to defeat Fujimori. Known as “PPK” in Peru, Kuczynski won by just over 41,000 votes for a victory margin of less than a quarter point, which makes the 2016 election the closest in Peru’s history. It was also the second consecutive defeat for Keiko Fujimori, who lost to President Ollanta Humala in 2011.
Quick Link – Kuczynski wins
FOREIGN RELATIONS
Indo-US-Japan naval exercise starts in Western Pacific
A fleet of U.S., Japanese and Indian warships will hold a large-scale joint naval exercise over eight days in the Western Pacific, close to a Japanese island chain, part of which China claims. As China pushes its territorial claims in the neighbouring South China Sea, Tokyo and Washington worry it will look to extend its influence into the Western Pacific, with a growing fleet of submarines and surface vessels to ply distant oceans.
Quick Link – U.S, Japanese and Indian warships
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
US successfully launches world’s largest rocket
The world’s largest rocket has successfully blasted into space from Florida’s Cape Canaveral for all to see, but the exact details of its intelligence agency cargo is something that the US government is keeping a closely guarded secret. The United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint space delivery service by aerospace giants Lockheed Martin and The Boeing Company, carried out the launch of a Delta IV Heavy rocket. It saw the triple engine craft roar from its launch pad at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, traveling at the speed of sound before soaring beyond the atmosphere.
Quick Link – Delta IV Heavy rocket
ENVIRONMENT
Air pollution may cause 6 million deaths by 2060: OECD
According to a report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, air pollution could cause 6-9 million premature deaths by 2060, with the biggest mortality rate spike forecasted in India. It is also likely to cost 1% of the global GDP, around $2.6 trillion annually, in terms of sick days, medical bills and reduced agricultural output, the report added.
The Economic Consequences of Air Pollution report said the outdoor air pollution caused more than 3 million premature deaths in 2010. The projections imply a doubling, or even tripling, of premature deaths from dirty air – or one premature death every four or five seconds – by 2060.
Quick Link – Air pollution-OECD
SPORTS
Saina Nehwal wins Australian Open Super Series
Shuttler Saina Nehwal received a huge boost ahead of the Rio Olympics as she clinched her second Australian Open Super Series title after defeating China’s Sun Yu in a thrilling three-game final in Sydney. The 26-year-old from Hyderabad eked out a 11-21, 21-14 21-19 victory over World No 12 Sun in a fighting summit clash that lasted an hour and 12 minutes.
Quick Link – Australian Open Super Series
Paes only tennis player to appear in 7 Olympics
India’s Leander Paes will become the only tennis player in the world and the first Indian to make a seventh appearance at the Olympics. Paes won the bronze medal for India in singles tennis at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Interestingly, Leander’s father Vece was a midfielder in the bronze medal-winning Indian field hockey team at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
Quick Link – Paes in 7 Olympics
Lewis Hamilton secures pole at Canadian GP
Lewis Hamilton enhanced his impressive personal record at the Canadian Grand Prix to claim pole position ahead of Mercedes team-mate Nico Rosberg. The world champion, who is bidding to win his second race in succession, and fifth in Montreal, was just six hundredths of a second faster than Rosberg as he claimed the 53rd pole of his career.
Quick Link – Canadian Grand Prix
OBITUARY
Veteran journalist Inder Malhotra dies at 86
Eminent journalist Inder Malhotra, who helmed a string of top publications and was an accomplished political commentator, passed away at the age of 86. President Pranab Mukherjee and Vice President Hamid Ansari condoled the demise of Mr Malhotra, one of the finest journalists of contemporary times.
- Mr Malhotra began his career at the United Press of India news agency and went on to hold editorial positions at leading dailies.
- Mr Malhotra was Editor of The Times of India, New Delhi from 1978-86. Before that he worked for The Statesman for 15 years, first as the Political Correspondent and Chief of the Bureau and then as Deputy Editor.
Quick Link – Inder Malhotra dies
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