Current affairs 26th December 2016 | General Awareness 26th December 2016.

Land of religious body can be acquired: HC

Demolition or shifting” of a church for construction of a six-lane road.

The Allahabad High Court has ruled that a land belonging to a religious body can be acquired for a “public purpose” while asking the Church of North India Association and NHAI to “work out modality” for “demolition or shifting” of a church for construction of a six-lane road.

Article 25 and 26

Right to freedom of religion and freedom to manage religious affairs.

Rare Kannada-Latin dictionary

Reborn after 160 years.

Two forgotten lexicons of historic and linguistic importance — a Kannada-to-Latin and a Latin-to Kannada dictionary, compiled by Catholic priests of the Paris Foreign Mission Society in the mid-19th century — were found in the archives of St. Mary’s Basilica, the oldest church in Bengaluru.

St. Mary’s Basilica

The oldest church in Bengaluru was founded in 1881.

6,117 Kuchipudi dancers put A.P. in Guinness book

Performers from India, U.S., Dubai, U.K., Russia, Hong Kong create a record

• With a spectacular ‘Mahabrinda Natyam’ show, a dizzying array of 6,117 performers created a new Guinness World Record, for the largest Kuchipudi dance.
• The record-creating entry is “Jayamu Jayamu,” presented in unison, and the certificate for the feat was handed over to Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu by Guinness adjudicator Rishinath.

Rishinath

Guinness adjudicator.

Two U.S. howitzers arriving for tests

India is buying 145 M-777 artillery guns made by BAE Systems

Two of the ultra-light howitzers India contracted from the U.S. last month will be delivered to the Army within six months, to kick-start the process of integrating the American artillery gun into the Indian arsenal.

Foreign Military Sales (FMS)

145 BAE Systems-built M-777A2 artillery guns in a $737- million deal.

‘Need to link Aadhaar with details of voters’

No absentee voting rights for domestic migrants

Noting that “there is an emergent need to link Aadhaar with the electoral details of voters”, the Election Commission of India has given a mixed response to the Supreme Court on providing absentee voting rights, like electronic voting and proxy voting, to over 300 million domestic migrants in the country.

Indian constituency.

There are currently 543 constituencies.

Students take FITJEE’s talent reward exam

8,000 students from classes V to XI took part.

• As many as 8,000 students from classes V to XI from schools across the city took up the FIITJEE Talent Reward Examination (FTRE) .
• The examination was conducted in 11 centres across Chennai-North and Central, Chennai-South and Chennai-West zones.

Results

• Rank Potential Index (RPI)
• Success Potential Index (SPI).

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