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Daily Current Affairs of 8th May 2019
International Current Affairs
- Today is World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day.
- This day is an annual celebration of International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement's principles.
- This year marks the 67th year of the celebration, which was first officially celebrated in 1948.
- Theme World Red Cross Day 2019 : “#Love”.
- Important Note : The day is also the birth anniversary of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)'s founder Henry Dunant.
- He won first Nobel Peace Prize in 1901.
- Today is World Thalassemia Day.
- World Thalassemia Day is celebrated every year on 8th of May to increase the awareness about this disease among common public all through the world.
- About Thalassemia :
- Thalassemia is an autosomal recessive blood disorder which gets inherited from parents to the children through genes.
- It causes weakening and destruction of the red blood cells, affects the formation of hemoglobin in the body and causes mild or severe anemia.
- Theme of World Thalassaemia Day 2019 : “Universal access to quality thalassaemia healthcare services: Building bridges with and for patient”.
- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has announced that the country will stop complying with two of its commitments under the 2015 nuclear deal, a year after the US quit the pact.
- Iran would begin to build up its stockpiles of low enriched uranium and of heavy water.
- Rouhani gave the remaining signatories 60 days to meet their commitments to the deal.
Awards & Honors
- 8-time Masters champion Tiger Woods was bestowed with Presidential Medal of Freedom, the US' highest civilian honour by President Donald Trump, at the White House.
- Woods, who in April, registered his first major title victory in 11 years and his first Masters win since 2005, is the 4th and the youngest golfer to receive the honour.
- The ‘Team Caeli’ from India comprising of 3 Indian students namely Bharat Sundal, Aakash Bhadana and Vasu Kaushik emerged as First Runner-up (second position) in Microsoft’s Imagine Cup World Championship final held in Seattle, US.
- The trio won for developing “Caeli”, which is world’s first smart automated anti-pollution and drug delivery mask.
Science & Technology
- Indian-origin cosmochemist Maitrayee Bose, along with fellow Arizona State University scholar Ziliang Jin, co-founded water in asteroid Itokawa samples collected by Japanese space probe Hayabusa.
- These findings suggest similar asteroids' impacts early in Earth's history could've delivered as much as half of ocean water, researchers said.
- Facebook-owned messaging platform WhatsApp has announced it is ending support for all versions of Windows Phone operating system after December 31.
- Facebook had previously ended support for its main app, Messenger and Instagram on April 30 for Windows phones.
- The move had come over Microsoft's announcement to end support for all versions of its Windows Phone in December 2019.
MOUs & Agreements
- The National Institute of Open Schooling Ministry of Human Resources Development and National Health Mission of Public Health Department of Government of Maharashtra signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Mumbai today.
- The MOU focused at offering Vocational programmes to the Health Service Providers of Providers of National Health Mission (NHM) through National Institute of Open Schooling.
Banking, Business & Economic Affairs
- Australia's Qantas Airways made the 1st-ever commercial flight from Sydney to Adelaide that produced no landfill waste.
- The flight would produce 34 kilograms of waste that will be disposed off via compost, reuse or recycling, Qantas said, adding it produces waste equivalent to 80 fully-laden Boeing 747 jumbo jets, in the process of flying 50 million passengers annually.
New Appointments
- India's Jagjit Pavadia was re-elected to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) for another term.
- Ms Pavadia has been a member of the INCB since 2015 and her current term is set to expire in 2020.
- Now she has been re-elected for a five-year term beginning 2nd March, 2020.
- Kolkata-based Tata Global Beverages appointed former Axis Bank MD and CEO Shikha Sharma as an additional and independent director on its board.
- Sharma, who had earlier headed ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, retired from Axis Bank in December 2018.
Sports Current Affairs
- Opener Chris Gayle has been named Windies' vice-captain for the 2019 World Cup.
- The 50-over tournament will be Gayle's last in ODI cricket.
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