Daily GK Updates - 8th June, 2018

NATIONAL UPDATES:

1. Queen pineapple became Tripura’s ‘State Fruit’ : President Ram Nath Kovind declared Tripura’s queen variety pineapple as state fruit.The state holds good potential in world trade.Export of the pineapple to foreign countries is a major step in connecting with world trade.Tripura exported its first consignment of one-tonne pineapples to Dubai earlier this month.

2. Punjab govt launches business first portal : Punjab Industry Minister Sunder Sham Arora has launched a “Business First Portal” to give a big push towards the ease of doing business in the state. The online portal will facilitate the industrialists for Regulatory Clearances and Fiscal Approvals, real-time tracking of applications at a common platform.

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

1. World Ocean Day: 8th June 2018 : On June 8th each year, we celebrate the ocean, its importance in our lives, and how we can protect it.World Oceans Day helps raise the profile of the ocean and inspire more involvement in helping to conserve this amazing resource we all depend on.The main action focus is to prevent plastic pollution and encourage solutions for a healthy ocean.

2. U.S. team to join Indian Ocean study : A team of 20 scientists, along with a key vessel of the United States NOAA, is arriving in Goa.It will mark the expansion of U.S.-Indian collaboration in the study of the Indian Ocean.Subtle changes on the surface and deep below in the western Indian Ocean have significant impact on weather in India in days, and in the United States, two to four weeks later.

OTHER UPDATES:

BANKING/FIANANCE:

1. L&T’s Nabha Power shuts 700 MW unit : L&T Group firm Nabha Power Ltd. (NPL) said it had been forced to shut a 700 MW unit of Rajpura thermal power station due to shortage of coal.The present crisis was triggered by disruption in the supply of coal rakes to the plant.NPL has been facing coal crisis since last year, forcing it to operate the plant at critical levels of coal stocks i.e. less than seven days.

SPORTS:

1. Jakhar claimed hammer gold : India won four medals a gold, a silver and two bronze on the first day of the four-day event in Gifu, Japan at the 2018 Asian Junior Athletics Championships.Ashish Jakhar set a new national record en route to winning a gold medal in the men’s hammer throw event.Jakhar, a former gold medalist at the 2016 Asian Junior Championships, threw the 6kg iron ball and chain to a distance of 76.86m.

OBITUARIES:

1. Renowned Lyricist Rasaraj Narayan Prasad Singh passes away : Renowned lyricist Rasaraj Narayan Prasad Singh passed away at his residence in Bhubaneswar(Odisha).He was the lyricist of several popular melodious songs in Odia cinema.Some of his soulful and melodious songs in Odia cinema are ‘Jeevan Jamuna re Juara uthere’, ‘Ratani gaja gamani’, ‘Ae ta kali kaal reeti biparita bhai re’.Singh penned songs for over 100 movies and radio programmes for which he earned many accolades.