Current Affairs 15th October 2018

Current Affairs 15th October 2018 - Important Points

• Indian Navy inducts first deep submergence rescue vessel to rescue distressed submarines on - 13th October 2018
• SC Collegium recommends names of chief justices for- 5 high courts 
• India records best-ever show in Asian Para Games 2018   on -13th October 2018
• Who has been appointed as Director-General of CSIR ? - Shekhar Mande 

Current Affairs 15th October 2018 - Details

Indian Navy inducts first deep submergence rescue vessel to rescue distressed submarines on - 13th October 2018

The Indian Navy on October 13th, 2018 introduced its 1st Deep Submergence Rescue Vessel at its base camp in Mumbai, upgrading its operational competences. The 2nd Deep Submergence Rescue Vessel would be additional to its base in Vishakhapatnam by 2019.
With the initiative, India united a selected list of International Naval forces with the capability to search, detect and provide aid to disaster-struck submarines at deep sea.
Important Points

• The Deep Submergence Rescue Vessel can apparently be positioned at short notice for aiding submarines in distress.
• The rescue vessel, with an allied kit in fly away configuration, can be vital in quickly locating submarines done the vast expanse of sea and can be mobilised by air as well as water for rapid rescue.
• Few Deep Submergence Rescue Vessels are air transportable in huge military cargo. 
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  The rescue vessels have played an important role in saving lives and submarines during emergency conditions.
• Most of these are proficient of rescuing 24 people at depths of about 600 meters in one go.
• Besides rescue operation, the vessels are also positioned for numerous other missions including to lay cables on the sea bed.

SC Collegium recommends names of chief justices for- 5 high courts 

The SC Collegium led by CJI Ranjan Gogoi has suggested the selection of 5 Chief Justices to the High Courts of Bombay, Calcutta, Uttarakhand, Gauhati and Sikkim. The resolutions endorsing the Chief Justices to the 5 High Courts were approved by the Supreme Court Collegium on October 9th. Besides the Chief Justice of India, the Collegium comprised of Justices Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph.
SC Collegium Recommendations
1. Justice NH Patil is the judge, who is presently working as the Acting Chief Justice of the Bombay High
Court, has been suggested to be nominated as the Chief Justice of the court. The position has been vacant since the retirement of Chief Justice Manjula Chellur in December 2017.
2. Justice DK Gupta is the currently working as Acting Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court, has also been suggested to be selected as the next Chief Justice, replacing Chief Justice Jyotirmay Bhattacharya who retired from post freshly.
3. Justice Ramesh Ranganathan is the senior-most judge of the High Court of AP and Telangana at
Hyderabad wo also has been suggested to be nominated as Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court.
The position has been lying vacant ever since Chief Justice K.M.Joseph was promoted to the Supreme Court earlier in 2018.
4. Justice AS Bopanna is the senior judge from the Karnataka High Court, who has been suggested to be nominated as the next Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court. He will replace Chief Justice Ajit Singh who freshly retired.
5. Justice Vijai Kumar Bist is the senior-most judge of the Uttarakhand High Court, who has been suggested to be nominated as the next Chief Justice of the Sikkim High Court. The position was vacant since the retirement of Chief Justice S.K.Agnihotri.

India records best-ever show in Asian Para Games 2018  on -13th October 2018

India on October 13th, 2018 finished its campaign at the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta, Indonesia with a record medal haul, securing a sum of 72 medals that consisted 15 Gold, 24 Silver and 33 Bronze medals. India was positioned 9th in the overall tally.
In the past edition in 2014, India secured 33 medals including Three Gold, 14 Silver, 16 Bronze medals.
Key Highlights

• India recorded its best-ever performance in the Asian Para Games by taking 72 medals, including 15 Gold medals. On the final day of the competition, Indian shuttlers added 2 Gold and Three Bronze medals. 
• With a sum of 15 Gold, 24 Silver and 33 Bronze medals, India was positioned 9th in the overall tally.
• This was India’s best-ever performance at the Asian Para Games, as compared to the last edition at Incheon with 33 medals overall.
• China finished at the highest with 319 medals including 172 Gold, 88 Silver and 59 Bronze medals, trailed by South Korea at the 2nd place with 53 Gold, 25 Silver and 47 Bronze and then Iran with 51 Gold, 42 Silver and 43 Bronze.
• India won approximately half of its medals in Para-athletics with the tally reading 36 medals including Seven Gold, 13 Silver and 16 Bronze.
• While the sporting groups of Badminton and chess counted 9 medals each to India’s medal tally, para-swimming added 8 medals.

Who has been appointed as Director-General of CSIR ? - Shekhar Mande 

Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has selected Dr. Shekhar Mande as the Director General of CSIR and Secretary of the Department of Scientific and Research (DSIR). He will succeed Girish Sahni who retired in August 2018.
More about Dr. Shekhar Mande

• Dr. Mande, is a structural biologist is Director of National Centre for Cell Sciences, Pune. He has served at Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Hyderabad.
• He is also top functionary of Vijnana Bharati, which a swadeshi science movement associated with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
• He is fellow of all 3 major science academies and receiver of most respected science honour in the nation, coveted SS Bhatnagar Prize in 2005.
  Council of Scientific & Industrial Research
• Council of Scientific and Industrial Research is an autonomous organisation and India’s premier research and development organisation.
• It was recognized in 1942. It works as an autonomous organisation registered under the Registration of Societies Act of 1860.
• It is primarily funded by the Union Ministry of Science and Technology. PM is the chairman of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.
• It has been ranked 9 in the world amongst 1207 government organisations, with overall global ranking of 75th in world, covering 5250 organizations.
• It operates a chain of 38 National Research laboratories. It is headquartered in New Delhi.