Current Affairs 24th January 2017 | General Awareness 24th January 2017.

1. Jallikattu protests turn violent across Tamil Nadu

Police fire in the air at two places in Chennai to disperse crowds.

Violence broke out as police sought to remove protesters occupying landmarks in many cities in Tamil Nadu seeking a “permanent solution” to the holding of jallikattu, the annual bull-taming festival.

February 1

Legal Jallikattu will conducted in Alanganallur, Madurai district.

2. A goods train to transport city’s waste

City’s planners have hit upon a novel solution.

Unable to enforce segregation of waste at source or run processing plants without citizens protesting, the city’s planners have hit upon a novel solution.

They are planning to load the garbage generated by Bengaluru onto goods trains, which will then undertake a nearly 100-km long journey.

Kenchegowda

Chairman of Karnataka Compost Development Corporation.

3. Private schools need govt nod before hiking fees: SC

The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal

The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal filed by the committee of private unaided schools against a Delhi High Court order that schools located on land allotted by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) should take prior permission from the government before raising their fee structure.

J.S. Khehar

Chief Justice of India.

4. Drones on track to boost safety

Mumbai’s Western Railway plans to use UAVs against trespass.

Escalators at stations, and boundary walls along tracks have cut the death rate on Mumbai’s railways, and it will now be the turn of drones.

The Western Railway is close to finalising a plan to deploy small unmanned aerial vehicles to monitor its tracks, and cut the number of train-hit deaths due to trespassing.

Drone:

The drone is likely to cost the railways Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 15,000 per day to run.

5. Filing of Nomination of Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh ends today

Nominations will end today.

Filing of nominations for the first phase of Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh will end today. Filing of nominations for the third phase of polling will start today with the issuance of notification. ​

Febuary 19 2017.

UP poll election starts.

6. Centre dispatches 35 tonne of petroleum products to Manipur

To tackle crisis arising out of blockade on national highway.

The Centre has dispatched 35 tonne of petroleum products to Manipur to tackle the crisis arising out of the blockade on a national highway which has crippled normal life in the state

4th and 8th of March

Election date of Manipur.

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