General Awareness 14th January 2017 | Current Affairs 14th January 2017.

Our Moon is at least 4.51 billion years old: study

Earth’s satellite up to 140 million years older than previously thought.

The Moon is at least 4.51 billion years old — up to 140 million years older than previously thought, according to a new study of minerals called zircons brought back from the lunar body to the Earth by the Apollo 14 mission in 1971.

Zircon

Zircons are nature’s best clocks.

Gen. Rawat announces grievance box for Army personnel

 

Lance Naik Yagya Pratap Singh put out a video on social media expressing

In the backdrop of a jawan expressing his grievances against senior officers through social media, Army Chief Gen. Bipin Rawat announced a “suggestion and grievance” system to be put in place across all formations, beginning with the headquarters.

Bipin Rawat

Chief of Indian Army Staff.

SC refuses to lift NGT ban on manja threads

String, coated with glass and metal powder, poses a threat

The interim ban by National Green Tribunal (NGT) on the glass-coated ‘manja’ thread, used for flying kites will continue, as the Supreme Court refused to lift it.

Dec 14^th 2016

Interim ban on the thread imposed by the green tribunal.

Ken-Betwa river linking project gets green panel nod

The project envisages construction of a dam across river Ken

The NDA government’s ambitious Rs. 9,393 crore Ken-Betwa river interlinking project that will irrigate 6.35 lakh hectares and mitigate drinking water woes of Bundelkhand region has received clearance from the green panel and Tribal Affairs ministry.

River Ken

It is in Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh

SC refuses to pass fresh order on cockfights

Declined to pass the order on cockfights

A Bench comprising Chief Justice J.S. Khehar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud declined to pass the order when it was submitted that the Hyderabad High Court direction in this regard is not being followed.

Ban under

AP Gaming Act 1974.

India was not isolated before colliding with Eurasia: study

Scientists may now have proof that there was a connection

India may not have been as isolated as previously thought while gradually drifting away from Africa and Madagascar towards the north before colliding with the Eurasian plate, a new study has found.

54 million years ago

There was a connection between the apparently cut off India and Europe and Asia.

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