OCT 12, 2020 - IMPORTANT EVENTS
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Oct 12, 2020
Jan 14, 2016
[CA] Important News: Jan 11-13, 2016
January 11 – 13, 2016 News
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INDIA
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Ø Indian Navy presented a guideline document on
Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) during Indian Ocean Naval
Symposium (IONS) in Bangladesh; IONS 2016 is held at Dhaka; Theme of IONS 2016 is
"Fostering Partnership in IOR:
Charting course for Maritime Cooperative Engagement"
Ø Scientists at the CIRB,
Hisar claimed to have successfully produced a cloned buffalo offspirng
"Cirb Gaurav"; CIRB becomes world's third and India's second
institute to produce cloned buffalo
Ø India observed (Jan 12) as
National Youth Day (on the birthday of Swami Vivekananda); theme: "Indian Youth for Development, Skill and
Harmony"; 20th National Youth Festival organised in Raipur,
Chhattisgarh from January 12 to 16, 2016 [For More Details, click Here]
Ø Is it constitutional to keep
women off Sabarimala Hills? - Supreme Court
Ø Supreme Court wants separate
law to deal with child rape
Ø Mr. Devender Kumar Sikri, an
officer of 1975 batch of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) took oath as the
Chairman of Competition Commission of India (CCI)
Ø A trial court in Tuticorin,
convicted 23 foreign nationals; all of whom were onboard a detained U.S. anti -
piracy vessel M.V. Seeman Guard Ohio
Ø Ministry of Tourism to
launch "Paryatak Mitra", a new capacity building programme to train
youth for tourist facilitation
Ø Union Railway Ministry
inaugurated implementation of E-enabled Track Management System (in Northern
Railways)
Ø Mission Indradhanush added
Four new vaccines; inactivated polio vaccine, adult Japanese Encephalitis
vaccine, Rotavirus vaccine and Measles Rubella vaccine [For More Details, click Here]
Ø Vice President, Mr. Hamid
Ansari inaugurated the Interfaith Conference at Malappuram in Kerala
Ø First Group of Secretaries
presents ideas and suggestions to PM; Prime Minister Narendra Modi set up eight
groups of Secretaries for focussed attention on areas like - Good governance,
inclusive growth, employment generation, education and health, Swachch Bharat
and energy efficiency
Ø Union MoS for Culture, Dr.
Mahesh Sharma inaugurated an Exhibition on Lala Lajpat Rai entitled “Lala
Lajpat Rai – A Selfless Patriot” at a function to commemorate “150th Birth
Anniversary of Lala Lajpat Rai”
Ø NHAI has signed Memorandum
of Understanding with National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) under Indian Space
Research Organization (ISRO) and North East Centre for Technology Application
and Research (NECTAR) for use of spatial technology for monitoring and managing
National Highways
Ø Union Cabinet chaired by the
Prime Minister has approved the ‘Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana’; There will be a uniform premium of only 2%
to be paid by farmers for all Kharif crops and 1.5% for all Rabi crops
Ø Union Cabinet chaired by the
Prime Minister has given its approval for India becoming a member country of
the International Energy Agency - Ocean Energy Systems (IEA-OES) by signing the
Implementing Agreement (IA)
Ø Union Cabinet chaired by the
Prime Minister has given its ex-post facto approval for the Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) between India and Maldives which was signed in January,
2014 on cooperation in the field of Health.
Ø Pathankot attack: Pakistan
detains JeM chief Masood Azhar
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BILATERAL ISSUES
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Ø SAHYOG – KAIJIN – XV: India
- Japan Coast Guard Exercise in Bay of Bengal (Jan 15-16)
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STATES SCAN
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Ø Andhra Pradesh government
has announced its retail policy -the first state to do so
Ø Andhra Pradesh: MoUs worth
Rs. 1.95 lkah crore signed at Andhra Pradesh investment meet (CII – Sunrise
Andhra Pradesh Investment Summit 2016)
Ø Bihar: government has
decided to impose 13.5% VAT on samosa, salted peanuts, mosquito repellents and
a few branded snacks to make up the revenue loss by liquor ban
Ø Himachal Pradesh: Nati, the
folk dance of Kullu district was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records
as the largest folk dance in the world
Ø Kerala: K. R. Narayanan
National Institute of Visual Science and Arts was inaugurated by Vice -
President, Mr. Hamid Ansari at Kottayam
Ø Kerala: Vice President, Mr.
