current affairs

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CURRENT AFFAIRS 
 



1)The Geographical Indication(GI) Tag status to Banglar Rasogolla of West Bengal and Mamallapuram stone sculptures of Tamil Nadu.West Bengal in its application had provided proof of origin — historical records dating back to 1896.

Brief History of GI:: India, as member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), enacted the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration & Protection) Act, 1999 that came into force from September 15, 2003.The GI tag conveys an assurance of quality and distinctiveness which is essentially attributable to the fact of its origin in a defined geographical locality, region or country. Under Articles 1 (2) and 10 of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, geographical indications are covered as an element of IPRs. They are also covered under Articles 22 to 24 of the Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement, which was part of the agreements concluded at the Uruguay Round of GATT negotiations.
2)Commerce and Industry minister Suresh Prabhu .
3)Government data showed that The annual wholesale price inflation picked up in October to a six-month high due to faster rises in prices of food and fuel products.
Inflation means that devaluation of currency it means that when price of goods increased from there past value than it impacts on customer Pocket.This will depreciate the value of currency.
4) The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Los Banos, an urban locality situated at a distance of around 65 kms from Manila.
5) PM Modi (14th Prime minister of India) visit Manila , Philippines for three-day visit to attend the ASEAN-India and the East Asia summits.

Currency of PHILIPPINES:- Philippine PESO.
Capital:- Manila.
President:- Rodrigo Roa Duterte.
ASEAN :- ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHWEST ASIAN NATIONS. This organization formed in 8 August 1967 in Bangkok declaration.
The First ASEAN summit was held in February 1976 in Bali, Indonesia.

English vocabulary.

6)For a very long time, Sanskrit was a fiercely(Very violent manner, having or showing lot of emotion) guarded(very careful about giving information showing feelings) turf(an artificial substitute for this element) . Even the recital (let alone study) of sacred Sanskrit compositions was considered a privilege so mighty that ‘unfit’ persons — such as women and those belonging to low castes — who even accidentally overheard(Aloft, above than something) any of it would be in danger of painful punishment. All in god's name.
7)The 70th year of our Independence is a good time both to acknowledge(generally recognized , accepted) the imperishable(lasting forever,not perishable , indestructible) empire(a major unit of group , Conglomerate) of the English language which will forever link our countries, and to look at the first direct translation (without mediation) into English of a Sanskrit work — all 700 verses of that stupendous(So large or great that it amazes you,astonishing, miraculous) cosmological(cosmology:- study of the origin and structure of the universe)  poem, the Bhagavad Gita.
8)In November 1784 came the first direct translation of it from the Sanskrit into English. In a letter dated November 19, 1784, written from ‘Banaris’, Charles Wilkins submitted his translation of his Bhagvat-Geeta to Warren Hastings.
    

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