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NATIONAL AFFAIRS - December 2016

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Feb 24, 2019

Nodal Police Officers Appointed in All States

All States and Union Territories have appointed nodal police officers to resolve the problems of Kashmiris targeted in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack.
The Home Ministry asked the States to ensure the security of Kashmiris who were reportedly attacked in the last few days.

Feb 22, 2019

UDP Pulls Out of BJP-led Platform

The United Democratic Party (UDP) of Meghalaya has pulled out of the North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA), a non-Congress platform of regional parties that the Bharatiya Janata Party in Assam had formed in May 2016.
However, UDP's decision will not impact the Meghalaya Democratic Alliance government led by Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma's National People's Party (NPP) and of which the BJP is a constituent.

India to Stop Sharing Water

According to Road Transport and Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari, India will use its share of water from the Indus network of rivers that flows through its territory.
The Minister's statement coincided with the announcement of implementation of the Shahpur-Kandi dam project in Punjab on the river Ravi.
The Government has decided to stop India's share of water which used to flow to Pakistan.
The water will be diverted from Eastern Rivers and supplied to people in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab.

EC Allots Symbols to Unrecognised Parties

Twenty-seven registered unrecognised political parties have been allotted symbols ranging from chappals, tea filter and chapati roller to gas stove and phone charger, for the coming Lok Sabha election.
The applications of the 27 parties for concession in the allotment of a common symbol to their candidates in the general elections had been accepted by the Commission.

All Personnel of CAPF Can Avail Flights

The MHA has approved the entitlement of air travel on Delhi-Srinagar, Srinagar-Delhi, Jammu-Srinagar and Srinagar-Jammu sectors to all the personnel of the CAPFs.
This includes their journey for joining duty, transfer, tour or going on leave.
As many as 65,000 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel are deployed in the State as part of 65 battalions, apart from units of the Border Security Force, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Central Industrial Security Force, Sashastra Seema Bal and the National Security Guard.
According to MHA, the new facility is in addition to the existing air courier services for CAPFs where an entire aircraft is booked for the force personnel from either Delhi or Jammu to Srinagar and back.

Feb 21, 2019

Special Status to Goa

The BJP is willing to include the demand to grant special status to Goa in its manifesto for Lok Sabha elections.
Many groups in the coastal state have been demanding special status for Goa, which has been facing challenges from in-migration, scarce land resource and a resultant dilution of its identity.
According to BJP national vice president Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, BJP will implement the demand.
The BJP's assurance came at a time when Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has been demanding special category status for the southern state which was bifurcated to create Telangana in 2014.

Congress to Contest 9 LS Seats from TN

Congress will contest nine Lok Sabha seats and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) will field its candidates along with smaller parties for the remaining 30 constituencies in Tamil Nadu, as the two parties sealed an alliance for this summer's general elections a day after the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) returned to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) fold for the electoral battle.
The Congress will also contest the lone Lok Sabha seat in Puducherry. The DMK, a key constituent of the Opposition's 'mahagathbandan' formed to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is in talks with the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) to finalise the seat-sharing pact for 30 seats.

Feb 20, 2019

Regional Rapid Transport System

The government approved the construction of a Rs. 30,274 crore Regional Rapid Transport System (RRTS) to connect the national capital with Meerut through Ghaziabad.
According to the government, the 82 km stretch will be covered in less than 60 minutes by high-speed and green public transit.
The RRTS is a first-of-its-kind, rail-based, high-speed regional transit system to be implemented in India.
Once operational, it will be the fastest, most comfortable and safest mode of commuter transport in the National Capital Region (NCR).

Islands Identified for Seaplane Operations

According to Home Minister Rajnath Singh, four islands in the Andamans and three in Lakshadweep have been identified for seaplane operations, while private sector participation has been invited for tourism-based projects.
The 5th meeting of the Island Development Agency, chaired by Home Minister Rajnath Singh, also reviewed the progress made towards the programme 'Holistic development of islands'.
The six islands are Swaraj Dweep, Shaheed Dweep, Hutbay and Long Island in Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Kavaratti, Agatti and Minicoy in Lakshadweep.

Feb 19, 2019

Cyber Crime Facilities

Boosting the country's efforts in tackling cyber crimes, Union home minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated a state-of-the-art national cyber forensic lab (NCFL) and the Delhi Police's cyber crime unit 'CyPAD' in the national capital.
Both cyber crime fighting units are in Dwarka, Sector 16C.
With this initiative, law enforcers will be able to proactively address cyber threats in coordination with other law-enforcement agencies, and national and international cyber security organisations.

Bhopal to Host Indian History Congress

After Savitribai Phule Pune University allegedly backed out, the Congress government in Madhya Pradesh has decided to host the 79th Indian History Congress in Madhya Pradesh beginning February 26.
The 79th session was earlier supposed to be held at the SPPU from December 28.
This cancellation was unprecedented in the history as the only time Congress session was not held was in times of national need like 'Quit India' movement in 1942 and the wars in 1962 and 1971.
In the moment of crisis, the Madhya Pradesh government has come forward to support the IHC. Bhopal's Barkatullah University will be hosting the event.
Over 1,000 delegates, including prominent historians, are expected to participate in the IHC in Bhopal.

Schedule for MLC Elections

The Election Commission announced the schedule for biennial elections to the Legislative Council as the term of five members, P. Sudhakar Reddy, Mohd. Ali Shabbir (both Congress), T. Santosh Kumar, Mohd. Saleem and Mohd. Mahmood Ali (all TRS), under the Legislative Assembly quota is set to expire by March-end.

Shiv Sena Makes U-turn

Barely 13 months after the Shiv Sena passed a resolution at its national executive to go it alone in all future polls, it made a U-turn by announcing an alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party.
As per the agreement, the BJP will contest 25 out of the 48 Lok Sabha seats, while the Sena will contest 23.
Both parties have been together for over 25 years, and even though there have been some misunderstandings in recent times, the original ideology of both parties is the same — Hindutva.

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