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ETEN Enlightens-Daily current capsules (Prelims Prominence) – 24th Feb 2018
Business Economic Times Global Business Summit
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, addressed the Economic
Times Global Business Summit in New Delhi
Theme: New Economy – New Rules.
Enlighten about the summit -
Keynote address by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, speeches by the
PM’s core economic team, finance minister Arun Jaitley, transport
minister Nitin Gadkari, and railways minister Piyush Goyal, a star-
studded CEO panel that includes steel king Lakshmi Mittal and metals
baron Anil Agarwal, fireside chats with Netflix boss Reed Hastings, Uber
CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, and Donald Trump Junior, special addresses
by Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak and Sadhguru
Defence Paithvi -II (Nuclear Capable) surface to surface
First night trail conducted successfully
First night trial of nuclear-capable surface-to-surface short-range ballistic
Prithvi-II missile was successfully conducted from a defence facility off
Odisha coast.
Enlighten about Prithvi – II
It is India’s first developed indigenously developed surface-to-surface
strategic missile.
It is indigenously developed by DRDO under India’s prestigious
Integrated Guided Missile Development Program (IGMDP).
It is capable of attacking targets at range of 350 km.
It is capable of carrying 500 to 1,000 kg of nuclear as well as
conventional warheads and is thrusted by liquid propulsion twin engines.
Summits – 2018
First International Solar Alliance Summit -2018
To be hosted by India – in March 2018
The first International Solar Alliance (ISA) summit is going to be hoste
by India in March 2018 in New Delhi.
It will be hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and attended by
leaders from over 50 member countries.
The leaders will include French President Emmanuel Macron, United
Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Venezuelan President
Nicolas Maduro and Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid.
Two new programmes — on scaling solar e-mobility and storage, and on
rooftop solar will be inaugurated in this summit
Enlighten about International Solar Alliance (ISA)
ISA has been launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French
President Francois Hollande in November 2015 in Paris on sidelines of
COP-21 of UN Climate Conference.
Its secretariat is located in campus of National Institute of Solar Energy
(NISE) in Gurgaon, Haryana.
It aims at addressing obstacles to deployment at scale of solar energy
through better harmonization and aggregation of demand from solar rich
countries by bringing standardization in solar technologies and fostering
research and development.
Through this alliance, 121 countries that fall within tropics i.e. between
Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn have been invited to make
collaborative efforts to harness solar energy to generate the electricity.
Women Empowerment
Avani Chaturvedi
First woman fighter pilot to fly fighter jet
For the first time Indian woman has flown a fighter aircraft solo.
It demonstrates IAF’s enduring commitment to ‘Nari Shakti’.
Three women officers Avani Chaturvedi, Bhawna Kanth and Mohana
Sing were selected to be fighter pilots in June 2016 when IAF had agreed
to induct women as fighter pilots on “an experimental basis” for an initial
period of five years.
Before 2016, women made up just 2.5% of India’s armed forces, working
in mainly non-combat roles.
Ministry of Textiles Five-Day Handicraft and Gifts Fair
The 45th edition of IHGF-Delhi Fair has been inaugurated at India Expo
Centre & Mart, Greater Noida.
There are 70 lakh artisans from various craft clusters who are engaged in
production of handicrafts are the backbone of the handicrafts sector.
Enlighten about Ambiente-2018
The fair Ambiente is an international consumer goods trade fair, which
takes place once a year in Frankfurt.
It is open to trade visitors only and offers products in the areas of Dining
- Giving - Living.
The Ambiente is the most important show of its kind in Europe and
presents itself as a central platform for the order business of the upcoming
season.
Here the leading international exhibitors present themselves and show
their products and innovations from the fields of table, kitchen,
household, gifts, home, furnishing, decoration.
The products displayed by more than 400 handicrafts exporters were no
less than the best in the world
Messe Frankfurt has declared India as a partner country for Ambiente -
2019.
Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation
Two-day national consultative workshop on
Solid and Liquid Resource Management
When -
on 22nd February and 23rd February 2018 in the national capital.
Organising body -
The workshop was organized in association with the Tata Trusts,
Topics covering -
Ranging from Gobar-dhan, Biodegradable Waste Management,
Menstrual Health Management, Faecal Sludge Management, Plastics and
Liquid Waste Management.
Shift in sanitation policy -
The workshop marked a shift in national sanitation policy from “Solid
and Liquid Waste Management” to “Solid and Liquid Resource
Management”, i.e. treating waste as a resource.
Way forward -
Behavior change begins at home, and by adopting the 4Rs (refuse,
reduce, reuse, recycle), each one of us can help realize our collective
dream of a Swachh Bharat.”
CULTURAL Khajuraho dance festival begins
44th edition of Khajuraho dance festival
Organising body
the culture department of the Madhya Pradesh government.
Enlighten About Khajuraho Dance Festival
dance performances are held in an open-air auditorium, usually in front
of the Chitragupta Temple dedicated to the Sun God and the
Vishwanatha Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva.
Classical dances, including Kathak, Odissi, Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi,
Kathakali and Mohiniattam will be performed
Enlighten About Khajuraho temples
These temples were built by the Chandella ruler between AD 900 and
1130.
The Khajuraho group of temples were built together but were dedicated
to two religions, Hinduism and Jainism
Index/Report Corruption Perception Index
released by Transparency International
India has been ranked at 81st place out of 180 countries on a ‘Corruption
Perception Index’
worse than - China and Bhutan but better than - Pakistan and
Bangladesh
New Zealand and Denmark top the list, while Syria, South Sudan and
Somalia are at the bottom
The index ranks the countries by their perceived levels of public sector
corruption according to experts and businesspeople
It uses a scale of 0 to 100, where 0 is highly corrupt and 100 is very clean
YH Malegam committee
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has constituted an expert committee
under the chairmanship of Y H Malegam.
To look into the entire gamut of issues relating to classification of bad
loans, rising incidents of frauds and effectiveness of audits
Sources – pib,the hindu, livemint, mp govt official site for Khajuraho fest
and Ambiente official site