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i. World Milk Day is an initiative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, to celebrate the contribution of the dairy industry around the globe on 1st June.
ii. The Day provides an opportunity to focus attention on milk and to publicize activities connected with milk and the milk industry. The first World Milk Day was held in 2001.
India to strengthen bilateral cooperation with Spain to fight terrorism
i. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has signed seven agreements with Spain PM Mariano Rajoy to strengthen bilateral cooperation to fight against terrorism after the visit from Germany.
The seven agreements and MoUs are as follows-
i. All 12 major domestic ports will soon switch to renewable energy to meet their entire power requirements, making India the first country to have all government-owned ports running on solar and wind energy.
ii. The government plans to install almost 200 megawatt solar and wind power generation capacity at the ports by 2019.
iii. Almost 150 mw of this will be solar power and 50 mw wind power generation capacity. The capacity could be ramped up to 500 mw in the next few years.
i. The 70th World Health Assembly was held recently (22nd-31st May) in Geneva, Switzerland. In the meeting member nations agreed to increase their assessed contributions by 3 percent.
ii. Member states also agreed on a five-year action plan that will initiate collaboration between WHO, the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in tackling shortfalls in global health and social workforce.
Static Takeaways-
i. The Delhi Police launched patrolling on bicycle to improve policing in congested localities in trans-Yamuna region of the city. The move is also being billed as a green initiative.
ii. The bicycle patrols will complement and supplement the existing motorcycle and PCR patrols which focus mainly on crime prevention along the arterial and main roads of Delhi.
i. Defence Minister Arun Jaitley inaugurated a grid-connected solar power plant of 16 MW capacity at the Ordinance Factory in Telangana’s Medak district.
ii. He also dedicated a 9 MW capacity windmill project installed at Dammur in Karnataka at a cost of Rs 53 crore by Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML).
iii. The solar power plant at Medak has been set up at a cost of Rs105 crore by Bharat Electronics Limited.
i. World Milk Day is an initiative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, to celebrate the contribution of the dairy industry around the globe on 1st June.
ii. The Day provides an opportunity to focus attention on milk and to publicize activities connected with milk and the milk industry. The first World Milk Day was held in 2001.
Static Takeaways-
- United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (UNFAO) is an agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.
- United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation Headquarter is in Rome, Italy.
India to strengthen bilateral cooperation with Spain to fight terrorism
i. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has signed seven agreements with Spain PM Mariano Rajoy to strengthen bilateral cooperation to fight against terrorism after the visit from Germany.
The seven agreements and MoUs are as follows-
- Agreement for Transfer of Sentence Persons
- MoU on Cooperation in Organ Transplantation
- MoU on Cooperation in Cyber Security
- MoU on Cooperation in Renewable Energy
- MoU on Technical Cooperation in Civil Aviation
- Agreement on visa waiver for holders of diplomatic passports
- MoU between Foreign Service Institute and Diplomatic Academy of Spain.
Static Takeaways-
- PM of Spain is Mariano Rajoy and its Capital and Currency is Madrid and Euro
- Chancellor of Germany Angela Markel and its President is Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
i. All 12 major domestic ports will soon switch to renewable energy to meet their entire power requirements, making India the first country to have all government-owned ports running on solar and wind energy.
ii. The government plans to install almost 200 megawatt solar and wind power generation capacity at the ports by 2019.
iii. Almost 150 mw of this will be solar power and 50 mw wind power generation capacity. The capacity could be ramped up to 500 mw in the next few years.
Static Takeaways-
- Few major Government Ports are Listed Below:
- Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra.
- Visakhapatnam Port, Andhra Pradesh.
- Kochi Port, Kerala.
- New Mangalore Port, Karnataka.
- Mundra Port, Gujarat.
- Kandla Port, Gujarat.
- Port of Quilon - The oldest and second largest port in Kerala
i. The 70th World Health Assembly was held recently (22nd-31st May) in Geneva, Switzerland. In the meeting member nations agreed to increase their assessed contributions by 3 percent.
ii. Member states also agreed on a five-year action plan that will initiate collaboration between WHO, the International Labor Organization (ILO) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in tackling shortfalls in global health and social workforce.
Static Takeaways-
- The currency of Switzerland is Swiss Franc
- Doris Leuthard has been elected to the Swiss presidency for 2017
- Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is the newly appointed Director-General of World Health Organization.
i. The Delhi Police launched patrolling on bicycle to improve policing in congested localities in trans-Yamuna region of the city. The move is also being billed as a green initiative.
ii. The bicycle patrols will complement and supplement the existing motorcycle and PCR patrols which focus mainly on crime prevention along the arterial and main roads of Delhi.
Static Takeaways For SBI PO Mains Exams-
- Hansraj Gangaram Ahir the Union minister of state for home affairs
- Amulya Patnaik is the current Commissioner of Police, Delhi
- Sh. J. N. Chaturvedi was the first commissioner of Delhi Police
i. Defence Minister Arun Jaitley inaugurated a grid-connected solar power plant of 16 MW capacity at the Ordinance Factory in Telangana’s Medak district.
ii. He also dedicated a 9 MW capacity windmill project installed at Dammur in Karnataka at a cost of Rs 53 crore by Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML).
iii. The solar power plant at Medak has been set up at a cost of Rs105 crore by Bharat Electronics Limited.
Static Takeaways for SBI PO Mains-
- Telangana is the 29th state of India formed in 2014
- The capital of Telangana is Hyderabad
- K Chandrasekhar Rao is the CM of Telangana
- Governor of Telangana is E S L Narsimhan
- KBR National Park and Mrugavani National Park are located in Hyderabad, Telangana.
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