Current Affairs 16th June 2018

Current Affairs 16th June 2018 - Important Points

• World Blood Donors Day 2018 observed globally on - 14th June 2018
• PM Naraendra Modi inaugurated Integrated Command and Control Centre at - Naya Raipur
• Three 100 MW solar power projects initiated by - NLCIL
• 20 States sign MoU for implementing Ayushman Bharat – National Health Protection Mission
• 106th Science Congress to be hosted by Lovely Professional University (LPU) in - Jalandhar

Current Affairs 16th June 2018 - Details

World Blood Donors Day 2018 observed globally on - 14th June 2018

The World Blood Donors Day is celebrated Worldwide on June 14th , 2018 with an objective to showcase gratitude to voluntary, non-paid blood donors for their life safeguarding gifts of blood and to increase alertness of the necessity for regular blood donations.
Facts about blood safety, blood availability and blood transfusion

• Of the 112.5 million blood donations gathered worldwide, approximately half of these are gathered in high-income nations, founding 19% of the world’s population.
• In less income nations, about 65% of blood transfusions are issued to children elow five years of age; whereas in greater income nations, the most normal transfused patient group is more than 65 years of age group.
• According on samples of 1000 individuals, the blood donation rate is 32.1 donations in high-revenue nations, 14.9 donations in upper and middle-income nations.
• 126 nations have National strategies on the suitable clinical utilisation of blood., whereas, 57 nations gather 100% of their blood supply from either voluntary or non-paid blood donors.
• Just 51 out of 180 reported nations generate Blood-Plasma Derived Medicinal Products from plasma gathered in the reporting nation.

PM Naraendra Modi inaugurated Integrated Command and Control Centre at - Naya Raipur

PM Narendra Modi devoted nation’s 10th Smart City Integrated Command and Control Centre at Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh. In the Smart City Mission, Integrated Command and Control Centre in 9 cities are effective in Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Pune, Nagpur, Rajkot, Visakhapatnam, Bhopal and Kakinada.
Key Points

• The Integrated Command and Control Centre at Naya Raipur will monitor and control water and electricity supply, sanitation, traffic, integrated building management, city connectivity and information centre, under single roof.
• The centre will be achieved via Geographic Information System platform, where inhabitants can enroll their complaints concerning service unavailability via helpline numbers.
  More about Naya Raipur 
• Naya Raipur is future capital city of Chhattisgarh and nation’s 1st smart green-field city. It is one of the 3 Smart Cities of Chhattisgarh designated under Smart Cities Mission. Other 2 cities are Raipur and Bilaspur.
• Naya Raipur is intended as service hub for multiple sectors consisting IT, finance, business, hospitality service, bio-technology, medical and education.
• It is also the 1 st digitally available smart city in nation which has established in applying Universal Access Information Technology systems which comprises and empowers inhabitants with disability to access with comfort.

Three 100 MW solar power projects initiated by - NLCIL

Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Limited’s 3 100-megawatt Solar Power Projects for commercial motives were initiated freshly. These projects located at Thoppalaakkarai and Sethupuram in Virudhunagar District and Sellaiya Sezhiyanallur in Tamil Nadu.
Key Points

• The 3 solar units have fitted capacity of 100 megawatts each. They were constructed at value of Rupees 1300 crores, that includes Operation and Maintenance cost for fifteen Years.
• The electricity generated from these plants will be sold to Tamil Nadu Power Generation and Distribution Company at price of Rupees 4.41 per unit.
  Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Limited
• Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Limited is Central Government’s Navratna revenue generating unit.
• It consists of mining of lignite and electricity generation via lignite-based Thermal Power Units. It was recognized in 1956,after presencey of lignite deposits in Neyveli. It is HQ in Neyveli, Tamil Nadu.
• Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Limited is under control of Ministry of Coal and works as significant source of power production to Southern states of Tamil Nadu, AP, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana, Rajasthan and Puducherry.
• Presently, it functions 4 open-cast lignite mines of total capacity worth 30.6 MTs yearly and five thermal power stations with total fitted capacity of 3240 megawatts.

20 States sign MoU for implementing Ayushman Bharat – National Health Protection Mission

20 States have inked MoU with Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for executing Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Mission. The Memorandum of Understandings were inked during Health Ministers’ meeting organised in New Delhi. During the meeting, aspects of National Health Protection Mission, including operational strategies, model tender papers for selection of insurance firms and execution support agencies for trusts were deliberated.
More abput Ayushman Bharat-National Health Protection Mission

• Ayushman Bharat- National Health Protection Mission focuses to goal more than 10 crore poor and susceptible families based on Socio Economic and Caste Census 2011 record.
• It will cover Rupees five lakh per family every year. There will be no limitation of family size and age in the plan.
• The plan assimilates 2 continuous Centrally subsidized plans including Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana and Senior Citizen Health Insurance Scheme.
• Benefit cover under this consists of pre and post-hospitalisation charges. It will also pay well-defined transport allowance for every hospitalization to the recipient.
• Cashless benefits permit the recipient to enjoy cashless advantages from any public/private empanelled hospitals across the nation.
• The payment for treatment will be completed on package rate which will be well-defined by Government in advance.
• State governments are permitted to enlarge the scheme both horizontally as well as vertically. They are also free to select modalities for execution. States, Union Territories will have also elasticity to alter these rates within limited bandwidth.
• Ayushman Bharat National Health Protection Mission Council will be formed at top level. It will be headed by Union Health and Family Welfare Minister.

106th Science Congress to be hosted by Lovely Professional University (LPU) in - Jalandhar

The 106 th Indian Science Congress will be organised at Lovely Professional University- Jalandhar, Punjab from January 3rd -7th , 2019. It will be initiated by PM Narendra Modi. The subject for the 5 days science congress is ‘Future India: Science and Technology’. It will be held by premier scientific organisation of India, the Indian Science Congress Association.
Key Points

• The science congress will include 18 plenary gatherings, including medical, environmental, chemical and various other science fields.
• There will also be 4 parallel jumbo events, consisting female’s science conference, children’s science conference and science demonstration.
• About 15,000 delegates, especially from United States, Australia, Germany and Switzerland and 300 topmost scientists and Nobel Laureates worldwide are going to attend and participate in the congress.
  Did you know?
  Indian Science Congress Association was initiated in the year 1914 at its HQs in Kolkata. It arranges Indian Science Congress yearly in 1st week of January. The 1st meeting of Indian Science Congress Association was organised in January 1914 in Asiatic Society, Kolkata. Indian Science Congress Association serves under Department of Science and Technology Government of India initiative. The 106 th edition of Indian Science Congress was organised at Manipur Central University in Imphal, with subject of ‘Reaching the Unreached Through Science & Technology’.