02-03.09.18 Kerala (KPSC) Current Affairs

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KERALA

  • National Housing Bank offers Rs 200 cr refinance facility to Kerala

 

  • To provide relief to the households having annual income up to Rs 3 lakh in rural areas and up to Rs 6 lakh in urban areas in the floods-hit state of Kerala, National Housing Bank (NHB) has announced a refinance assistance of Rs 200 crore.

 

  • This refinance facility would facilitate concessional rate of interest for construction/repair and renovation of houses, through primary lending institutions.

 

  • Individual housing loans, which have been disbursed on or after August 1, 2018 and till June 30, 2019 by primary lending institutions in rural and urban areas of Kerala, are covered under this assistance.

 

 

 

INTERNATIONAL

 

  • 6th East Asia Summit and 15th India-ASEAN Economic Ministers Meeting held in Singapore

 

 

  • Commerce & Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu attended the 6thEast Asia Summit- Economic Ministers’ Meeting (EAS-EMM) and 15th India-ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting (AEM) in Singapore. Singapore is currently holding the Chair of ASEAN.

 

  • The 6th East-Asia Economic Ministers’  Meeting was chaired by Chan Chun Sing, Minister for Trade and Industry, Singapore, and was attended by Economic Ministers from  10  ASEAN countries  and their eight  dialogue partners,  Australia, China, India, Japan, Republic of Korea, New Zealand, the Russian Federation and the United States of America.

 

 

  • Tahira Safdar becomes first woman to head a Pakistan high court

 

 

  • Justice Tahira Safdar was sworn in on as the first woman chief justice of a Pakistani high court.

 

  • Justice Safdar was sworn in as the chief justice of Balochistan High Court at a ceremony held at the Governor House in Balochistan.

 

  • She made history in 1982 when she became the first woman civil judge in Balochistan.

 

·        Mauritius tops India’s FDI charts again in FY18

 

  • According to RBI data, Mauritius remained the top source of Foreign Direct Investment(FDI) into India in 2017-18 followed by Singapore.
  • The total FDI in the financial year stood at $37.36 billion, a marginal increase from $36.31 billion recorded in the previous fiscal.
  • FDI from Mauritius totalled $13.41 billion.

 

 

 

NATIONAL

 

  • Asian Games 2018: India finish with 69 medals

 

  • India finishes 8th with a final tally of 69 medals – 15 gold, 24 silver and 30 bronze, at Asian Games 2018.

 

  • China topped the tally with 289 medals including 132 gold.

 

  • Japan finishes second while Republic of Korea secured third place.

 

  • The 2018 Asian Games, officially known as the 18th Asian Games were held in Jakarta-Palembang 2018 from 18 August to 2 September 2018 in the Indonesian cities of Jakarta and Palembang.

 

 

 

·        Dipak Misra recommends Ranjan Gogoi as next Chief Justice of India

 

  • Present Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra, who is set to retire from the post on October 2 this year, recommended senior Supreme Court judge Ranjan Gogoi as the next Chief Justice of India.
  • Justice Ranjan Gogoi who hails from Assam was appointed a judge in the Gawahati High Court on February 28, 2001. He later became the Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on February 12, 2011. Then he elevated to the Supreme courtin April 2012. Justice Gogoi is slated to retire on November 17, 2019.

 

·        Supreme Court fined the Income Tax Department Rs 10 lakh

 

  • A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokurslapped a cost of Rs 10 lakh on the IT department for making “misleading statement” about the pendency of an appeal and said that the apex court is not a “picnic place”.
  • The Income Tax Department had delayed the filing of a petition by 596 days.

 

 

·        Supreme Court banned all construction activities in 4 states

 

  • The Supreme Court has banned all construction activities in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Chandigarh till October 9.
  • A bench, led by Justice Madan Lokur, announced the ban citing the failure of these States and the UT to implement a solid waste management

 

 

·        West Bengal government launched mobile blood donation camp

 

 

  • TheWest Bengal government has launched a mobile blood donation campin a red luxury bus. The bus moves from location to location, collecting blood in West Bengal. The health activists said that this move by the government is a major success as the bus is often seen in the city collecting blood samples. The service is free of cost.

 

 

·        Two Indians, Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk, received Magsaysay Award

 

  • Bharat Vatwaniand Sonam Wangchuk are among six individuals who received this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Award, popularly known as Asia’s Nobel Prize.

 

  • The other recipients of the award are

    ♦ Youk Chhang,

    ♦ Filipino Howard Dee,

    ♦ Vietnam’s Vo Thi Hoang Yen and

    ♦ East Timore’s Maria de Lourdes Martins Cruz.

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