Daily GK Updates - 12th June, 2017

NATIONAL UPDATES:

1. Bihar’s project Jal Sanchay chosen for National award: Adopted in Nalanda district of south central Bihar, project Jal Sanchay, a water conservation model has been chosen for the national award for excellence in the Mahatma Gandhi national rural employment guarantee programme by Ministry of Rural Development. The award will be conferred on June 19 in New Delhi.

2. Government of India has launched ‘Tele Law’ service : IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, has launched ‘Tele Law’ service in order to facilitate legal aid for the people living in rural areas through video conferencing. The service has been launched to make legal aid easily accessible to the marginalized communities and citizens living in rural areas. To provide legal aid services through its Common Service Centres, CSC at the panchayat level, the Ministry of Law and Justice partnered with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

                                                                              

1. World Day against Child Labour: In 2002, the International Labour Organization (ILO) launched the World Day Against Child Labour to focus attention on the global extent of child labour and the action and efforts needed to eliminate it. Each year on 12 June, the World Day brings together governments, employers and workers organizations, civil society, as well as millions of people from around the world to highlight the plight of child labourers and what can be done to help them.

OTHER UPDATES:

SPORTS:

1. Lewis Hamilton wins Canadian Grand Prix: For the sixth time Lewis Hamilton won the Canadian Grand Prix. He won against Sebastian Vettel’s overall championship and lead to 12 points. It was Hamilton’s third victory of the season and also his third in a row. It was the three-time champion’s sixth victory at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

2. ISSF World Cup: Jitu Rai-Heena Sidhu Clinch Gold Medal: In mixed team 10m air pistol event of the ISSF World Cup, beating Russia in the final in Azerbaijan, India’s Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu combined to clinch the gold medal. France beat Iran by an identical score to win the bronze in the event. 430 athletes from 45 countries are competing for medals in the ongoing World Cup, which is the last chance for rifle and pistol shooters to qualify for the ISSF World Cup Finals.