General Awareness 20th January 2017 |Current Affairs 20th January 2017

1.Nadda Releases Food Composition Tables

• Union Health Minister J P Nadda released a book- Indian Food Composition Tables,2017.
• It will provide information regarding nutritional values in food products.
• With this launch India now joins elite league of nations having its own complete food composition database.
• The nutrient data bank will cater to the needs of researchers and policy makers for alleviating the nutritional deficiency.

2.Prez Unveils Netaji’s Restored Audi Car

• President has unveiled the restored German car in which Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose had made his great escape from his ancestral home in Kolkata in 1941.
• Netaji had used Audi Wanderer W24 to escape from his Elgin Road residence to Gomoh railway station in Jharkhand.
• The car was unveiled to commemorate the 76th anniversary of Netaji’s Great Escape.
• The great escape is known as Mahanishkraman.

3.Union Cabinet Nod to Repeal 105 Old Laws

• The Union Cabinet has approved introduction of the Repealing and Amending Bill, 2017 in Parliament to repeal 105 old laws.
• Out of them, which would be repealed include 2008 amendments to the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, the President’s Emoluments and Pension Act and the Vice-President’s Pension Act.
• A central government committee has identified 1,824 laws to be redundant.

4.Javadekar Launches Web Portal ShaGun

• HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar has launched a dedicated web portal ShaGun for the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan at New Delhi.
• ShaGun aims to capture & showcase innovations and progress in elementary education sector by continuous monitoring of the flagship scheme – Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.
• ShaGun, has been coined from the words ‘Shala’ meaning Schools and ‘Gunvatta’ meaning Quality.

5.India to be member of IVI

• The govt has given its approval to the proposal for India’s taking full membership of the International Vaccine Institute Governing Council.
• This decision involves payment of annual contribution of $500000 to the IVI.IVI was created in 1997 as an initiative of the UN Development Programme in 1997 in South Korea.IVI has 40 countries and the WHO as signatories to the agreement.

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