Saturday 14 January 2017

General Awareness Series: Updated News Jan Week 2 - Part 3

January is a month where many things are happening. The US got the new President in December who will took the charge in this month while the 5 states are seeing the politics and the environment gets hot because of it even in severe cold in India. While the finance ministry is brushing up for the budget. Lets see what week 3 of this month brings for us.
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JALLIKATTU BAN: SUPREME COURT DECLINES TO PASS ORDER BEFORE PONGAL:
·         The Supreme Court on Thursday turned down a plea seeking its intervention to pass judgment on bull taming sport Jallikattu before Saturday.
·         The Tamil Nadu government has mounted pressure for promulgation of an ordinance to enable Jallikattu, the Centre had said though "things are ready" on its side, it would wait for the order of Supreme Court which it hoped will do justice so that people can celebrate festival as per tradition.

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VIBRANT GUJARAT GLOBAL SUMMIT: RS 50,000 CRORE WORTH MOUS SIGNED ON DAY TWO

·         Over Rs 50,000 crore worth MoUs for investments and credit were signed at the end of the second day of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit with State Bank of India leading the pack.

·         SBI signed memorandum of understanding with the Gujarat Government for extending bank credit especially in priority sector. Under the MoU country's largest lender will give Rs 30,000 crore worth loans over two-year period, officials announced at the Summit here.

·         NABARD inked an MoU for rural financing worth Rs 13,000 crore while Union Bank of India entered into a pact with the state government for providing Rs 5,600 crore of bank finance across various sectors.

SAMAY FOUNDATION’S INITIATIVE ‘SUKNYA SAMRIDHI YOJNA’ TO PROMOTE BETI BACHAO-BETI PADHAO’

·         Samay Foundation with the theme ‘Nation first’ has taken initiative to promote Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao to boom the initiative, Suknya Samridhi Yojna here on Tuesday at Chilla Village in Mayur Vihar extension.
·         Speaking on the occasion Sunil Chaudhary BJP convenor said, the Prime Minister ‘Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao’ initiative should be spread to promote girl child education across the society and country. He further said, Suknaya Samriddhi account will help to give advantage to a girl child for her education and marriage
GOA ASSEMBLY POLLS: BJP RELEASES LIST OF 29 CANDIDATES
·         The BJP on Thursday released its first list of 29 candidates for the Goa assembly elections scheduled to be held on February 4.

·         The list includes the names of the 18 incumbent legislators.

·         Union minister J.P. Nadda announced the names of the candidates after a meeting of the party's central election committee (CEC). 
·         The list of 29 MLAs however does not include candidates for the Mayem and Canacona seat, which has seen intense squabbling between the sitting MLAs Anant Shet and Ramesh Tawadkar respectively and rival candidates. While Shet is a Speaker of the Goa legislative assembly, Tawadkar is a sports minister.

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US DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY SANCTIONS 7 SENIOR NORTH KOREAN OFFICIALS

·         The US Department of the Treasury has imposed sanctions on 7 senior North Korean officials in response to "serious human rights abuses and censorship", a media report said on Thursday.

·         The officials include Minister of State Security and leader Kim Jong Un's younger sister, Efe news reported.

DONALD TRUMP ADMINISTRATION WILL HAVE OFFICE OF THE FIRST FAMILY 

·         Under the Donald Trump presidency, the Office of the First Lady is going to be changed to the Office of the First Family which may signal the emergence of dual administration roles for the President-elect's wife and daughter, according to a media report.

CHINA'S AIRCRAFT CARRIER ENTERS TAIWAN STRAIT: DEFENCE MINISTRY


·         China's only aircraft carrier has entered the Taiwan Strait, the island's defence ministry said on Wednesday, seen as a show of strength by Beijing as tensions rise between the two sides.

·         The Liaoning has not entered Taiwanese waters but has gone into an area covered by its air defence zone, according to the ministry.

IRAQI FORCES GAIN GROUND INTO IS STRONGHOLD IN MOSUL

·          The Iraqi government forces on Wednesday extend its grip in the eastern side of the Islamic State (IS) stronghold in the city of Mosul in northern Iraq, as fierce clashes continued against the terrorists, the Iraqi military said.

 ICC TEST RANKINGS: ASHWIN, JADEJA TAKE THE TOP SLOTS, KOHLI STAYS 2ND

·         India’s spin twins Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja held onto the top two slots in the ICC’s latest Test ranking for bowlers while skipper Virat Kohli was a notch behind Steve Smith in batsmen’s list.


·         Ashwin (887 points) and Jadeja (879 points) were Nos 1 and 2 in the list while Australian seamer Josh Hazlewood (860 points), who gained 29 points, by virtue of his good show against Pakistan has risen to the third spot in the list.

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Dinesh is from Vizianagaram and  am pursuing Btech in Mvgr college of engineering in the stream of electrical engineering. He is passionate towards the armed forces and want to become an officer in forces. He is interested in playing games and also wants to spend some time in social work. He believes in NO PAIN NO GAIN and wants to see himself in respectable position.

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