Hamid Ansari conferred the Sree Chithira Thirunal Award upon Ambassador T.P.
Sreenivasan
Ø Maharashtra: Chief Minister,
Mr. Devendra Fadnavis unveiled “Laman Diva” as the logo of the first Make in
India (MII) Week scheduled to be held in Mumbai between February 13 and 18,
which will be inaugurated by Prime Minister
Ø Maharashtra: Congress wins
in local body elections; ruling BJP pushed to fourth position
Ø Maharashtra: saw 3228 farmer
suicides in 2015
Ø Odisha: Forest department
has began the annual bird census in Chilika, the largest winter resort for
migratory birds in the Indian subcontinent
Ø Rajasthan: 23rd
International Camel Festival - 2016 at Bikaner
Ø Telangana: becomes the first
state to introduce compulsory gender education at the graduate level
Ø West Bengal: Ghulam Ali's
concert; Ghulam Ali is a Ghazal maestro
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TAMIL NADU
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Ø Supreme Court bans
jallikattu, after a day Central Government passes a law on conducting the
jallikattu; SC asks what is the need for this festival?; Tamil Nadu Chief
Minister, Ms. Jayalalithaa urges Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi to bring an
ordinance on conducting jallikattu
Ø Chief Minister, Ms.
Jayalalithaa extended financial aid to two budding shooting and fencing
championships (R. Rithik - Shooting [Rs. 4 lakh incentive]; C. A. Bhavani -
fencing [Rs. 25 lakh every year for five years])
Ø State Arcaeological
Department has taken up a programme for strengthening the conservation of the
excavation site at Utkottai Maligaimedu village, Gangaikondacholapuram, where
the famous Chola ruler Rajendra Chola I had constructed his palace
Ø Contributions to the Chief
Minister's Public Relief Fund for rehabilitation of the flood affected people
in the state has touched Rs. 303.90 crore
Ø State Government has fixed
the SAP (State Avised Price) of sugarcane for the 2015 - 16 season at Rs. 2850
per tonne; farmers unhappy
Ø Final Assembly Session of
the present AIADMK government begins on Jan 20
Ø A doctor-turned collector
has achieved something that could turn health policies on their head. Mr. Daraz
Ahmed's intervention programme has brought down maternal death to near-zero in
four years in the District of Perambalur
Ø Amma Maternity Sanjeevi
scheme was launched by Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalithaa; eleven types of
medicinal powders will be given to pregnant women and based on siddha doctors
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AROUND THE WORLD
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Ø US deployed a B-52 bomber on
a low-level flight over South Korea, a show of force following North Korea's
nuclear test
Ø Egypt: Arab League Foreign
Ministers was held at Cairo
Ø Nepal: elected as UNICEF’s
executive board member for 2016-2018
Ø Economist Paul Kaba Thieba
was named as the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso by the President Roch Marc
Christian Kabore.
Ø US, Jordan signed Joint
Action Plan on cooperation to counter Nuclear Smuggling; US has similar
agreements with 13 other countries, including Iraq, Ukraine and Lithuania
Ø US President, Mr. Barack
Obama outlines four-point agenda for future
(1) making the economy work
for everyone
(2) making technology work
for everyone
(3) retaining American
leadership in the world without becoming its policeman
(4) overcoming the current
hosility in US domestic politics
Ø Fighters from ISIS are
expanding their attacks on Libya's oil facilities
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ECONOMICS
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Ø Reliance to set up Rs. 5000
crore naval shipbuilding unit near Viag, Andhra Pradesh
Ø The President Designate of
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), Mr. Jin Liqun called on Prime
Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi, in New Delhi
Ø China allowed RBI to enter
into its forex market
Ø India’s largest e-commerce
platform Flipkart.com named co-founders Binny Bansal as its new chief executive officer
(CEO). He will succeed Sachin Bansal.
