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Current Affairs 10 May 2019
India’s first global, Mega-Science Exhibition ‘Vigyan Samagam’ held in Mumbai
- India’s first global, Mega-Science Exhibition ‘Vigyan Samagam’ was held in Mumbai at the Nehru Science Centre, Worli on May 08, 2019.
- In the span of 11 months, the exhibition will also be held in Bengaluru, Kolkata and New Delhi.
- The exhibition will take the viewers through the workings of the Universe. will also provide answers and insights into the exciting world of front-ranking science and technology to science enthusiasts, students and people at large.
- This is jointly organised by the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Department of Science and Technology (DST), the funding agencies of these projects, the National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) and Ministry of Culture.
Jeff Bezos unveils lunar lander project ‘Blue Moon’
- Jeff Bezos, the owner of Amazon and the richest man in the world has unveiled a project named ‘Blue Moon’ which aims to transport equipment, and possibly human beings, to the south pole of the Moon by 2024.
- Blue Moon is a vehicle and has been under development for the last three years. However, no specific date of launch has been announced by Jeff yet.
Australian Central Bank prints 46 million piece of $50 note with spelling mistake
- Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) i.e the Central Bank of Australia has printed the $50 note with a spelling mistake where the word “responsibility” is printed as “responsibilty”.
- Around 400 million notes of $50 were printed and 46 million of them are in circulation. The total value of the notes in circulation is around $2.3 billion.
WTO Ministerial Meeting of Developing Countries to be held in New Delhi
- WTO Ministerial meeting of developing countries will be held in New Delhi on 13-14 May 2019.
- 16 countries will participate in the meet.
Iffco elects Balvinder Singh Nakai as Chairman
- Cooperative major IFFCO has elected Balvinder Singh Nakai as its Chairman and Dileep Sanghani as Vice Chairman.
- Balvinder Singh Nakai is a farmer – co-operator – who has been deeply involved in providing strength to Indian cooperative movement.
- Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited, also known as IFFCO is a Multi-state cooperative society engaged in the business of manufacturing and marketing of fertilisers headquartered in New Delhi
Mukesh Kumar wins PGTI Players Championship
- Golfer Mukesh Kumar has won the TATA Steel PGTI Players Championship.
- This was his 20th title on the TATA Steel PGTI (Professional Golf Tour of India).
Australian Airline Launches World’s First-Ever ‘Zero-Waste’ Flight
- Qantas Airlines of Australia has launched the world’s first-ever “zero-waste” flight. The flight was from Sydney to Adelaide.
- All products and packaging on the plane will either be reused, recycled or disposed of as compost.
Indian Army to Observe 2019 as ‘Year of Next of Kin’
- The Indian Army has announced to commemorate the year 2019 as the ‘Year of Next of Kin’.
- It plans to reach out to the next of kin of battle casualties, ex-servicemen and serving soldiers to inform them of entitled financial benefits, welfare schemes and help resolve pension related problems since most of them are unaware of the financial benefits that are entitled to them.
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The Directorate of Indian Army Veterans will be the nodal agency to implement the initiative.