TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - February 3, 2018 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.in 2018

TNPSC Current Affairs - February 2018 by TNPSC Guru

1.World Wetlands Day February 2. 

• World Wetlands Day Celebrated on February 2 across the world.
• In India main Celebration of World Wetlands Day took place at Deepor Beel wetland in Assam.
• It was celebrated to mark the adoption of Ramsar Convention on wetland.
• Ramsar Convention is an intergovernmental Treaty adopted in 1971 at Ramsar in Iran.
• The objective of treaty is national and international cooperation to conserve and better use of wetlands.
• India joined the treaty on 1982.

 2.Inland Waterways Authority of India signs agreement with World Bank for Jal Marg Vikas Project 

• Inland Waterways Authority of India has signed a project agreement with World Bank for Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP)in River Ganga.
• World Bank also signed US $ 375 million loan agreement with Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance for JMVP.
• The project is expected to complete by 2023, which enable commercial navigation of vessels in National Waterways 1

3.N Chandrasekaran is head of Task force constituted to study AI application in military. 

N Chandrasekaran has been appointed as head of Task force constituted to study use of Artificial Intelligence in Military.