Ø 3rd India – CLMV Business
Conclave being organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in
collaboration with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, held at Chennai;
CLMV: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam
Ø Lenovo to launch new
smartphone under Google’s Project Tango
Ø BSNL starts 4G service with
soft launch in Chandigarh
Ø Canada - India FTA (Free
Trade Agreement) talks delayed
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SPORTS
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Ø Railways team by defeating
Kerala in both the Men's and Women's team won senior National Volleyball
Championship held at Bengaluru; third place bagged by Tamil Nadu in both
categories
Ø Anthony Amalraj and Manika
Batra clinched the Men's and Women's crown of the Senior National Table Tennis
Championship held at Hyderabad'
Ø Milos Raonic (Canada) won
the Men's Singles in Brisbane International Tennis 2016
Ø Qatar Open (Tennis): World
No. 1 Novak Djokovic defeated his rival Rafael Nadal to win the Qatar Open
title.
Ø Lionel Messi has won the FIFA world player of the year
award for a record fifth time
Ø Multi - million dollar FIFA
museum (at Zurich), to be opened on Feb 28
Ø First female F1 driver Maria
Teresa de Filippis passes away
Ø Aditi Chauhan is the first
Indian woman to play in English league football.
Ø Sania Mirza and her Swiss
partner Martina Hingis have equalled the record for the longest women's doubles
winning streak by advancing to the WTA Sydney International Semifinals; won
their 28th consecutive match
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MISC
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Ø San Francisco based global
NGO Girls in Tech (GIT), working towards empowering women in technology and
entrepreneurship, has launched India operations and made Hyderabad as its hub
Ø 73rd Golden Globe Awards:
The Revenant, Mozart in the Jungle emerged as the top winners; Best Actor -
Leonardo Di Caprio for The Revenant; Best Actress - Brie Larson for Room
Ø Researchers at a university
in Britain have developed viruses that could halt the decline of “Muga”
caterpillar in India which produces one of the finest silks in the world.
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BOOKS
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Ø Book "Jawaharlal Nehru
and The Indian Polity in Perspective”, edited by Prof. (Dr.) P.J. Alexander
Ø Book “Creating Leadership” by
Ms. Kiran Bedi
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Jan 11, 2016
[CA] Important News: Jan 07-10, 2016
January 07 – 10, 2016 News
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INDIA
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Ø Union Cabinet approved the
proposal for taking up Hybrid Annuity based Public Private Partnership (PPP)
model under Namami Gange Programme which aims to reform the wastewater sector
in India
Ø Union Cabinet has approved
the closure of the iconic HMT Watches and offered a voluntary retirement scheme
(VRS) to its employees as per the 2007 pay scales; Two other unviable units of
the public sector company, HMT Chinar Watches and HMT Bearings, are also to be
shut down
Ø Union Government launched
Ganga Gram Yojana in Uttar Pradesh
Ø Government, in a move to
fight pollution, will implement Bharat Standard (BS)-VI emission norms by April
1, 2020.
