{"id":919,"date":"2018-06-05T18:55:47","date_gmt":"2018-06-05T13:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/?p=919"},"modified":"2018-06-05T18:55:47","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T13:25:47","slug":"current-affairs-news-plus-5-jun-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/current-affairs-news-plus-5-jun-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Affairs News Plus (5-Jun-2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>\u00a0PANKHA<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pankha.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-921\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pankha-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pankha-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pankha-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pankha-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pankha-160x160.jpg 160w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pankha-320x320.jpg 320w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/pankha.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\">\u2018<span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">The PANKHA\u2019 (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.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\">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.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\">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.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>GREEN GDP<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">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. <\/span><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">It\u2019s 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.<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span id=\"__w2_ThqW4lw_answer_content\" class=\"inline_editor_value\"><span class=\"ui_qtext_rendered_qtext\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><b>S-400<\/b><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/vbk-s-400-graphic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-920\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/vbk-s-400-graphic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"311\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/vbk-s-400-graphic.jpg 615w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/vbk-s-400-graphic-150x76.jpg 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/vbk-s-400-graphic-300x152.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\">MALABAR EXERCISE-2018 <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\">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<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\"><em> participant in 2015, making it trilateral exercise.<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\"><em>The primary aim of this multilateral exercise is to increase interoperability amongst navies of three countries and develop common understanding of procedures\u00a0 for Maritime Security Operations.<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\"><em>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<\/em> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>PRAAPTI App and Web portal<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\"><em>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\u2019ble Minister of State (I\/C) for Power.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\"><em>It has been developed to bring transparency in power purchase transactions between Generators and Discoms.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\"><em>It will capture the Invoicing and payment data for various long term PPAs from the Generators.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\"><em>This will help the stakeholders in getting month-wise and legacy data on outstanding amounts of Discoms against power purchase.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\"><em>The portal would facilitate relative assessment of various State DISCOMs on \u201cEase of making payments\u201d to various Generation Companies, and will also help make transactions in the power Sector more transparent.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 20px;\"><strong>Bacteria-Coated Broccoli<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/30th-McGowanISSPressRelease5-22-1815-750x500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-922\" src=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/30th-McGowanISSPressRelease5-22-1815-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/30th-McGowanISSPressRelease5-22-1815-750x500.jpg 960w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/30th-McGowanISSPressRelease5-22-1815-750x500-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/30th-McGowanISSPressRelease5-22-1815-750x500-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/triumphias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/30th-McGowanISSPressRelease5-22-1815-750x500-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\"><em>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.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\"><em>These \u201cbeneficial\u201d microbes, also called endophytes.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\"><em>It may also help plants grow better in extreme low-gravity environments, and where nutrients or water could be lacking.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\"><em>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<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: times new roman, times, serif;\"><em>This is the first that studies natural microbes to possibly help plants grow under nutrient limitations and in micro gravity.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0PANKHA \u2018The PANKHA\u2019 (Hand-fans) is an exhibition cum sale event launched by Union Tribal Affairs Minister. 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