Current Affairs 2019

North Korea revises constitution

North Korea has revised its constitution to make Kim Jong Un head of state, a promotion that could help normalise the isolated country’s diplomatic relations with the rest of the world.

A new text of North Korea’s governing document  quietly posted on the propaganda website Naenara -- adds represents the country to the list of duties of the chairman of the State Affairs Commission, Kims top government title. While such a change had been speculated since North Korea amended its constitution in April, the regime never formally released the revised language.

The 2019 global Multidimensional Poverty Index

UN Development Programme (UNDP) has released the 2019 global Multidimensional Poverty Index.

India’s MPI value reduced from 0.283 in 2005-06 to 0.123 in 2015-16.

India has lifted 271 million people out of poverty between 2006 and 2016, recording the fastest reductions in the multidimensional poverty index.

India and Cambodia has reduced their MPI values the fastest among the 10 selected countries for which changes over time were analysed.

Kalyani JV gets missile kits order

A joint venture of a Kalyani group firm and Israel’s Rafael Advanced Systems has secured a $100 million contract for manufacturing 1,000 Barak-8 MRSAM missile kits.

Kalyani Rafael Advanced Systems (KRAS), the joint venture, in which the Indian partner’s holding is 51% and the rest is with Rafael, will manufacture the kits at its production facility near Hyderabad and supply them to Bharat Dynamics for further integration. Eventually, the product will be used by the Indian Army and the Air Force.

India hands over pre-fabricated houses to Myanmar

India handed over 250 pre-fabricated houses to Myanmar in Maung Daw today for use of displaced returnees. 

External Affairs Ministry said in a release that India had taken up the project under its Rakhine State Development Programme under which 25 million dollars are allocated for a period of five years. 

Indian Ambassador to Myanmar Saurabh Kumar handed over the documents related to the houses for use of displaced returnees from Bangladesh.