Current Affairs 6th October 2018

Current Affairs 6th October 2018 - Important Points

• Government releases Digi Yatra, policy on biometric based digital processing of passengers at -airports
• First India-Vietnam Coast Guards exercise held in Bay of Bengal - Sahyog HOP TAC -2018
• 2nd Global Renewable Energy Investment Meeting and Expo held in Noida - REINVEST- 2018
• Who has been appointed Deputy National Security Advisor ? - R N Ravi
• World Teachers Day 2018 observed globally on - 5th October 2018
• 19th India-Russia Annual Bilateral Summit: India signs deal with Russia to buy S-400 Triumf Missiles on - 5th October 2018

Current Affairs 6th October 2018 - Details

Government releases Digi Yatra, policy on biometric based digital processing of passengers at -airports

Union Ministry of Civil Aviation has publicized policy on biometric based digital processing of travellers at airports known as Digi Yatra. The initiative looks forward to encourage paperless and hassle-free air traveling. It will be working by end of February, 2019 at Bengaluru and Hyderabad Airports.  In later stage, Airports Authority of India will expand this policy at Kolkata, Varanasi, Pune and Vijayawada Airports by April 2019.
More about Digi Yatra

• Under Digi Yatra, there will be single-time verification at departure airport while travelling for 1st time using Identification Document.
• After efficacious verification, facial recognition biometric will be taken and stored in Digi Yatra Identification Document. With this initiative, ticket booking, Entry at Airport and boarding pass security check-in will be accomplished digitally.
• For this system, travellers will be recorded via centralized system and will be issued Digi Travel IDs.
• This Identification Document will consist details including names of travellers, their e-mail id, mobile number and any other identity card in case of non-basis. Passengers can also utilise this Identification Document while making their ticket booking.
• This initiative will bring advantages to travellers and all shareholders tangled in process including airport operator, who will be having travel data in advance for better resource planning and real-time information of travellers within terminal. This will permit the operator to take proactive action to handle congestion.

First India-Vietnam Coast Guards exercise held in Bay of Bengal - Sahyog HOP TAC -2018

The maiden joint activity of Coast Guards of India and Vietnam “Sahyog HOP TAC -2018” was organised
in the Bay of Bengal off the Chennai coast, Tamil Nadu. It was intended at consolidating the working level association between coast guards of both naval forces.
More about Sahyog HOP TAC-2018

• The activity was intended at familiarizing coast guards of both nations with each other’s’ capabilities and consolidating working level relationship to saving lives at sea.
• It included scenario of hijacking of oil tanker and subsequent saving of its crew in co-ordinated anti-piracy joint operation and precautionary efforts for marine environment protection. Moreover, it also comprised interdiction of pirated vessels, co-ordinated joint boarding operation and external fire-fighting to rescue burning ships.
• From Indian side, Coast Guard ships Shaurya, Arnvesh and inreceptor boat C-431 along with Dornier aircraft and Chetak helicopter took part in the joint activity. It also witnessed participation of Sagar Manjusa vessel of National Institute of Ocean Technology.

2nd Global Renewable Energy Investment Meeting and Expo held in Noida - REINVEST- 2018

The 2nd Global Renewable Energy Investment Meeting and Expo- REINVEST 2018 was held by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy in Noida from October 3rd –5th, 2018. It was initiated by PM Narendra Modi in the presence of United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres. Second Global REINVEST also accommodated 1st Assembly of International Solar Alliance and Meeting of the Energy Ministers of Indian Ocean Rim Association nations.
More about 2nd RE-INVEST

• The Second REINVEST was focused at fast-tracking around the world effort to scale-up renewable
  energy and link global investment community with Indian energy shareholders.
• It consisted 3-day Conference on renewables, cleantech and future energy choices and expo of renewables-concerned producers, developers, investors and innovators.
• The Second REINVEST delivered great prospect to different companies to display their business
  strategies, accomplishments and expectations.
•  It also simplified partnership and co-operation with crucial shareholders in India, which have developed as one of the world’s largest renewable energy markets.
• It was joined by Ministerial Delegations worldwide, including International Solar Alliance and Indian Ocean Rim Association Member Nations, more than 600 global industry leaders, and 10,000 representatives.
  RE-Invest
  It is global platform to discover strategies for development and deployment of renewables and it was assembled upon success of RE-Invest 2015. It delivers international forum to recognized players and new segments of investors and entrepreneurs to engage, ideate and innovate.

