03 July 2016 Current Affairs
B Sai Praneeth Won 2016 Canada Open Grand Prix Badminton Title
Ace Indian shuttler B Sai Praneeth (World no 33) has won the 2016 Canada Open Grand Prix Badminton title in the men’s singles category. In the final match played on 3 July at Calgary Praneeth defeated Lee Hyun II of South Korea by 21-12, 21-10 score. On the other hand, men’s doubles pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy also grabbed Men’s doubles title at the tournament.Top seed doubles pair Attri and Reddy defeated Adrian Liu and Toby Ng 21-8 21-14 in a lop-sided final. The pair of Attri and Reddy is the first Indian men’s doubles pair to qualify for the Rio Olympics.
Lewis Hamilton Won Austrian Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton on 3 July won the Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria.Hamilton started the race from pole and went on to win the race after colliding with Nico Rosberg on the final lap. As a result, Rosberg finished fourth behind Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer’s Max Verstappen and Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen.
Second BRICS Youth Summit Held In Guwahati
“The 2016 BRICS Youth Summit held in Guwahati, Assam concluded on 3 July 2016. The theme of the 2nd youth summit that started on 1 July 2016 was “Youth as bridge for Intra-BRICS Exchanges”. The theme of the summit was “Youth as bridge for intra-BRICS exchanges“. The summit was inaugurated by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal in presence of Union Sports Minister Jitendra Singh.The summit focused on enhancing people-to-people contacts of BRICS member states viz. Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. It has called for shifting of power from the West to the member countries to maintain balance in the world. It also adopted the ‘Guwahati BRICS Youth Summit 2016 Call to Action’ and urged the youth from the five member nations to come together for working towards this goal. It also focused on skill development and entrepreneurship, social inclusions, youth volunteerism and youth participation in governance. The three day summit had witnessed 70-member foreign delegation including ministers and head of executive authorities on youth affairs from BRICS nations.”
Researchers Build Super-Sensitive e-nose
Researchers from the University of Leuven (KU Leuven) in Belgium have built a super-sensitive electronic nose comprising of chemical sensors metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). The super-sensitive e-nose has ability to detect pesticides and nerve gas in very low concentrations by analyzing their chemical makeup. MOFs are like microscopic sponges. They can absorb quite a lot of gas into their minuscule pores. This MOF is the most sensitive gas sensor to date to detect very low concentrations/traces of dangerous substances.