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Headlines PM Narendra Modi inaugurates World
Information Technology Congress 2018
Home Ministry organises Watan Ko Janoprogramme
Fiji partners TERI for help in tackling climatechange
Amazon becomes world’s 3rd most valuablecompany, overtakes Microsoft
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Headlines
Shoaib Akhtar appointed Pakistan Cricket Board’sbrand ambassador
TCS recognized as a global Top Employer for thethird consecutive year
Atal Bhujal Yojana: Government formulatesambitious water conservation
Haryana opens four subsidised canteens underAntyodaya Aahaar Yojana
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PM Narendra Modi inaugurates World Information Technology Congress 2018
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated World Information Technology Congress (WITC) 2018 in Hyderabad, Telangana via video conference. The theme of this edition of conference was ‘Future
Enterprises.’ It was hosted by Telangana Government, in association with country’s top IT body, National Association of Software and Services Companies
(NASSCOM) and global IT organization World Information Technology and Services Alliance (WITSA).
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Key Facts
This is for first time India is hosting WITC. Itwill second time that the event will be takingplace in Asia after it was hosted inKualalumpur, Malaysia in 2008. Around 2500delegates from across the world participated inthe maga IT eventMoreover, at least 20 CEOsfrom Fortune 500 companies and 100 othertop executives attended the conference.
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Home Ministry organises Watan Ko Janoprogramme
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had recently organized Youth Exchange Programme- WatanKo Jano programme. Under it, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Rajnath
Singh met youth of Jammu and Kashmir in New Delhi. Around 200 youth from state visited different places of country as part of the
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Watan Ko Jano The programme is sponsoredjointly by Ministry of Home Affairs, CentralGovernment (Kashmir Cell) and J&K StateRehabilitation Council Social WelfareDepartment. It aims to give exposure to youthand children of J&K about the cultural and socio-economic development taking place in otherparts of country. Youth and children hit bymilitancy and from weaker sections from J&Kare selected for the programme.
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Atal Bhujal Yojana: Government formulates ambitious water conservation scheme
The Union Government has formulated ambitious water conservation scheme Atal Bhujal Yojana
(ABY) to tackle ever-deepening crisis of depleting groundwater level. The Rs 6,000-crore will be piloted under the Ministry of
Water Resources, River Development & GangaRejuvenation. It is awaiting cabinet’s clearance.
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Atal Bhujal Yojana The objective of scheme is to recharge ground water and
create sufficient water storage for agricultural purposes.It also focuses on revival of surface water bodies so thatground water level can be increased, especially in therural areas. The scheme after Cabinet’s clearance willsoon be launched in water-stressed states: Gujarat,Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh,Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. It will cover 78 districts,193 blocks and more than 8,300 gram panchayats acrossthese states. Centre will support half of the total projectcost and rest of the budgetary cost will be shared by theWorld Bank.
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Fiji partners TERI for help in tackling climate change
Fiji (an island nation in South Pacific Ocean) signed a declaration of partnership with
India’s The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) for assistance in tackling climate
change effects and achieving environmental sustainability
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Details about partnership between Fiji and TERI: The declaration of partnership was signed on sidelines of the
World Sustainable Development Conference (WSDS 2018) inNew Delhi.
As per the terms of this declaration, TERI will providetechnical assistance to Fiji in a variety of areas includingwaste and pollution management, remote monitoring andreporting of environmental impact assessments, developing‘green’ energy efficient buildings and aligning Fiji’s nationalpolicies with environmental aims.
In context of this news, it is important to note that SouthPacific region is prone to extreme weather conditions likecyclones and floods. Besides, these conditions likely toworsen due to climate change.
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Quick Facts about Fiji:
♦ Capital – Suva
♦ Currency – Fijian dollar
♦ Current Prime Minister – FrankBainimarama
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Amazon becomes world’s 3rd most valuable company, overtakes Microsoft
Amazon’s market capitalisation touched $702.5 billion. On account of this surge, Amazon became the third most valuable
company in the world.
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Market value of a company’s outstandingshares is referred to as market capitalisation(m-cap). It is calculated by multiplying thecurrent market price of company’s sharewith total no. Of Outstanding shares.
Amazon surpassed Microsoft’s market capof $699.2 billion.
In terms of market capitalisation, Apple isthe most valuable company with $849.2billion market cap, followed by Google’sparent company Alphabet at $745.1 billion.
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Surge in Amazon’s stock prices has made itsCEO, Jeff Bezos the richest man in the world.Bezos holds 78.9 million shares of Amazon.
Bloomberg has estimated Bezos’ net worth at$106 billion while Forbes has put it at $105billion.
Bezos is not just the richest man in world atpresent, but he has become the world’s richestman ever. This record was held by Microsoftfounder Bill Gates with $100 billion in 1999.
