Current Affairs - June, 2018
NITI Aayog releases First Delta Ranking of Aspirational Districts
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 across five developmental areas: health and nutrition, education, financial inclusion and skill development, agriculture and ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2018
Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs
Topics: aspirational districts • Delta rankings • Government Schemes • National • NITI Aayog • Transformation of aspirational districts Programme
Prime Minister’s Safe Motherhood Campaign: Madhya Pradesh awarded for reducing maternal mortality
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 2014 to 2016 as per report of Registrar General of India (RGI). Key Facts The ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2018
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Government Schemes • Madhya Pradesh • Ministry of Health and Family Welfare • Prime Minister’s Safe Motherhood Campaign • Safe Motherhood • Women Related Issues
Odisha Government signs MoU with RIMES for effective management of all kinds of disasters
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 partnership has been forged between Odisha State Disaster Mitigation Authority (OSDMA) and RIMES in field ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2018
Category: States Current Affairs
Topics: Disaster Management • International Organisations • Odisha • RIMES • States
Portugal’s Antonio Vitorino elected Director General of UN’s International Migration Office
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 the second of two five-year terms. In this election for top most post of IMO ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2018
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: António Vitorino • Director-General • International • International Migration Office • International Oraganisations • Portugal
International Day of the Tropics: June 29
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 celebrates diversity of tropics and provides opportunity to share tropical stories and expertise and to ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2018
Category: International / World Current Affairs
Topics: Days and Events • Environment • International • International Day of Tropics • Observances • Tropical Region
ReUnite Mobile app launched to trace missing children
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 developed by Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi‘s NGO Bachpan Bachao Andolan and IT company Capgemini. Key ..
Month: Current Affairs - June, 2018
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Bachpan Bachao Andolan NGO • Capgemini • Ministry of Commerce and Industry • Missing Childrens • ReUnite App