Exam Power: 16 June 2018 Today Current Affairs :

Exam Power: 16 June 2018 Today Current Affairs :
Integrated Command And Control Centre Of Naya Raipur Smart City Inaugurated by PM
The Integrated Command and Control Centre of the Naya Raipur Smart City was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Integrated Command & Control Centre of Naya Raipurbecomes the 10th Smart City Centre to be operational in the country.

Under the ambitious Smart City Mission, ICCC in 9 cities had already become operational viz. Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Pune, Nagpur, Rajkot, Visakhapatnam, Bhopal and Kakinada.

Naya Raipur is one of the 3 Smart Cities of Chhattisgarh selected under the Smart Cities Mission. The other two cities are Raipur and Bilaspur.

Twenty States Sign MoU For Implementing Ayushman Bharat - NHP Mission

Mr J P Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare exchanged the MoU with the State Health Ministers of 20 States marking their commitment towards the launch of the Ayushman Bharat – National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM).

Smt. Anupriya Patel, Ministers of State for Health and Family Welfare and Amitabh Kant, CEO NITI Aayog were also present at the function.

A web portal for initiating the empanelment of hospitals under the mission was also launched.

Niti Aayogs Composite Water Management Index: Gujarat Tops, Jharkhand Lowest

Minister for Water Resources Nitin Gadkari released Niti Aayog’s composite water management index report in New Delhi. Gujarat topped the list while Jharkhand was adjudged as the worst performer.

Gujarat is followed by Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra. 

In the northeastern and Himalayan states, Tripura has been adjudged as the top state in 2016-17 followed by Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Assam. Niti Aayog has ranked the states through first of its kind index on the composite water management, comprising 9 broad sectors with 28 different indicators covering various aspects.


Dr. Inder Jit Singh Assumes Charge As Secretary, Ministry Of Coal

Dr. Inder Jit Singh assumed charge as  Secretary, Ministry of Coal at  Shastri Bhawan office, New Delhi.

Dr. Inder Jit Singh took over the charge of  Secretary which fell vacant after superannuation of Susheel Kumar.

In the interim, Secretary Mines, Anil G Mukhim had been holding additional charge as Secretary, Coal.


Inflation Rises To 14-Month High Of 4.43% In May

Inflation based on wholesale prices shot up to a 14-month high of 4.43% in May on increasing prices of petrol and diesel as well as vegetables.

The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation stood at 3.18%in April and 2.26% in May 2017.

According to government data released, inflation in food articles was at 1.60% in May 2018, as against 0.87% in the preceding month. Inflation in vegetables climbed to 2.51% in May, while in the previous month it was (-)0.89%.

Inflation in ‘fuel and power’ basket rose sharply to 11.22% in May from 7.85% in April as prices of domestic fuel increased in line with rising global crude oil rates.

India beat Afghanistan in Test debu inside two days

India beat Afghanistan by an innings and 262 runs inside two days in what turned out to be a complete no contest after the visitors were bowled out for 109 and 103 in both the innings.

The historic one-off Test between India and Afghanistan in Bangalore came to a premature end as the home side delivered an emphatic performance to win the encounter by an innings and 262 runs.

NASA's unmanned aircraft 'Ikhana' will make search and rescue operations efficient

NASA for the first time successfully flown its large remote-piloted Ikhana aircraft in the public airspace without a safety chase aeroplanes, the US space agency.

is a modified General Atomics Aeronautical Systems' Predator B unmanned aircraft system being used by NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, for a variety of environmental science and aeronautical research roles


Sources : The Hindu, ANI, TOI, Indian Express, NDTV,PIB, Economic Times

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