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Important Current Affairs 29th October 2018 English


(National News)

Union Minister Smt Harsimrat Badal inaugurates Gujarat’s first Mega Food Park in Surat

 Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Smt Harsimrat Kaur Badal today inaugurated the first Mega Food Park in Gujarat. Promoted by M/s Gujarat Agro Infrastructure Mega Food Park Pvt. Ltd the Park is located at Village Shah and Vasravi, Taluka Mangrol, District Surat. A 2nd Mega Food Park has been sanctioned by the Ministry in Mehsana District of Gujarat.
Important:
The Gujarat Agro Mega Food Park will benefit the people of Surat District and the people of nearby Districts of Navsari, Tapi, Narmada & Bharuch. This Mega Food Park has been set up in 70.15 acre of land at a cost of Rs. 117.87 crore.

SC to hear Ayodhya title dispute case in January 2019

•    The Supreme Court on Monday said the civil appeals on the Ram-Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute cases will be listed before an appropriate bench in January 2019. 
•    This was stated by a bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph.
•    The civil appeals arise from the Allahabad High Court's 2010 judgement in the land dispute case.
•    The appropriate bench will fix the schedule with regard to the hearing of appeals in the case.

    
Arunachal Pradesh Government, British Council ink MoU to build educational cooperation

In order to strengthen the educational and cultural cooperation between the state and the Kingdom, the British Council and the Arunachal Pradesh government inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on October 28, 2018.
About the MoU:
1. The MoU was signed by British Council director, Alan Gemmell and Director of Arunachal Pradesh Higher and Technical Education, Tayek Talom in presence of Chief Minister Pema Khandu at Tawang in the sidelines of the Tawang Festival.
2. The MoU celebrates the British Councils 70th anniversary in India and seeks to strengthen the relationship for the next 70 years.

(Science News)

Moths are key to pollination in Himalayan ecosystem
 
•    Moths are widely considered as pests, but a recent study by scientists of Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has revealed that these groups of insects are pollinators to a number of flowering plants in the Himalayan ecosystem.
•    Under the project titled “Assessment of Moths (Lepidoptera) As Significant Pollinators in the Himalayan Ecosystem of North Eastern India”, scientists collected moth samples from different ecosystem. 
•    The analysis of proboscis, a long and thread-like organ used to suck flower sap, of a dozen moth species’ revealed the presence of pollen grains.Scientists develop web-based tool to monitor fake news on Facebook, Twitter.

 (Science & Technology News)

Scientists have developed a web-based tool to help monitor the prevalence of fake news on social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter.

Developed by researchers at the University of Michigan in the US, the tool uses a Platform Health Metric called the Iffy Quotient, which draws data from two external entities: 
NewsWhip and Media Bias/Fact Checker

•    NewsWhip, a social media engagement tracking firm, collects URLs on hundreds of thousands of sites every day and then gathers information on which of those sites have engagements on Facebook and Twitter. 

•    Iffy Quotient queries NewsWhip for the top 5,000 most popular URLs on the two social media platforms. Then the tool checks to see if those domain names have been flagged by Media Bias/Fact Check, an independent site that classifies various sources based on their reliability and bias.

 (Science & Space News)

Japan Launches Satellite to Monitor Greenhouse Gases

•    Japan's space agency on Monday launched a rocket carrying a satellite that will monitor greenhouse gases, as well as the first satellite built entirely in the United Arab Emirates.
•    The nation's H-IIA rocket lifted off Monday from the Tanegashima Space Centre, according to the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
•    The Japanese rocket also released "KhalifaSat", the first satellite built entirely in the UAE by local engineers.

China, France Launch Satellite to Study Climate Change

•    The first Franco-Chinese satellite was launched into orbit on Monday to study ocean surface winds and waves around the clock, better predict cyclones and improve scientists' understanding of climate change.
•    A Long March 2C carrier rocket blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China's Gobi Desert at 0043 GMT to enter orbit 520 kilometres (323 miles) above the Earth, according to China's State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defence.
•    The 650-kilogram (1,430 pound) machine is the first satellite jointly built by China and France and will allow climate scientists to better understand interactions between oceans and the atmosphere.

(International News)
PM Modi Discusses Bilateral, Regional, Global Issues with Japan Leaders


•    Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and held productive, focused discussion on bilateral, regional and global issues.
•    PM Modi arrived in Japan on Saturday to attend the 13th India-Japan annual two-day summit which will seek to review the progress in ties and deepen strategic dimension of the bilateral relationship.

Sushma Swaraj Meets Emir of Qatar, Discusses Bilateral Ties

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today met Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani and discussed ways to move forward on the roadmap set by the top leaders of the two countries.
Ms Swaraj arrived in Doha yesterday on the first leg of her four-day visit to Qatar and Kuwait.

Background:-

The bilateral visit of the Emir of Qatar in March 2015 and Prime Minister of Qatar Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani to India in December 2016 and that of the visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Qatar in June 2016 have further boosted traditionally cordial and close ties between the two countries.

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