General Awareness 10th – 17th December 2016 | Current Affairs 10th – 16th December 2016

Mysuru to go the plastic route in laying roads

Plastic granules mixed with bitumen being used to lay a road

Mysore City Corporation (MCC) officials said that using plastic granules, produced from plastic waste, with bitumen will “give 50 per cent additional strength” to the roads in Mysuru.

100 tonnes

Plastic waste generated by Mysuru.

Central team to visit State to assess Vardah damage

Relief Funds Rs. 1,000 crore

The Centre said it was examining the letter sent by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to immediately sanction Rs. 1,000 crore to enable the State to undertake relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction measures post Cyclone Vardah.

O. Panneerselvam

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister.

Can’t release water to T.N – Karnataka

State tells to Supreme Court

• Karnataka filed an interlocutory application in the Supreme Court, expressing its inability to release Cauvery waters at the rate of 2,000 cusecs a day to Tamil Nadu.
• With depletion of water levels in the four reservoirs, residents of rural and urban centres, including Bengaluru, would face severe drinking water shortage in the coming summer.

Cauvery Basin

The origin of the river is at Talakaveri, Kodagu in Karnataka.

UDF delegation calls on Pranab Mukherjee

Submits memo to save Kerala’s economy following demonetisation drive.

A top United Democratic Front (UDF) delegation called on President Pranab Mukherjee seeking his help to save Kerala’s economy which is in doldrums following the demonetisation of high value currency and the curbs imposed on the cooperative sector in monetary transactions.

Sectors which lack in financial back up

• Real estate-cum-construction sector
• Small scale industries
• Cash crop sector.

India, Indonesia resolve to fight terror

They are world’s most populous Muslim nation

• India and Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim nation, decided to expand their defence and maritime security ties and resolved to deal with terrorism.
• During the talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indonesian President Joko Widodo, the two countries, among the very few fast-growing large economies, also decided to boost trade and investment in the areas of oil and gas, renewable energy, information technology and pharmaceuticals.

Joko Widodo

Indonesian President.

‘Aadhaar ID for more exams under study’

Aadhaar card mandatory to check impersonation

Human Resource and Development Minister Prakash Javadekar said that after making the Aadhaar card mandatory for all candidates appearing for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) to check impersonation, the government is considering extending the requirement to other competitive examinations.

Exception candidates from following state

• Assam
• Meghalaya
• Jammu and Kashmir

Seven movie-goers booked in Chennai

Disrespecting the national anthem at a cinema

• The Chennai police on Sunday registered a case against seven persons, including a woman, for disrespecting the national anthem at a cinema in the city.
• The case is the first such since the Supreme Court made it mandatory for all cinema halls to play the national anthem at the beginning of film shows and for people to stand up in respect.

First case

Since the Supreme Court made it mandatory for all cinema.

Sasikala is the tallest leader, in AIADMK posters

‘Chinna Amma’ appears bigger than Jayalalithaa in many displays

Visible symbols of the AIADMK have undergone a dramatic change over the past few days, with V.K. Sasikala assuming a dominant presence in posters and banners, sometimes overshadowing the images of late Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and relegating Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam to the background.

Sasikala

A close confidante of Jayalalithaa, the late Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu

Sekhar Reddy sacked from TTD Board

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams Trust Board member J. Sekhar Reddy

TTD Trust Board member J. Sekhar Reddy was sacked by the Andhra Pradesh government following the detection of huge amounts of cash and gold from his premises by the Income Tax Department during raids in Chennai and other places in the last three days.

Rs. 130 crore

Cash seized from IT raid.

Murder rate declining in India

(NCRB) show that the murder rate in India has been steadily declining

What you are about to read might make you feel safer. Official data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) show that the murder rate in India has been steadily declining over the past two decades.

Least safe city.

Patna turns out to be the first in the list.

Keep your promise on cash withdrawal limit, SC tells govt.

People are only getting Rs.2,000 to Rs.8,000.

Asking whether demonetisation is the product of an ‘impulse’, the Supreme Court insisted that if people have been assured a weekly withdrawal of Rs. 24,000 of their legitimate money from banks, the government should keep its promise and ensure that a system is in place.

T.S. Thakur

Chief Justice of India.

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