Current Affairs 2nd January 2018

Current Affairs 2nd January 2018 - Important Points

• Anushka Sharma named PETA's Person of the Year 2017 award bagged by - Anushka Sharma
• India and Pakistan exchange list of nuclear sites for 27th consecutive year on - 1st January 2018
• Allied Health Professionals Database Portal launched by - Union Government
• Saudi Arabia and UAE introduced VAT for First Time from - 1st January 2018
• Indian Golfer Shiv Kapur won Royal Cup at Pattaya on - 31st December 2017
• India Hosting 10 ASEAN Leaders on - 26th January 2018

Current Affairs 2nd January 2018 - Details

Anushka Sharma named PETA's Person of the Year 2017 award bagged by - Anushka Sharma

Famous Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma was awarded with the People for the Ethical Treatment of
Animals-PETA 2017 Person of the Year Award.
The actress was decorated with the award for her wide-reaching efforts for animals, from helping to safeguard dogs from fireworks to supporting the horses who are laboured to pull carriages in Mumbai.
Talking on this, the Associate Director of PETA, Sachin Bangera informed that Anushka Sharma is a proud animal rights promoter, whose kindness and efforts know no bounds.
He further informed that PETA is calling on everybody to follow her guidance by eating healthy vegetarian meals, supporting community animals by raising your voice up when they are suffering, and always suggesting and trying out for new ideas to help animals.This is not the 1st time Anushka has been nominated in the PETA celebrity list. She was nominated PETA’s Hottest Vegetarian Celebrity in year 2015.
Following are some of Anushka’s recent efforts to protect animals:

• Launching of her free of cruelty NUSH clothing range.
• Visiting animal shelters and encouraging its efforts on her social media platforms.
• Initiating a campaign called PAWsitive to spread awareness for the fireworks effects to the animals.
• Using social media website, Twitter, to demand a restriction on cruel carriages in Mumbai, where horses are laboured to pull passengers in every weather without giving them adequate rest, food or water.
• Other actors who received the PETA's Person of the Year Award in the last few years were Kapil Sharma, Hema Malini, R Madhavan and Jacqueline Fernandez.

India and Pakistan exchange list of nuclear sites for 27th consecutive year on - 1st January 2018

India and Pakistan have interchanged list of their nuclear fittings and possibilities with each other under
the Accordance on the Prohibition of Attack against Nuclear installations. This is the consecutive 27th
interchange of such lists between 2 nations after 1st list was interchanged on 1st January 1992.
This is a yearly interchange of conducted in 1st January between them to avoiding them from attacking
each other’s nuclear powers. The interchange is part of an accordance between the 2 nuclear-equipped
neighbours meant to stop attacks on nuclear powers by each other.
Accordance on the Ban of Attack against Nuclear installations

•  India and Pakistan  signed this bilateral accordance that bans them from carrying out any surprise attack on each other’s nuclear installations and powers. It was signed on 31st December 1988 and invaded into force on 27th January 1991.
• It was signed by then Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and his Pakistani counterpart Benazir Bhutto.
• In this, both nations inform each other about their nuclear fittings and provisions that need to be coated under the Accordance on 1st January every year.

Allied Health Professionals Database Portal launched by - Union Government

Preeti Sudan, Secretary of Health and Family Welfare Ministry launched the Allied and Healthcare Professionals’ database portal to ensure better systems and frameworks on 1st January 2018 for the healthcare workforce in the country. The link to the website is given as a2hp.mohfw.gov.in.

Important Highlights

• Over 3000 professionals have already registered on the portal during the testing phase.
• The portal has a capacity of capturing more than 10 lakhs Allied and Healthcare Professionals’ data.
• It will be helping the Government to track the number of professionals and streams of allied and healthcare professions in the country.
• It will be helpful to accelerate the envisaged processes such as professionals licensing, workforce policy planning and to bring transparency in the system by maintaining educational standards and clinical practice etc.
• This portal is a provisional measure taken by the Ministry to track and reach out to all the allied and health care professionals in India.

Saudi Arabia and UAE introduced VAT for First Time from - 1st January 2018

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates launched value-added tax. These are the first 2 nations in the Gulf which have launched the VAT system. The 5% levy is being laid to the majority of goods and services. The UAE evaluates that in the 1st year, VAT income will be approximately 12 billion dirhams. Petrol and diesel, food, clothes, utility bills and hotel rooms all now have VAT applicable.
But some outgoings have been kept exempt from the tax, or given a zero-tax slab, containing medical
treatment, public transport system and financial services.

Indian Golfer Shiv Kapur won Royal Cup at Pattaya on - 31st December 2017

Indian golfer Shiv Kapur grabbed the Royal Cup at Pattaya, which is his 3rd Asian Tour title of 2017.
The 35 years old Kapur, who had only a single victory in almost eleven years till April 2017, now won 3
times in last 8 months. This fresh victory marks Kapur’s 4th Asian Tour victory and 6th international title as he won two-times on European Challenge Tour.

India Hosting 10 ASEAN Leaders on - 26th January 2018  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that the coming Republic Day celebration in 2018 would
be recollected through the ages due to the reason that the government for the 1st time in India's history
would be presenting leaders of Ten ASEAN nations as chief guests on the coming 26th January 2018. 

The Republic Day will be admired with leaders of all ten ASEAN nations coming to India as chief guests.
In the present event, not only 1 but ten chief guests would glorify the Republic Day.