{"id":905,"date":"2018-06-04T10:18:24","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T04:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=905"},"modified":"2018-06-04T10:18:24","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T04:48:24","slug":"current-affairs-news-plus-4-jun-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/current-affairs-news-plus-4-jun-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Affairs News Plus (4-Jun-2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">GREATER ADJUTANT<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/9Greater-Adjutant0154.1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-906 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/9Greater-Adjutant0154.1-1024x620.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/9Greater-Adjutant0154.1-1024x620.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/9Greater-Adjutant0154.1-150x91.jpg 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/9Greater-Adjutant0154.1-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/9Greater-Adjutant0154.1-768x465.jpg 768w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/9Greater-Adjutant0154.1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\">Greater Adjutant Stork, the world\u2019s most endangered of the stork species.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\"><em>The Brahmaputra Valley in Assam is considered the last stronghold of the endangered stork, locally called \u2018Hargila\u2019, and harbours more than 80 per cent of the global population of the species.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\"><em>The Indian population is threatened by contaminated open rubbish dumps where pollutants are disposed along with carcasses and foodstuffs and it is also known to accidentally ingest polythene bags if food is wrapped inside.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\"><em>The greater adjutant is now restricted to a much smaller range with only two breeding populations; one in India, with the largest colony in Assam and the other breeding region in Cambodia.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>ASHOORKHANA<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Bade-Shahi-Ashoor-khana.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-907 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Bade-Shahi-Ashoor-khana.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Bade-Shahi-Ashoor-khana.jpg 720w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Bade-Shahi-Ashoor-khana-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Bade-Shahi-Ashoor-khana-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\"><em>It was built sometime in 1611 by Hyderabad&#8217;s founder Muhammad Quli Qutb shah.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\"><em>It was turned in to a pilgrimage site when alams (battle standards ) were installed to commemorate the Battle of\u00a0 Karbala in 680 A.D.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\"><em>Monument lost for several decades when Emperor Aurangzeb&#8217;s turned it into a bandikhana.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">BLUE FLAG TAG<\/span> <\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\">Blue flag certification is the tag given to environment friendly and clean beaches ,equipped with amenities of international standards for tourists .<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\"><em>It is a certification\u00a0 given by the Copenhagen -based\u00a0 Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE).<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\"><em>The Blue Flag is a trademark owned by FEE which is a not-for-profit, non-governmental organization consisting of 65 organizations in 60 member countries in Europe, Africa, Oceania, Asia, North America and South America.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\"><em>The awards are announced yearly on 5 June for Europe, Canada, Morocco, Tunisia and other countries in a similar geographic location, and on 1 November for the Caribbean, New Zealand, South Africa and other countries in the southern hemisphere.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\">Chandrabhaga beach on Konark Coast of Odisha will be the first in Asia to get a Blue Flag certification.<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">FOREIGN PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\"><em>Foreign Portfolio Investment (FPI) is investment by non-residents in Indian securities including shares, government bonds, corporate bonds, convertible securities, infrastructure securities etc.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\"><em>The class of investors who make investment in these securities are known as Foreign Portfolio Investors.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\"><em>Foreign Portfolio Investors includes investment groups of Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs), Qualified Foreign Investors (QFIs) (Qualified Foreign Investors) and sub accounts etc. NRIs(Non -Resident Indian) doesn\u2019t comes under FPI.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GREATER ADJUTANT Greater Adjutant Stork, the world\u2019s most endangered of the stork species. 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