19 June 2016 – Daily Current Affairs
Australia wins HHCT (Hero Hockey Champions Trophy) 2016
On 18th June 2016, Australia grabbed the HHCT (Hero Hockey Champions Trophy) 2016 that took place at the LVHT (Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis) Centre at London, England. During the final round, Australia defeated India by 1-0 during shoot-out after the game got over with 0-0 score. This was Australia’s 14th Champion Trophy victory. The third and fourth position was earned by Germany and Great Britain respectively. Belgium and Korea earned 5th and 6th spot respectively. Best player of the game was given to Tobias Hauke from Germany. George Pinner from Great Britain grabbed the Best Goalkeeper award. Top scorer of the tournament was Marco Miltkau from Germany.
Union AYUSH Ministry releases Yog Geet (song) for IDY (International Day of Yoga) 2016
On 17th June 2016, Union AYUSH Ministry launched Yog Geet (a song) for celebrating the IDY (International Day of Yoga) 2016. The song runs for 3 mins and 15 secs and the language is in Hindi. The writer and producer of the song is Deeraj Saraswat and the voice has been given by Gatha Jadav and Gandhar Jadhav. Sumanto Ray has composed the music. A national-level Yog Geet competition was organized on the occasion of 2nd IDY (International Day of Yoga). There were about 1000 entries received for this competition which was chaired by Dr. H.R. Nagendra.
Nico Rosberg wins 2016 Formula-1 Europe Grand Prix
On 19th June 2016, Nico Rosberg won the 2016 Formula-1 Europe Grand Prix. He is a Mercedes driver from Germany who defeated Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari Driver) from Germany during the final round to win the title. This was Nico’s 2nd career Grand Championship win and 1st European win. His first career trophy was the 2016 Russian Grand Slam. Overall he has 19 titles under his kitty since 2006. The Formula-1 event was launched during mid-1980 and was a regular event from 1999 to 2012.
Tianhe -3 (Exascale Supercomputer) to be operationalized by China by 2030
Recently, it was announced that Tianhe -3, (the Exascale Supercomputer) will be operationalized by China by 2030. This supercomputer will be able to perform billion-billion calculations each second. China claims to operationalize this supercomputer 3 years before US’s plan of installing such computers. This development is a part of China’s national initiative in the arena of next-gen high-performance computers. China plans to complete this project before the end of its 13th five-year-plan (2016-2020). Government of TBNA (Tianjin Binhai New Area), NSC (National Supercomputing center) in Tianjin and NUDT are working together on this project.
DNWSH (Draft National Wind-Solar Hybrid) Policy 2016, released
On 14th June 2016, the New & Renewable Energy Union Ministry released the DNWSH (Draft National Wind-Solar Hybrid) Policy 2016.This policy is a part of the government’s plan of setting up 175 GW (Giga Watts) installed energy from renewable sources. The objective of this policy is to reach a wind-solar hybrid energy capacity of ten Giga Watts by 2022. This wind-solar-hybrid system will provide efficient and optimal transmission utilization infrastructure as well as superior grid stability.
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