Current Affairs 17th April 2016

Current Affairs 17th April 2016 - Important Points

• Who launched free WiFi service at Bhubaneswar Railway station - Google, RailTel
• Delhi Government launches Phase 2 of which scheme - Odd-Even
• Who revoked accreditation of Moscow Antidoping Center – WADA
• In which state Indian Army conducted Shatrujeet battle exercise – Rajasthan

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Who launched free WiFi service at Bhubaneswar Railway station - Google, RailTel

On 17 April 2016, Google in collaboration with RailTel, the telecom arm of the Indian Railways, rolled out free Wi-Fi service at Bhubaneswar railway station. 

Now, Bhubaneswar railway station became the second station to be covered under the Google-RailTel Wi-Fi project. Free Wi-Fi by Google-RailTel took off at Mumbai Central in January 2016.

Along with Bhubaneswar there are about ten more stations such as - Bhopal, Ernakulum Jn (Kochi), Kacheguda (Hyderabad), Mumbai Central, Pune, Ranchi, Raipur, Vijayawada, and Vishakhapatnam.

Delhi Government launches Phase 2 of which scheme - Odd-Even

The second phase of odd-even car rationing scheme has been launched by Delhi Government to check pollution in the national capital. 

From 15 April 2016 till 30 April 2016, the second phase will be started. The aim of this scheme is at curbing vehicular pollution and reducing traffic congestion on the roads of NCR Delhi. 

Do You Know – 

•In order to clean Delhi’s toxic air, the AAP governments began the odd-even rule for cars at the beginning of the year 2016.

•At that time, CM Arvind Kejriwal said that according to the reports we have got till now, odd-even formula has been a success.

•Whereas, Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi appealed the people of Delhi to cooperate with Odd-Even Scheme. 

Who revoked accreditation of Moscow Antidoping Center – WADA

On 10 November 2015, the laboratory was suspended as recommended in the WADA independent commission report that laid bare evidence of state-sponsored doping and corruption in sport in Russia. 

According to the report, it was found that laboratory director Grigori Rodchenkov had ordered close to 1500 samples to be destroyed, prompting the disgraced director's resignation.

Due to non-compliance with the International Standard for Laboratories and the related Technical documents it was suspended and since then, the lab was prohibited from carrying out any WADA-related anti-doping activities including all analyses of urine and blood samples.

About WADA:

•WADA which is known as The World Anti-Doping Agency is a foundation created through a collective initiative led by the International Olympic Committee.

•WADA was set up on November 10, 1999 in Lausanne, Switzerland.

•The organization's headquarters have been located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, since 2002. The Lausanne office became the regional office for Europe.

•It is responsible for the World Anti-Doping Code, adopted by more than 600 sports organizations, including international sports federations, national anti-doping organizations, the IOC, and the International Paralympic Committee.

In which state Indian Army conducted Shatrujeet battle exercise – Rajasthan

‘Shatrujeet’, which is the Indian Army conducted major battle exercise in the Thar Desert of Rajasthan near to the border with Pakistan. 

The main purpose of the exercise was to evaluate the capability of the Indian Army and fine tune its proactive war strategy to respond swiftly to any threat to nation’s security.

Do You Know – 

•'Shatrujeet' in the deserts of Rajasthan, Mathura-based Strike 1 corps conducted to evaluate the capability of the Army to strike deep into enemy territory in an integrated air-land battle environment.

•Defence spokesperson Lt Col Manish Ojha said in a release that the operation-oriented exercise is focusing on "validating integrated battle theatre fighting concept" incorporating new-age technologies, weapon platforms and systems as well as long range precision targeting vectors.