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Daily G.K. - Top Stories

01 Apr 2017

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Cessna Aircraft to Pakistan

  • The US made a fresh delivery of Cessna aircraft to Pakistan's army to enhance its counter-terrorism capabilities and air mobility.
  • These aircraft will assist the Pakistan Army with their air mobility capability by enhancing the Army's ability to conduct medical evacuations, as well as provide limited troop and equipment transport.
  • Cessna Aircraft Company is an American general aviation aircraft manufacturing corporation.
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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

Core Sector Growth Slows

  • The growth of eight core sectors slipped to a more than one-year low of 1% in February mainly due to decline in output of crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers and cement.
  • The output of crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers and cement contracted by 3.4%, 1.7%, 2.3%, 5.3% and 15.8%, respectively during the month under review.

Highest Amount Raised Through Disinvestment

  • The government raised Rs. 46,247 crore through divestment in 2016-17, exceeding the downward revised target for the financial year.
  • This is the highest amount raised through disinvestment in a fiscal. The government had revised the disinvestment target from Rs. 56,500 crore to Rs. 45,500 crore in the budget presented on February 1 this year.
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Neptune-sized Lost Planet Discovered

  • Astronomers have discovered a lost planet which they claim is about the size of Neptune about 3,000 light years from Earth.
  • The new planet, Kepler-150 f, was overlooked for several years.
  • Kepler-150 f takes 637 days to circle its sun.
  • The Kepler Mission found four other planets in the Kepler-150 system - Kepler-150 b, c, d, and e - several years ago. All of them have orbits much closer to their sun than the new planet does.
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS

AAP Government’s Feedback Unit to Shut

  • Delhi’s Lt. Governor has ordered shutting down of the AAP government-appointed 'Feedback Unit', months after CBI registered a preliminary enquiry to look into its setting up without the LG's nod.
  • The unit was created under the Vigilance Department last year to reportedly "gather relevant information and actionable feedback" about officials and departments under the Delhi government.
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