Important Current Affairs 3rd DECEMBER 2017

Important Current Affairs 3rd DECEMBER 2017

Current Affairs 3rd DECEMBER 2017: NATIONAL NEWS

Registration of BS-4 vehicles will not be done after June 2020

The government has issued a draft notification for amendment in the Central Motor Vehicles Rules to prevent registration of vehicles of BS-4 standard made before April 2020 after 30th June, 2020.
●    In order to stop the pollution caused by vehicles, the government had taken big steps last year and decided to supply fuel to Euro-6 standards from April 2020 in the country.
●    Issuing draft notification for amendment in the Central Motor Vehicle Rule, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has invited the stakeholders, affected persons and people from December 20 till the disaster and recommendation.
●    It has been stated in the notification that these rules will be called the Central Automotive Reform Rules, 2017 and this rule will be applicable from the date of the last publication in the official letter.
●    It has been stated in the notification that the new vehicles manufactured from April, 2020, manufactured before April 2020 will not be registered after 30th June, 2020.
●    Further in the notification, it is said that in accordance with the BS-4 standard, new vehicles of M and N category made before April 2020, whose sale is in the form of Chess, can not be registered after September 30.

Planning to link all districts of Rajasthan with air services

The Rajasthan government is planning to add all the districts of the state through air connectivity.
A senior official reported this.
●    While the Central Government is encouraging the ambitious regional air connectivity plan, the Rajasthan government's internal aviation service campaign has been operating for a little more than a year.
●    According to Captain Kesari Singh, Director of Civil Aviation of Rajasthan, the State Government has plans to start the Palace on Wings service to connect historic buildings, forts and palaces to the airways.
●    The government's plan is to connect all districts with the state plan or flight plan or aviation service through regular flight.
●    There are 18 airports owned by the state government in addition to airports, defense airfields and private airports of the Indian Airlines Authority.
●    Singh said that the state is working on strengthening the aviation sector.
●    This includes expanding the state-owned airports to make them eligible for regular commercial operations, granting licenses etc.
 

Yogi Government aims to raise Rs 5 lakh crore investment

Yogi Adityanath Sarkar, through the investor conference organized in Lucknow in February next year along with a road show in other states with the aim of generating 20 lakh opportunities of employment by attracting investment of five lakh crores in the state till 2022, Will promote.
●    State Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey said that by the year 2022, the investment of 5 lakh crore rupees in the state and 20 lakh jobs of employment generation is likely.
●    We will conduct roadshows in many states of the country and will hold investor summit in Lakhan on 21-22 February.
●    He said that the road show to be held to attract potential investors will start from 8 December on New Delhi.
●    In addition, such roadships will be organized in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Kolkata.
●    A senior official said that Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath himself can make roadshows in Mumbai on 22nd December to give good message to the investors.
●    The state government has selected 11 areas including food processing, manufacturing, tourism, IT manufacturing hub, solar energy, which will be mainly highlighted during road shows.
●    He said that an invitation has been sent to more than a dozen countries including the US, Korea and Japan at the Investor Summit.

1 lakh Indians booked for Mars tickets

About 1 lakh 38 thousand 899 Indians will visit Mangal soon.
●    These people have booked tickets to go to the Red Planet under the Insight Mission of NASA, American Space Agency.
●    This mission is to be launched in May 2018.
●    NASA has said that those who give their name will be given online boarding passes.
●    The names given will be engraved with the help of an electron beam on a silicon chip.
●    The letters written on the chip will be thinner than the thirteenth part of the hair.
●    After this the chip will be sent to Mars. 
●    Indians were ahead of the names of the senders for NASA's Mars mission.
●    For this mission, NASA has received 24 lakh 29 thousand 807 applications from around the world.
●    According to NASA, India is at number three in the list of names of people from all over the world on Wednesday.
●    The first place in the list is America.
●    6,76,773 people from the United States have sent their names for the Mars mission.
●    After this, 2 lakh 62 thousand 752 people of China have registered for the mission. India is at number three.

Current Affairs 3rd DECEMBER 2017: AWARDS

President gave away national awards to Divyanjanjan for the empowerment of Divya

President Shri Ramnath Kovind presented national awards for the empowerment of the Divya Jangan on the occasion of International Divyajanjan Divas (December 3, 2017).
●    In his address on this occasion, the President said that only the future of the country depends on ensuring the full potential of all citizens.
●    He said that to achieve this goal, one has to create such a sensitive and harmonious society where every person feels empowered - and a sympathetic society where one person feels the pain of another.
●    The President said that in our constitution, all citizens, including the people of Divya, have been guaranteed equality, freedom, justice and dignity.
●    The government has enacted laws for empowerment, inclusion and inclusion of them in the mainstream.
●    He said that any Divyangjan should be evaluated not by his physical ability, but with his intelligence, knowledge and courage.
 

Current Affairs 3rd DECEMBER 2017: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

USFDA Approves Cancer Treatment medicine Biocon, Mylan

The problems arising out of a decade-old partnership of American pharmaceutical company Mylan and the Bangalore-based biocon Biocon are going to be far away.
●    The American FDA gave marketing approval to his BioSimilar drug Travestizmab on Friday night, thereby stopping speculation on the launch.
●    This drug, named OGVIRI brand, is a version of Blockbuster drug of Rash, a Swiss pharmaceutical company used to treat breast cancer.
●    BioSimilar medicines are a copy of very complex biologic drugs.
●    The effect of biosimilar drugs is similar to the inverter version.
●    Worldwide sales of trashgimab sales of $ 3.16 billion each year are estimated to reach $ 10 billion by 2020.
●    Analysts say that the approval of the American FDA will strengthen Mylan's financial position as he has exclusive rights to sell this drug in the US, whereas the biocon's complex medicines will be a dream come true.

Telecom department imposes Rs 2.5 crore fine on Tikona

Telecom department has imposed a fine of Rs 2.5 crore on Tikona Digital for delay in starting wireless broadband service in Rajasthan.
●    Along with this, the department has approved the spectrum deal with Tikona's Airtel.
●    Using the same discretionary powers as per the rules of 3G networks, the telecom department imposed the said penalty.
●    According to the broadband wireless auction rules of 2010, all successful bidders are required to start network service for BWA services within five years from the effective day of spectrum allocation.
●    On failure, the telecom department can withdraw spectrum.
●    Official sources told the PTI-Tikona Digital was given a co-demand notice on October 23 after the delay in completing the obligation.
●    A penalty of Rs 2.43 crore has been imposed, which was 2.5 percent of its successful bid amount for the Rajasthan circle. The company had fined October 25.

Current Affairs 3rd DECEMBER 2017: GLOBAL NEWS

Iranian President Rouhani inaugurated the first phase of Chabahar Port

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani inaugurated the newly constructed expansion area at Chabahar port on strategic importance situated on the south-east coast of the country on Sunday.
●    With the help of the Chabahar port from Oman's Gulf, India can now take a easy and new business route with Iran and Afghanistan by saving Pakistan's path.
●    This first phase of Chabahar port is also known as Shahid Beheshti port.
●    Iran's official TV said that the inaugural function was attended by delegates from India, Qatar, Afghanistan, Pakistan and other countries.
●    According to the Ministry of External Affairs, India was represented by Minister of State for Shipping, Pon Radhakrishnan.
●    With this expansion, the capacity of this port will increase 3x and this will be a major challenge for the neighboring country of Gwadar Port in Pakistan.
●    Although Ruhani, in his inaugural address while lightening the rivalry, said that this would increase the unity and connectivity among the regional countries around.