Current Affairs 3rd May 2019 | Daily GK Update

1. BSNL Launches ‘Bharat Fibre’ Broadband Service In Kashmir Valley

i. State-owned telecom firm BSNL has become the first operator to start optical fibre-based high-speed broadband service in Pulwama with the launch of ‘Bharat Fibre’.

ii. This is the first such FTTH (fibre-to-the-home) service deployment in the (Kashmir) Valley. The service has been launched in a business partnership model with the local channel partner of Pulwama area, on a revenue sharing basis.

2. Mangaluru Police Gets An All-women Patrol Unit “Rani Abbakka Force”

i. Mangaluru City Police has launched an all-women police patrol unit ‘Rani Abbakka Force’. The force will cover the malls, beaches, educational institutions, places of religious importance, and the public transport system and handle issues related to eve-teasing and chain-snatching, among others.

ii. All-women police patrol force has been named after the 16th-century warrior of coastal Karnataka, Queen Abbakka of Ullal near Mangaluru, who fought the Portuguese in the 16th century.

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3. Government and IIT-Delhi To Set up a CoE For Waste to Wealth Technologies

i. The Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser (PSA) to the Government of India and Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) signed an MoU in New Delhi for setting up a Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Waste to Wealth Technologies for implementation of sustainable, scientific and technological solutions for waste management.

ii. The waste to wealth mission project has been approved under the recently constituted Prime Minister’s Science Technology and Innovation Advisory Council (PM-STIAC). 

4. CBDT And GSTN Sign Pact To Nab Evaders 

i. To nab tax evaders and reduce black money generation, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) signed an agreement to facilitate the exchange of data between the two.

ii. The I-T department will share key financial information, including the status of I-T return filings, turnover of business, gross total income, and turnover ratio among others with GSTN, the information technology backbone of the two-year-old indirect tax regime.

Static/Current Takeaways Important For LIC AAO Mains 2019:

i. The 16th Ministerial Meeting of Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD) was held in Doha, Qatar. Gen. (Dr) V.K. Singh (Retd), Minister of State for External Affairs led the Indian delegation.

ii. The theme of the meeting was “Partners in Progress”.

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6. Vladimir Putin Signs Law To Create Independent Russian Internet

i. Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a new measure that aims to expand government control over the Internet.
ii. It would enable the creation of a national network, able to operate separately from the rest of the world. The new law aims to protect Russia from foreign online restrictions by creating a “sustainable, secure and fully functioning” local internet.

7. UK Parliament 1st In World To Declare Climate Emergency

i. The UK parliament became the first national legislative body in the world to declare a climate change emergency.
ii. It also calls for the government to work towards carbon neutrality before 2050 and for ministers to draft proposals within the next 6 months to restore the country’s environment and create a “zero waste economy.”


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