TNPSC Current Affairs February 06, 2018

www.tnpsc.academy – TNPSC Current Affairs February 06, 2018 (06/02/2018)

Topic : Latest Diary of Events

Prachi Valley

The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has discovered pottery pieces, and tools made of stones and bones believed to be of the pre-Christian era from a mound in Jalalpur village of Cuttack district, Odisha.

Discoveries of ancient artefacts indicated that a rural settlement might have thrived in that period.

These settlements could have had cultural and trade ties with other settlements in the Prachi Valley that had come up around the Prachi river, which gradually disappeared.

Key facts:

Prachi Valley civilisation is believed to be earlier than that of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro flourished on the banks of Prachi river.

Prachi Valley civilisation has contributed a lot towards amalgamation, assimilation and proliferation of different religious faiths and cults.

The Prachi river, a tributary of Mahanadi, originates about 10 km away from Bhubaneswar.

The river flows through Puri, Khurda, Cuttack and Jagatsinghpur districts and it is this region that is called the Prachi Valley.

Topic : New Inventions on Science and Health, Latest Diary of events

Sherin’s Law

It is a new proposed law in the US state of Texas.

The Law’ would make it a felony to leave a child at home alone.

The Law would also require that any adult who witnesses or has personal knowledge of an abused child report it to authorities within 48 hours.

Topic : Latest Diary of Events

Maldives government declares emergency

The Maldives government on Monday declared a state of emergency for 15 days, amid a spiralling political crisis in the island nation following a Supreme Court order last week to release Opposition leaders from prison.