Daily Gk Update 13th June
6/13/2015 09:28:00 PMNEWS
1-Naval
ship picks up signal from missing Coast Guard Dornier
A sonar-equipped
Naval survey ship has picked up signals from the ill-fated Coast Guard Dornier
aircraft that went missing with three crew members on board on June 8 along the
Tamil Nadu coast.
“INS Sandhayak has
picked up signals from the missing aircraft. The signals were picked up from
the aircraft, which has a Sonar Locating Beacon and it can transmit signals up
to 30 days,” Inspector-General S P Sharma, Commander, Coast Guard (East),
Chennai, told PTI.
2-'Launch
of insurance pool to set ball rolling on Haryana n-power project'
The India Nuclear
Insurance Pool, launched earlier this week by General Insurance Corporation of
India and 11 other non-life insurers, will help in going ahead with the
development of the long-pending Gorakhpur Haryana Anu Vidyut Pariyojana (GHAVP)
nuclear power plant in Haryana, Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for Atomic
Energy, said on Saturday.
“The GHAVP was
supposed to be a pressurised heavy water reactor sanctioned by the previous
Government. But it has met with several delays as tenders were not getting
mature due to a lack of an insurance pool. But with the launch of the India
Nuclear Insurance Pool, we are confident that the project will now finally move
ahead,” said Singh.
INTERNATIONAL
1-China
launches freight train service connecting Europe
China today
launched a freight train service between its northeastern city of Harbin and
Europe, opening a new trade route to Europe covering a distance of nearly
10,000 kms.
The train left
Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang province, carrying 49 containers of domestic
goods such as electronic products and auto parts worth US$ three million from
northeast and north China, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
During the
9,820-km-long travel, the train will pass Russia and Poland before reaching its
destination of Hamburg, Germany, said Tu Xiaoyue, general manager of HAO
Logistics Co., Ltd, a joint venture which runs the service.
The train will run
once a week and each single trip will take 15 days. It will transport goods
from China, the Republic of Korea and Japan as well as European countries such
as Germany, Poland, France, Spain and Italy.
Several Chinese
cities, including Chongqing, Chengdu, Changsha, Hefei, Yiwu and Suzhou, have
launched similar freight train services to Europe.
2-Taliban
attack police post in Afghanistan killing 17
Dozens of Taliban
insurgents attacked a police post in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province,
killing at least 17 policemen, police said on Saturday.
With U.S. forces no
longer providing air support for their Afghan allies, Taliban fighters are
attacking government positions in large numbers this year with the aim of
taking and holding territory in remote parts of the country.
The late Friday
attack took place in the Musa Qala district of Helmand where insurgents are active.
“The outpost came under fire from all directions that killed 17 policemen over
hours of battle,” district police chief Mohammad Essa told Reuters by
telephone.
Ten insurgents were
killed, Essa said.
3-Egypt's
New Suez Canal to open on August 6
Egypt's New Suez
Canal will open on Aug. 6, its overseer said on Saturday, a project President
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi sees as a potent symbol of national pride and a major
chance to stimulate an economy suffering double-digit unemployment.
The army began work
10 months ago on the $8 billion canal, flanking the existing, historic
145-year-old waterway and part of a larger undertaking to expand trade along
the fastest shipping route between Europe and Asia.
The Suez Canal is a
vital source of hard currency for Egypt, particularly since the 2011 uprising
that scared off tourists and foreign investment.
"The digging
and dredging works will conclude on July 15. The opening of the New Suez Canal
will be on Aug. 6, according to the orders of the Egyptian people and the
Egyptian president," Mohab Mameesh, chairman and managing director of the
Suez Canal Authority, told a news conference in Ismailia.
"Once
President al-Sisi orders the start of navigation on Aug. 6, ships will be able
to go through the canal."
NATIONAL
1-AP
launches ‘Mee Bhoomi’ digital depository of land records
The Andhra Pradesh
government has launched `Mee Bhoomi', a digital depository of land records.
The portal, http://meebhoomi.ap.gov.in/, makes all land details along with Adangal/Pahani and 1-B
details, available to the people.
It also lists
details of land owners, area, assessment, water source, soil type, nature of
possession of the land, liabilities, tenancy, and crops grown. One can also view
individual/ village adangal and 1B details on the website.
2-Five
dead, 100 injured in ammonia gas tanker leak in Punjab
Five persons were
killed and over 100 others had to be hospitalised after inhaling hazardous
fumes in an ammonia gas tanker leak early today in the district, police said.
The incident
occurred when the tanker got stuck under a flyover along a canal on the Doraha
Bypass Road, about 25 km from here, they said.
“Five persons died
from inhaling the gas and over 100 others complained of breathing problems.
COMPANIES
1-ITC
to take off ‘No added MSG’ note
ITC
Ltd on Friday said that based on the guidelines issued by Food Safety and
Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the company is withdrawing “contains no
added MSG” declaration from its YiPPee! noodles packages. Under the Food Safety
Standards Act, if a manufacturer adds MSG to the product, the quantum of MSG so
added needs to be declared. In connection with another brand of noodles, the
FSSAI has expressed the opinion that “contains no added MSG” is
“inappropriate”, the release says.
2-RBI allows FII buying in Kaveri
Seed
The
stock of Kaveri Seed Company will see some buying interest on Monday, as the
Reserve Bank of India on Friday said foreign portfolio investors could now
invest up to 49 per cent of the company’s equity base. The RBI decision follows
foreign investor shareholding falling below the revised threshold limit.
According to exchange data, at the end of March 2015, FIIs held 22.26 per cent
stake in the seed major.
3-Philips, IBA of Belgium join
hands to expand proton therapy for cancer
Philips India and Belgium-headquartered IBA (Ion Beam
Applications) on Friday signed an agreement to widen access to proton therapy
for treatment of certain cancers in India, such as brain, breast, eye, head
& neck, among other localised ones.
The first such centre will soon be launched in Apollo
Hospitals, Chennai, an outcome of a collaboration that began in 2013, Sameer
Garde, President, Philips Healthcare, said here while announcing the agreement.
Garde said proton therapy through pencil beam scanning uses
high-energy protons to target cancerous tumour cells, leaving alone healthy
tissue. It is “much less toxic, had fewer side effects and has 50 per cent less
risk of secondary cancer”, he added.
LOGISTICS
Tatkal booking timings to
change from June 15
The timings for
booking tatkal tickets in AC and non-AC classes will change from June 15 as the
Railways has staggered the schedule to reduce the load on the ticketing site
and booking windows.
Currently, the
booking under tatkal scheme opens at 10 a.m. on the previous day of journey
from train originating station.
“It has been
decided that from June 15, timings for booking of tatkal tickets will be
staggered for AC and non-AC classes to 10 a.m. onwards and 11 a.m. onwards
respectively,” said a senior Railway Ministry official.
“The change has
been effected to facilitate hassle-free booking by reducing the load on the
server,” he said.
EDUCATION
Gajendra Chauhan
appointment: FTII students to continue protest
The Film and
Television Institute of India (FTII) students today vowed to continue their
protest against the appointment of television actor Gajendra Chauhan as the new
chairman of its governing council by boycotting classes and shutting down
administrative offices on the campus.
About 150 students pursuing
various courses at the FTII went on a flash strike yesterday.
Asserting that they
would continue their protest till the demand is met, the students body alleged
that it was purely out of consideration of his affiliation with BJP that
Chauhan was chosen for the key post.
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