INDIA
Year of Disabled Soldiers
v The Indian Army is observing the year 2018 as
the “Year of Disabled Soldiers in Line of Duty”
Union Water Resources Ministry MOU with Google
v With the monsoon under way, the Union Water
Resources Ministry has teamed up with Google to generate flood warnings.
“COP CONNECT’
v The Telangana police have launched a
mobile-based messenger application “COP CONNECT’ to provide real time
information to over 60,000 police officers across the State.
Google - training programme
for journalists
v Technology giant Google has recently announced
the launch of a training programme for journalists with an aim to raise
awareness against misinformation and providing new tools to the fourth estate against fake
news.
APPOINTMENTS
Suresh Mathur committe
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
(IRDAI) has set up a committee to review norms related to Insurance Marketing
Firms (IMF) with an aim to increase insurance penetration in the country
CONFERENCES
v The high-level Conference on “International
Decade for Action: Water for Sustainable Development, 2018-2028” will be held
in Tajikistan.
v The 2018 National Yoga Olympiad has organized
by National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) at in CIET in
New Delhi
IMPORTANT
DAYS
v June 18 - The World Sustainable Gastronomy
Day
Books
& Authours
v Perumal Murugan, the noted Tamil poet and
author, has authored the novel ‘Kazhimugam’, which deals with effect of modern
gadgets on life of middle class.
SPORTS
US Open golf championship
v US golfer Brooks Koepka has won the US Open
golf championship
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