TNPSC Current Affairs May 08, 2018

www.tnpsc.academy – TNPSC Current Affairs May 08, 2018 (08/05/2018)

Topic : Latest Diary of Events, World Organizations, Summits and pacts

15th Asia Media Summit

The 15th Asia Media Summit (AMS) 2018 is being held in India. India is hosting the event for the first time.

Theme: `Telling Our Stories – Asia and More’.

About the AMS Summit:

It is an annual summit of the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) Kuala Lumpur.

The Summit would encourage regional and bilateral dialogue and cooperation to respond to challenges to the broadcasting sector in the region.

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

Artificial intelligence (AI)

Aiming to foster growth for India’s nascent artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) ecosystem, NITI Aayog and Google have signed a Statement of Intent (SoI).

Under the program, Google and NITI Aayog will work on the following initiatives:

Organise trainings for relevant government functionaries to introduce them to open source AI tools with the goal of enabling more effective governance.

Awarding grants and scholarships to researchers, scholars and university faculty conducting cutting edge research in the field of AI/ML in India.

Organising AI/ML study jams for students and developers based on Google’s Machine Learning Crash Course (MLCC) on the fundamentals of machine learning.

What is artificial intelligence (AI)?

Artificial Intelligence comes from computer systems that have been programmed to — or have learnt to — do tasks that would otherwise require human intelligence.

Many apps and software are already making mundane work easier by doing a certain part of it for us, based on acquired intelligence.

Concerns associated:

Automation threatens 69% of the jobs in India, while it’s 77% in China, according to a World Bank research.

The transition is expected to happen in a decade, according to experts. Therefore, if automation is not planned well and addressed holistically, it is a disaster in the making.

Topic : Latest Historical Events

Megalithic burial monuments unearthed

Megalithic burial monuments have been unearthed in Unjapatti village near Nangavalli Pazhakkaranur Kattu Valavu, another nearby village, accounted for remains of megalithic period.

A team of the Salem Historical Centre unearthed the monuments during a special study programme recently.

Key facts:

Those in the megalithic period made some memorial symbols with large stones for the deceased.

There was another monument – a menhir, which was about 5 ft high and has a circumference of 4 ft.

Topic : Awards and Honours, Persons in News

Janet Jackson – Billboard Icon Award

Janet Jackson’s icon status is being confirmed at the Billboard Awards. The superstar is set to receive the Billboard Icon Award at a ceremony in Las Vegas on May 20, hosted by Kelly Clarkson.

Janet Jackson:

Janet Damita Jo Jackson is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress. Known for sonically innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, and elaborate stage shows, she has been a prominent figure in popular culture for over thirty years.

The youngest child of the Jackson family, she began her career with the variety television series The Jacksons in 1976 and went on to appear in other television shows throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, including Good Times and Fame.

Topic : New Inventions on Science and Health, Latest Diary of Events

Anitha-SAT in Mexico sky

Anitha-SAT, a lightweight satellite to measure the effects of air pollution and global warming, was launched from Aztra Labs in Mexico City.

Thi satellite was developed by a 17-year-old Plus Two pass out student of R.S.K. Higher Secondary School, Tiruchi.

Who is developed?

Villet Oviya, a medical aspirant who appeared for NEET, had named the conical-shaped satellite, weighing just 500 g, after the late Ariyalur student who could not pursue her career in medicine after failing to clear the entrance test.