3rd July 2018 Current Affairs

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Jharkhand to set up India’s first Khadi mall

The country’s first ‘Khadi Mall’ will open in Jharkhand soon, Chief Minister Raghubar Das has said.
Land in the Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC) campus will be made available to the Khadi Board for the purpose.
Technological aid will be provided to khadi artisans, which will give their products more value.
Rural, urban and tourism ‘haats’ will provide khadi artisans with the markets to sell their goods.

The United India Insurance Company announced the appointment of K B Vijay Srinivas as its Director and General Manager.
Prior to this, Srinivas served as Chief Marketing Officer and General Manager of the National Insurance Company Ltd.
Srinivas has received many awards in his 37-year career, and is an associate member of Insurance Institute of India.

A record number of endangered estuarine crocodile nesting sites have been found in Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha.
A total of 101 nesting sites of the rare crocodile species were found this year. In contrast, just 80 nesting sites were found last year.
A female estuarine crocodile can lays 50 to 60 eggs in a clutch and the hatchlings usually emerge from their nests after 70 to 80 days of incubation.
1,698 crocodiles were counted this year in the Mahanadi delta region; the figure recorded last year was 1,682.
Estuarine crocodiles are also found in the Sundarbans of West Bengal, which have the country’s largest mangrove cover.

The Madhya Pradesh government has conferred noted artist Anjolie Ela Menon (78) the National Kalidas Samman for visual arts.
She received the award in recognition of her insightful and sensitive portrayal of the identity and spirit of women through her meaningful paintings in a variety of media.
In her long and illustrious career, Menon has received numerous national and international awards including the Padma Shri.
She recently received a doctorate from Rabindra Bharati University.

Australia beat India at the 37th (and final) Hockey Champions Trophy (HCT) final in penalty shoot-outs.
The match was tied 1-1 after regulation time.
India won their second consecutive silver medal, and hosts, the Netherlands, came third, winning the bronze medal.
This was Australia’s record 15th Champions Trophy title.
The 2018 edition of the HCT will be the last edition; the tournament will be replaced by the Hockey Pro League (HPL) in 2019.