DAILY G.A UPDATE : 16-08-2016
1. Educationist B P Kesri passes away
Famous writer of Jharkhand, Dr. B P Kesri died. He was 86.
2. WPI inflation hits 23-month high of 3.55% in July
Wholesale inflation soared to a 23-month high of 3.55 per cent in July as vegetables, pulses and sugar turned costlier.
The wholesale price-based inflation, reflecting the annual rate of price rise, in June stood at 1.62 per cent. In July 2015, WPI inflation was (-) 4.00 per cent.
The wholesale inflation last witnessed at a higher level than the July 2016 was in August 2014 at 3.74 per cent.
Wholesale price index (WPI) inflation in vegetables shot up by 28.05 per cent in July, while that in pulses rose 35.76 per cent.
Potato, a daily consumable vegetable, saw the price rise during the month at 58.78 per cent.
Among others, the rate of inflation in sugar was at 32.33 per cent and that for fruits rose by 17.30 per cent during the month.
Overall the food inflation basket showed double digit inflation of 11.82 per cent, according to the Commerce Ministry data. All items, barring onion, in the basket showed a rising price pressure.
WPI inflation, which was in the negative zone from November 2013 to March 2016, has been firming up for the last four months.
However, deflationary trend continued in some items like onion at (-) 36.29 per cent and petrol at (-) 10.30 per cent.
The inflation print for manufactured articles read at 1.83 per cent in July, with the rate of price rise in sugar at 32.33 per cent.
The WPI inflation for May has been revised upwards at 1.24 per cent, against provisional estimate of 0.79 per cent.
An elevated wholesale inflation in July follows spike in retail inflation that too hit a 23-month high of 6.07 per cent well above the RBI's comfortable level.
3. Jerome Boateng voted Germany’s footballer of the year
International German Footballer, Jerome Boateng, who plays for Germany's top soccer club Bayern Munich has been chosen for the footballer of the year award.
4. NASA’s asteroid mission to test concepts for journey to Mars
In a bid to validate concepts for the future manned journey to Mars, NASA has approved the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) to proceed to the next phase of design and development for the mission’s robotic segment.
ARM is a two-part mission that will integrate robotic and crewed spacecraft operations in the proving ground of deep space to demonstrate key capabilities needed for NASAs journey to the red planet.
The robotic component of ARM will demonstrate the worlds most advanced and most efficient solar electric propulsion system as it travels to a near-Earth asteroid (NEA).
NEAs are asteroids that are fewer than 194 million km from the Sun at the closest point in their orbit.
Although the target asteroid is not expected to be officially selected until 2020, NASA is using 2008 EV5 as the reference asteroid while the search continues for potential alternatives.
A target asteroid such as 2008 EV5 is particularly appealing to the scientific, exploration, and industrial communities because it is a primitive, C-type (carbonaceous) asteroid, believed to be rich in volatiles, water and organic compounds, NASA said.
The ability to extract core samples from the captured boulder will allow us to evaluate how its composition varies with depth and could unlock clues to the origins of our solar system.
Astronaut sampling and potential commercial activities could indicate the value of C-type asteroidsfor commercial mining purposes, which in turn could have significant impacts on how deep space missions are designed in the future.
After collecting a multi-tonne boulder from the asteroid, the robotic spacecraft will slowly redirect the boulder to an orbit around the Moon, using its gravity for an assist, where NASA plans to conduct a series of proving ground missions in the 2020s.
There, astronauts will be able to select, extract, collect and return samples from the multi-tonne asteroid mass, and conduct other human-robotic and spacecraft operations in the proving ground that will validate concepts for NASAs journey to Mars.
The crewed segment, targeted for launch in 2026, remains in an early mission concept phase, or pre-formulation.
ARM will demonstrate advanced, high-power, high-throughput solar electric propulsion; advanced autonomous high-speed proximity operations at a low-gravity planetary body; controlled touchdown and liftoff with a multi-tonne mass from a low-gravity planetary body.
It will also demonstrate astronaut spacewalk activities for sample selection, extraction, containment and return; and mission operations of integrated robotic and crewed vehicle stack - all key components of future in-space operations for human missions to Mars.
5. Popular Malayalam scenarist TA Razzaq passes away
Noted Malayalam writer and scenarist T.A. Razzaq died. He was 58.
6. New York's Plaza among top rated hotel residences globally
The iconic Plaza hotel of New York, owned by crisis-ridden Sahara group, has been named among the top rated hotel residences in the world.
According to New World Wealths survey which focused on the preferences of the world’s super-rich, The Plaza Pied-a- terre, New York has been ranked third in the list that was topped by St Regis Residences New York.
Mandarin Oriental Residences (One Hyde Park) London has found second place in the list.
