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Thursday, July 6, 2017

Current Affairs July 05, 2017

New Israeli flower named after PM Modi
A new fast-growing Israeli flower was named after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a special gesture to mark the first visit of an Indian premier to the Jewish nation.
Israeli Crysanthumun flower will now be called “MODI”, officials said.
Modi’s three-day visit to Israel is the first by an Indian prime minister to the Jewish nation.
Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and Shekel is its currency.

'Kambala' Buffalo Race Gets President's Assent
The President gave his assent to the bill passed by Karnataka Assembly to legalise traditional buffalo race 'Kambala'.
Bowing to public pressure, a bill to legalise traditional buffalo race 'Kambala' and bullock cart races in Karnataka was passed by the state Assembly in February with all parties backing the move.

TERI ranked second among world's climate think tanks
TERI was ranked number two by the International Center for Climate Governance (ICCG), an internationally-renowned body whose activities focus on the design of climate policy and related governance issues.
The New Delhi-based think tank was ranked under the category '2016 Top Climate Think Tanks in the Rest of the World--Absolute Global Rankings' during ICCG's 23rd annual conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) in Athens in Greece.
TERI conducts research for the sustainable development of India.

India’s tallest ATC tower to be operational at Delhi airport by December
The new 101.9-metre air traffic control (ATC) tower at the Delhi airport, touted to be the country’s tallest, is likely to start operations by December.
The airport operator has handed over the tower to the Airports Authority of India (AAI), whose chief said trial runs will begin soon.
The tower, among the tallest structures in Delhi, will give a 360-degree view of the airport to the controllers who will be able to see all the three runways, aprons and taxiways.

ICICI Bank, Fairfax join venture terminated
ICICI Bank on Tuesday said the joint venture agreement between it and Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd has been terminated ahead of the IPO of ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company.
A Termination Agreement is a customary provision for an IPO.
The agreement is executed for the protection of the parties in the event of non-completion of the proposed IPO on or before a mutually agreed date.

 Himachal Pradesh DGP Sanjay Kumar appointed new NDRF chief
Himachal Pradesh DGP Sanjay Kumar has been appointed as the new chief of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).
The Union home ministry issued an order appointing Kumar, a 1985-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, to the top NDRF post.
The post of NDRF Director General (DG) fell vacant after incumbent RK Pachnanda was appointed as the chief of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).

Pune NGO wins UN prize for sustainable farming model
Swayam Shikshan Prayog, a Pune based NGO, has been awarded the United Nations Development Programme’s Equator Prize for devising an ecologically sustainable agriculture model to combat the adverse impacts of drought.
It is the only Indian organisation to win the award, making the cut from more than 800 nominations across 120 countries.
The prize-winning initiative is a women-led ‘climate resilient agro-ecological farming model’ for restoring land and soil.

Veteran Marathi actor-writer Madhukar Toradmal passes away
Veteran Marathi actor-writer Madhukar Toradmal died. Toradmal (84) was suffering from kidney failure.
Toradmal was a writer, director and actor.
He had acted in Marathi as well as Hindi films including “Simhasan,” “Aapli Manasa”, “Atmavishwas” and “Raakh”.

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