TNPSC Current Affairs January 08, 2018

www.tnpsc.academy – TNPSC Current Affairs January 08, 2018 (08/01/2018)

 

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Topic : India’s Cultural Panorama, Profile of States

Flamingo festival

The three-day annual Flamingo Festival is being held at Pulicat lake.

About the festival:

Flamingo Festival is held every year to promote tourism in Pulicat and Nellapattu which is in Andhra Pradesh.

Migratory birds from Siberia have been visiting this place for breeding and the colourful birds are a treat to the eye of bird watchers.

Usually around 80 different avian species migrate to Pulicat for breeding. They hunt in shallow waters of the lake and breed in Pulicat.

Once the breeding season concludes, they fly away to their native land with their offspring in tow.

The conducive atmosphere for this seasonal avian guests is being conserved at Nelapattu bird sanctuary.

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Topic : India’s Cultural Panorama, Profile of States

International Kite Festival launched in Gujarat

The International Kite Festival started at Sabarmati River Front in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

This International Kite Festival is to be held at small towns like Dakor, Gandhidham, Jamnagar, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara, Aravali, Dwarka, Amreli, Palanpur, Pavagadh, Valsad and Saputara also.

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Topic: Conservation, Environmental and Ecology, Geographical Landmarks

Mankidia denied habitat in Simlipal

Mankidia, one of the 13 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) in Odisha, have been denied habitat rights inside the Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) under the historic Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, as the State Forest Department has objected on grounds that tribals could be attacked by wild animals, especially tigers.

About Mankidia tribe:

Mankidia is a marginalised group that critically depends on making rope with siali fibre that’s richly available in Similipal.

Simlipal national park is located in Mayurbhanj district in Odisha.

It is part of the Similipal-Kuldiha-Hadgarh Elephant Reserve popularly known as Mayurbhanj Elephant Reserve, which includes three protected areas — Similipal Tiger Reserve, Hadgarh Wildlife Sanctuary and Kuldiha Wildlife Sanctuary.

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Topic : General Administration, Profile of States

India’s second FTII to be set up in Arunachal

Arunachal Pradesh would get its first Film and Television Institute, being set up by the Union Government as part of tapping the potential of the Northeastern region.

This would be the second such one in the country.

The first Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) was set up in Pune, an autonomous institute operating under the Information and Broadcasting Ministry.

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Topic : General Administration, Profile of States, Places in News

R.S. Puram police station – No. 1 in the country

R.S. Puram Police station (B-2) ranked as the number one police station in the country in the category of SMART Police Stations, an initiative by Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).

The Anna Nagar Police station is the only other station, which ranked fifth, selected from the State in an all-India exercise the Home Ministry conducted recently.

SMART Police (S-Sensitive and Strict; M-Modern with mobility; A- Alert and Accountable; R- Reliable and Responsive; T- Trained and Techno-savvy) concept was announced by Prime Minister at the the 49th annual conference Directors General/Inspectors General held in Guwahati in November, 2014.

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Topic : Mass Communication, Latest technology

Orkut to return to India as ‘Hello’

Orkut Buyukkokten, the creator of Orkut.com, one of the early and most famous social media platforms, is planning to unveil his new social media network ‘Hello’ in India in the next two months.

Mr. Buyukkokten, who is already running the beta version of ‘Hello’ in the country, said his new venture connects people who share the same interests and passions and provides a place for authentic communication.

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Topic : New inventions on Science and Health

Israeli company developed tiniest cherry tomato

Kedma Company in Israel, cultivated a new smallest tomato in the world.

Topic : India’s Cultural Panorama, Profile of States

Medaram’s Jatara

Central government is likely to declare Medaram’s Sammakka-Sarakka/Saralamma Jatara a national festival this year.  Once declared a national festival, Jatara can be considered for ‘intangible cultural heritage of humanity’ tag of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO).

About the Medaram’s Sammakka-Sarakka/Saralamma Jatara:

Sammakka-Sarakka Jatara held by forest dwelling Koya tribe of Telangana and surrounding States, is the biggest Tribal festival in Asia which is attended by one crore people on an average.

The event is held bi-annually to honour the twin goddesses Sammakka and her daughter Sarakka.

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Topic : Games and Awards

Harini champion in chess tournament

Hariini won the State Women’s Chess Championship in Chennai in the 46th Tamilnadu State Women’s Chess Championship competition in Tiruvarur.

The state women’s Chess Championship was held in Tiruvarur last two days.

After 9 rounds, Chennai S. Harini and Thiruvallur Y. Saranya took eight points.

And finally, It was announced that S. Harini, the champio woman of Chennai.

The others are: Thiruvallur y Santhana Second prize and Neyveli L Jodhjhana Third prize and Divya Lekshmi from chennai received the fourth prize.

The top four are eligible to play in the National Women’s Chess Championship in Bihar in May.