Daily news 29 June 2017

1. India’s communication satellite GSAT-17 successfully launched

i. India’s latest communication satellite GSAT-17 has been successfully launched from Kourou in French Guiana. GSAT-17 with a lift-off mass of about 3,477 kg carries payloads in Normal C-band, Extended C-band and S-band to provide various communication services.
ii. The Satellite also carries equipment for meteorological data relay and satellite-based search and rescue services being provided by earlier INSAT satellites.
iii. This was third satellite launch by ISRO this month, the other two being first developmental flight of GSLV MkIII and PSLV C-38 missions launched from Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh.

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Dr. K Sivan is the Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre.
French Guiana is an overseas region of France on the northeast coast of South America.
Its Capital is Cayenne.
2. India Signs Loan Agreement with the World Bank for USD 35 Million

i. An agreement for IBRD Credit of USD 35 Million from World Bank for “Assam State Public Financial Institutional Reforms Project” was signed in New Delhi.
ii. The program size is USD 44 million, of which USD 35 million will be financed by the Bank, and the remaining amount will be funded out of State Budget. The program duration is 5 years.
iii. The objective of the project is to improve predictability and transparency in budget execution and efficiency in tax administration in Assam.

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The President of the World Bank is Mr. Jim Yong Kim.
It was founded in 1944.
It Headquarters in Washington DC, USA.
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is the full form of IBRD.
3. Sharjah named 'World Book Capital 2019' by UNESCO

i. Sharjah, a city in the United Arab Emirates was named 'World Book Capital for the year' 2019 by the Director-General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova.
ii. The city was selected because of the very innovative, comprehensive and inclusive nature of the application, with a community-focused activity program containing creative proposals to engage the very large migrant population.
iii. The program runs with a slogan ‘Read - you are in Sharjah’. It focuses on six themes: inclusivity, reading, heritage, outreach, publishing, and children.

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As the nineteenth cities to bear the title since 2001, Sharjah follows Athens (2018) and Conakry (2017).
The Full form of UNESCO is United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization.
UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France
4. 6th Joint Trade Committee Meeting between India and Myanmar held in New Delhi

i. The 6th India - Myanmar Joint Trade Committee (JTC) Meeting co-chaired by Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Minister of Commerce & Industry from India and Dr. Than Myint, Union Commerce Minister from Myanmar was held in New Delhi.
ii. The Joint Trade Committee plays a key role in facilitating issues related to the enhancement of the bilateral economic partnership between the two countries.

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Naypyidaw is the Capital of Myanmar.
The Name of Burma was changed to Myanmar in 1989.
5. India’s first blood bank for Cattle to come up in Odisha

i. Odisha is all set to become the first state in the country to have a blood bank for the cattle. Acc. to the Vice-chancellor of the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) Surendra Nath Pasupalak, it is the first of its kind blood bank established on the premises of OUAT at an estimated cost of Rs. 3.25 crore.
ii. After approval from the National Agriculture Development Programme (NADP), the OUAT is now awaiting approval from the state government. The project will have a 60:40 sharing between the Centre and the state government.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

Naveen Patnaik is the CM of Odisha
Senayangba Chubatoshi Jamir is the governor of Odisha.
6. Election Commission joins hands with Facebook to Launch First Time Nationwide “Voter Registration   Reminder”

i. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has joined hands with Facebook to launch nationwide voter registration reminder aimed at reminding eligible Indian voters to register themselves on the electoral rolls.
ii. As a part of the initiative, Facebook will activate a unique ‘Register Now’ button reminding all the eligible Indian users to enroll themselves as voters. The reminder will be made available for four days beginning July 1.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

Dr. Nasim Zaidi is the Chief Election Commissioner of ECI.
7. Union Government appoints Rajesh Shah as NIFT Chairperson

i. The Union Government (Ministry of Textiles) has appointed Shri Rajesh V. Shah as Chairperson on the Board of Governors of the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT).
ii. He has replaced Shri Chetan Chauhan as per the provisions of the National Institute of Fashion Technology Act, 2006.

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NIFT was Set up in 1986 and it comes under the Union Ministry of Textiles.
8. Kaushik Basu takes over as president of International Economic Association

i. Former chief economic advisor Kaushik Basu has taken over as president of the International Economic Association (IEA). Basu's three-year term started from June 23.
ii. Mr. Basu has also served as senior vice-president and chief economist at the World Bank from 2012 to 2016. He is currently the C. Marks Professor of International Studies at Cornell.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

The IEA is a leading organization for professional economists and it seeks to shape global economic policy and research.
The IEA was founded in 1950.
IEA headquarters in Barcelona, Spain.
9. BCCI forms Committee to oversee Lodha Panel Reforms

i. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the formation of a special seven-member committee to identify the ‘few critical points’ for the general body of the cricket board to consider before they are submitted to the Supreme Court.
ii. This committee will be responsible for identifying those points that are difficult to be implemented, in regards to the Justice RM Lodha Committee reforms. The seven-member committee has Rajeev Shukla, Sourav Ganguly, Naba Bhattacharjee, TC Mathew, Jay Shah, Amitabh Choudhary and Anirudh Chaudhary.

