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Daily G.K. - Top Stories

15 Dec 2018

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Abortion No Longer Illegal in Ireland

  •  Ireland passed a bill that legalised abortion, following a referendum on the controversial issue sparked by the death of Indian dentist Savita Halappanavar.
  • The referendum was resoundingly won by the 'Yes' campaign on the question whether the deeply conservative Catholic country should legalise abortion.
  • Savita died in 2012 when she was refused abortion due to prevailing laws. The new law is widely being called "Savita law" after her.
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BUSINESS AND ECONOMY

Higher Denominations Indian Currency Notes Banned

  •  Nepal's government has banned the use of Indian currency notes of Rs. 2,000, Rs. 500 and Rs. 200 denominations, in a move that could affect Indian tourists visiting the Himalayan nation, where Indian currency is widely used, as well as Nepalese working in India.
  • Indian currency is extensively used by Nepalese people and businesses for their savings and transactions.
  • According to Nepal's Minister for Information and Communications, Gokul Prasad Baskota, the government has asked the people to refrain from keeping or carrying Indian bank notes higher than Rs. 100 denomination as it has not legalised them. 

Sonata Software Acquires Sopris Systems

  •  Sonata Software, an IT software services and solutions provider, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire U.S.-headquartered Sopris Systems, a Microsoft Dynamics 365 enterprise partner. 
  • Sopris specialises in helping project-centric and field services companies improve business performance.

Gemini Property Developers to Enter India

  •  Dubai-based Gemini Property Developers is planning to enter the Indian real estate market to build mid-income and affordable housing projects.
  • The company prefers a joint venture model to reduce risk and for better returns.
  • The company may invest up to $200 million in developing projects in India. 
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

NASA Plans New Moon Mission

  •  NASA is set to work with American companies to design and develop new reusable systems, in a major step to land astronauts on the surface of the Moon.
  • NASA is planning to test new human-class landers on the Moon beginning in 2024, with the goal of sending crew to the surface in 2028.
  • Through upcoming multiphased lunar exploration partnerships, NASA will ask American companies to study the best approach to landing astronauts on the Moon and start the development as quickly as possible with current and future anticipated technologies.
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SPORTS

Inderjeet's doping ban overturned

  •  The National AntiDoping Agency's appeals panel set aside shot-putter Inderjeet Singh's four-year ban by NADA's disciplinary panel. The appeals panel of lawyer Vibha Datta Makhija, Dr Harsh Mahajan and ex-player Vinay Lamba said the identity and integrity of the samples collected by NADA were compromised.
  • Inderjeet tested positive twice — on June 22, 2016, during an out of competition test in Bhiwani and on June 29, 2016 during the inter-state in Hyderabad. Inderjeet can now compete but there could be an appeal from WADA in the CAS.
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS

Clean Chit to Rafale Deal

  •  In a big boost to the Narendra Modi government, the Supreme Court gave a clean chit to its decision to procure 36 fully-loaded Rafale fighter jets in flyaway condition from French company Dassault Aviation, and said it suffered no irregularity in the decision-making process , pricing or selection of Indian Offset Partner (IOP). 
  • A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and KM Joseph dismissed PILs echoing the Congress-led opposition's charge of corruption against the Modi government in the deal. 
  • The opposition had accused the PM of pressuring Dassault to select Ambani's company for offset contracts. 
  • The court further noted that the flurry of petitions were filed only after taking advantage of the statement by former French President Francois Hollande, regarding induction of Reliance Defence as the offset partner. 
  • It noted that this was not a case to seek "clause by clause compliances" since "perception of individuals cannot be the basis of a fishing and roving enquiry by this court, especially in such matters".

