31 August 2016 Current Affairs

India jumps 19 places in Logistics Performance Index: World Bank

India jumped 19 places in the Logistics Performance Index to rank 35th in this year’s list. The World Bank has recently released a Logistics Performance Index (LPI) 2016 report titled ‘Connecting to Complete 2016’. The logistics’ list was topped by Germany.


Union Cabinet approves creation of PDF to catalyse Indian economic presence in CLMV countries

The Union Cabinet has given its approval to create a Project Development Fund (PDF) for catalysing Indian economic presence in the CLMV countries viz. Cambodia, Laos Myanmar and Vietnam. The PDF will have corpus of Rs 500 Crore and shall be housed in Department of Commerce. It will be operated through the EXIM Bank. The PDF will be governed by an Inter-Ministerial Committee under the chairpersonship of the Commerce Secretary.


Odisha CM to share his thoughts through Radio every month

Odisha CM, Naveen Patnaik, would share his thoughts on different issues through the radio for 10 minutes every month. This was decided at a meeting chaired by Mr Patnaik. The State government has decided to launch ‘Biju Goan Radio’ through which the Chief Minister would address the people soon.


BRICS Convention on Tourism begins in Madhya Pradesh

The two-day long BRICS Convention on Tourism was inaugurated in Khajuraho Madhya Pradesh. Union Culture Mahesh Sharma will inaugurate the convention. Delegations from the BRICS countries India, Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa will participate in it.


Sudarsan Pattnaik wins prize in Moscow sand art show

Renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the people’s choice prize for his sand sculpture titled “Mahatma Gandhi – World Peace” at the ninth Moscow Sand Sculpture Championship 2016. Sudarsan has already won a gold medal for the 15-foot-high sculpture which he created at the championship held in April 2016. The sand art depicted the message of non-violence and peace.


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