Daily GK Updates - 8th May, 2017

NATIONAL UPDATES:

1. India’s 1st bio refinery plant inaugurated in Pune: The plant will produce ethanol from variety of biomass. The project is situated at Rahu in Pune district.

2. Justice CS Karnansentences Chief Justice of India to 5 yrs in jail: Calcutta High Court Judge C.S. Karnan has sentenced 8 Supreme Court judges to five years of “rigorous imprisonment” and imposed a fine of Rs. 1,00,000 each under SC/ST Act of 1989 and the amended Act of 2015. He said that the eight “shall undergo the sentence concurrently” and “fine amount shall be paid within a period of one week to the National Commission, Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes Constitutional body.

3. Odisha to introduce boat ambulances: Odisha will introduce boat ambulance service in four districts where people face difficulties in getting health service. The service will be available in the districts of Koraput, Malkangiri, Kendrapara and Kalahandi. IIT, Chennai is providing technical support to this project

4. Every house to get smart ID in Haryana: The teams of Saksham and e-Numerator would visit houses to feed their GPS location in tablets and create smart house IDs online and link each house with biometric in Haryana. During the survey, the address of each house, photo, location, details of the owner of house, electricity connection, water connection, details of electronic devices, bank account numbers, IFSC code, Aadhaar and personal details would be gathered.

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

1. World Red Cross Day: May 8:  Every year May 8 is celebrated as World Red Cross day. It is an annual celebration of the principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.This date is the anniversary of the birth of Henry Dunant, the founder of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the recipient of the first Nobel Peace Prize. Theme of 2017 World Red Cross Day – “Less Known Red Cross Stories”

OTHER UPDATES:

SPORTS:

1. Olive Ridley to be mascot of Asian Athletics: The Chief Minister of Odisha ‘Naveen Patnaik’ has released the logo and mascot of the ‘Asian Athletics Championships’ in presence of Olympians PT Usha and Anju Bobby George. More than 700 athletes from nearly 45 countries would participate in 42 sports events during the four-day sports extravaganza.

2. Great Britain wins Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Hockey Cup 2017: Great Britain has won the ‘Sultan Azlan Shah Cup’ after a gap of 23 years with a rousing 4 -3 victory in the final against Australia (defending champions) at Ipoh in Malaysia.

3. Devender Singh becomes 2nd Indian javelin thrower to qualify for world championship: Devender Singh has become the second Indian after Neeraj Chopra to qualify for the world championships to be held in London. Devender Singh is a javelin thrower.

4. Heena Sidhu wins bronze medal in the Womens 10m Air Pistol: Heena Sidhu settled for the bronze medal in the Womens 10m Air Pistol category of the 48th Grand Prix of Liberation Plzen Shooting championships. She is the first Indian Pistol shooter to be Ranked World No.1 by ISSF.

BUSINESS & ECONOMY:

5. ONGC Videsh Ltd. produces record 12.6 million tons of crude oil in 2016-17: The overseas arm of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC Videsh Limited) has produced a record 12.6 million tons of crude oil and equivalent gas from its assets abroad in 2016-17. The output was up from 8.92 million tons of oil and oil equivalent gas in 2015-16.