Current Affairs - June, 2018

NITI Aayog releases First Delta Ranking of Aspirational Districts

June 30, 2018

The NITI Aayog has released first Delta ranking for 108 aspirational districts to measure their incremental progress across five developmental areas during two month period of April and May 2018. For these rankings, total 49 key performance indicators were mapped ..

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Prime Minister’s Safe Motherhood Campaign: Madhya Pradesh awarded for reducing maternal mortality

June 30, 2018

Madhya Pradesh was awarded by Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for reducing maternal mortality under Prime Minister’s Safe Motherhood Campaign (Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan-PMSMA). The state was awarded for registering unprecedented 48-digit decline in maternal deaths from ..

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Odisha Government signs MoU with RIMES for effective management of all kinds of disasters

June 30, 2018

Odisha Government has singed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System (RIMES) to enhance effective management of all kinds of disasters. The collaboration is aimed at automating risk management, advisory generation and dissemination. Key Facts The ..

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Portugal’s Antonio Vitorino elected Director General of UN’s International Migration Office

June 30, 2018

Portugal’s Antonio Manuel de Carvalho Ferreira Vitorino (61) was elected as next Director General (DG) of International Organization for Migration (IOM), an UN Migration Agency. He will succeed incumbent DG William Lacy Swing who will be stepping down after completing ..

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International Day of the Tropics: June 29

June 30, 2018

The International Day of Tropics is observed every year on 29 June across the world with an aim to raise awareness to specific challenges faced by tropical areas and t far-reaching implications of issues affecting world’s tropical zone. This day ..

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ReUnite Mobile app launched to trace missing children

June 30, 2018

The Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation has launched mobile application “ReUnite” in New Delhi to track and trace missing and abandoned children in India. The app is available for both Android and iOS. It has been ..

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NITI Aayog, GNFC ink SoI for research on Blockchain Technology for fertilizer subsidy management

June 30, 2018

NITI Aayog has signed Statement of Intent (SOI) with Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited (GNFC) to work together for implementing Proof-of-Concept (PoC) application for fertilizer subsidy management using Blockchain Technology. Key Facts Under this collaboration, NITI Aayog and ..

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Integral Coach Factory launches first stainless steel bodied MEMU

June 30, 2018

The Integral Coach Factory (ICF) for first time has rolled out three phase energy efficient eight car Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU) train set built with stainless steel bodies in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. MEMU is suburban train system that caters ..

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