18 August 2015 Current Affairs
NASA spacecraft finds neon gas in Moon’s atmosphere
A NASA spacecraft has confirmed for the first time that the Moon’s thin atmosphere contains neon, a gas commonly used in electric signs on Earth because of its intense glow. This was published in the Geophysical Research Letters by Benna, lead author of a paper describing observations from Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE)’s Neutral Mass Spectrometer (NMS) instrument .
UNP led UNFGG coalition won the Sri Lanka Parliamentary Elections 2015
United National Party (UNP) led United National Front for Good Governance (UNFGG) coalition on 18 August 2015 won Parliamentary elections of Sri Lanka held on 17 August 2015. It won 106 seats. But it failed to secure absolute majority in the Parliament of 225 members. Leader of the UNFGG and UNP and current Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is expected to form a new government with the support of 95 MPs of United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) loyal to President Maithripala Sirisena.
ICICI Bank launched ‘Smart Vault’ digital locker facility
ICICI Bank on 18 August 2015 launched a new digital initiative called Smart Vault. Smart Vault is India’s first automated locker facility with high-end robotic technology. It was launched by Managing Director (MD) and CEO of ICICI Bank, Chanda Kochhar in New Delhi. In this digital initiative, robotic technology is used to access the lockers from the safe vault.
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