Ø INS Kadmatt, second ship of
Project 28 (P28) class Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Corvettes, was commissioned
into the Indian Navy at Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam [INS Kadmatt is named
after one of the large islands amongst the Lakshadweep group of Islands off the
west coast of India]
Ø Pune based Automotive
Research Association of India (ARAI) and Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC)
are to collaborate to develop a battery for passenger cars using technology
which is used to make batteries for space vehicles
Ø In order to avoid
duplication of work and to improve efficiency, the government merged the
Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs (MOIA) with the Ministry of External
Affairs; State Government of Kerala opposes this move
Ø Union government is
considering a proposal to name all airports in the country after their
respective cities and not personalities
Ø Union government has decided
to set up laboratories for studying marine biology in coastal states and
islands of Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshdweep, with a major one in the southern
Peninsular region of the country [Department of Biotechnology under the aegis
of Ministry of Science and Technology will start the work of setting up these
laboratories]
Ø French Army to participate
in the Republic Day Parade 2016; this will be the first time ever that foreign
military personnel will take part in the Republic Day parade
Ø Ahead of 2016 State Assembly
elections in the State of Tamil Nadu, the Centre allowed the conduct of
jallikattu in Tamil Nadu by altering a 2011 Ministry of Environment
notification by exempting the sport from performances for which the bulls
should not be used; Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) confirmed that they
will be challenging the order immediately
Ø Operation Green Hunt was
launched, an all-out offensive by India’s paramilitary forces and the state's
forces against the Naxalites
Ø Festival “Destination North
East-2016” will be organised during Feb 2016 at New Delhi
Ø Expert Group on Land Leasing
set up by NITI Aayog under the chairmanship of Dr. T. Haque, held a national
level consultation on the subject
Ø Government will bring in a
new Krishi Bima Yojana in 2016-17 (a new crop damage insurance scheme): Union
Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare Minister, Mr. Radha Mohan Singh
Ø Tamil Nadu is the only
destination from India to have made it to the New York Time's list of 52 places
to go in 2016; Tamil Nadu is placed at 24th position
Ø India's first FRFCP (Fast
Reactor Fuel Cycle Facility) is coming up at Kalpakkam at a cost of Rs. 9600
crore
Ø First limited edition of
Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2016 was held in New Delhi
Ø Scientists at the CIRB,
Hisar claimed to have successfully produced a cloned buffalo offspirng
"Cirb Gaurav"; CIRB becomes world's thrid and India's second
institute to produce cloned buffalo
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BILATERAL ISSUES
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Ø SHAKTI – 2016 : India and
France started their eight-day counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency joint
exercise Shakti-2016 in Rajasthan; this is the third edition in the series
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STATES SCAN
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Ø Andhra Pradesh: Business
Summit begins [Andhra Pradesh Partnership Summit]
Ø Andhra Pradesh: Two-day
Flamingo Festival began at the famous brackish water Pulicat Lake town in
Sullurupeta of Nellore district
Ø Andhra Pradesh (to
Telanagana): History Congress asked the Telangana Government to hand over all
documents, manuscripts and important historical books to Andhra to enable it to
preserve the rich history of the state
Ø Bihar: NHRC issued notice to
government over poor condition of prisons
Ø Delhi: 24th edition of New
Delhi World Book Fair began at New Delhi (Jan 9 - 17, 2016)
Ø Gujarat: International Kite
Festival at Surat
Ø Haryana: Chief Minister, Mr.
Manohar Lal Khattar announced that with an effective implementation of the Beti
Bachao Beti Padhao programme, the child sex ratio in the state has reached 889
girls per 1000 boys
Ø Kerala: Government to
implement health care project Sampoorna Arogya Keralam (SAK)
Ø Kerala: Organic Farming
Summit at Angamaly near Kochi
Ø Kerala: The State-level 14th
Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas celebrations began in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Ø Jammu and Kashmir: Chief
Minister Mr. Mufti Mohammad Sayeed died; his daughter, Ms. Mehbooba Mufti
Sayeed is likely to be the next Chief Minister
Ø Maharashtra: government has
for the first time made it mandatory for a city infrastructure project (16000
crore Dharavi Redevelopment Project) to obtain a National Security Clearance
(NSC) from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), New Delhi
Ø Maharashtra: World’s first
slum museum is set to open in February 2016 at Dharavi, Mumbai
Ø Mizoram: will implement
National Food Security Act from Feb 2016
Ø Odisha: Sam Pitroda
appointed as Government’s Technical Advisor
Ø Telangana: first in the
country to allow issuance of motor insurance policies in digital form by
launching e-Vahan Bima Scheme
Ø Telangana: becomes the first
state to introduce compulsory gender education at the graduate level
Ø West Bengal: Bengal Global
Business Meet begins
Ø "Swaraksha", a
caravan campaign supported by the US Consulate, Hyderabad at raising awareness
on human trafficking; will travel across the States of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha
and Telanagana
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TAMIL NADU
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Ø Chief Minister, Ms.
