[CA] Daily News [June 03, 2018]

*Around INDIA*

# Ministry of Earth Sciences launched a new forecast model called the EPS (Ensemble Prediction System) to give accurate and area specific forecast of extreme weather events like rain, heat wave and cold wave

·       EPS has been developed by Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF) and Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology all under the Ministry of Earth Sciences

*TAMIL NADU*

 # Former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Mr. M. Karunanidhi turns 95 on June 03, 2018

# Government names its members of Cauvery Water Management Authority (CWMA) and Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC)

·       Mr. S. K. Prabhakar, Secretary, Tamil Nadu PWD: Part – time member of the CWMA

·       Mr. R. Senthil Kumar, Chief Engineer, Water Resources Department, Tiruchy Region: Member of CWRC

*STATES SCAN*

# Andhra Pradesh: State’s Agriculture department signed MoU with SIFF (Sustainable Indian Finance Facility); SIFF is an initiative with the partnership of UNEP, The World Agroforestry center and the BNP Paribas. It will be financing the farmers for the scheme

*BILATERAL ISSUES*

# Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi held a closed – door meeting with US Defence Secretary Mr. Jim Mattis in Singapore and discussed security related issues; it is the first such meet after the Pentagon renamed its Pacific Command as Indo – Pacific Command

*WORLD*

# China: successfully launched Gaofen – 6 satellite, a new Earth observation satellite on a Long March – 2D rocket from Jiuquan Satellite launch centre

# Sri Lanka: IMF released the latest instalment of Sri Lanka’s $1.5 billion bailout

# UK: The University of Oxford unveiled a “once-in-generation” exhibition of materials related to The Lord of the Rings author J. R. R. Tolkien, featuring previously unseen objects from several countries,

*ECONOMICS*

# Agriculture Ministry said that, Indian has made hug progress in coconut cultivation from mid 2014 – 2018

·       India became the leading country in coconut production and productivity

·       Productivity increased from 10122 in 2013-14 to 1151 in 2014-18

*SPORTS*

 # IOA (Indian Olympic Association) has announced plans to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) to host the 2026 Youth Olympic Games in Mumbai along with 2030 Asian Games and 2032 Olympic Games in New Delhi

# Nepal, The Netherlands, Scotland and UAE has been included in their ODI ranking list in addition to the 12 existing countries

*MISC*

# Books:

“Illiberal India: Gauri Lankesh and the Age of Unreason” by Chidanand Rajghatta

“Padmavat: An Epic Love Story” by Purushottam Agrawal

“Hemis: A Novel” by Madhu Tandan

“An Indian Attachment: The Story of an Unlikely Love” by Sarah Lloyd

“Supreme Whispers: Supreme Court Judges, 1980 – 90” by Abhinav Chandrachud

“The Brahmin” by Ravi Shankar Etteth