TNPSC Current Affairs March 26, 2018

www.tnpsc.academy – TNPSC Current Affairs March 26, 2018 (26/03/2018)

 

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Topic : Latest Diary of Events, Profile of States, General Administration

Print Biennale India 2018

It is the first International Exhibition of Graphic Prints held recently in New Delhi.

Lalit Kala Akademi hosted this event.

The event comprising a total of 200 original prints are created by Indian and international artists of impeccable competence and is a window view into the giant strides in printmaking that is taking place in India and the world.

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Topic : Indian Cultural Panorama, Latest Diary of Events

Madhavpur Mela

Ministry of Culture is organizing the Madhavpur Mela in Madhavpur Ghed, District Porbandar in Gujarat in a grand way.

About Madhavpur Mela:

The Madhavpur Mela of Gujarat shares its connect to the Mishmi Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh.

The Mishmi Tribe traces its ancestry to the legendary King Bhishmak and through him to his daughter Rukmini and Lord Krishna.

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Topic : Persons in News, Latest Diary of Events

Executive Board of UNESCO

The Government of India has decided to nominate Professor J S Rajput, former Director NCERT, as India’s representative to the Executive Board (EXB) of UNESCO.

Professor J S Rajput is an eminent educationist with rich experience in various fields including UNESCO.

About the Executive Board:

The EXB has a four-year term of office and 58 seats.

The executive board is one of the constitutional organs of UNESCO and is elected by the General Conference.

The executive board examines the work for the organization and the corresponding budget estimates.

In practice, the executive board is the main organ responsible for all policies and programmes of UNESCO.

Significance of the membership:

Being a member of the board enables India in principle to play a role in shaping and reviewing UNESCO’s policies and programmes corresponding to its five major programs on education, the natural science, the social and human Sciences, Culture and Communication and Information.

General conference:

The general conference determines the policies and the main lines of work of the organisation.

Its duty is to set the programmes and the budget of the UNESCO. It also elects the members of the executive board and appoints, every four years.

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Topic : Sports and Championships, Latest Diary of Events

17th Asian billiards championship

Pankaj Advani again won the Asian Billiards Championship by defeated the B. Bhaskar in the final of the 17th Asian billiards championship.

Meanwhile in the women’s snooker event, Amee Kamani beat Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan of Thailand and won the Women Championship.

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Topic : Latest Diary of Events

MS Symphony of the Seas

MS Symphony of the Seas is an Oasis-class cruise ship owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International, Norway.

As of 9 June 2017, she is the largest passenger ship ever to be constructed by gross tonnage, at 228,021 GT, surpassing her sister Harmony of the Seas.

She is the fourth ship in its Oasis-class series.

Key facts:

On 23 March 2018, the ship was formally turned over to Royal Caribbean. Her first passenger cruise took place on 31 March 2018.

Her official maiden voyage departed on 7 April 2018. The ship, which weighs 228,000 tonnes, is 362 metres long just 20 metres shy of the length of the Empire State Building.

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Topic : Persons in News, Latest Diary of Events

Swimming Records in Palk Strait

The constable, Thulasi Chaitanya of Vijayawada, an accomplished swimmer, covered the distance of 33 km in 8 hours 25 minutes and 29 seconds on March 25, 2018.

It’s the shortest time taken by a swimmer to cross from Talaimannar to Dhanushkodi. From 1960, 13 swimmers have successfully crossed the Palk Strait region.

Key facts:

On March 24, 2018, Raja Eswara Prabhu of Chennai had crossed the same 33 nautical mile distance in 11 hours and 58 minutes. The record has been broken within a day.

Kutraleeswaran holds the record for the youngest swimmer to cross the Palk Strait as he was just 12 when he crossed it in April 1994.

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Topic : Latest Diary of Events

National Samosa Week

National Samosa Week will be held in the six cities of the UK.

In this event, participants will make, sell, and eat the popular Indian snack to raise money for charity.

The event, to be organised from April 9 to 13, is the brainchild of a Leicester-based media personality who believes that the popularity of the triangular-shaped savoury snack transcends all barriers and can become a means to unite different communities in the U.K.

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Topic : Latest Diary of Events, Genera Administration, Profile of States

Daily flight to Salem from March 25

Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami launched the flight service in the Salem-Chennai sector at Kaamalapuram.

Under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) introduced by the Civil Aviation Ministry, there will be one flight a day to Salem and back.

Hyderabad-based Turbo Megha Airways Limited will operate ATR aircraft on the Chennai-Salem route, which will can accommodate 72 passengers.

The fare will be around ₹1,500. The flight will depart from Chennai at 9.50 a.m. and reach Salem at 10.40 a.m.