Daily Current affairs - May 27th, 2017 for all competitive exams
- In a surprise gazette notification, the environment ministry
has banned cattle slaughter and introduced restrictions on the sale of
cattle to prevent their killing. A gazette notification, titled Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock
Markets) Rules, 2017 by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and
Climate Change states that no one can bring cattle to an
animal market unless he or she has furnished a written declaration that
the cattle will not be sold for the purpose of slaughter.
- The Rule applies to the whole of India, except the
State of Jammu and Kashmir.
Cattle cannot
be brought to an animal market for sale for slaughter.
Make passport details, social security number part
of marriage record: NCW
The National Commission for Women (NCW) has
recommended including the employment status, social security number and
passport details of couples in marriage registration records in a bid to deter
NRI men from fraudulently marrying Indian women.
- It has also proposed to make registration of marriages
mandatory.
- Background: In
view of increasing incidents of nris deserting their Indian wives, the
Ministry of Women and Child Development had last year set up an
inter-ministerial committee to examine the issue.
India’s
First Fleet of 200 Electric Vehicles Launched in Nagpur:
India’s first
multi-modal electric vehicle project was recently launched at Nagpur.
- This unique project brings
together e-buses, e-cabs, e-rickshaws and e-autos on a single platform,
the Ola App, which will enable commuters in Nagpur to book them.
Now comes ‘Jan Ki Baat’ from PM
Jan ki Baat (voice of the people), a survey
on Prime Minister Modi’s personal app, the Namo App, has been launched (closing
June 15) with an exhaustive list of questions and multiple choice answers
ranging from very bad to excellent ratings.
- The survey seeks to find out not just where the
respondent is residing but the Assembly constituency where he/she votes
before starting off with the survey.
- The survey also has two open-ended questions at its
conclusion asking respondents to name one positive and one negative thing
about the Narendra Modi government.
Only NCP, CPI(M) take up EVM challenge
The Election Commission on Friday said only the
Nationalist Congress Party and the CPI (M) have applied to participate in the
EVM tampering challenge, while some other parties have expressed interest in
observing the proceedings on June 3.
- Background: After the Assembly elections earlier this
year, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Aam Aadmi Party had raised
doubts about the EVM security, alleging that the devices had been tampered
with.
Slum
Yuva Daud organized in Delhi
Slum Yuva Daud
was recently organized in Delhi to mark the beginning of the Adopt Slum
Campaign.
- It was initiated by the Ministry
of Youth Affairs & Sports and Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS).
- Nehru Yuva Kendras were
established in the year 1972 with the objective of providing rural youth
avenues to take part in the process of nation building as well providing
opportunities for the development of their personality and skills.
Juno
Spacecraft Reveals Spectacular Cyclones At Jupiter’s Poles
NASA’s Juno
spacecraft has spotted giant cyclones swirling at Jupiter’s north and south
poles.
- During the flybys, observations
and data showed Jupiter’s previously unseen poles. Bright ovals at the
poles were revealed to be gigantic cyclones spanning 870 miles. Juno was
also able to probe the cloud cover and discover wells of ammonia that form
giant and violent weather systems in the deep atmosphere.
- Juno was launched in 2011 on a
mission to study Jupiter’s composition and evolution. It’s the first
spacecraft to orbit Jupiter since Galileo. Juno spacecraft successfully
entered Jupiter’s orbit recently, after a five year journey.
Indo-
Thailand Siam Bharat 17
It is the
Indo-Thailand Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Table Top
Exercise 2017 held recently in Chiang Mai, Thailand between the Indian Air
Force and Royal Thailand Air Force (RTAF).
- The aim of the bilateral exercise is to evolve SOPs for
planning and executing relief missions during unforeseen natural
calamities like Tsunami, earthquakes, cyclones, floods etc.
Burqas stop intake of vitamin D from sunlight
The far-right U.K. Independence Party (UKIP), led
by Paul Nuttall, has pledged in its general election manifesto to ban the
burqas or the full face veils in public places, citing among others a bizarre
reason that they “prevent intake of essential vitamin D from sunlight”.
National
Award for Social Understanding and Upliftment of Weaker Sections
The President
of India Shri Pranab Mukharjee presented the “Dr. Ambedkar National Award for
Social Understanding and up-liftment of Weaker Sections for the year 2011, 2012
and 2014” at a function here today. The function was organized by The Ambedkar
Foundation under Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
- The award for the year 2011 was presented to Professor
S.K. Thorat on New Delhi for his contributions towards the upliftment of
the downtrodden.
- The award for the year 2012 was presented to Samta
Sainik Dal for its extraordinary services.
- The award for the year 2014 was jointly presented to Shri Babu Lal Nirmal of Rajasthan for his extraordinary contributions in upholding the rights of poor persons in rural and urban areas of Baran District and to Amar Sewa Sangam of Tamil Nadu for its extraordinary services being extended for the welfare of the marginalized population of the society including the physically and mentally challenged persons.
New
Chairman for National Commission for Minorities
Syed Ghayorul
Hasan Rizvi has been appointed as the new Chairman of the National Commission
for Minorities.
- The NCM was set up under the National Commission for Minorities Act, 1992 to look into complaints from members of five religious communities — Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Zoroastrians (Parsis). Jain community was notified as a minority community in 2014.
