Current Affairs 17th June 2018

Current Affairs 17th June 2018 - Important Points

• 10 days ‘Yoga Ambassadors Tour’ inaugurated by Ministry of AYUSH with Kerala Government on - 15th June 2018
• Naval Women Mountaineers team led by Lt Cdr Kokila Sajwan Summit Mount Deotibba on - 10th June 2018

Current Affairs 17th June 2018 - Details

10 days ‘Yoga Ambassadors Tour’ inaugurated by Ministry of AYUSH with Kerala Government on - 15th June 2018

As a part ofKerala government’s tourism promotion programme, a specialized trip for Yoga specialists ‘Yoga Ambassadors Tour’ around worldwide was initiated on June 15th , 2018, by Minister of State forAYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik.
Key Points

• It goals to outline a healthy yoga package for visiting tourists with known yoga terminuses with associated activities.
• It is a ten days educational tour for yoga experts. It has been planned by Association of Tourism Trade Organisations in collaboration with the Ministry of AYUSHand Kerala Tourism department.
• Places like Kerala, Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu, famous Yoga destinations including Shivandanda Yoga Ashram, The Meditation Centre at Vivekanada Rock in Kanyakumari and sites of Munnar.

National Parks in Kerala 

Famous National parks in Kerala are Periyar National Park, Eravikulam National Park, Silent Valley National Park and Pampadum National Park.

Naval Women Mountaineers team led by Lt Cdr Kokila Sajwan Summit Mount Deotibba on - 10th June 2018

An all women Naval mountaineering team headed by Lt Cdr Kokila Sajwan summited Mount Deotibba on June 10th 2018.

Naval Women Mountaineers summit Mount Deotibba

• The excursion was initiated by Vice Admiral A.K.Chawla, AVSM, NM, VSM, Chief Of Personnel on 28th May, 2018 from New Delhi.
• Mount Deotibba is the 2nd highest peak with 6001m height in the Pir-Panjal range in
  Himachal Pradesh. It is one of the greatest difficult peaks to summit.
• The team was headed by Lt.Cdr Kokila Sajwan.
• Team include members Lt.Cdr Nanadini Dam Roy, Lt.Cdr Seema Chaudhary, Lt.Cdr Pooja Sharma, Lt.Cdr Rekha Shree, Lt.Cdr Rashu Tyagi, Lt.Saino Wilson, Lt.Chamm Kumari, Surg Lt.Himwant Kaur, Lt.Surbhi Sharma, Lt.Shristi Thakur, Lt.Vipasha Sharma, Lt.Kritika Sharma.
• They began the trek from the road head of Bara Hazari to the base camp at a height of 4250 meters via Chikka and Seri.
• They passed via advance base camp at 4700 meters and the Summit camp at 5250
  meters. After 12 hours of climbing, they summited the peak.