Current affairs updates for April 11th , 2017 – General Awareness GK for IBPS, SBI, SSC Exams

1Three books on Gandhi relaunched

Gandhiji brought us freedom and his legacy continues to inspire people,

Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting M. Venkaiah Naidu, released 3 books on Mahatma gandhi and has emphasised on the values espoused by the Father of the Nation. “Gandhiji’s life is a valuable lesson of humanity, compassion, determination to achieve desired goals through non-violence and inclusion,”

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2U.S., U.K. call on Putin to rethink support for Syria

Russian President

Vladimir Putin

The United States and Britain have called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to re-evaluate his country’s support for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

It’s very difficult to understand how a political solution could result from the continuation of the Assad regime

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3Ship rescue: China refuses to credit India

India, China navies thwarts Somali pirate attack

China has declined to give the Indian Navy any credit for the rescue of hostages from a commercial ship pirated near the Gulf of Aden.

A rescue operation started in the early morning of April 9. Under the cover of helicopters…, the Navy’s special force members boarded the ship and rescued the 19 crew members. Both the ship and the crew members are safe now.

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4Pakisthan court awards death to Indian

Navy official

Kulbhushan Jadhav

Indian RAW Agent Kulbhushan awarded death sentence through Court Marshal by Pakistan Army for for espionage and sabotage activities against Pakistan

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5National law on cow killing not feasible

Constitution Amendment not feasible

A day after Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat called for a nationwide law for banning cow slaughter, senior officials in the government said the demand was not feasible, as it was a “State subject” and the Constitution would have to be amended for such a law.

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6Govt. introduces bill to permit 15 IIITs power to award degrees

Institutions of national importance.

As many as 15 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) set up under public-private partnership mode are likely to be granted the powers to award degrees to their students. To give effect to this, HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday introduced the IIIT (Public-Private Partnership) Bill, 2017, which seeks to declare 15 functional IIITs, as institutions of national importance

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7Only Parliament can allow additions to OBC list

The Constitution 102nd Amendment Bill

The Lok Sabha on Monday cleared The Constitution 102nd Amendment Bill, that grants constitutional status to the Backward Classes Commission, now called the National Commission for Socially and Educationally Backward Classes. The Bill also enjoins that any addition to the Central list of communities under the Other Backward Classes will have to be cleared through Parliament.

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8Aadhaar must for access to Survey of India maps

3,000 maps open to Public.

The Survey of India, the country’s oldest scientific organisation and official maker of maps, has set up a web portal called Nakshe that allows 3,000 of its 7,000 maps to be downloaded for free. The only caveat is that one would require an Aadhaar number for such access.

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