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NATIONAL AFFAIRS - December 2016

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Jun 18, 2018

First Woman Fighter Pilot from Karnataka

Among the 113 flight cadets, who graduated as flying officers of the Indian Air Force, is Meghana Shanbough, who has become the first woman fighter pilot from Karnataka. She has joined the club of five other women fighter pilots of the IAF, who hail from Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

BSP to Go Solo in MP Polls

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) denied holding talks with the Congress for an alliance for the coming Madhya Pradesh Assembly election, and said that the party would in all likelihood contest all 230 seats on its own.

Jun 17, 2018

Tripura Launched 24x7 Mobile Policing Service

The Tripura government on Saturday launched the GPS (Global Positioning System) and wireless-based 24x7 mobile policing service to curb crime, especially against women.

According to Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, the BJP-led alliance government's main thrust was to make Tripura a crime and drug-free State.

Jun 16, 2018

India Staring at Dry Future

Niti Aayog's composite water management index (CWMI) has pressed the alarm button and has highlighted that water shortage could explode into a full-blown crisis in the years to come. The report has predicted that major cities in the country could run out of groundwater by 2020 and that the country's water demand could double by 2030. Currently, 600 million Indians face high to extreme water stress and about 2 lakh people die every year due to inadequate access to safe water.

Collector Orders Closure of SBI Accounts

Yavatmal District Collector Rajesh Deshmukh ordered closure of six accounts of the Maharashtra government in the State Bank of India (SBI) after the bank failed to meet the crop loan disbursal target.

The SBI was given a crop loan disbursal target of Rs. 571 crore, but they disbursed a meagre amount of Rs. 51 crore so far despite continuous instructions and warning.

All the six accounts have now been diverted to the Central Bank and Union Bank of India.

Jun 15, 2018

Government's Stand on UN Report Backed

The Congress supported the government's stand in dismissing the U.N. report on human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir, terming it a "prejudiced attempt" by vested interests to hurt India's sovereignty and national interests.

The report had been prepared without understanding the ground situation in Jammu and Kashmir, Congress communications in-charge Randeep Surjewala said and asked if the United Nations should overlook state-sponsored terrorism being exported on Indian soil by Pakistan.

India is Facing its Worst Water Crisis

The NITI Aayog released the results of a study warning that India is facing its "worst" water crisis in history and that the demand for potable water will outstrip supply by 2030, if steps are not taken.

Jun 14, 2018

Advika Jha Set to Fly IAF Jet

After Bhawana Kanth, one among the first women fighter pilots of the Indian Air Force, another woman from Bihar, Advika Jha, is set to make the state and the country proud of her achievement. Advika has been selected as a pilot by the Indian Air Force for Short Service Commission for Women.

Advika Jha will undergo training for one and a half years, following which she is expected to fly fighter jets and cargo plane of the Indian Air Force.

Seat Sharing Deal to Take on BJP

The opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh seem to have finalised seat sharing formula for 2019 Lok Sabha elections in the state.

As per reports, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) will contest on 30 seats each, the Congress is likely to field its candidates on 10 Lok Sabha seats.

Of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, the remaining 10 is likely to be distributed among smaller parties like the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD).

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