Jayalalithaa announces Rs 318 crore Pongal 'gift hamper'; will contain one kg
raw rice, one kg sugar, two feet sugarcane pieces and Rs 100 in cash and will
be distributed through the Public Distribution System; launches distribution of
Pongal Gifts
Ø Preparations apace in Tamil
Nadu for the conduct of jallikattu after Central Government gave permission to
hold jallikattu; animal welfare organisations opposes the central government’s
move and said they will file a petition in Supreme Court; Tamil Nadu government
filed a caveat petition in Supreme Court in this issue
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AROUND THE WORLD
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Ø North Korea's claim that it
had tested a hydrogen bomb alarmed its neighboring countries and the rest of
the world
Ø USA: California Governor,
Mr. Jerry Brown declared a Los Angeles-area gas leak (Methane) an emergency and
vowed to protect public health and safety.
Ø Sikh-American (Gurbir
Grewal) attorney has been appointed as the top prosecutor in the most populous
county in New Jersey , becoming the first South Asian to occupy the post in the
state
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ECONOMICS
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Ø Facebook Messenger App
crosses 800 million users
Ø Ms. Mary Barra becomes the
first woman to become chairman of General Motors
Ø ICICI Bank to partner FINO
PayTech for payments bank
Ø Chinese sensex shock the
world
Ø Andhra Bank launched
Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) across all its branches in association with
the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
Ø Netflix launched operations
in India, with plans starting at Rs 500 per month, as the US-based video
streaming company pushes ahead with its global expansion plans.
Ø Reliance to set up Rs. 5000
crore naval shipbuilding unit near Vizag, Andhra Pradesh
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SPORTS
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Ø Indian shooter Apurvi
Chandela broke the world record on way to winning gold in the women's 10 metre
air rifle event at the Swedish Cup Grand Prix; already won an Olympic quota
place for the Rio Olympics
Ø Australia pulled out of U-19
World Cup in Bangladesh due to safety concerns
Ø Encouraged by the renewed
interest in football generated by the success of the ISL, India will consider
bidding for either the 2019 or the 2021 editions of the under-20 World Cup;
India will host the under-17 World Cup in 2017
Ø Brisbane International 2016
(Tennis):
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Men’s Singles: Milos Raonic
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Women’s Singles: Victoria Azarenka
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Men’s Doubles: Henri Kontinen and John Peers
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Women’s Doubles: Sania Mira and Martina Hingis
Ø Chennai Open 2016: Stan
Wawarinka clinches his fourth Chennai Open title
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MISC
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Ø FreeCharge co-founder and
CEO Kunal Shah was appointed as the Chairman of Internet and Mobile Association
of India (IAMAI).
Ø Dr Achyuta Samanta was
elected as the General President of the 105th Indian Science Congress
Association (ISCA) that is scheduled for 2017-18; with this he becomes the
second person from Odisha to be elected as President of the ISC
Ø Priyanka Chopra has bagged
the favourite actor in new TV series honour at the 2016 People's Choice Awards
for her performance of an FBI recruit on American show Quantico; She becomes
the first Indian actor to register a win at the People's Choice Awards
Ø Gajendra Chauhan assumed
charge as President of FTII; triggers protest
Ø Devender Kumar Sikri
appointed as Chairman of Competition Commission of India
Ø Filippo Grandi designated as
the UNHCR Chief
Ø 'Mein Kampf' published in
Germany for first time since World War II
Ø Scientists have recently
discovered the presence of several colonies of an invasive species of snowflake
coral off the coast of Thiruvananthapuram and Kanyakumari.
Ø China's country code domain
'dot cn' has become the world’s most commonly used over the Internet with 16.36
million users, surpassing Germany's 'dot de' domain
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BOOKS
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Ø "A God in Ruins",
written by Kate Atkinson
Ø "Bazad Bachpan Ki Or",
written by Nobel peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi
Ø "Anyhting But Khamosh:
The Shatrughan Sinha Biography" written by Bharathi Pradhan
Ø "State, Policy and
Conflicts in Northeast India", written by Dr. K.S. Subramanian
Ø "Maru Bharat Saru
Bharat", written by Jain Acharya Ratnasundersuriswarji Maharaj
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