TNPSC Current Affairs February 24, 2018

www.tnpsc.academy – TNPSC Current Affairs February 24, 2018 (24/02/2018)

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Topic : Latest Diary of Events

5th international data science summit

5th international data science summit was recently held in New Delhi.

The conference was attended by around 130 delegates from Corporate Officers and executives involved in strategy, Government Policy Planners, Academic institutions, Electrical utilities, Researchers and Developers along with Standards Development Organizations.

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Topic : The National, Defense and Anti Terrorrism Activities

‘Dhanush’ ballistic missile

Nuclear-capable ‘Dhanush’ ballistic missile was recently test fired.

Key facts:

It is a surface-to-surface missile. It has a strike range of 350 km.

It is a naval variant of the indigenously-developed ‘Prithvi’ missile.

It is capable of carrying a payload of 500 kg and hitting both land and sea-based targets.

The single-stage, liquid-propelled ‘Dhanush’, has already been inducted into the defence services.

It is one of the five missiles developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP).

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Topic : Mass Communication, New Inventions on Science and Technology

India’s 1st 5G Trial Successful, 3 GB/sec Speed Achieved

Chinese technology giant Huawei and telecom services provider Bharti Airtel announced to have successfully conducted 5G network trial under a test set-up in India.

The trial was conducted at Airtel’s Network Experience Centre in Manesar (Gurugram). During the test trial, the speed of more than 3Gbps was achieved.

This is the highest measured throughput for a mobile network in 3.5 GHz band with 100MHz bandwidth and end-to-end network latency of approximately 1 msec.

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Topic : General Administration, Profile of States

J&K govt sets up council for promotion of Urdu

Jammu & Kashmir State Government constituted the State Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (SCPUL).

This council is set up for the promotion of J&K’s official language (Urdu). J&K State Finance Minister, Haseeb Drabu has stated that Rs. 2 crore has been set aside for this Council.

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Topic : India’s Foreign Policy, Latest Diary of Events

Indo-Seychelles joint Army exercise ‘Lamitye’ begins in Seychelles

8th edition of Indo-Seychelles joint counter insurgency/counter terrorism exercise, named ‘Lamitye’ began on February 24, 2018 in Seychelles.

Indo-Seychelles joint Army exercise ‘Lamitye’:

Lamiye means friendship in Creole (local dialect).

‘Exercise Lamitye’ is conducted biennially with an aim of enhancing cooperation and interoperability between Indian Army and Seychelles People’s Defence Forces.

The Seychelles is an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, off East Africa.

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Topic : New Appointments, Persons in News

Subbarayudu appointed as the Ambassador of Bolivia

Subbarayudu was appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Plurinational State of Bolivia.

M. Subbarayudu is an Indian Foreign Service Officer (IFS) of the 1994 batch.

He is currently the Ambassador of India to Lima. His residence is in Lima.