26TH JUNE
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TAX INSPECTOR WITHOUT BORDER (TIWB) INITIATIVE
DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TEST FIRED NIRBHAY CRUISE MISSILE
INDIA’S FIRST INDIGENOUS AIRCRAFT CARRIER COMMISSIONED
9TH ASIAN MINISTERIAL ENERGY ROUNDTABLE
COCHIN INT. AIRPORT WON IN AIRPORT SERVICE QUALITY
RELIANCE JIO & GOOGLE CLOUD PARTNERED ON 5G TECH
MICROSOFT OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED ‘WINDOWS 11’
TAX INSPECTOR WITHOUT BORDER (TIWB) INITIATIVE
- India and Bhutan have jointly launched the “Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB)”. It has been launched for strengthening the tax administration of Bhutan. It will focus on International Taxation and Transfer Pricing.
- TIWB programme aims to strengthen tax administrations among developing countries by transferring technical know-how and skills to their tax auditors and by sharing general audit practices & dissemination of knowledge products with them.
- This programme is another milestone in the relationship between India and Bhutan. It will be completed in 24 months’ duration.
- About the Tax Inspectors without Borders: Tax Inspectors Without Borders (TIWB) initiative was launched in 2015. Its main aim is to strengthen developing countries’ auditing capacity.
- It is a joint initiative of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). TIWB initiative has completed 80 programmes in 45 countries.
(SOURCE: JAGRAN JOSH)
DRDO SUCCESSFULLY TEST FIRED NIRBHAY CRUISE MISSILE
- The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test-fired the subsonic cruise missile ‘Nirbhay’ on June 24, 2021, from an Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur in Odisha’s Balasore.
- This was the eighth test flight of the missile. The first test flight of Nirbhay was held on 12 March 2013.
- About the Missile: Nirbhay is a long-range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile indigenously designed and developed by DRDO.
- The missile can be launched from multiple platforms and is capable of carrying conventional and nuclear warheads. Nirbhay is a two-stage missile and can engage several targets in a single flight.
- The missile has a length of 6 metres, a width of 0.52 metres, a wingspan of 2.7 metres and weighs about 1500 kg. It has a strike range of about 1500 km.
(SOURCE: INDIAN EXPRESS)
INDIA’S FIRST INDIGENOUS AIRCRAFT CARRIER COMMISSIONED
- The Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has informed that India’s first Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC-I), is planned to be commissioned by 2022.
- Once commissioned, the carrier will be rechristened as INS Vikrant, in memory of India’s first aircraft carrier.
- About the IAC-I: The IAC-1 carrier is being built at the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL), Kochi, Kerala, under a public-private partnership.
- It comprises nearly 75 per cent of indigenous content from design, to steel used in construction, to key weapons and sensors. The IAC-1 will undergo a series of sea trials before it gets inducted into the Navy.
- Vikrant is 262 metres (860 ft) long and 62 metres (203 ft) wide, and displaces about 40,000 metric tons (39,000 long tons).
(SOURCE: THE HINDU)
9TH ASIAN MINISTERIAL ENERGY ROUNDTABLE
- International Energy Forum (IEF) announced that India has agreed to host the 9th Asian Ministerial Energy Roundtable (AMER9).
- The 9th Asian Ministerial Energy Roundtable will be held in 2022. Dates of this conference will be announced later and it will take forward the understandings reached in the previous meeting in Abu Dhabi during 2018.
- About the conference: The decision of India to be the host of this Energy Roundtable came after a virtual meeting between IEF Secretary-General Joseph McMonigle and Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
- Chief executive officers of Indian Oil Corp, Bharat Petroleum, and Hindustan Petroleum Corp, in addition to senior officers from the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, were also present at the meeting.
- International Energy Forum (IEF): The International Energy Forum (IEF) is the world’s largest energy organization with 71 member countries, accounting for 90 per cent of the global energy market.
- It holds energy dialogue promoting energy security, market stability, and transparency in the transition to a sustainable and inclusive future.
(SOURCE: THE ECONOMIC TIMES (ENERGY))
COCHIN INT. AIRPORT WON IN AIRPORT SERVICE QUALITY
- Cochin International Airport (CIAL) won Airport Council International (ACI) Director General’s Roll of Excellence honour in Airport Service Quality.
- This recognition is awarded to those airports which, in the opinion of passengers, consistently delivered excellent services.
- Cochin International Airport has consistently delivered excellence in customer service by winning multiple awards for five years in past 10 years. It is one among six airports across the world that will receive recognition in 2021.
- Airport Council International Headquarters location: Montreal, Canada
- Airport Council International Founded: 1991
(SOURCE: TIMES OF INDIA)
RELIANCE JIO & GOOGLE CLOUD PARTNERED ON 5G TECH.
- Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited and Google Cloud are embarking on a comprehensive, long-term strategic relationship with a goal of powering 5G in enterprise and consumer segments nationwide.
- In addition, Reliance will also take advantage of Google Cloud’s scalable infrastructure thereby enabling its retail business to achieve better operational efficiency, modernize and scale for growth, and deliver better performance and experiences to customers.
- As part of the partnership, Reliance will also augment its compute workload for retail business taking advantage of Google’s AI/ML, e-commerce, and demand forecasting offerings.
- This will help Reliance to rapidly grow its new commerce business to leverage Google Cloud with increased reliability and performance, as well as scale up as needed to respond to customer demand.
- Jio will also adopt Google Cloud’s scalable, serverless data analytics platform to advance its data-led innovation strategy.
- Reliance Jio President Infocomm: Mathew Oommen
- Reliance Jio Founder: Mukesh Ambani;
- Reliance Jio Founded: 2007
- Reliance Jio Headquarters: Mumbai.
- Google CEO: Sundar Pichai.
- Google Founded: 4 September 1998, California, United States.
- Google Founders: Larry Page, Sergey Brin.
(SOURCE: JAGRAN JOSH)
MICROSOFT OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED ‘WINDOWS 11’
- Microsoft officially launched its new Windows operating system ‘Windows 11’. It is being called as the “next generation” of Windows.
- The release comes nearly six year after the current latest Windows Operating System ‘Windows 10’ was launched in July 2015.
- Windows 11 is special because it focuses on a new user interface, a new Windows Store, and improvements to performance, including a centre-aligned Taskbar and Start button.
- Key features of Windows 11:
- One of the unique features of Windows 11 is that it will support Android apps via Amazon’s app store. It will work better in touch mode as well.
- Windows 11 operating system (OS) will be available as a free upgrade for Windows 10 users in late 2021, as long as the user has a compatible PC that meets the requirements of Microsoft’s new operating system.
- Windows 11 OS will work on PCs having a processor that has two or more cores and a clock speed of 1GHz or higher.
- PCs having Intel’s sixth and seventh-generation processors will not be eligible to use Windows 11.
- Microsoft CEO and Chairman: Satya Nadella
- Microsoft Headquarters: Redmond, Washington, United States.
(SOURCE: INDIAN EXPRESS)