TNPSC Current Affairs May 10, 2018

www.tnpsc.academy – TNPSC Current Affairs May 10, 2018 (10/05/2018)

 

Download as PDF

Topic : Latest Diary of Events, Welfare Oriented Govt., Schemes and their Utilities

Madhya Pradesh Gets India’s First Smart Cities Control Centre

In a major step towards realising the centre’s smart city mission (SCM), the Madhya Pradesh government launched the country’s first Integrated Control and Command Centre (ICCC) for all seven smart cities of the state in Bhopal.

About the ICCC:

ICCC is a cloud-based Universal Internet of Things (UIoT) platform developed by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE). It can run multiple city command centre operations through its multi-efficiency capabilities.

ICCC would integrate a multitude of citizens’ services applications and sensors running across selected cities of Madhya Pradesh. It would enable the authorities to monitor the status of various smart civic amenities in real-time through the sensors connected to it.

The GPS sensors installed in public transport buses, dial 100 vehicles, 108 ambulance services, smart poles, smart lights, traffic management cameras, public bike sharing, solid waste management, meteorological department updates, smart maps etc. would be linked to this centre, enabling the authorities to monitor the status of the civic amenities in real-time.

Key Facts:

Bhopal, Indore, Ujjain, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Satna, and Sagar are the seven smart cities under Smart City Mission in Madhya Pradesh.

_

Topic : Various Constitutional Bodies, New Financial Policies, Latest Diary of Events

15^th Finance Commission

The Fifteenth Finance Commission has constituted an Advisory Council to advise and assist the Commission.

The role and functions of the Advisory Council will be:

To advise the Commission on any issue or subject related to the Terms of Reference (ToR) of the Commission, which may be of relevance.

To assist in the preparation of any paper or research study which would enhance the Commission’s understanding on the issues containing in its ToR.

About the Finance Commission:

It is a body set up under Article 280 of the Constitution. Its primary job is to recommend measures and methods on how revenues need to be distributed between the Centre and states.

_

Topic : India and its Neighbourhood Countries, Latest Diary of Events

Operation Insaniyat

India has sent Bangladesh its second relief consignment under Operation Insaniyat to help tens of thousands of displaced Rohingya Muslims who fled Myanmar into Bangladesh following military crackdown in the country.

_

Topic : Latest Diary of Events, New Appointments, Persons in News

Ambassador of India to the Sultanate of Oman

Shri Munu Mahawar (IFS: 1996), presently Joint Secretary at Headquarters, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Sultanate of Oman.

_

Topic : International Diary of Events, Persons in News

Malaysian general election, 2018

Mahathir Mohamad is sworn in as the 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia. He won against the opposition Pakatan Harapan in the May 9 general election.

Mahathir Mohamad:

Mahathir bin Mohamad, SMN DK is a Malaysian politician currently serving as the seventh Prime Minister of Malaysia.

He is the member-elect of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Langkawi constituency in Kedah. He previously served as the fourth Prime Minister from 1981 to 2003, making him the office’s longest-serving holder.

_

Topic : Latest Diary of Events, Profile of States, Historical Markings

World’s second oldest rock is from Odisha

A rock sample recovered nearly eight years ago from Champua in Odisha’s Kendujhar district has put India at the forefront of geological research in the world.

Key features:

Scientists have found in the rock a grain of magmatic zircon (a mineral that contains traces of radioactive isotopes) that is an estimated 4,240 million years old — a discovery of great promise to study the earth’s early years.

Geologists from the University of Calcutta and Curtin University, Malaysia, along with researchers from the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, made the discovery.

_

Topic : Latest Diary of Events, Persons in News

Modi – Top 10 on Forbes power list

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been ranked among the 10 most powerful people in the world by Forbes in a list that has been topped for the first time by Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Mr. Modi ranks ninth on the Forbes 2018 list of 75 of the World’s most powerful.

Mr. Modi is ahead of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg (ranked 13), British Prime Minister Theresa May (14), Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (15) and Apple CEO Tim Cook (24).