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www.tnpsc.academy – TNPSC Current Affairs Jan 10, 2017 (10/01/2017)
Topic : History – Latest Diary of Events
Air India – 3rd worst performing airline
According to the report of the FlightStats regarding worst international airlines 2016, Air India ranked third-worst performing airline in the world.
El Al – 56%, Iceland air – 41.05% are on first and second position respectively.
Topic : History – Books And Authors
Akhada – Biography of Mahavir Singh Phogat
The biography of Mahavir Singh Phogat, a former wrestler and a coach is written by sports journalist Sourabh Duggal.
About this book:
This book tells the story of a Mahavir Phogat’s journey with his daughters and nieces hailing from a small village in Haryana to winning the medals for the country against all troubles.
Phogat was awarded the Dronacharya Award by the Government of India and he is the father and coach of the Geetha Phogat, Babitha Kumari, Rithu and Sangitha.
Phogat’s niece Vinesh and Priyanka are also Commonwealth gold medalists.
Geetha Phogat, who won India’s first gold medal in women’s wrestling in the 55kg freestyle category at the 2010 commonwealth games and she is the first Indian women wrestler to have qualified for the Olympics.
Babitha Kumari, who won a bronze medal at the 2012 World Wrestling Championships, and won gold medal in 2014 commonwealth games.
Indian biographical film Dangal is based on Phogat’s life.
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Topic : History – Latest Diary of Events
World Hindi Day
The 12th World Hindi Day was celebrated on 10 January 2017 across the world to honour our Indo-Aryan language. According to the report, Hindi is the fourth most-spoken first language in the world.
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Topic : Political Science – General Administration
World’s Largest LED Street Lighting Programme
The LED based Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP), currently running in the South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) area, to the Nation is the World’s Largest Street Light Replacement Programme.
The SLNP programme is presently running in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Tripura, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Goa, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan.
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Topic : History – India and its Neighbour countries
Pakistan Test-Fires Babur-3 Missile
Pakistan has successfully test-fired its first Submarine-Launched Cruise Missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead up to 450km.
The missile, Babur-3, was fired from an underwater, mobile platform and hit its target with precise accuracy.
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