TNPSC Current Affairs jan 02, 2017

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www.tnpsc.academy – TNPSC Current Affairs jan in English – Jan. 02, 2017 (02/01/2017)

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Topic : History – Awards and Honours

British-Indian knighted in New Year’s honours

Shankar Balasubramanian, an indian – origin british and DNA expert at Cambridge University, has received a Knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II for their contributions.

About him:

Mr. Balasubramanian Professor of Medical Chemistry at Cambridge University, has been recognized for his work as a co inventor of Next Generation DNA sequencing, described as the most transformational advance in biology and medicine for decades.

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Topic : History – Awards and Honours

Sangita Kalanidhi for first woman violinist

Carnatic violinist A. Kanyakumari became the first woman violinist to receive the Music Academy’s Sangita Kalanidhi Award.

Topic : History – Latest diary of Events

Biopic on Paralympic high jumper

The journey of Mariyappan Thangavelu, the Indian Paralympic high jumper who won gold medal at the 2016 Paralympic Games will now be made into a movie by Aiswarya Dhanush.

About Aiswaryaa:

Aiswaryaa released a book named “Standing on an apple”, which is her memoirs.

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Topic : History – India’s Cultural Events

Modhweth celebrated by Todas

In order to pray to the deity to give good health, rains, and harvest, all Toda men from 14 clans joined together to celebrate the annual festival called as “Modhweth”.

In this festival includes dancing, singing and Toda youth lifting a greased boulder weighing around 80 kg, to showcase their strength, balance and masculinity.

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Topic : History – Awards and Honours

Jananpith Navlekhan Award 2016

Two new Hindi writers Shraddha and Ghyansham Kumar Devansh have been selected for Bharatiya Jnanpith Navlekhan Award for the year 2016.

Shraddha selected for her short story, “Hawa Mein Phadphadati Chitthi” & Devansh selected for his poem “Akash Mein Deh”.

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Topic : Science – Science and Technology

ISRO ready to launch 83 satellites

ISRO’s rocket PSLV – C37 will launch record 83 tiny satellites in one mission. Of these Satellites, only three belongs to India and 80 belongs to Israel, Netherlands, Switzerland Kazakhstan and US.

In June 2016, ISRO had set a record by successfully launching 20 satellites in a single mission.

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Topic : History – India’s Cultural Panorama

Bargarh’s Dhanua Jatra or Dhanua yatra

11-day gala festival Dhanua Jatra is begin on 2^nd jan 2017 in Bargarh municipality in Odisha. It is considered to be the world’s largest open air theatrical festival.

About this festival:

It is based on mythological story of Krishna and his demon uncle Kansa. It is about the story of Krishna and Balaram’s visit to Mathura to witness the Dhanu Ceremony organized by their uncle Kansa.

The plays start with the dethroning of emperor Ugrasena by the angry prince Kansa, over the marriage of his sister Devaki with Basudeva.

It ends with death of Kansa, and Ugrasena restoring back to become the king. During this festival Kansa can punish people with penalty for their mistakes.

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Topic : Science – Science and Technology

Agni IV test fired

India has successfully test-fired its long range intercontinental surface-to-surface nuclear capable ballistic missile Agni-IV from the Abdul Kalam Wheeler Island off Odisha coast.

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