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Welcome to the Quick Gyan (QG) Section of D2G. QG is just a glimpse of what happened today all over the world.
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1. President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurates 35th IITF in New Delhi
President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the 35th India International Trade Fair (IITF) 2015 in New Delhi. This year Afghanistan has been the ‘Partner Country’ and Bangladesh as the ‘Focus Country’ in IITF 2015. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has also been roped-in to sell the entry tickets from Monday to Friday for business delegates and later on for the general public from 19 to 27 November.
The business days entry tickets at metro stations are priced at Rs 400 whereas, general day tickets can be purchased at Rs 50 for adult and Rs 30 for children. But, on weekends, the general day tickets will cost Rs 80 and Rs 50 for adults and children per head respectively.
Quick Link – President Inaugurated IITF
2. International Children’s Film Festival begins in Hyderabad
Union Minister of State for Information & Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore inaugurated the 19th International Children’s Film Festival of India (ICFFI) at Shilpa Kala Vedika in Hyderabad. Rathore wished that the week-long festival would offer good and quality cinema to the audience, especially children. Over 1,200 entries have been received from about 80 countries.
Quick Link – International Children’s Film Festival
3. ATP World Tour Finals : Novak Djokovic beats Kei Nishikori
Novak Djokovic began his bid for a record fourth straight end-of-season title with victory over Japan’s Kei Nishikori at the ATP World Tour Finals. The Serb won 6-1 6-1 to claim his 15th consecutive win at London’s O2 Arena, a run stretching back to 2011. The world number one needed just 65 minutes to see off eighth seed Nishikori, and ended the afternoon with a trophy in his hands as he was confirmed as the 2015 world number one.
Quick Link – ATP World Tour Finals
4. Zoological Survey of India unravels 778 new fauna species: K Venkataraman
The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has identified 778 new species of fauna in the last five years in protected areas in forests, wetlands, deserts and coral reefs in the country. The ZSI have identified more than 5,000 fauna species new to scientific world till date. In 2014, the ZSI discovered 24 species of frogs, 23 species of fish and two species of reptiles, which was a major one. In 2012 an important bird species named as Rallinasp was identified from the Great Nicobar Islands.
Quick Link – Zoological Survey of India
5. Kristoffer Broberg wins BMW Masters in Shanghai
Swede Kristoffer Broberg won his maiden European Tour title with a play-off victory at the BMW Masters in Shanghai. After a four-under 68, the 29-year-old world number 149 birdied the first extra hole to defeat American Patrick Reed after both finished at 17 under. Overnight leader Thongchai Jaidee had a 71 to finish tied third at 16 under. Englishman Justin Rose was one further back after six birdies in a 67, sharing seventh place with compatriot Paul Casey, who bogeyed the last in a 69.
Quick Link – BMW Masters
6. Vulture reintroduction programme launched in Haryana
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has launched ‘Gyps Vulture Reintroduction Programme’ by putting ten captive bred vultures in pre-release aviaries close to Jatayu Conservation Breeding Centre at Pinjore. The exercise was part of reintroduction programme in the pre-release aviary, where birds will have an unobstructed view of the surrounding. It will also help them in getting use to the habitat in which they would be released in future.
The ten vultures released by the CM include two Himalayan Griffons, which were brought as sick birds. They have been in captivity for last ten years. The rest were all white-backed vultures, of which six were hatched in captivity at the centre and are of two-three years of age. The other two were adult birds rescued from the wild about ten years.
Quick Link – Vulture Reintroduction Programme
7. University of Illinois Engineers Develop Method To Make Sea Water Drinkable
A team of mechanical engineers from University of Illinois has found a new solution for removing salt from sea-water to make it drinkable. This energy efficient material is a nano-meter thick sheet of Molybdenum Disulfide (MoS2) a material full of tiny holes called nanopores, best suited for the process of desalination. The Illinois research team created different models out of various thin-film membranes. Their results showed that MoS2 has the highest efficiency in that it could filter up to 70% more water than graphene membranes.
Quick Link – Nanopores to make sea water drinkable
8. Swachh Bharat Cess: PAN Card Gets Costlier
Eating out, telephony and travel will become expensive from November 15th with the government imposing a 0.5 per cent Swachh Bharat cess on taxable services which is expected to yield about Rs. 3,800 crore to the exchequer in the remaining months of the fiscal year. According to Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia, the government expects to collect around Rs. 10,000 crore from Swachh Barat cess for full year.
Quick Link – Swachh Bharat Cess
9. India and Bangladesh sign Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to operationalize agreement on coastal shipping.
India and Bangladesh signed the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) in New Delhi, to operationalize the “Agreement on Coastal Shipping” signed between the two countries in June, 2015. The SOP will pave the way to promote coastal shipping between India and Bangladesh and would enhance bilateral trade between the two countries by bringing down the cost of transportation of EXIM cargo. The two sides have also agreed upon the use of vessels of River Sea Vessel (RSV) category for Indo-Bangladesh coastal shipping.
Quick Link – Standard Operating Procedure
10. Health Minister opens AMRIT outlet at AIIMS for selling affordable drugs for cancer & heart diseases
The Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, JP Nadda inaugurated the Affordable Medicines and Reliable Implants for Treatment (AMRIT) outlet at AIIMs. The aim is to reduce the expenditure incurred by patients on treatment of cancer and heart diseases. The retail outlet will sell drugs for the two ailments at highly discounted rates at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) to begin with. AMRIT will be launched in all Central Govt hospitals soon.
Quick Link – AMRIT at AIIMS
11. Manipur to get exclusive Sports university, says Dr. Jitendra Singh
The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh has disclosed that Manipur will get an exclusive Sports University soon. The land transfer formalities are nearly complete and shortly the foundation stone will be laid for construction of the multi-crore university campus. Earlier Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, during his very first visit to the Northeast after the formation of government, announced the setting up of a Sports University.
Quick Link – Sports University in Manipur
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