16-08-2018 Pocket News

Health plan for 10 crore families from Sept.25

• PMJAA- Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Abhiyan.
• Also mentioned in 2018 Budget as Ayushman Bharath
• World's largest healthcare scheme
• rs.5 lakh per family annually
• Benefiting more than 10 crore poor families
• Beneficiaries register their phone numbers as their ID numbers
• maximum of 5 members in a family will get insurance cover
• Valid Aadhar card needed
• Only individuals registered under the Socio-Economic Caste Census 2011 of India are eligible.

Other important facts from PM speech on Independence day

• India will send " son or daughter " to space with the national flag in hand by 2022.
• Permanent commission for women officers in the uniformed services.
• Quoted Tamil poet Subramania Bharati
• Gaganyaan - Human Spaceflight programme- set for 2022-estimated 9000crore

• Cochin International Airport suspends operations due to worst floods.

• AAP(Aam Aadmi party) leader Ashutosh announced his decision to quit from the party but Delhi Chief Minister refused his resignation.

• IndiGo to operate Vijayawada - Singapore service (Bi-weekly)

Obituary: Chemmanam Chacko-Poet- Malayalam

Indigenously developed Truck Flagged off

• 150T Electric Drive Rear Dump Truck
• To strengthen the "Make in India"
•  Use in the Coalfields @ Chattisgarh

Assam rejected move to shrink area under AFSPA

• Armed Forces Special Power Act

Twitter Suspends Alex Jones' account for a week

• He is a conspiracy theorist-US-American Radio host

Morandi Motorway Bridge Collapsed

• Ponte Morandi (Official Name)
• Genoa, Italy

Trade Battle Between two economic giants

• China Filed a complaint against U.S. at WTO on Solar panel Imports.

Russia Aid with China Formers

• Russia Offering a million hectares of land suitable for cultivating Soybeans and other agri-products.

RJIO begins registration for 1Gbps broadband service

• Offer download speed 1 GB per second (presently 100mb per second)
• 10 times more speed
• Optical Fiber-based fixed-line broadband service

PVR acquire SPI cinemas

• Estimates 500crores from SPI cinemas by FY20

Walmart launch women's Fashion line

• would tie-up with Ellen DeGeneres (Comedian and talk show host)

Keeping Leh free of Plastics-Woman volunteers have played key role

• Using plastic bag-Fine- 5000rs fine or 1 month in jail, or both.

New Zeland coach- Gary Stead.

53rd Grand Master in India- Nihal Sarin (Kerala).

Retirement from international football: 

• Mario mandzukic (Croatia)
• Danijel Subasic (Croatia)- Goalkeeper

NBA releases Clarkson (Jordan) for Asian Games as one-time exception.

V.Neena & Nayana (Kerala)-long jumpers.

IIS(The Inspire Institute of Sport) inaugurated.