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Daily GK Dose 31st May 2017
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Daily GK Dose 31st May
1. World No Tobacco Day, 31 May 2017
Theme: Tobacco – a threat to development.
- On World No Tobacco Day, WHO is highlighting how tobacco threatens the development of nations worldwide and is calling on governments to implement strong tobacco control measures.
- These include banning marketing and advertising of tobacco, promoting plain packaging of tobacco products, raising excise taxes, and making indoor public places and workplaces smoke-free.
Daily GK Dose 30th May 2017
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Daily GK Dose 30th May
1. Goa Statehood Day: 30 May
- On May 30 we celebrate the Goa Statehood Day. On this day, in 1987, Goa ceased to be a Union Territory and became the 25th State of the Union of India.
- Goa was liberated from the colonial rule in December 1961.
- After liberation, a major controversy arose as to whether Goa should remain a separate territory or should merge into a neighbouring State, Maharashtra or Mysore.
- In 1967, an opinion poll was held, the only such referendum in independent India. It decided that Goa, Daman and Diu should remain a separate entity with the status of a Union Territory.
- Thereafter all the three major political parties, the United Goans, Congress, and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party sought Statehood for Goa.
Daily GK Dose 29th May 2017
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Daily GK Dose 29th May
1. International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers: 29 May
- 29 May is the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers.
- The day was established to honour the memory of the UN peacekeepers who have lost their lives in the cause of peace;
- Pay tribute to all the men and women who have served and continue to serve in UN peacekeeping operations for their high level of professionalism, dedication and courage.
- The theme for the 2017 International Day of UN Peacekeepers is “Investing in Peace Around the World.”
- The Day offers a chance to pay tribute to the uniformed and civilians personnel’s invaluable contribution to the work of the Organization and to honour more than 3,500 peacekeepers who have lost their lives serving under the UN flag since 1948.
Daily GK Dose 28th May 2017
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Daily GK Dose 28th May
1. India’s First Electric Mass Mobility System Launched in Nagpur
- Nagpur today earned the distinction of becoming the country’s first city with electric fleet of 200 electric vehicles, including taxis, buses, e-rickshaw and autos.
- All these electric-powered public transport vehicles will be fully owned by cab aggregator Ola.
Daily GK Dose 27th May 2017
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Daily GK Dose 27th May
1. Narayanasamy presents tax-free Puducherry budget
- Puducherry Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy presented a tax-free budget of ₹ 6,945 crore for 2017-18.
- The contribution from own resources was estimated to be Rs. 4,022 crore.
- With key focus on agriculture, animal husbandry and infrastructure development, the Chief Minister announced the government decision to provide free electricity to motor pump sets used by farmers.
- The government had also decided to bear the expenditure towards farmer’s share of the insurance premium under the ‘Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojan.’
- The government also proposed to provide insurance cover for both Samba and Navarai crops covering 12,500 hectares.
Daily GK Dose 26th May 2017
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Daily GK Dose 26th May
1. Anurag Tripathy Appointed as Secretary of CBSE
- Senior bureaucrat Anurag Tripathy was today appointed as the secretary of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
- Tripathy, a 1998 batch officer of Indian Railway personnel Service (IRPS), has been appointed to the post for a period of five years.
Daily GK Dose 25th May 2017
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Daily GK Dose 25th May
1. Cabinet approves National Capital Goods Policy 2016
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved National Capital Goods Policy 2016, First ever policy for Capital Goods sector.
- Increasing production of capital goods from Rs. 2.30 crore in 2014-15 to Rs. 7.50 crore in 2025.
- Raising direct and indirect employment from the current 8.4 million to 30 million.
- Cabinet also gives ex-post facto approval to establishment of the National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh.
Daily GK Dose 24th May 2017
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Daily GK Dose 24th May
1. RBI to reconstitute oversight committee to deal with bad loans
- The Reserve Bankwill reconstitute the oversight committee (OC) under its aegis to operationalise the banking ordinance for resolving the issue of bad loans that have soared to over Rs 8 lakh crore.
- The central bank said it has been decided to reconstitute the OC under the aegis of the central bank and also proposed to enlarge the committee to include more members so that it can constitute requisite benches to deal with the volume of cases referred.
- The existing OC, which has two members, was constituted by the Indian Banks' Association (IBA).
- Outlining the action plan to implement the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017, the RBI said it is also working on a framework to facilitate an "objective and consistent" decision-making process for cases that may be referenced for resolution under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC).
Daily GK Dose 23rd May 2017
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Daily GK Dose 23rd May
1. Suresh Prabhu to flag off Tejas Express
- The much-awaited 'Tejas Express' with ultra-modern amenities on board like LED TV, wi-fi, CCTV will be flagged off from Mumbai to Goa by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu
- Tejas Express boasts of ultra-modern amenities like on-board infotainment, wi-fi, CCTV, fire and smoke detection facilities, tea/coffee vending machine etc.
- It is a super fast train, which will run at a speed of 130 kph.
- Tejas Express's executive class fare is Rs 2,680 (with food) and Rs 2,525 (without food), and for AC chair car the fare has been fixed at Rs 1,280 (with food) and Rs 1,155 (without food).
- Ticket booking for the inaugural run started on Sunday and in the first four hours, 207 passengers booked tickets for the AC chair car and 10 for executive AC chair car.
Daily GK Dose 22nd May 2017
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Daily GK Dose 22nd May
1. Anti-Terrorism Day in India: 21 May
- India annually observes Anti-Terrorism Day on May 21.
- This is a very important memorial day for the country.
- May 21 was chosen as Anti-Terrorism Day since it's the day when Rajiv Gandhi, the seventh Prime Minister of India, was killed. He served as Prime Minister from 1984 to 1989 and was the youngest Indian prime minister.
- Anti-Terrorism Day has an objective to urge Indians to struggle for peace, unity and harmony and remind about the precaution measures that can help prevent terrorist attacks.
Daily GK Dose 21st May 2017
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Daily GK Dose 21st May
Daily GK Dose 21st May
1. Air Marshal Pradhan takes over as Deputy Chief of Integrated
- Air Marshal PN Pradhan today took over as Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Operations), a key platform to ensure a high degree of synergy between the armed forces.
- Pradhan has held several key positions including Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Transport and Helicopters) at Air Headquarters and Senior Air Staff Officer at the Southern Air Command.
- He was closely associated with the induction and operationalisation of Embraer-135 and C-130 fleets in the IAF.
- For his distinguished service, Pradhan was awarded Ati Vishisht Seva Medal in 2014.
- Integrated Defence Staff was created in 2001 based on the recommendations of a Group of Ministers which were set up after the Kargil war to review India's defence management.
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