Daily Current Affairs Update August-10 2017

1. The Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) has announced that the first phase of National Cyber Coordination Centre (NCCC) has become operational.
#NCCC has been set up to scan the country’s web traffic to detect cyber security threats.
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2. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to launch a full-fledged niche Earth observation (EO) satellite — called the Hyperspectral Imaging Satellite (HySIS).

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3. The Uttar Pradesh Government has launched Namami Gange Jagriti Yatra, an awareness drive along banks of Ganga River to maintain cleanliness. The campaign was flagged off by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath from the state capital in Lucknow.

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4. The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has launched a web portal for supply of textbooks to schools and individuals.
#The web portal of NCERT will enable schools to place orders for their books online. It will also enable individual buyers to place their orders by logging onto the portal and books will be delivered at their doorstep.

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5. The Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary (NSBS) is located to the west of Ahmedabad near Sanand Village in Gujarat. it is the largest wetland bird sanctuary in Gujarat and one of the largest in India.

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6. India’s first micro forest will be built in Raipur, Chattisgarh. Approximately, 19 acres of land which housed around 70 government office buildings will be converted into micro forest in order to create an oxy-zone.

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7. The 2017 India – ASEAN Youth summit will be held in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh from August 14 to 19, 2017 with theme ‘Shared values, common destiny’.

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8. India shooter Shapath Bhardwaj (15) from Merrut has become the India’s youngest athlete to be named in the Union Government’s Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme. 

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9. ‘Rayichapalu’ has been officially declared as one of the rarest species of fish in the world by the researchers from the Marine Living Resources Department of Andhra University.

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10. The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is observed every year on August 9 to promote and protect the rights of the world’s indigenous population

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11. The Keoladeo National Park (KNP) is located in the Bharatpur district of Rajasthan.

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12. Facebook  launched a new video programming platform 'Watch' for creators and publishers. Watch is expected to compete with Google-owned YouTube.

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13. Markets regulator SEBI launched online registration mechanism for custodians of securities to make it convenient for them to do business.

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14. A study conducted by a group of scientists at the University of California (UCI) has revealed that there may be as many as 100 million black holes in the Milky Way galaxy.

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15. The Parliament of Nepal has passed a law that criminalises, Chhaupadi, an ancient practice that banishes women from home during mensuration and after childbirth. 

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16. Acclaimed Bollywood actor Sitaram Panchal died on 10 August 2017 after battling kidney and lung cancer. He was 54. He was best known for his unconventional roles in films like Slumdog Millionaire, Peepli Live, Paan Singh Tomar and Jolly LLB.

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17. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on imposed an interim ban on the use of non-biodegradable plastic bags that are less than 50 microns in Delhi.

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18. The second round of National Deworming Day (NDD) was held across the nation on 10 August 2017 to tackle worm infections targeting more than 11 Cr children.

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19. According to the survey, almost all rural households in Kerala and Haryana had access to a toilet report published on 9th of August 2017.

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20. Bangladesh will open a new diplomatic station in Chennai. It is likely to focus on medical tourism and educational centres that drew thousands of Bangladesh citizens to India every year.

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21. Vijaya Bank has disbursed loan sanction letters to beneficiaries who were trained at the Vijaya Bank Self Employment Training Institute (VIBSETI) in Bhenslay Village, Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
#Headquarters: Bengaluru
Managing Director and CEO: Kishore Sansi

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22. Amazon has announced the launch of Virtual Customer Service (VCS) model on 9th of August 2017.It is an initiative launched to create cost efficient employment prospects for skilled candidates seeking more flexible work opportunities.

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23. The Gujarat government has issued a tender for power developers to receive cheap coal. It is marked for the state in return for selling coal-based power at less than Rs 2.82 a unit.

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24. After the Hindi version, Oxford University Press (OUP) has launched online dictionaries in Tamil and Gujarati as part of its special focus on Indian languages.

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25. In an effort to modernize the Sriram Sagar project and increase the area served, Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao initiated a Rs. 2,000-crore project that seeks to modernize the project.

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26. SoftBank Vision Fund Invests in Flipkart to Become One of its Largest Shareholders.

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27. The Multi Commodity Exchange Ltd (MCX), the country’s largest commodity exchange has received capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (Sebi) approval to launch options trading in gold.

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