Daily GK Dose June 14th 2018

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Daily GK Dose June 14th

1. Cabinet approves Repositioning of North Eastern Council

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the proposal of Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) for the nomination of the Union Home Minister as ex-officio Chairman of North Eastern Council (NEC) - a statutory body with Governors and Chief Ministers of all the eight North Eastern States as its Member.

1. The Cabinet also approved that Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of DoNER would serve as Vice Chairman of the Council.
2. NEC implements various projects through the State and Central agencies. Under the new arrangement with Home Minister as Chairman and Minister of DoNER as Vice Chairman, NEC and all the Governors and Chief Ministers of North Eastern States as Member would provide a forum for discussing inter-state matters more comprehensively and also consider common approaches to be taken in future.

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Daily GK Dose June 13th 2018

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Daily GK Dose June 13th

1. International ICT conference to be held in Nepal

The Computer Association Nepal (CAN) is organizing an international-level 'Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Conference-2018' in Kathmandu on June 17-18. 

1. The objective of the conference is to exchange information on the improved practices of information technology.
2. Various international experts will attend and present their working papers on the occasion.
3. Experts from China, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and UNDP are participating in the two-day conference.

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Daily GK Dose June 12th 2018

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Daily GK Dose June 12th

1. 11th World Hindi Conference to be Held in Mauritius

The 11th World Hindi Conference (WHC) is being organized from 18-20 August 2018 in Mauritius by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India in association with the Government of Mauritius.

1. The main theme of the Conference is “Hindi Vishwa Aur Bharatiy Sanskriti”.
2. The first World Hindi Conference was held in 1975 in Nagpur, India. Since then, ten such Conferences have been held in different parts of the world.

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Daily GK Dose June 11th 2018

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Daily GK Dose June 11th

1. CSIR lab to give technology for India’s first indigenous Lithium Ion Battery project

Central Electro Chemical Research Institute (CECRI), Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu under Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) and RAASI Solar Power Pvt Ltd have signed a Memorandum of Agreement for transfer of technology for India’s first Lithium Ion (Li-ion) Battery project.

1. A group at CSIR-CECRI headed by Dr Gopu Kumar has developed an indigenous technology of Lithium-ion cells in partnership with CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (CSIR-NPL) New Delhi, CSIR- Central Glass and Ceramic Research Institute (CSIR-CGCRI) Kolkata and Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (CSIR-IICT) Hyderabad.
2. CSIR-CECRI has set up a demo facility in Chennai to manufacture prototype Lithium-Ion cells.

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Daily GK Dose June 10th 2018

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Daily GK Dose June 10th

1. G7 summit 2018 held in Canada

The 44th G7 summit was held on June 8–9, 2018, in La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada.This was the sixth time since 1981 that Canada has hosted the meetings.

The summit received significant attention due to a significant decline of relations of members with the United States.

Due to this, the summit was dubbed the "G6+1" by France and some members of the media.

Points to Remember

1. Earlier it was known as G8, but in March 2014, the G7 declared that a meaningful discussion was currently not possible with Russia in the context of the G8. Since then, meetings have continued within the G7 process.
2. The G7 is a group consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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Daily GK Dose June 9th 2018

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Daily GK Dose June 9th

1. World Oceans Day: 8 June

World Oceans Day is held every year on 8th June to raise awareness of the vital importance of our oceans and the role they play in sustaining a healthy planet.

1. The conservation action theme for World Oceans Day 2018 is “Preventing Plastic Pollution and Encouraging Solutions for a Healthy Ocean”. 

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Daily GK Dose June 8th 2018

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Daily GK Dose June 8th

1. IN Ships arrive Guam to participate in Ex-Malabar 2018

Indian Naval Ships Sahyadri, Shakti and Kamorta of the Eastern Fleet arrived at Guam on 07 June to participate in the 22nd edition of Exercise Malabar, off Guam, USA from 07 to 16 June 2018.

1. Exercise Malabar, which started as a bilateral exercise between the US Navy and the Indian Navy in 1992, has evolved over the years with the participation of the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) from 2007.
2. Malabar 17 was held in July last year on the Eastern Sea Board of India, off Chennai and Visakhapatnam.
3. It is for the first time that the exercise is being conducted off Guam, a major US Naval Base in the Western Pacific.
4. It would be of interest to note that the US has recently named their Hawaii-based Pacific Command as the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.

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Daily GK Dose June 7th 2018

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Daily GK Dose June 7th

1. Himachal bans use of thermocol plates

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur announced a ban on use of thermocol plates in the state, as well plastic water bottles less than one litre capacity as they are major cause of pollution.

1. He said a steel bottle would be provided to each student in all government schools in the state to discourage the use of plastic bottles.
2. Thakur also announced that 10 solid waste management plants would be established across the state for scientific management of waste.

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Daily GK Dose June 6th 2018

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Daily GK Dose June 6th

1. India among the top five countries generating e-waste

Despite the government's emphasis on Swachch Bharat Abhiyaan and Smart Cities project, India continues to be among the top five countries generating e-waste, an ASSOCHAM-NEC recent study said.

1. The other countries topping the chart of e-waste generation are China, USA, Japan and Germany.
2. The study was published coinciding with "Environment Day" (June 5).
3. In India, Maharashtra contributes the largest e-waste of 19.8 per cent.
4. E-waste generated in India is about 2 million TPA, the quantity that is recycled is about 438,085 TPA.
5. E-waste typically includes discarded computer monitors, motherboards, Cathode Ray Tubes (CRT), Printed Circuit Board (PCB), mobile phones and chargers, compact discs, headphones etc.

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Daily GK Dose June 5th 2018

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Daily GK Dose June 5th

1. Japanese passport ranked 'most powerful' in world

India has bagged the 76th position in a list of the world's most powerful passports, granting its holders visa-free access to 59 countries.

1. The results are part of citizenship planning firm Henley and Partners' annual passport index, which ranks passports based on the number of countries a holder can go to without a visa or the number of countries a holder can go to where they can obtain a visa.
2. As per the annual passport index, Japan has been deemed the world's most powerful passport, with access to 189 countries.
3. Singapore and Germany, on the other hand, have secured the second place with both having access to 188 countries.

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