Current Affairs 25th December 2016 | General Awareness 25th December 2016

State awards Rs. 2 cr. for paralympics gold medallist

Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam presented a cheque

• Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam presented a cheque for Rs. 2 crore to Paralympics 2016 Gold medal winning high-jumper T. Mariappan at the Secretariat.
• Tamil athletes who win medals at Asian games and Common Wealth Games will get Rs. 50 lakhs (Gold), 30 lakhs (Silver) and 20 lakhs (Bronze).

T. Mariappan

Paralympics 2016 Gold medal winning high-jumper.

NITI Aayog rolls out health index

States to be ranked annually for various indicators

The government think tank NITI Aayog rolled out a ‘Performance on Health Outcomes’ index that will rank various States on the basis of their performance on measurable health indicators.

NITI Aayog

Formed on 1 January 2015.

Passport rules changed to help single mothers, orphaned children

Birth certificates not needed any more

• In a move to speed up and simplify the passport delivery process, the government announced a series of steps that would help single mothers, orphan- ed children, and sadhus obtain passports with ease.
• The passport application form does not require the application to provide the name of her/his spouse in case of separated or divorced persons.

V.K. Singh

Minister of State for External Affairs General.

Commemorative centenary coins of Mysore university released

Chief Minister Siddaramaiahreleased the coins

• Chief Minister Siddaramaiah released the centenary commemorative coins of the University of Mysore.
• The coins, in Rs. 100 and Rs. 5 denominations, were minted at the India Government Mint, Mumbai.

Indian government

Mint.

• Mumbai, Maharashtra
• Kolkata, West Bengal
• Hyderabad, Telangana
• Noida, Uttar Pradesh

  Tea tribes to get govt sponsored insurance cover of Rs.2 lakh.

  

  Government decided to enhance scholarship amount of the communities.
  

• The Assam government has decided to cover all the people belonging to the tea tribe communities under a government-sponsored insurance scheme worth 2 lakh rupees per person.
• A press release said, the state government has also decided to enhance scholarship amount of the communities.

Rs.1,880

Amount for youth scholarship(Class IX to XII).

India lifts Asian Cricket Council Under-19s Asia Cup

Title won by beating Sri Lanka.

India dished out a clinical performance to beat hosts Sri Lanka by 34 runs and lift the Asian Cricket Council Under-19s Asia Cup title.

Abhishek

Captain for U-19 Indian team.

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