1. NBCC Inks Pact With Health Ministry To Buy Out HSCC
- Tamil Nadu CM: Edappadi K Palaniswami, Governor: Banwarilal Purohit.
3. CIMAP Signs Pact With RIFM To Standardize Fragrant Oils
- ASEAN stands for Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
- Headquarters: Jakarta, Indonesia.
i. Palau has become the first country to ban reef toxic sunscreen by 2020 in an attempt to protect its coral reefs after the president of the country signed a bill into law.
ii. Palau defines the banned “reef-toxic” sunscreens as containing any one of 10 chemicals, including oxybenzone and octinoxate, which are found in the vast majority of sunscreens sold in the U.S., according to the Consumer Healthcare Products Association.
Static/Current Takeaways Important For IBPS PO Mains Exam 2018:
- Palau Capital: Ngerulmud, Currency: United States Dollar
i. Xinhua, China’s state-run press agency, recently unveiled virtual newsreaders that combine the images and voices of human anchors with artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
ii. Xinhua unveiled two AI newsreaders, one that speaks in English and one in Chinese. Xinhua developed the robot anchor with Chinese search engine Sogou.com.
i. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu was on a seven-day 3-South African nation visit to Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Malawi. He visited Botswana on first leg, Zimbabwe on second and on the third leg he visited Malawi.
ii. Here are the complete highlights of 3 nation visit of M Venkaiah Naidu.
i. The ACC has approved the appointment of S. S. Deswal, IPS as Director General, Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). He took charge from R K Pachnanda, the outgoing DG of ITBP, who superannuated recently.
ii. Mr Deswal will hold the additional charge of the post of DG, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) till further orders.
Static/Current Takeaways Important For IBPS PO Mains Exam 2018:
- Indo-Tibetan Border Police was raised on October 24, 1962.
i. Former IAS Officer Ashok Kumar Gupta has been appointed as the Chairman of the Competition Commission of India (CCI). His appointment has been approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.
ii. Mr Gupta has replaced Sudhir Mittal. His tenure as the CCI Chairman will be till October 25, 2022, i.e. when attains the age of 65 years, or until further orders, whichever is earlier.
Static/Current Takeaways Important For IBPS PO Mains Exam 2018:
- Competition Commission of India (CCI) has been established by the Central Government with effect from 14th October 2003.
Awards
ii. France’s highest civilian honor ‘Knight of the Legion of Honour’ was bestowed on Sarin in recognition of his outstanding contribution to enhancing Indo-French cultural cooperation and promoting the French language.
Static/Current Takeaways Important For IBPS PO Mains Exam 2018:
- France Capital: Paris, Currency: CFP Franc, Euro
ii. Ten projects from five countries – Australia, China, India, Japan, and Thailand – have been recognized by an international Jury of conservation experts in this year’s Awards.
ii. The award was conferred on Swati at the first award ceremony organized by the UK chapter of Paris-based Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF) or Reporters Without Borders in London.
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15. Bangalore Ranked India’s Most Congested City: NBER
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