Important Current Affairs 6th February 2018

Important Current Affairs 6th February 2018

Current Affairs 6th February 2018: NATIONAL NEWS

Framework for Start-Up India Ranking
 
●    Union Commerce and Industry Minister today issued three standards for states and federal territories in New Delhi to get the ranking of the rank-ups.
●    These are the standard- the start-up ranking framework for the state and federal region, collection of best practices for encouraging the uptake in India and the start-up India kit.
●    There are around 20,000 startups in India and about 1,400 new start ups start every year.
 
Ministry of Railways signs MoU with AYUSH Ministry
 
●    Ministry of Railways and Ministry of AYUSH has decided to promote AYUSH facilities in the central and north-east marginal railway, Eastern Railway, Perambur Railway, South Railway.
●    A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Ministry of Railways and the Ministry of Ayush in New Delhi today for this, in which under the new Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Guwahati regional hospitals, AYUSH services will be promoted.
 
Unmarried daughter will get property equal to son
 
●    Yogi Sarkar has taken important steps towards women empowerment.
●    Now unmarried daughters will get equal rights to sons.
●    For this, amendment will be amended in section 108 and section 110 of the Revenue Code.
●    On Tuesday the yogi cabinet has approved the amendment.
●    Amendment bill will also be introduced in the budget session beginning on February 8.

Saudi Arabia will use solar energy
 
●    After acquiring the emperor in oil production, Saudi Arabia's eyes are now on other natural resources.
●    Now Saudi Arabia's first number of sunlight comes from Sun's plan.
●    It will generate large scale solar energy through it.
●    If Saudi succeeds in promoting solar energy here, the dependence of its citizens on oil will be reduced.
 

Tata Motors net profit up 10x
 
●    Tata Motors recorded a consolidated net profit more than ten times during the December quarter.
●    Besides the volume of standalone businesses of Tata Motors, besides being productive, it has contributed a lot to the efforts to improve profits.
●    However, Tata Motors performance was lower than the market's estimates due to the fading of the December 2017 quarter for Jaguar Land Rover Business.
●    For the three months from October to December 2017, the company's consolidated net profit is Rs. 1215 crore.

Current Affairs 6th February 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

Indian American Attorney Joins New Jersey Bar Association
 
●    Indian-American American attorney Prithvi Patel has been inducted into the New Jersey Bar Association.
●    Patel came to the United States as an undocumented refugee.
●    Patel is the first beneficiary under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which has been included in the New Jersey Bar Association.
●    Patel passed the examination of both the states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, in 2016.
 
Record snowfall in Moscow 
 
●    In the Russian capital, one person was killed due to recorded snowfall, while five others were injured.
●    In Moscow, heavy snowfall is taking place with strong winds due to which normal life is badly affected.
●    On Monday, 43 cm snow fell.
●    Earlier in 1957 about 38 centimeters of snow fell.
 
 
UK allows birth of baby with three parents
 
●    British officers have allowed doctors to give birth to the first child of the country, who have three parents.
●    This step is being taken so that the laxative genetic disorders do not come from mother to child.
●    The Human Fertility and Ambientology Authority (HFEA), which worked independently under the UK Department of Health, approved the procedure
●    This process will be used on women who know that their baby may have 'neurodegenerative' disorders right from birth.

Amazon and Alibaba in the race to buy stake in Future Group
 
 
●    Future Group founder Kishore Biyani met Amazon founder Jeff Bezos two weeks ago in the US.
●    Future Group has occupied one third of the organized organ and grocery market in the country.
●    "Future Group is thinking of bringing a strategic investor to the company, while Amazon wants to have offline presence online in India.

The most illiterate youth are in the crisis-stricken countries: UNICEF
 
●    In war-torn and disaster-prone countries, nearly 30 percent of the youth between the ages of 15 and 24 are illiterate, which is three times more than the global rate.
●    UNICEF, an agency for children of the United Nations, said in a new study that among the 5.9 million young people, girls are the most deprived of education.
●    According to UNICEF estimates, he will spend about one billion dollars on academic programs over the next four years.

Emergency was announced in Maldives
 
●    Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen announced the Emergency
●    After the announcement made by the President, former President Mahmoud Abdul Gayoom was arrested.
●    Mahmood Abdul Gayoom was running a campaign to remove the current President Abdulla Yameen from the post.
●    The country's chief justice Abdullah Saeed and another judge of the Supreme Court have also been arrested.
●    After reaching the top court premises in Malaya of the security forces, the police said in a brief statement that justice Abdullah Sayeed and Justice Ali Hameed are accused of corruption.

Current Affairs 6th February 2018: AWARDS

Indian won jackpot of $ 27 million
 
●    In the United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi, an Indian won a million dirhams ($ 27 million) lottery on Monday.
●    Sunil Mappta Krishnan Kutty Nair, who came home this time, got the second biggest lottery award this year.
●    He will share the jackpot money with his three friends who contributed to the purchase of tickets.

Current Affairs 6th February 2018: ECONOMY

Bharti Airtel to get investment of Rs 2649 crores
 
●    Singapore Telecommunication Limited (Singtel) is planning to increase its stake in Bharti Airtel, the country's largest telecom company.
●    For this, he will invest Rs 2,649 crore in Bharti Telecom Limited, Bharti Airtel's holding company.
●    This stake will be increased through a preferential issue issue.
●    Bharti Airtel will use the proceeds to reduce the debt.

Current Affairs 6th February 2018: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Launching the Most Heavy Rockets
 
●    SpaceX's heavyweight Falcon Rocket is ready for its first test launch.
●    It is being described as the most powerful rocket of all time.
●    It has three boosters and 27 engines, with the help of which it will get five million pounds of power.
●    SpaceX founder Elon Musk is also sending his sports car roadster in the rocket to space.
●    This car belongs to his company Tesla. Three cameras have been installed along the car so that they can capture beautiful pictures of space.

Current Affairs 6th February 2018: DEFENCE

India successfully tested Agni-I (A) Ballistic Missile
 
●    India tested indigenously developed nuclear-capable Agni-I (A) ballistic missile at 8.30 am on 06 February 2018 from Abdul Kalam Island, situated on the banks of Odisha.
●    This test was conducted by the Indian Army's Strategic Force Command.
●    India has Agni-I, Agni-II, Agni III and Agni IV and Supersonic Brahmos missiles at the present time.
 
Sudeep Lakhtakia appointed as Director General of NSG 
 
●    Sudeep Lakhtakia took charge as Director General of the National Security Guard (NSG) on February 01, 2018.
●    After the retirement of NSG chief SP Singh on January 31, 2018, the post was vacant.
●    The Appointment Committee of Cabinet (ACC), headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, issued the order on January 19, 2018, to appoint him as the NSG chief.
●    They will be in the post till July next year.
●    Sudeep Lakhtakia is a 1984 batch IPS officer of the Telangana cadre.