Current Affairs 29/08/2018

Ø  Justice Ranjan Gogoi all set to become the next Chief Justice of India. He will be 46^th Chief Justice of India.

Ø  Protein, iron and zinc are essential nutrients for human growth. On current trends, higher CO2 concentrations could reduce iron, zinc and protein levels in the crops that feed the world by up to 17% by mid­century, they reported in the journal  Nature Climate Change. Zinc deficiency affects the immune system and makes children, particularly, more vulnerable to malaria, lung infections and deadly diarrhoeal diseases.  A lack of iron increases the likelihood of mothers dying during childbirth, can lower IQ, and causes anaemia, or a drop in red blood cells. Wheat, rice and maize together account for roughly 40% of protein, zinc and iron supply in the diet worldwide. In general, humans get three­fifths of dietary protein, four­ fifths of iron, and 70% of zinc requirements from plants.

Ø  Bandipur National Park established in 1974 as a tiger reserve under Project Tiger, is a national park located in the south Indian state of Karnataka.

Ø  Nine-Dash Line - The ‘nine-dash line’ stretches hundreds of kilometers south and east of its southerly Hainan Island, covering the strategic Paracel and Spratly island chains. China buttresses its claims by citing 2,000 years of history when the two island chains were regarded as its integral parts.