Important Takeaways from Above News-

The Lodha Panel was set up by the Indian Supreme Court in January 2015.
10. National Statistics Day: 29th June

i. The National Statistics Day, celebrated every year on June 29 to mark the birth anniversary of renowned statistician Prof. P.C. Mahalanobis.
ii. He was the first Indian statistician to receive world recognition. In 1933, he had founded the first Indian statistical journal Sankhya.

11. Vidya Balan named ambassador of Indian Film Festival of Melbourne

i. Actress Vidya Balan has named an ambassador of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM).
ii. It will be held in August 10-22, 2017, which showcase over 60 films. In 2017, IFFM has diversity as its central theme.

For day-to-day transaction purposes, the introduction of 200 rupee notes will add to the ease of operations

MUMBAI/KOLKATA: India's re-monetisation exercise appears to be entering its final lap, with the central bank beginning to print bills of 200 rupees – perhaps for the first time – to help ease consumer transactions.

The notes of Rs 200 denomination are being printed in one of the government-owned facilities after the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) placed an order a few weeks ago for the bills, two people familiar with the matter told ET.

An email sent to the RBI seeking its comments could not elicit any response until the publication of this report.

"For day-to-day transaction purposes, the introduction of 200 rupee notes will add to the ease of operations," said Soumya Kanti Ghosh, group chief economist at the SBI Group.

The introduction of the Rs-200 currency notes predates the federal government’s decision to overnight withdraw bills of higher denomination in November as part of a broader exercise to stop counterfeiting and curbing untaxed cash in Asia’s third-biggest economy.

The RBI board had earlier cleared the proposal to issue banknotes of Rs 200 denomination. The government, too, had examined the introduction of the new notes that would help citizens transact easily.

Before the November 8 de-monetisation, there were roughly 1,650 crore pieces of Rs 500 notes in circulation, according to data from the State Bank of India research. With the removal of this series from the system, there was a large gap in the value of notes in circulation.
Filling the Void

"A minor part of that has been replenished by 2000 rupee notes and a larger part by the new 500 rupee notes, though not in full,” said Ghosh. “The introduction of 200 rupee notes will replenish the missing middle, triggered by the withdrawal of the old series of 500 rupee notes."
Lower denomination notes aids the government’s efforts at realigning the currency mix in the system.

During demonetisation, it had ordered the withdrawal of the then existing Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes, which accounted for about 86% of currency in circulation of Rs 17.9 lakh crore.

As on June 9 this year, the currency circulation with the public is at Rs 14.6 lakh crore, still 18.4% lower than the pre-demonetisation level.

"The new 200 notes will carry advanced security features. The authorities are taking extra precaution to prevent counterfeiting," said a source aware of the printing schedule.

Currently, those notes are going through different levels of security and quality checks at the government's press unit at Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh), the person said.

The printing of currency notes is done either in printing units run by the government-run Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Ltd or at printing presses in Mysore (Karnataka) and Salboni (West Bengal), managed by the RBI-owned Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Ltd.

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ஆனால் தனக்கு பிரச்சினைகள் வரும்போது மட்டும் அவளிடம் போவான். அவளும் அவனுடைய பிரச்சினைகளில் உதவினாள்.
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எனவே தன்னுடன் சாக யார் தயாராய் இருக்கிறார்கள் என அறிந்துகொள்ள விரும்பினான். தான் அதிகம் நேசித்த நான்காவது மனைவியை அழைத்தான்.
அவளோ அதிரடியாக மறுத்துவிட்டு அவனை விட்டு நீங்கினாள். அவன் தனது மூன்றாவது மனைவியை அழைத்தான்.
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நான் வேறு ஒருவருடன் போகப்போகிறேன் என்று கூறிவிட்டு சென்றுவிட்டாள். பிறகு தனது இரண்டாவது மனைவியை அழைத்துக் கேட்டான்.
அவளும் சாரி என்னால் உன் கல்லறைவரைக்கும் கூட வரமுடியும். கடைசி வரை உன்னுடன் வரமுடியாது என்று மறுத்துவிட்டாள்.
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1. நான்காவது மனைவி நமது உடம்பு.
நாம் என்னதான் வாழ்நாள் முழுக்க நன்றாகக் கவனித்துக் கொண்டாலும் கடைசியில் நம்முடன் வரப்போவதில்லை.
நாம் இறந்ததும் அதுவும் அழிந்து போகிறது.
2. மூன்றாவது மனைவி நமது சொத்து சுகம்தான்.
நாம் மறைந்ததும் அவை வேறு யாருடனோ சென்றுவிடுகிறது.
3. நமது இரண்டாம் மனைவி என்பது நமது குடும்பம் மற்றும் நண்பர்கள்.
அவர்கள் நமது கல்லறை வரையில் தான் நம்முடன் கைகோர்ப்பார்கள்.
அதற்குமேல் நம்முடன் கூட வரப்போவதில்லை.
4. நாம் கவனிக்காமல் விட்ட முதல் மனைவி நமது ஆன்மா.
நாம் நன்றாக இருக்கும் போது நம்மால் கவனிக்கப்படாமல் நலிந்து சிதைந்து போய் இருந்தாலும் நம்முடன் இறுதி வரை கூட வரப்போவது நமது ஆன்மாதான்.