Who has been appointed Deputy National Security Advisor ? - R N Ravi

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has re-designated R.N.Ravi, Chairman of Joint Intelligence Committee as Deputy National Security Advisor (Internal Affairs). He will be 3rd deputy National Security Advisor to National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, following previous Research and Analysis Wing-RAW chief, Rajinder Khanna and serving diplomat Pankaj Saran.
More about R N Ravi

• R.N.Ravi is 1976 batch Indian Police Service officer of the Kerala cadre.
• He is also the government’s interlocutor for continuing talks with Naga rebellious group National Socialist Council of Nagaland and man shaping the Naga peace accord.
• He has played dynamic role in making sure that rebellion groups from North-East have come to talking table.
  Three-tier internal security structure
• Presently, India has 3-tier internal security structure which consists of National Security Council, headed by PM, Strategic Policy Group and a National Security Advisory Board.
• Prime Minister-headed National Security Council is top body and National Security Advisor works as its secretary.
• The Strategic Policy Group is led by cabinet secretary and it has chiefs of armed forces, Intelligence Bureau and Research and Analysis Wing as its members.
• It is accountable for policy-making and for follow-up action in issues of national security.
• The National Security Advisory Board does long term analysis and provides perspectives on concerns of national security.
  More about National Security Advisor
• National Security Advisor is the principal executive of National Security Council and primary advisor to PM on national and international security and oversees strategic issues.
• Due to such vested powers, National Security Advisor is protuberant and powerful office in the bureaucracy. National Security Advisor is assisted by a Deputy- National Security Advisor.
• The position was formed in November 1998 by Atal Bihari Vajpayee Government. Brajesh Mishra was 1st to be designated National Security Advisor of India.

World Teachers Day 2018 observed globally on - 5th October 2018

The World Teachers Day was celebrated worldwide on October 5th, 2018. The Day commemorates the anniversary of the adoption of the ‘1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation’ concerning the Status of Teachers.
The Day was co-convened in partnership with UNICEF, UNDP, the International Labour Organization, and Education International.
Important Points

• The 2018 theme of the Day was “The Right to Education means the Right to a Qualified Teacher”.
• This theme was selected to mark the 70th anniversary of the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights” -1948, which marks education as a crucial fundamental right, that cannot be rewarded without qualified teachers.
• One of the key challenges to Right to Education around the world is the constant shortage of teachers.
• There are approximated 264 million children and youngsters who are still out of school globally.
• According to the UNESCO Institute of Statistics, nearly 69 million fresh teachers require to be employed to reach the 2030 education aim of universal primary and secondary education. Qualified and knowledgeable teachers are fundamental to the right to education.
  More about UNESCO Recommendation
• The World Teachers’ Day honours the Anniversary of the adoption of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers. 
• The Commendation forms standards concerning the rights and responsibilities of teachers and morals for their starting training and further education, recruitment, service, and teaching. 
• To complement the 1966 Recommendation by casing teaching and research employees in higher education, the Recommendation regarding the Status of Higher-Education Teaching Personnel was approved in 1997.

19th India-Russia Annual Bilateral Summit: India signs deal with Russia to buy S-400 Triumf Missiles on - 5th October 2018

India and Russia on October 5th, 2018 inked a USD 5.43 billion contract for India to acquire the S-400 Triumf missile system from Russia.  The pact was inked after the 19th India-Russia Annual Bilateral Summit between PM Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin and other representatives. Russian President Vladimir Putin is on 2 days visit to India.
Post their bilateral discussions between PM Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin, India and Russia inked the USD 5.43 billion pact for S-400 Air Defence System. The system is predictable to be delivered by year 2020.
More about S-400 Air Defence System

• An advanced version of the S-300 systems, the S-400 is a surface-to-air missile system that can destroy enemies airplanes in the sky from the surface itself.
• Known as Russia's most innovative long-range surface-to-air missile defence system, S-400 is talented of terminating hostile bombers, jets, missiles and drones at a range of 380 kilometres.
• The S-400 missile system was industrialised by Almaz-Antey and has been in service in Russia since 2007.

Important Highlights

• Both the nations reaffirmed their promises to the Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership among India and Russia.
• They repeated that being multicultural, multilingual and multi-religious societies, India and Russia bring civilisation knowledge to address modern day contests. 
• Subsequent to the effective implementation of the Protocol on Foreign Office Consultations for the period 2017-18, they decided to outspread the period of Consultations for 5 additional years i.e. 2019-2023 and inked a Protocol to this effect. 
• They greeted the pacts reached in November 2017 between their concerned authorities, for cooperation on internal security, drug-trafficking and disaster management, for the period of 2018-2020. 
• They reviewed the development on the accomplishment of the aim to upsurge two-way investment to USD 30 billion by the year 2025.
• They greeted the initiation of consultations on the Free Trade Agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union and its member states.
• They greeted the holding of the India-Russia Business Summit on the boundaries of the 19th Annual Summit on October 4th-5th, 2018 in New-Delhi with the involvement of large business delegations from both nations.