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Daily Current Affairs of 3rd May 2018
International Current Affairs
- Today (3rd May) is World Press Freedom Day.
- This twenty-four hours is beingness observed every yr to pull focus on the liberty of information, protecting journalism from censorship, in addition to ensuring security for journalists.
- This twenty-four hours marks the anniversary of the Declaration of Windhoek, a argument of costless press principles seat together past times African paper journalists inwards 1991.
- Theme of World Press Freedom Day 2018 : ‘Keeping Power inwards Check: Media, Justice in addition to The Rule of Law’
- Indian and French navies conducted the in conclusion in addition to 3rd stage of Varuna Naval Exercise 2018 close Reunion Island inwards Indian Ocean percentage (IOR).
- Aim of Varuna Naval Exercise 2018 : To heighten the operational coordination.
- India and United States held the 3rd circular of the India-US Maritime Security Dialogue in Goa.
National Current Affairs
- The Pakyong Airport (Sikkim) is laid to larn India's 100th operational airport when it is commissioned inwards June.
- Under the government's regional connectivity scheme, SpiceJet has been given permission to wing to Pakyong from Kolkata.
- Important Point to Note : Sikkim was the exclusively province inwards the province without an airport.
- Amid protests over the formation of the Cauvery Management Board, the Supreme Court today directed Karnataka to release 4 TMC of water to Tamil Nadu or confront strict action.
- Note : In its verdict on the Cauvery dispute inwards February, the apex courtroom had reduced the sum of H2O Karnataka has to provide to Tamil Nadu past times 14.75 TMC.
- The Union Cabinet today approved a conception to gear upward 20 All Republic of Republic of India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and upgrade 73 medical colleges nether Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY), which has been extended past times 2 years till 2020 amongst fiscal outlay of Rs.14,832 crore.
- The novel AIIMS would address the shortfall of healthcare professionals, transform health educational activity in addition to training, in addition to Pb to work generation.
- About Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY)
- The Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) was announced inwards 2003 amongst objectives of correcting regional imbalances inwards the availability of affordable/ reliable tertiary healthcare services in addition to every bit good to augment facilities for character medical educational activity inwards the country.
- PMSSY has 2 components :
- Setting upward novel AIIMS
- Upgradation of authorities medical colleges
- The Union Cabinet has approved restructuring of Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) by upgradation, creation in addition to abolition of surely posts of Joint Secretary-level in addition to above.
Banking, Business & Economic Affairs
- India has surpassed French Republic to larn one of the world's 5 largest armed services spenders, Swedish arms watchdog SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute) announced inwards a study today.
- India spent $63.9 billion on its armed services inwards 2017, an growth of 5.5% compared amongst 2016.
- Top 5 Largest Military Spenders :
- USA - $610 bn
- China - $228 bn
- Saudi Arabia - $69 bn
- Russia - $66 bn
- India - $63.9 bn
- France - $ 58 bn
- The Union Cabinet today approved doubling the investment limit to ₹15 lakh under the government's flagship senior citizen pension system Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY).
- This motion volition enable upward to ₹10,000 pension per calendar month for senior citizens based on a guaranteed 8% annual return.
- About Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY):
- Government of Republic of Republic of India has announced Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana for citizen historic menstruum sixty years in addition to higher upward on fourth May 2017.
- Benefits of PMVVY :
- Pension Payment : On survival of the Pensioner during the policy term of 10 years, pension inwards arrears (at the halt of each menstruum every bit per manner chosen) shall survive payable.
- Death Benefit : On overstep of the Pensioner during the policy term of 10 years, the Purchase Price shall survive refunded to beneficiary.
- Maturity Benefit : On survival of the pensioner to the halt of the policy term of 10 years, Purchase toll along amongst in conclusion pension installment shall survive payable.
Science & Technology
- Professor Stephen Hawking’s final theory on the rootage of the universe, which he worked on inwards collaboration amongst Professor Thomas Hertog from KU Leuven, has been published today inwards the Journal of High Energy Physics.
- This theory suggests the universe is "finite" in addition to far simpler than described past times other Big Bang theories.
- This latest operate based on string theory contradicts his previous 'no boundary theory', which said that the universe is boundless.
- The National Aeronautics in addition to Space Administration (NASA) is preparing about other mission of twin satellites to rail Earth's H2O cycle, H2O ice canvas in addition to crust.
- The satellites volition survive able to map such changes past times tracking changes inwards their 220-km separation amongst a hair-width accuracy.
- Called GRACE-FO (Gravity Recovery in addition to Climate Experiment Follow-On), the US-German projection would laissez passer on off query of the 15-year GRACE mission that ended inwards 2017.
Recent Committees inwards News
- The Task Force constituted on “Establishing a Coalition on Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI)” has submitted its study to Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
- This study consists step-by-step implementation conception in addition to analysis to construct in addition to operationalize CDRI.
- Head of this Task Force : Preeti Saran, Secretary (East), Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
Awards & Honors
- A Burson Cohn & Wolfe study revealed that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the Most Popular World Leader on Facebook with over 43.2 1000000 likes on his personal page.
- This is nearly twice the 23.1 1000000 likes on US President Donald Trump's page.
Sports Current Affairs
- Former Australian cricketer Justin Langer has been appointed every bit Australian cricket team's Head Coach for all iii formats.
- He has replaced Darren Lehmann, who had stepped downwardly later Australia's tour of South Africa among the ball-tampering controversy.
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