Satya S Tripathi has been appointed an assistant Secretary-General and will head the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) New York office. Tripathi has been the Senior Adviser on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development at the UNEP since 2017.
UNEP: HQ - Nairobi, Kenya; Formation: 5 June 1972.
Flying of drones or the Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS) in India is set to become legal. No permission will be required to fly drones weighing up to 250 gms. Drones will only be allowed to fly during daytime to a maximum altitude of 400 ft.
Digital Sky platform,will be set up for drone user registrations
The project will reduce the distance from Mumbai/Pune to key central India locations by 171 kms. It is estimated to result in cumulative net economic benefits of Rs 15,000 cr in the first 10 years of operations. The project will be constructed in 6 years
Manmad is a town in Nasik district, Maharashtra.
Spicejet, powered by indigenously produced aviation biofuel from jatropha oil took a maiden flight from Dehradun to Delhi. The use of bio jet fuel reduces greenhouse gas emissions by about 15 % and cost savings in jet fuel supply.
This biofuel technology has been patented by CSIR-IIP Dehradun
The online portal www.gailonline.com is the first of its kind to provide gas consumers with the facility to register pipeline capacity bookings online. It would be a first step to facilitate gas trading on hub or exchange-traded platform in India.
GAIL was conferred with the Maharatna status on 1 Feb 2013
Nirmala Sitharaman is on an official bilateral visit to Thailand from 27 to 28 Aug. Both sides discussed a gamut of issues relating to defence cooperation between countries. India offered additional training opportunities for the Royal Thai Army in India
MAITREE and SIAM BHARAT are their joint military exercises.
Injeti Srinivas committee (constituted in July 2018) submitted its report on reviewing existing framework dealing with offences under the Companies Act, 2013. It recommended that the existing law should continue for serious offences covering six categories
Twin purpose was ease of doing biz& better corporate compliance
Suresh Prabhu has asked traders to develop strategies to increase the pace of export growth to 20% this year. This will help double the country’s exports by 2025 and help create jobs, bring in foreign exchange and validate India’s international competitiveness
India acceded to WTO’s TFA in Apr, 2016 to ease out bottlenecks
Neeraj Chopra won Gold in the Men’s Javelin Throw Final at the 18th Asian Games 2018 in Jakarta,Indonesia. He shattered his own national record by clearing 88.06m. Chopra’s gold is only the second medal India has won in javelin throw in Asian Games history
Gurtej Singh won bronze in javelin throw in Asian Games, 1982.
The SBI report says India’s CAD is likely to touch 2.8% of GDP in FY19 on surge in crude oil prices and moderate growth in exports. Amidst the recent devaluation of the Chinese Yuan, the country’s imports from China increased in recent months.
CAD is when a country imports moreGoods&services than it exports