1. Educationist B P Kesri passes away
Famous writer of Jharkhand, Dr. B P Kesri died. He was 86.
2. WPI inflation hits 23-month high of 3.55% in July
Wholesale inflation soared to a 23-month high of 3.55 per cent in July as vegetables, pulses and sugar turned costlier.
The wholesale price-based inflation, reflecting the annual rate of price rise, in June stood at 1.62 per cent. In July 2015, WPI inflation was (-) 4.00 per cent.
The wholesale inflation last witnessed at a higher level than the July 2016 was in August 2014 at 3.74 per cent.
Wholesale price index (WPI) inflation in vegetables shot up by 28.05 per cent in July, while that in pulses rose 35.76 per cent.
Potato, a daily consumable vegetable, saw the price rise during the month at 58.78 per cent.
Among others, the rate of inflation in sugar was at 32.33 per cent and that for fruits rose by 17.30 per cent during the month.
Overall the food inflation basket showed double digit inflation of 11.82 per cent, according to the Commerce Ministry data. All items, barring onion, in the basket showed a rising price pressure.
WPI inflation, which was in the negative zone from November 2013 to March 2016, has been firming up for the last four months.
However, deflationary trend continued in some items like onion at (-) 36.29 per cent and petrol at (-) 10.30 per cent.
The inflation print for manufactured articles read at 1.83 per cent in July, with the rate of price rise in sugar at 32.33 per cent.
The WPI inflation for May has been revised upwards at 1.24 per cent, against provisional estimate of 0.79 per cent.
An elevated wholesale inflation in July follows spike in retail inflation that too hit a 23-month high of 6.07 per cent well above the RBI's comfortable level.
3. Jerome Boateng voted Germany’s footballer of the year
International German Footballer, Jerome Boateng, who plays for Germany's top soccer club Bayern Munich has been chosen for the footballer of the year award.
4. NASA’s asteroid mission to test concepts for journey to Mars
In a bid to validate concepts for the future manned journey to Mars, NASA has approved the Asteroid Redirect Mission (ARM) to proceed to the next phase of design and development for the mission’s robotic segment.
ARM is a two-part mission that will integrate robotic and crewed spacecraft operations in the proving ground of deep space to demonstrate key capabilities needed for NASAs journey to the red planet.
The robotic component of ARM will demonstrate the worlds most advanced and most efficient solar electric propulsion system as it travels to a near-Earth asteroid (NEA).
NEAs are asteroids that are fewer than 194 million km from the Sun at the closest point in their orbit.
Although the target asteroid is not expected to be officially selected until 2020, NASA is using 2008 EV5 as the reference asteroid while the search continues for potential alternatives.
A target asteroid such as 2008 EV5 is particularly appealing to the scientific, exploration, and industrial communities because it is a primitive, C-type (carbonaceous) asteroid, believed to be rich in volatiles, water and organic compounds, NASA said.
The ability to extract core samples from the captured boulder will allow us to evaluate how its composition varies with depth and could unlock clues to the origins of our solar system.
Astronaut sampling and potential commercial activities could indicate the value of C-type asteroidsfor commercial mining purposes, which in turn could have significant impacts on how deep space missions are designed in the future.
After collecting a multi-tonne boulder from the asteroid, the robotic spacecraft will slowly redirect the boulder to an orbit around the Moon, using its gravity for an assist, where NASA plans to conduct a series of proving ground missions in the 2020s.
There, astronauts will be able to select, extract, collect and return samples from the multi-tonne asteroid mass, and conduct other human-robotic and spacecraft operations in the proving ground that will validate concepts for NASAs journey to Mars.
The crewed segment, targeted for launch in 2026, remains in an early mission concept phase, or pre-formulation.
ARM will demonstrate advanced, high-power, high-throughput solar electric propulsion; advanced autonomous high-speed proximity operations at a low-gravity planetary body; controlled touchdown and liftoff with a multi-tonne mass from a low-gravity planetary body.
It will also demonstrate astronaut spacewalk activities for sample selection, extraction, containment and return; and mission operations of integrated robotic and crewed vehicle stack - all key components of future in-space operations for human missions to Mars.
5. Popular Malayalam scenarist TA Razzaq passes away
Noted Malayalam writer and scenarist T.A. Razzaq died. He was 58.
6. New York's Plaza among top rated hotel residences globally
The iconic Plaza hotel of New York, owned by crisis-ridden Sahara group, has been named among the top rated hotel residences in the world.
According to New World Wealths survey which focused on the preferences of the world’s super-rich, The Plaza Pied-a- terre, New York has been ranked third in the list that was topped by St Regis Residences New York.
Mandarin Oriental Residences (One Hyde Park) London has found second place in the list.
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