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Daily G.K. - Top Stories

10 Dec 2016

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

US Congress Passes Annual Defence Bill

  • The US Senate has passed a whopping $618.7 annual defence.
  • National Defence Authorization Act had the support of 92 senators while seven members opposed it.
  • Now, President Barack Obama will decide whether to veto it or approve it.

Nana Akufo-Addo Wins Ghana Presidential Election

  • As per reports, Ghana's main opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo won the country's presidential election with an absolute majority.
  • Nana Akufo-Addo cruised to victory winning 53.8 per cent of the votes.
  • This is Akufo-Addo's third presidential bid.
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ENVIRONMENT

Dinosaur Tail Preserved in Piece of Amber

  • Researchers from Myanmar have discovered the tail of a dinosaur perfectly preserved in a piece of amber.
  • The dinosaur is claimed to be 99 million-year-old complete with its feathers and perfectly preserved.
  • As per the researchers, the finding helps to fill in details of the dinosaurs’ feather structure and evolution, which cannot be determined from fossil evidence.
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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

Industrial Output in Negative Zone Again

  • Industrial production contracted by (-)1.9 per cent in October.
  • The decline is mainly due to poor show by manufacturing and mining sectors coupled with decline in capital goods output.

Direct Tax Collection Up

  • The Union government's revenue collection in April to November saw indirect tax-mop up growing at an impressive 26.2 per cent while that of direct tax came in at 15.12 per cent.
  • Total direct and indirect tax collections at the end of November stood at Rs 9.64 lakh crore, 59 per cent of the Rs 16.26 lakh crore target for 2016-17.
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Kounotori 6 Cargo Spaceship Launched

  • Japan successfully launched a rocket carrying the unmanned cargo spaceship Kounotori 6 to deliver supplies for astronauts living in the International Space Station.
  • The spaceship, sixth of its kind, carries some 5.9 tonnes of supplies.
  • Developed and built in Japan, the Kounotori spacecraft, also known as H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV), has been used to deliver supplies to the space station.
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SPORTS

Ashwin Equals Kapil Dev's Record

  • Ravichandran Ashwin equalled Kapil Dev's record of 23 five-wicket hauls in Test cricket.
  • Kapil took 131 matches to reach the figures, while Ashwin just took 43.
  • The record for most five-wicket hauls in Test cricket belongs to Sri Lankan legend Muttiah Muralitharan.
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS

S. P. Tyagi and Two Others Arrested

  • The Central Bureau of Investigation arrested former Air Force chief S. P. Tyagi and two others in the AgustaWestland case.
  • The other two arrested are Delhi-based lawyer Gautam Khaitan and Sanjeev Tyagi.
  • All three were arrested on the allegations of accepting illegal gratification for exercising influence through corrupt or illegal means.
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