18 June 2015 Current Affairs
Union Government Launched Weather Alert Service
Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh on 18 June launched a free SMS service called ‘Nowcast’ to provide alerts on extreme weather conditions such as hailstorm every three hours to over one crore registered farmers on their mobile phones.
CCEA approved Inclusion of Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh In NDP – I
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved inclusion of Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh in the list of States to be covered under the National Dairy Plan- I (NDP-I). Decision in this regard was taken CCEA meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. Apart from this decision CCEA also extended the implementation period to achieve key outputs NDP-I upto 2018-19.
India Ranked 3rd In WADA’s Global Doping Report 2013
India has been ranked third in Anti-Doping Rule Violations Report for year 2013 released by World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). As per the report 91 athletes from Indian have been tested positive for banned substances in year 2013. Of these 91 Indians athletes, 20 were women athletes. Russia and Turkey are ahead of India in this list. Russia has maximum number of dope offenders with 212 testing positive for using banned substances. The figures for Turkey and India were 155 and 91 respectively.