Current Affairs April 12, 2017

1). TAL developed and launched India’s first industrial robot

‘Brabo’ is the first indigenously made industrial robot.
It is developed by TAL manufacturing solution, a fully owned subsidiary of TATA.
It is made especially to work in micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) under Make in India initiative.
It would manage raw material and product packaging. Two variants of Brabo launched one to handle 2 Kg payload and another for 10 Kg.
The name Brabo is derived from the combination of two words; bravo and robot.

2). Parliament passed HIV and AIDS (Prevention and Control) Bill, 2017

The Bill aims to prohibit discrimination against those infected with HIV positive persons and those living with them.
It guarantees equal rights in medical treatment and admission to educational institutions and jobs in both private and public offices.
It would also ensure in getting equal treatments in public sphere like housing, access to insurance and freedom of movement.
It would also prohibit any unfair and discriminated publishing of articles especially with the feeling of hatred towards those living with this incurable and fatal disease.
There is a provision to penalize those who does not go down well with this Bill under civil and criminal proceedings.
This is the first National HIV law in South Asian region.
India is running the world’s second largest Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) programme which is 100% sponsored by central government.

3). Pulitzer Prize 2017 announced

It is the most prestigious awards in U.S. journalism
Pulitzer Price 2017 is the 101th edition which was announced at Columbia University.
This year those journalists are awarded who runs an anti Trump campaign during and after elections.
List of winners:

National Reporting Award: David Fahrenthold of ‘The Washington Post’
Commentary: Peggy Noonen of ‘The Wall Street Journal’
Public Service Model to ‘New York Daily’
Fiction: Colson Whitehead for the novel ‘The Underground Railroad’ (based on slavery).

4). Google celebrated 130th birth anniversary of Jamini Roy

Google Doodle displayed sketch of famous Indian painter Jamini Roy on his 130^th birth anniversary on 11^th April.
Google displayed his famous sketch ‘Black Horse Painting’.
He was hailed from Kolkata and learnt British Academic Style of Painting in 1916 from Government College of Art, Kolkata.
Instead of painting in Victorian Art, he developed Indian art and folk esp on rural themes.
He was awarded with Padma Bhushan Award in 1954 and also Viceroy’s gold medal in 1934.