19th July 2018 Current Affairs

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Government reappoints Anil D Sahasrabudhe as AICTE Chairman

The union government has renewed the appointment of Prof. Anil D Sahasrabudhe as the chairman of the education regulator All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
He will hold the post until the age of 65 years.
Prof. Sahasrabudhe was initially appointed to the post of Chairman of the education regulator in July 2015.

Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra won the gold medal at the Sotteville Athletics Meet in France.
He secured top spot on the podium with a throw of 85.17m.
Second spot on the podium went to Moldova’s Andrian Mardare, whose throw was some way behind Neeraj’s, at 81.48m..
Third at the event was Lithuania’s Edis Matusevicius, with a throw of 79.31m.

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has entered into a partnership with Google to monitor the impact of human activity on global ecosystems.
The agreement will see Google provide sophisticated online tools for the purpose.
The partnership aims to develop a platform to enable governments, NGOs and the public to easily be able to track specific environment-related development targets.

The Union Cabinet has given approval for an MoU between India and Indonesia for cooperation in the field of pharmaceutical products, pharmaceutical substances, biological product and cosmetics regulatory functions.
The MoU will help understand each other’s regulatory requirements.
It will also establish cooperation and exchange of information relating to pharmaceutical products regulation.

The Union Cabinet has approved the signing of an MoU amongst BRICS nations on the Regional Aviation Partnership Cooperation (RAPC).
BRICS nations include Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, as the acronym is made up of the first letters of their names.
The objective is to establish an institutional framework to cooperate in the field of civil aviation.
Among other aims of the agreement are airport infrastructure management, innovation, environment sustainability, qualification and training, and technical cooperation.