1)Peace Mission: India, Pakistan for first time to participate together in SCO counter-terror exercise:- For first time, arch rivals India and Pakistan are taking part in Peace Mission, a multi-nation counter-terror exercise in Russia to be held in September 2018.
SCO is political and security grouping headquartered in Beijing. It was founded in 2001.
The full members of organization are China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, India and Pakistan.
2)International Buddhist Conference held in Lumbini, Nepal:- The theme of the conference was ‘Lumbini Nepal: The birthplace of Lord Buddha and the fountain of Buddhism and world peace’.
3)LCA Tejas successful test fires Derby air-to-air beyond visual range missile:-Indigenously developed light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas successfully fired Derby air-to-air beyond visual range missile (BVRM) off the Goa coast.
4)Special 301 Report: USTR again places India Priority Watch List:- The Office of United States (US) Trade Representative (USTR) has once again placed India on ‘Priority Watch List’ in its annual Special 301 Report on the state of intellectual property protection.
Special 301 Report identifies US trading partners that do not adequately or effectively protect and enforce IP rights or deny market access to its innovators and creators that rely on protection of their IP rights.
5)India-China Informal Summit held in Wuhan:-The first Informal Summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and China’s President Xi Jinping was held in Wuhan.
PM Modi laid emphasis on importance of people-to-people (P2P) contact through STRENGTH:
S-Spirituality;
T-Tradition, Trade and Technology;
R-Relationship;
E-Entertainment (Art, Movies, etc.);
N-Nature conservation;
G-Games;
T-Tourism and
H-Health and Healing.
6)Some Facts About Defence:-Defence Aquisition Council is Chaired by Defence Minister.
DAC approves acquisition of NAG Missile System for Army and long range guns for Navy.
NAG is Anti Tank Guided Missile.
The NAG ATGM has strike range of over 2.5km with fire and forget capabilities.
7)Asia Pacific Regional Workshop of UNCCD held in New Delhi:-The Asia Pacific Regional Workshop of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), jointly hosted by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and UNCCD was held in New Delhi.
The participants were trained in use of state-of-the-art tool called ‘Trends.Earth’ developed by Conservation International, an NGO for combating land degradation.
UNCCD was adopted in 1994 and entered into force 1996. It is only legally binding international agreement to address problem of desertification and other land issues.
8)CSIR wins National Intellectual Property (IP) Award 2018:- The National IP Award is awarded annually by Indian Intellectual Property Office (under Ministry of Commerce and Industry).
CSIR is an autonomous body and India’s premier research and development (R&D) organisation. It was established in 1942. It operates as an autonomous body registered under the Registration of Societies Act of 1860.
9)Gujarati poet Sitanshu Yashaschandra chosen for 2017 Saraswati Samman:- for his collection of verses (poetry) titled “Vakhar” published in 2009. It was 27 edition of the award.
Saraswati Samman is an annual award bestowed upon Indian citizen for his outstanding literary work written in any 22 Indian language mentioned in Schedule VIII of Constitution and published during last 10 years.
It was established in 1991 by KK Birla Foundation (which also gives Vyas Samman for Hindi).
SCO is political and security grouping headquartered in Beijing. It was founded in 2001.
The full members of organization are China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, India and Pakistan.
2)International Buddhist Conference held in Lumbini, Nepal:- The theme of the conference was ‘Lumbini Nepal: The birthplace of Lord Buddha and the fountain of Buddhism and world peace’.
3)LCA Tejas successful test fires Derby air-to-air beyond visual range missile:-Indigenously developed light combat aircraft (LCA) Tejas successfully fired Derby air-to-air beyond visual range missile (BVRM) off the Goa coast.
4)Special 301 Report: USTR again places India Priority Watch List:- The Office of United States (US) Trade Representative (USTR) has once again placed India on ‘Priority Watch List’ in its annual Special 301 Report on the state of intellectual property protection.
Special 301 Report identifies US trading partners that do not adequately or effectively protect and enforce IP rights or deny market access to its innovators and creators that rely on protection of their IP rights.
5)India-China Informal Summit held in Wuhan:-The first Informal Summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and China’s President Xi Jinping was held in Wuhan.
PM Modi laid emphasis on importance of people-to-people (P2P) contact through STRENGTH:
S-Spirituality;
T-Tradition, Trade and Technology;
R-Relationship;
E-Entertainment (Art, Movies, etc.);
N-Nature conservation;
G-Games;
T-Tourism and
H-Health and Healing.
6)Some Facts About Defence:-Defence Aquisition Council is Chaired by Defence Minister.
DAC approves acquisition of NAG Missile System for Army and long range guns for Navy.
NAG is Anti Tank Guided Missile.
The NAG ATGM has strike range of over 2.5km with fire and forget capabilities.
7)Asia Pacific Regional Workshop of UNCCD held in New Delhi:-The Asia Pacific Regional Workshop of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), jointly hosted by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) and UNCCD was held in New Delhi.
The participants were trained in use of state-of-the-art tool called ‘Trends.Earth’ developed by Conservation International, an NGO for combating land degradation.
UNCCD was adopted in 1994 and entered into force 1996. It is only legally binding international agreement to address problem of desertification and other land issues.
8)CSIR wins National Intellectual Property (IP) Award 2018:- The National IP Award is awarded annually by Indian Intellectual Property Office (under Ministry of Commerce and Industry).
CSIR is an autonomous body and India’s premier research and development (R&D) organisation. It was established in 1942. It operates as an autonomous body registered under the Registration of Societies Act of 1860.
9)Gujarati poet Sitanshu Yashaschandra chosen for 2017 Saraswati Samman:- for his collection of verses (poetry) titled “Vakhar” published in 2009. It was 27 edition of the award.
Saraswati Samman is an annual award bestowed upon Indian citizen for his outstanding literary work written in any 22 Indian language mentioned in Schedule VIII of Constitution and published during last 10 years.
It was established in 1991 by KK Birla Foundation (which also gives Vyas Samman for Hindi).
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