Current Affairs 3rd September 2015

Current Affairs 3rd September 2015 - Important Points

• Which logo was scrapped for plagiarism accusation - Logo for 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games

• Who was appointed as Chief Technology Officer of ABB India Ltd - Bazmi Husain

• Intellectual Property Rights Facilitation Centre for MSMEs was launched in Lucknow by - PHDCCI

• Which Commission is set to merge with SEBI with effect from 28 Sept 2015 - Forward Markets Commission

• NASA and USAID launched SERVIR-Mekong to monitor environment in - Southeast Asia

• Which country rejected French proposal to limit veto power of UNSC's permanent members - Russia

• Defence Minister's dialogue concluded in New Delhi between - Australia and India

Current Affairs 3rd September 2015 - Details

Which logo was scrapped for plagiarism accusation - Logo for 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games

On 1st September 2015, Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games logo was scrapped by Games Organising Committee after there were allegations by a Belgian graphic designer Olivier Debie that it was plagiarised from his work. 

Designer claimed that this logo was similar to his 2013 logo for the Theatre de Liege.

Who was appointed as Chief Technology Officer of ABB India Ltd - Bazmi Husain

On 2nd September 2015, Bazmi Husain was appointed as new Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of ABB India Ltd. Husain who is a power and automation expert has been working with ABB from three decades. 

Do You Know :

• CEO of ABB is - Ulrich Spiesshofer
• ABB brings together an international team of highly skilled scientists across a variety of disciplines.

Intellectual Property Rights Facilitation Centre for MSMEs was launched in Lucknow by - PHDCCI

On 2nd September 2015, Intellectual Property Rights Facilitation Centre (IPFC) for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) was launched by PHDCCI in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. This was launched with an motive to nurture innovative activities in the MSME.

Do You Know : 

Full form of PHDCCI - PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Which Commission is set to merge with SEBI with effect from 28 Sept 2015 - Forward Markets Commission

From 28th September 2015, Forward Markets Commission (FMC) is set to merge with Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) as per the notification of Union Govt on 28th August 2015.

For this purpose, the government repealed the Forward Contracts Regulation Act (FCRA) 1952 and made a way to shift the Regulation of Commodity Derivatives Market to SEBI under Securities Contracts Regulation Act (SCRA) 1956.

NASA and USAID launched SERVIR-Mekong to monitor environment in - Southeast Asia

On 31st August 2015, NASA and USAID launched SERVIR-Mekong, to serve the countries of the Mekong River Basin: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.

This project is aimed at strengthening regional environmental monitoring in the above five countries in the lower Mekong region of Southeast Asia. The SERVIR-Mekong will aid climate resilience, food and water security.

The SERVIR-Mekong hub is located at the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center in Bangkok, Thailand.  

Do You Know : 

• In coordination with the Group on Earth Observations, an alliance of more than 90 nations collaborating to build a global Earth-observing system, SERVIR was developed. First ever SERVIR hub was launched in 2005 in Panama City, Panama.
• Full Form of USAID is - United States Agency for International Development
• Full Form of NASA is - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Which country rejected French proposal to limit veto power of UNSC's permanent members - Russia

Among Intenational Current Affairs, On 2nd September 2015, Russia rejected the proposal of France asking United Nations Security Council (UNSC) permanent members to limit the use of the veto power at least in cases involving mass atrocities that demands action.

Defence Minister's dialogue concluded in New Delhi between - Australia and India

On 2nd September 2015, Second India-Australia Defence Minister's dialogue concluded in New Delhi which was chaired by visiting Australian Defence Minister of Australia Kevin Andrews and Defence Minister of India Manohar Parrikar.

After meeting a delegation level talk was held to discuss issues of shared strategic interest and the current state of the bilateral defence relationship between the two countries and then a joint statement was released.