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NATIONAL AFFAIRS - December 2016

Dec 2016

May 07, 2019

Fifth Phase Ends amid Violence

The fifth phase of the Lok Sabha election across 51 constituencies in seven States witnessed several incidents of violence in West Bengal and Jammu & Kashmir.
The overall tentative turnout stood at 63.26% as against 61.75% in 2014.
More than 81% of the polling stations in this phase were located in rural areas. With the conclusion of this round, 78% of the Lok Sabha election is now over.

CJI Gets a Clean Chit

The Justice S. A. Bobde in-house committee has found no substance in the sexual harassment allegations levelled by a former Supreme Court staff member against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi.
A statement issued by the Supreme Court said that the committee's report would be kept confidential. As part of the in-house procedure, the report would not be placed in the public domain.

May 06, 2019

Tamil Nadu Gives Rs. 10 crore

The Tamil Nadu government has announced Rs. 10 crore as immediate contribution for relief work in the cyclone-hit Odisha.
The money was drawn from the Chief Minister's Public Relief Fund. Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami said that Tamil Nadu would render any other assistance as required.

May 05, 2019

Campaigning for Fifth Phase Ends

Campaigning for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha election ended. Fifty-one constituencies, across seven states, will go to polls in the fifth phase.
Voting will take place in 14 constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, 12 in Rajasthan, 7 each in Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, 5 in Bihar and 4 in Jharkhand.
In Jammu and Kashmir, polling will also take place in 3 districts of Anantnag constituency in Ladakh and Pulwama and Shopian.

Can't Hold Local Body Polls Now

The Tamil Nadu government conveyed to the Supreme Court its inability to conduct the local body elections owing to the lack of district officials who are busy with the Lok Sabha election.
The State pointed to the State Election Commission's suggestion to hold the elections after three months.

India's Highest Electoral Battleground

It's the first election in the Ladakh division after it was split as an administrative block from the Kashmir division earlier this year under Governor's Rule.
The 1.74 lakh voters live in rugged mountains and in cold deserts spread over a massive area of 59,196 sq.km.
It is the country's highest electoral battleground, located as it is at an altitude of 9,800 feet above the sea level.

May 04, 2019

Navy and Coast Guard Pitch in with Men and Material

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and the Navy have deployed men, material and assets as part of preparatory efforts for the extremely severe cyclonic storm 'Fani'.
They have launched Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations as soon as it crossed the coast, south of Puri in Odisha.
The Eastern Naval Command intensified rescue operations in Chilika and Puri.
Additional relief material and medical teams were sent to Odisha from Visakhapatnam.
INS Ranvijay and Airavat with helicopters sailed to Odisha from Visakhapatnam with relief material and medical teams, joining the rescue operations with INS Sahyadri, Ranvir and Kadmatt.
In addition a Dornier maritime reconnaissance aircraft was deployed for aerial survey to assess the impact of the cyclone.

May 03, 2019

Restrictions Imposed in Shopian District

The Shopian district administration ordered imposition of restrictions under Section 144 of the CrPC for a period of one month from May 3. According to the order, no assembly or congregation shall be allowed without prior permission of the district magistrate or duty magistrates.

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