14th August 2018 Current Affairs

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Delhi Police inducts first all-woman SWAT team for anti-terrorist operations

The Delhi Police has inducted India’s first all-woman Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team for anti-terrorist operations.
The 36 women commandos from the northeastern states have undergone 15 months’ of rigorous training from specialists all across India and abroad.
13 members of the squad are from Assam; the rest of them are from Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Manipur.
The all-women SWAT team has received better ratings at the Police Training College in Jharoda Kalan than their male counterparts.
The women commandos will be deployed at Red Fort and India Gate during Independence Day celebrations.

The Civil Aviation Ministry has approved a proposal for setting up of water aerodromes in the country.
The Chilika Lake in Odisha, Sardar Sarovar Dam, and Sabarmati River Front in Gujarat have been identified for the first phase for development.
The proposal was cleared by Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu.
In June this year, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issued regulations for water aerodromes.

Santhali has become the first Indian tribal language to get a Wikipedia edition in its native script.
The Santhali Wikipedia edition went live in the month of August 2018.
The Santhali Wikipedia edition received approval from the Wikimedia Foundation’s language committee on June 28th and went live on August 2nd.
To make this page possible, Wikipedia contributors from India, Bangladesh and Nepal generated content.
Santhali is written in Ol Chiki script and is spoken by 6.4 million people according to the 2001 census.
In India, those who speak live mostly in Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha and Assam. The language is also spoken in Bangladesh and Nepal.

Total 11 Cities were ranked under the “Ease of Living Index 2018” which was released by Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri.
Pune has been ranked first while Navi Mumbai has surfaced as the second preferred spot in terms of “liveability”.
The Top Ten Cities in “Ease of Living Index” 2018 List are – Pune, Navi Mumbai, Greater Mumbai, Tirupati, Chandigarh, Thane, Raipur, Indore, Vijayawada, Bhopal.

Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal has announced a 50% reservation for women in the upcoming recruitment of 9,500-10,000 jawans for the Railway Protection Force (RPF).
The aim is to create more employment opportunities for women.
The RPF is one of the biggest work forces in the country.