Hello friends, This is the Updates of Current affairs April 6 2017. This will helpful for tackling General awareness section in SBI, IBPS, SSC, UPSC Exams.
1National conference on Communicating India to be organized
A day-long national conference on Communicating India will be organized in New Delhi which will be inaugurated by Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore.
Telling the India’s story to the world, Communicating via Journalism and Dialogue with Diaspora are three main themes which are outlined for the conference.
National
2Jhargram becomes 22nd district
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee declared Jhargram as the 22nd district of West Bengal.
Jhargram has been formed by bifurcating West Midnapore, which has a population of more than 11.37 lakh. Mamta Banerjee announced a budget of Rs 200 crore for the development of Jhargram.
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3Rice scheme for tribal families
Nearly 70000 families of Jharkhand’s primitive tribal groups will get foodgrains at their doorsteps with the state government launching the “PTG Dakia Yojana”.
Under the scheme, employees of Food and Civil Supplies Department would deliver a packet of 35 kg.
The scheme was formally launched in Godda, Sahebganj and Palamu districts.
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4Plastic eating fungus
Scientists from Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have identified a soil fungus Aspergillus tubingensis that uses enzymes to break down plastic materials rapidly.
This fungus also uses the physical strength of its mycelia (the network of root—like filaments) to break apart the polymers.
Technology
5Inventor wins computing’s ‘Nobel Prize.’
Tim Berners-Lee, the man credited with inventing the world wide web, has honored with the 2016 Turing Award.
The award, which often referred to as the Nobel Prize for the computing industry, is present annually by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
Technology
6e-visa can now stay up to two months
Foreign tourists visiting India on e-visa can now stay up to two months, instead of the earlier one month, and enjoy double-entry benefits while those coming for treatment can avail the triple-entry facility.
Earlier, a tourist coming on e-visa could stay in India up to 30 days only.
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7New Indian Consul General in Dubai
Indian diplomat Vipul has taken charge as the new Consul General of India in Dubai.
He succeeded Anurag Bhushan.
Before joining the Consulate at Dubai, he was working at the office of External Affairs Minister of India, Sushma Swaraj.
He had also served at the India’s diplomatic missions in Sri Lanka and Egypt.
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8CIRDAP Centre in Hyderabad
The govt approved the establishment of a unit of the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific at national rural development institute for exchange of best practises with other countries in the areas of rural development.
As per the agreement a CIRDAP centre will be established at the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad.
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9Dawit Isaak awarded
Dawit Isaak, an imprisoned Eritrean-Swedish journalist, has been chosen to receive the 2017 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.
Mr. Isaak was arrested in a crackdown on the media that occurred in September 2001.
The $25,000 Prize is named in honour of Guillermo Cano Isaza, a Colombian journalist who was assassinated in 1986.
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10Sci-fi forest to track CO2 levels
Scientists have developed a sci-fi outdoor laboratory in the UK to find out how forests will respond to the levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide expected by the middle of the 21st century.
The industrial-scale experiment in a Staffordshire forest encircles trees with 25 metre masts gushing high levels of CO2.
Technology
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