Daily Current Affairs Dated 16 April 2017

Daily Current Affairs Dated 16 April 2017

World’s oldest person passes away

Emma morano, at 117 the world’s oldest person who is also believed to have been the last surviving person born in the 1800s, died on Saturday.  Morano was born on November 29, 1899.  A women in Jamaica, violet Brown, who was born in that Caribbean island on March 10, 1900, is now considered the oldest known person in the world.

NASA to build instruments for JUICE

The US space agency NASA has approved a project to build instruments for a future European Space Agency mission to Jupiter and its moons which is scheduled to launch in 2022. The Juipiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) is designed to investigate the emergence of habitable worlds around gas giants. JUICE is a large scale mission, the first in ESA’s cosmic vision 2015-2015 programme.

China delivers patrol ships to Pakistan  

                     

China has handed over to Pakistan a 600-tonne patrol ship, the third of its kind to safeguard the country’s maritime interest. This move comes at a time when both nations are pushing forward with the CPEC project. The CPEC project will link the Pakistan city of Gwadar to China Xinjiang via a vast network of highways and railways.

Operation clean money II to detect black money

The income tax department will investigate over 60000 individuals under the second phase of ‘operation clean money’. It was launched with an aim to detect black money generation post demonetization. The CBDT has said that it has detected undisclosed income over Rs. 9334 crore between the period of  November 9, 2016 till February 28 this year.

Govt. to replace 7.7 GW old power units

The government has identified old power projects totaling 7738 MW capacity owned by the centre and states for replacements with energy efficient super critical plants. This will generate a gross energy of 18560 MW.  According to power ministry estimates, as on 31 March, 2016, the capacity of coal based thermal plants that are more than 25 years old was about 37,453 MW.

Manipur Health Minister resigns

Manipur’s Health minister L jayantakumar singh has resigned from his alleging ‘interfere’ by many in his ministry. Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh is yet to accept the minister’s resignation. Bjp-led coalition government in Manipur has the support of four NPP MLA’s including Mr. Jayantakumar.

Telangana clears bill for reservations

Telangana cabinet on Saturday clears the Telangana State Reservation Bill 2017. The cabinet cleared 12% reservations for Muslims and 10% for scheduled tribes.

IIT earmark quota for girls from 2018

Indian Institute of Technology have decided to admit more women from 2018 academic session. The board has approved a quota of supernumerary seats for women in a phased manner, reaching upto 20% by 2026.

UK to fight world’s tropical diseases

 Britain is to invest almost half a billion pounds of international aid funding in efforts to tackle some of the world’s worst infectious diseases. The money will help protect more than  200 million people in developing countries like Ethiopia, Sudan, Bangladesh and India. The UK says most immediate impact of the new funding will be to ‘wipe out’ Guinea worm altogether.

4 wind power plants inaugurated

Power and coal minister Piyush Goyal has inaugurated four wind power plants built by Nalco. He has also announced an expansion plan for the aluminium major to raise its capacity to 1 mpta. Built at a cost of Rs. 1350 crore, two plants are located in Rajasthan, one each in Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. Union Tribal Affairs minister Jual Oram was the chief Guest at the occasion.