4th August 2018 Current Affairs

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Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana achieves 5 crore mark

The number of LPG connections given out under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) has reached the 5 crore mark.
The 5 crore milestone has been achieved in a little over 2 years (a total of 28 months); the scheme was launched on May 1st, 2016.
The scheme is implemented by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas through its oil marketing companies, i.e., IOC, BPCL and HPCL, through their network of distributors across the country.
The project’s target has been revised to 8 crores, with a budgetary allocation of Rs.12,800 crore.

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has launched the ‘Shaur nahin’ (no noise) mobile application, in connection with the ‘horn not ok’ awareness campaign, which was also launched.
The first phase of the campaign was launched initially for Shimla and Manali.
The ‘Shaur nahin’ mobile app can be used by the general public to report cases of noise pollution.

AIBD India has been elected as the President of the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) for two years.
India beat Iran when voting was held at the 44th annual gathering of AIBD in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Director General of All India Radio F. Sheheryar was re-elected as chair of the executive board while Sri Lanka was elected as vice-chair.
Broadcasters from 26 countries in the region are full members of the organisation.

US retail giant Walmart topped the latest Fortune 500 list, grabbing the top spot for the 14th time and the sixth year in a row.
Seven Indian companies made it to the latest Fortune 500 list in terms of revenue.
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) continues to be the highest ranked Indian firm (137th), with a revenue of $65.9 billion – 23% up from last year.
Reliance Industries (RIL) has jumped 53 places on the Fortune 500 list, and is the highest ranked private sector company from India (148th), with a revenue of $62.3 billion in 2017-18.

Ranchi-based software developer Ranjit Srivastava is developing the world’s first Hindi-speaking humanoid robot. He has named the robot Rashmi.
The robot can reportedly also speak Marathi and Bhojpuri, in addition to being able to speak in English and Hindi.
Rashmi is equipped with facial expressions and systems by which it can recognize and respond to spoken commands.
Srivastava was inspired to create Rashmi after seeing Hong Kong-made humanoid ‘Sophia’ in 2016.