General Awareness

NATIONAL AFFAIRS - July 2016

Jul 2016

Dec 22, 2020

Bypolls to Ahmed Patel, Abhay Bhardwaj's Rajya Sabha Seats

Elections for two Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat which fell vacant following the demise of MPs Ahmed Patel and Abhay Bhardwaj will be held separately. Both Patel and Bhardwaj passed away earlier this month.
Political activity in Gujarat over the vacant Rajya Sabha seats has picked up the pace.
The Central Election Commission has directed the Gujarat state election commission to appoint a returning officer for the Rajya Sabha by polls and make all other necessary arrangements.
In addition, the CEC has also directed the Gujarat SEC to conduct bye-elections for the two seats separately. Dates for the bye-elections are yet to be announced.
Ahmed Patel was elected to the Rajya Sabha till August 18, 2023 while Abhay Bhardwaj was elected to the Upper House of Parliament till June 21, 2026.
If the bye-elections were to be held at the same time, both the BJP and the Congress would have gained one Rajya Sabha seat each. With separate elections, either the BJP or the Congress will require the support of at least 91 MLAs. At this time, the BJP has 111 MLAs while the Congress has 65 MLAs in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly.

Dec 21, 2020

Ex-TMC Leader, 9 MLAs Join BJP

Former Trinamool Congress (TMC) minister Suvendu Adhikari and nine MLAs, five of them from the TMC, joined the BJP.
Adhikari vowed to oust the Mamata Banerjee regime in the next polls. He was handed over the BJP flag by Union Home Minister Amit Shah at a rally in Paschim Medinipur district.

Final Phase of Voting for J&K's DDC Polls Concludes

The eighth and final phase of voting for District Development Council (DDC) elections across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir concluded. Around 40 .91 per cent voting was registered till 1 pm. Despite sub-zero temperatures, people came out in huge numbers to cast their votes.
There are a total of 28 DDC constituencies that went for polls including 13 seats from Kashmir division and 15 from Jammu division with 168 candidates contesting the last leg of the elections.

Dec 20, 2020

AAP to Contest 2022 Uttarakhand Assembly Polls

Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that the Aam Aadmi Party will contest the 2022 assembly elections in Uttarakhand as people are disappointed with both the BJP and the Congress. Sisodia, who is on a two-day visit to the state, said that his party will go to the polls with a pledge to provide a corruption-free government and build the state in accordance with aspirations of its people.

Dec 19, 2020

Goa Congress Chief Girish Chodankar Quits after Dismal Show in Local Polls

Taking responsibility for the party's poor show in the recently held Zilla Panchayat (ZP) polls, Goa Congress president Girish Chodankar resigned from his post.
Chodankar earlier this week had submitted his resignation from the post of Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president to interim party chief Sonia Gandhi and state in-charge Dinesh Gundu Rao.
The Congress had won only four Zilla Panchayat seats, out of the 49 where polling was held last week. The ruling BJP had bagged 32 seats.
Results of the Zilla Panchayat polls were announced on December 14.
Chodankar was appointed the GPCC chief in April 2018, replacing Shantaram Naik, a former Member of Parliament.

Dec 18, 2020

UP CM Approves Name, Design and Log of Jewar Airport

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath approved the design, name and logo of the international airport to be constructed in Noida's Jewar. It will be named Noida International Greenfield Airport while a picture of stork, the state bird, will used in its logo.
It will be designed on the lines of world-famous airports in London, Moscow and Milan.
The initial capacity of the airport, proposed to be built in four phases, will be 12 million passengers per year, which will be expanded to 70 million passengers per year by 2050.

Karnataka CM Unveils Bengaluru Mission 2022 to Revamp City

Aimed at providing world-class amenities and infrastructure and making it the best place to live, Karnataka Chief Minister B. S. Yediyurappa unveiled Bengaluru Mission 2022 to revamp the city in the next two years. After studying the problems and challenges faced in everyday life in the city, the mission has been formulated identifying four core areas for development - enabling faster commute, Swachcha (clean), Hasiru (green) Bengaluru and connecting with citizens.
The objectives of this mission included enabling faster commute by easing out traffic congestion, re-establishing the reputation of the Garden City under Green Bengaluru, ensuring efficient and scientific waste management and connecting with the people with unified digital platform and also by creating spaces to showcase culture, heritage and other specialties of the state capital.

India and Bangladesh Ink 7 Pacts

India and Bangladesh inked seven agreements to broaden cooperation, and restored a cross-border rail link snapped in the 1965 war with Pakistan.
The restoration of the Chilahati-Haldibari rail link and signing of the pacts, providing for cooperation in areas of hydrocarbons, agriculture and textiles among others, came at a virtual summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina.

Share on

TCY Analytics (View Subscription Plans)

Subscribe to GK Updates

I want to receive

GK Tags

September GK, August GK, July GK, INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, ENVIRONMENT, BUSINESS AND ECONOMY, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, SPORTS, NATIONAL AFFAIRS, DEFENCE, PERSONS IN NEWS, DAYS AND EVENTS, AWARDS AND HONOURS, GOVERNMENT POLICIES AND SCHEMES, GENDER/ HEALTH/ EDUCATION, ART AND CULTURE, BOOKS AND AUTHORS, TOURISM AND HOTEL INDUSTRY AWARENESS, ART AND CULTURE, LAW AND CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS

Start Discussion

On any topic

Take Tests

Compiled from GK updates

Login

Sign Up

Forgot Password

Download TCY App

Unlock All Services And Enjoy The Premium Benefits

US$ 10

US$ 13

US$ 15

US$ 17

US$ 19

US$ 20

US$ 21

US$ 22

US$ 23

US$ 24

US$ 25

US$ 26