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www.tnpsc.academy – TNPSC Current affairs Apr 13, 2017 (13/04/2017)
Topic : World Organization, India’s Foreign Policy
G20 Digital Ministerial Meet
The G20 Digital Ministerial Meeting was held in Dusseldorf, Germany.
It concluded with adaptation of declaration on “Shaping Digitalisation for an Interconnected World”.
About G20:
Its members include Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, India, France, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Turkey, South Africa, UK, US and EU.
The ministerial conference was held according to the G20 Task Force on the digital economy established in G20 summit held in Hangzhou, China in 2016.
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Topic : Awards and Honours
President of India presents National Geoscience Awards 2016
The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented the National Geoscience Awards – 2016 on April 12, 2017 at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
In this, Dr. Abhishek Saha, NIO from Goa got the Young Scientist award for the year 2016.
About these Awards:
The National Geoscience Awards, instituted by the Ministry of Mines, to honour the contributions and years of dedicated work of geo-scientists.
Over the last five decades, these Awards have emerged as the most coveted recognition in the field of geosciences.
They have encouraged scientists to achieve higher levels of excellence.
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Topic : World Organization, India’s Foreign Policy
India-Australia launch Sports Partnership in Mumbai
India and Australia launched Sports partnership in Mumbai aimed at increasing cooperation in sports.
The Partnership, which was launched by the Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports Mr. Vijay Goel and the visiting Australian Prime Minister Mr. Malcolm Turnbull, in the presence of cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar.
Key facts:
It will advance India – Australia cooperation in four areas:
Athlete and coach training and development
Sport science
Sport governance and integrity
Grassroots participation.
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Topic : New inventions on Science and Technology
BRABO – India’s First ever industrial articulated Robot
TAL Manufacturing Solutions of Tata Motors, on 11 April 2017 launched India’s first industrial-articulated robot and it is named as “BRABO”.
About BRABO:
BRABO is meant to complement the human workforce and perform repetitive, high volume, dangerous and time-consuming tasks from raw material handling to packaging of finished products.
This is the first time that an industrial robot has been designed and manufactured in India.
It is expected to increase productivity by 15-30%, with a payback period of 15 to 18 months.
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