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Quick Facts about Amazon:
♦ Founded in – 1994
♦ Headquarters – Washington, US
♦ Current Chairman, President and CEO –Jeff Bezos
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Shoaib Akhtar appointed Pakistan Cricket Board’s brand ambassador
Shoaib Akhtar has been named the advisor to the chairman on cricket affairs and
the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) brand ambassador
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Shoaib Akhtar – Pakistan Cricket Board’s brand ambassador:
Shoaib Akhtar is 42 years old. He is aformer Pakistan fast bowler. He made hiscricket debut in 1997.
He has played 46 Tests, 163 ODIs and 15T20 Internationals. He has taken 444wickets throughout his career.
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He was the first bowler to cross the 100 mphmark. He retired from international cricket afterthe 2011 World Cup.
About Pakistan Cricket Board:
♦ Chairman – Najam Sethi
♦ Purpose – governing body for cricket in Pakistan
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TCS recognized as a global Top Employer for the third consecutive year
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has been recognized as one of world’s best employers by the Top Employer
Institute for the third consecutive year.
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TCS – one of world’s best employers:
TCS has been selected among 1,300 companies in 113 countries allover the world. It has been recognized by Top Employer Institutefor its excellent employee offerings.
TCS has received the Top Employers Global certification. It hasreceived the latest Top Employer endorsement for 27 of itsindividual country teams in Europe, Asia Pacific, North America,Latin America and the Middle East.
The Top Employer rankings are done based on nine factors: talentstrategy, workforce planning, on-boarding, learning &development, performance management, leadershipdevelopment, career & succession management, compensation &benefits and company culture.
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About Tata Consultancy Services (TCS):
♦ MD – Rajesh Gopinathan
♦ Headquarters – Mumbai
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Haryana opens four subsidised canteens under Antyodaya Aahaar Yojana
February 18, 2018 The Haryana government has opened subsidised canteens in four districts under the ‘Antyodaya Aahaar Yojana’ to provide healthy,
nutritious and hygienic food at affordable prices to all poor and needy persons. These four districts are
Faridabad, Gurugram, Hisar and Yamunanagar. The state government is planning to establish a total of 23
such canteens, one each at district headquarter.
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Key Facts
These subsidised canteens will serve food toregistered construction workers and all otherpoor and needy persons at Rs. 10. Each foodpacket will weigh 730 grams and shall contain1150 calories will have four chapattis, rice, dal,cooked seasonal vegetables, curd or raita, greenchutney and gur. Each food packet would costRs 20 out of which Rs 10 would be shared byLabour Department.
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Antyodaya Aahaar Yojana
The scheme was launched on the occasionof the Republic Day celebrations inPanchkula, Haryana. Its objective is toprovide good quality of healthy andnutritious food at affordable lower costs topoor, homeless people who are officiallydesignated to be below the poverty line(BPL status).
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Quiz
1. What is Theme of World InformationTechnology Congress 2018
a. Future Enterprises
b. Future investments
c. Innovation and technology
d. Tech-Futuristic
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Quiz
1. What is Theme of World Information
Technology Congress 2018
a. Future Enterprises
b. Future investments
c. Innovation and technology
d. Tech-Futuristic
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2. Which program has been jointly organised byMinistry of Home Affairs, Central Government(Kashmir Cell) and J&K State RehabilitationCouncil Social Welfare Department?
a. Watan Ko Jano programme
b. Desh ko Jano programme
c. Bharat ko jano
d. None of these
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2. Which program has been jointly organised byMinistry of Home Affairs, Central Government(Kashmir Cell) and J&K State RehabilitationCouncil Social Welfare Department?
a. Watan Ko Jano programme
b. Desh ko Jano programme
c. Bharat ko jano
d. None of these
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3. What is the full form of TERI?
a. Tata Energy Research Institute
b. The Energy and Resources Institute
c. Terrestrial Ecosystems ResearchInitiative
d. None of these
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3. What is the full form of TERI?
a. Tata Energy Research Institute
b. The Energy and Resources Institute
c. Terrestrial Ecosystems ResearchInitiative
d. None of these
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4. Which company has became world’s3rd most valuable company?
a. Apple
b. Amazon
c. Microsoft
d. Alphabet Inc.
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4. Which company has became world’s 3rdmost valuable company?a. Appleb. Amazonc. Microsoftd. Alphabet inc.
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5. Who is the chairman of PakistanCricket Board?
a. Imran Khan
b. Shahryar Khan
c. Najam Sethi
d. Shaharyar khan
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5. Who is the chairman of PakistanCricket Board?
a. Imran Khan
b. Shahryar Khan
c. Najam Sethi
d. Shaharyar khan
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6. Where is the headquarter of TCS?
a. Mumbai
b. Chennai
c. Noida
d. Delhi
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6. Where is the headquarter of TCS?
a. Mumbai
b. Chennai
c. Noida
d. Delhi
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7. Where does Antyodaya Aahaar
Yojana held?
a. Panchkula
b. Hisar
c. Fazillka
d. Faridabad
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7. Where does Antyodaya Aahaar
Yojana held?
a. Panchkula
b. Hisar
c. Fazillka
d. Faridabad