Current Affairs News Plus (5-Jun-2018)

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‘The PANKHA’ (Hand-fans) is an exhibition cum sale event launched by Union Tribal Affairs Minister. It is created by TRIFED through its artisans from all over the country at its showroom Tribes India.
TRIFED collaborated with Jatin Das Centre for Arts (JDCA) to take forward the initiative by providing marketing support to the tribal artisans who are associated with this craft.
The Pankhas, a range of exotic hand fans draws inspiration from the eminent Artist, Shri Jatin Das and from his collection of 10000 handmade Pankhas.

Green Gross Domestic Product is the index of the Economic growth of a particular country which enshrines the environmental consequences of the economic growth. Simply put, Green GDP is conventional gross domestic product figures adjusted for the environmental costs of economic activities.
It’s a measure of how a country is prepared for sustainable economic development. It accounts for the monetized loss of biodiversity and costs caused by climate change.

Malabar Exercise was started as Indo-US bilateral naval war drill in 1992. Since then it is held annually. Japan had formally joined the exercise as permanent participant in 2015, making it trilateral exercise.
The primary aim of this multilateral exercise is to increase interoperability amongst navies of three countries and develop common understanding of procedures for Maritime Security Operations.
Trilateral Naval Exercise Malabar 2018 between India, Japan and United States will be held off the coast of Guam in Philippine Sea from June 6-15, 2018

A Web portal and an App namely PRAAPTI (Payment Ratification And Analysis in Power procurement for bringing Transparency in Invoicing of generators), www.praapti.in, has been officially launched by Hon’ble Minister of State (I/C) for Power.
It has been developed to bring transparency in power purchase transactions between Generators and Discoms.
It will capture the Invoicing and payment data for various long term PPAs from the Generators.
This will help the stakeholders in getting month-wise and legacy data on outstanding amounts of Discoms against power purchase.
The portal would facilitate relative assessment of various State DISCOMs on “Ease of making payments” to various Generation Companies, and will also help make transactions in the power Sector more transparent.

Scientists have sent broccoli seeds coated with a healthy dose of good bacteria to space in a quest to find a viable way for astronauts at the International Space Station (ISS) to grow their own vegetables.
These “beneficial” microbes, also called endophytes.
It may also help plants grow better in extreme low-gravity environments, and where nutrients or water could be lacking.
These specific endophytes and broccoli plants were chosen for the space flight experiment because they performed well together in greenhouse tests under conditions similar to Mars, where nitrogen and phosphorus are limited
This is the first that studies natural microbes to possibly help plants grow under nutrient limitations and in micro gravity.