Current Affairs 20th December 2016 | General Awareness 20th December 2016.

Tamil Nadu CM meets Modi

Pitches for Rs. 22,573 cr. cyclone package

• Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam sought Rs. 22,573 crore from the Centre for undertaking relief and restoration work in the aftermath of Cyclone Vardah.
• He also sought conferring of Bharat Ratna posthumously on former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, besides installing a life-size bronze statue of hers in the Parliament complex.

Scheme proposed by CM

• Cyclone relief funds
• Cauvery water

AAP announces chief ministerial candidate for Goa.

Elvis Gomes, former IG, is AAP’s choice

• Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Monday declared Elvis Gomes as the party’s chief ministerial candidate for Goa.
• Mr. Gomes, a former Inspector General of Prisons, recently took voluntary retirement and joined the AAP.

Elvis Gomes

AAP chief ministerial candidate for Goa.

Tribal malnutrition crisis haunts Maharashtra

40 per cent of malnourished children in seven regions

According to the State government’s own report Maharashtra faces the ‘stark reality’ of malnutrition among children in tribal areas.

The official study reveals that in seven tribal belts, over 40 per cent of children are affected by some form of malnutrition.

8,000

No of Children’s death due to malnutrition between April and August 2016.

 

Russian envoy shot dead in Ankara

Shot in the back and killed while giving a speech at an art gallery

• The Russian ambassador to Turkey was shot in the back and killed while giving a speech at an art gallery.
• The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed the death of envoy Andrei Karlov, which marked one of the most serious spill-overs of the Syria conflict.

Andrei Karlov

Russian ambassador to Turkey

NIA charge-sheets JeM chief for Pathankot airbase attack

Terror outfit was plotting the strike since April 2014.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed a charge sheet against Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar, his brother Abdul Rauf Asghar and two others, Shahid Latif and Kashif Jan, all based in Pakistan, for plotting and orchestrating a fidayeen (suicide) attack at the Pathankot airbase on Jan 2^nd.

Attack at the Pathankot airbase

January 2^nd 2016.

Telecom regulator moots free data for rural users

A digital push towards the data platform.

• The Telecom Authority of India recommended giving about 100 MB of monthly data free to rural smartphone users to support the NDA-Government’s efforts towards a cashless economy.
• This is expected to cost the exchequer around Rs 600 crore.

100 MB

Data to be given free for users.

Thiruvalluvar finally gets pride of place in Haridwar

Installation deferred after protests.

• Following months of controversies, the 12-foot-tall stone statue of Tamil poet-saint Thiruvalluvar was inaugurated at Haridwar’s Mela Bhawan premises.
• Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Uttarakhand Tarun Vijay had initiated the process of introducing Thiruvalluvar in Uttarakhand and the statue was made for installation on the banks of the Ganga in Haridwar.

Thiruvalluvar Statue

Banks of the Ganga in Haridwar.

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