11th September 2018 Current Affairs

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Health Ministry implements HIV AIDS Act 2017

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has announced the implementation of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) (Prevention and Control) Act, 2017.
As per the act, every HIV infected or affected person below the age of 18 years has the right to live in a shared household and enjoy its facilities.
The act criminalizes any kind of discrimination against people suffering from AIDS.

The Indo-Mongolia joint exercise Nomadic Elephant-2018 has begun at Mongolian Armed Forces (MAF) Five Hills Training Area, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
Exercise Nomadic Elephant is an annual, bilateral exercise carried out since 2006.
It aims to strengthen the partnership between the Indian Army and the Mongolian Armed Forces.
The Indian contingent is represented by a contingent of 17 PUNJAB Regiment, while the Mongolian contingent is represented by Unit 084 of the Mongolian Armed Forces.

The Haryana government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to set up an ethanol plant in Panipat.
The project will prevent straw burning in the state.
The initiative is being set up at Bohali village.
It will have a proposed capacity of 100 kilolitres of ethanol per day.
10 cooperative and three private sugar mills in Haryana will provide raw fuel to the plant.

India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) has joined forces with Financial Software and Systems (FSS) to create a payments acceptance network for unorganized retail.
This would include small merchants and kirana stores where consumers can make payments.
FSS enables micro-merchants to accept payments online, or via unified payments interface (UPI), quick-response (QR) codes, Aadhaar and IPPB accounts.

R. Madhvan will host National Gegraphic’s upcoming series Mega Icons which will narate the inspiring tales of veteran personalities from all walk of life.
The first session will feature the stories of former Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam, Actor-politician Kamal Haasan, spiritual leader Dalai Lama, cricketer and skipper of the Indian team, Virat Kohli and Kiran Bedi, first women to qualify for Indian Police Service.