Punjab Water Resources (Management and Regulation) Bill  Withdrawn

  •  In the face of opposition from four Cabinet ministers, who represent urban constituencies, the Punjab Water Resources (Management and Regulation) Bill was withdrawn by the government at the last minute. Four other Bills were passed.
  • The Bill was aimed at regulating the use of groundwater. A Punjab Water Regulation and Development Authority was proposed to impose tariff and restrict construction of structures for extraction of groundwater for domestic, commercial and industrial use, except agriculture. 
  • Other Bills passed were the Punjab Regulation of Compounded Cattle Feed, Concentrates and Mineral Mixtures Act, Punjab Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Ordinance and the Punjab Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Amendment Bill.

J&K Becomes the First in Country to Ban 'Sextortion'

  •  In a historic decision to curb sexual exploitation of women, the J&K Government enacted a law explicitly banning such abuse in government offices, thus becoming the first state in the country to have such a legislation.
  • A new Section "E" has been added to the offences dealing with sexual harassment of women by men in authority in Section 354 of the Ranbir Penal Code (equivalent to the Indian Penal Code in J&K) that makes it a criminal offence and would entail three years of imprisonment for the offender.
  • The Bill was mooted after Chief Justice of the J&K High Court Justice Gita Mittal on October 23 had voiced concern over the sexual exploitation of women and had advised the government that there was a need to give a legal nomenclature of "sexploitation" to the illegal acts of unwarranted demands and inappropriate contacts.
  • The Amendments would be called "the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2018, and Jammu and Kashmir Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2018).
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DEFENCE

India's First Private UAV Facility in Hyderabad

  •  India' first private sector unit for manufacturing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) opened at Adani Aerospace Park at Hyderabad. 
  • Built by the Adani Group and Israel-based Elbit Systems, the 50,000 square feet facility will develop Hermes 900 medium altitude long-endurance UAVs for the Indian and global markets. 
  • The unit will begin with the manufacture of complete carbon composite aerostructures for Hermes 900, followed by Hermes 480, catering to global markets. It will further be ramped up for assembly and integration of complete UAVs. 
  • The plant has been built at Adani Aerospace Park, the first defence and aerospace complex of Adani Group, at Hardware Park on the outskirts of Hyderabad. 
  • The plant was inaugurated by Telangana's Home Minister Mohammad Mahmood Ali 
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PERSONS IN NEWS

Rajasthan's Next CM

  •  Congress President Rahul Gandhi picked party veteran Ashok Gehlot for the top post and named the party's state unit chief Sachin Pilot as his deputy.
  • Gehlot has secured his third term as the state's Chief Minister.
  • Both Gehlot and Pilot will take their oaths of office and secrecy on December 17, the day Kamal Nath will be sworn in as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.

Intelligence Chiefs have got 6-month Extension

  •  The government gave extension in tenure to two intelligence chiefs, Rajiv Jain, director of domestic intelligence agency- the Intelligence Bureau, and Anil Kumar Dhasmana, head of external intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), for six months.
  • Jain was to retire on December 30 while Dhasmana was to set to retire on December 29.
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AWARDS AND HONOURS

Amitav Ghosh Honoured with 54th Jnanpith Award

  •  Eminent novelist Amitav Ghosh has been chosen for this year's Jnanpith Award as per the announcement made by Bharatiya Jnanpith. The award is given to an author for "outstanding contribution towards literature".
  • Mr. Ghosh's novels include Shadow Lines, The Glass Palace, The Hungry Tide, and the Ibis trilogy — Sea of Poppies, River of Smoke, and Flood of Fire — discussing the opium trade between India and China run by the East India Company. 
  • He is is also recipient of the Padma Shri and Sahitya Akademi Award.
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TOURISM AND HOTEL INDUSTRY AWARENESS

IHCL Inks Pact for Second Taj Hotel

  •  Indian Hotels Company Ltd. (IHCL) has signed an agreement for construction of a second Taj hotel in Lucknow. The new hotel will come up in partnership with Luxus Hospitality Pvt. Ltd. IHCL would now have three hotels across two brands in the city (two Taj and one Ginger). 
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