Important Points @ Glance: Part 17
Sachet:
The RBI, in line with its efforts to curb illegal and unauthorised pooling of
funds by unscrupulous firms, has launched a website – Sachet. The step aims at
helping people get information about legalised entities, who are allowed to collect
public deposits/ provide investment management services, entities barred from
doing so, besides receiving on-the-ground information on illegal entities.
Smart
Ganga City programme: The Union Government has launched the first phase of
Smart Ganga City programme in 10 cities located along River Ganga. Haridwar,
Rishikesh, Mathura, Varanasi, Kanpur, Allahabad, Lucknow, Patna, Sahibganj and
Barrackpore are the cities/town where the programme will be implemented in the
first phase. Under this programme, Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) and improve
drainage network will be set up on hybrid annuity mode on public private
partnership basis.
The
first ever South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Youth
Parliamentarians Conference was held in Islamabad, Pakistan. The theme of the
summit is ‘Peace and Harmony for Development’. The goal of the
conference is to build bridges between the future leaders of South Asia on a
platform that supports continued engagement and cooperation. It seeks to
provide an opportunity for the youth and Parliamentarians to apprise respective
Government leaders on where the youth of South Asia stands on a vision for the
region ahead of the High Level Summit.
Sakshi
Malik has become the first woman wrestler from India to bag an Olympic medal.
She is also the fourth female athlete from the country to earn a medal in
Olympics. She won a bronze medal. Overall, this is 25th medal for India in
Olympic games.
- XMU-MP-1:
It is a drug discovered by Chinese scientists, which can promote repair and
regeneration in the liver, intestines and skin. In the future, the drug may
well do away the need for organ transplant or complex biomaterial and cell
therapies. The XMU-MP-1 has been proven to inhibit the activity of MST1/2, the
central component of this pathway and promote cell growth in four different
mouse models with acute and chronic injuries, including acetaminophen-induced
injury, which is a common cause of liver failure worldwide.
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in its report, has placed India at 39th position in terms of fixed broadband adoption among Asia Pacific countries. The report is named- ‘State of ICT in Asia and the Pacific 2016: Uncovering the Widening Broadband Divide’. India ranks lower than countries such as Bhutan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants in ESCAP countries in 2015. Hong Kong, New Zealand, Japan, Macao, Australia and Singapore topped the list of 53 countries covered in the report.Bavar 373 missile defence system: It is a domestically built long-range missile defence system by Iran. The project started when the country was under international sanctions. The system was designed to intercept cruise missiles, drones, combat aircraft and ballistic missiles. The project was launched as an alternative to the Russian S-300 system, the delivery of which was suspended in 2010 due to sanctions imposed over Iran’s nuclear programme.The world’s highest and longest glass-bottomed bridge was recently opened in China. The bridge connects two mountain cliffs known as the Avatar Mountains in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province.Scientists have discovered a new species of eel, a snake-like fish, from the northern Bay of Bengal along the West Bengal coast. The species Gymnothorax indicus is slender-bodied, about one feet-long and edible. The scientist said that the eel has 194 vertebrae. Its dorsal fin has a black margin. Globally, about 1,000 species of eels have been identified and, in India, the number is around 125. Though considered a delicacy in many countries like Japan, the consumption of eels in India is limited to coastal areas.
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