TNPSC Current Affairs November 11, 2019

www.tnpsc.academy – TNPSC Current Affairs Nov 11, 2019 (11/11/2019)

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Topic: Latest Diary of Events, Persons in News

Former Chief Election Commissioner TN Seshan passed away

Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan, the man behind several electoral reforms passed away due to a cardiac arrest. He was the 10th Chief Election Commissioner (CEC). He served between 1990 and 1996.

About TN Seshan:

TN Seshan was a 1955 batch retired IAS officer of Tamil Nadu cadre. He was born in Palakkad district of Kerala. Before becoming a CEC, he served around 18 cabinet secretaries. He has also won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for his services in 1986. The award is considered as Asia’s Nobel Prize.

In 1997, he unsuccessfully contested the Presidential Elections against KR Narayanan.

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Topic: Awards and Honours, Latest Diary of Events

George Schaller Lifetime Award 2019

Wildlife biologist K. Ullas Karanth was awarded the Wildlife Conservation Society’s George Schaller Lifetime Award in Wildlife Conservation Science for his contribution to the field of conservation. He is the first recipient of WCS’s award.

Key facts:

The award is instituted by Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), New York. It is named after WCS’s Dr. George Schaller, considered to be one of the greatest wildlife scientists and conservationists globally.

The Lifetime Award was created to honour WCS colleagues for outstanding contributions to saving wildlife and wild places.

About Dr. K. Ullas Karanth:

He joined WCS in 1988 and was inspired to become a wildlife biologist by the work of Dr. Schaller. He is currently the Director of Centre for Wildlife Studies, Bengaluru, Karnataka.

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Topic: New Inventions on Science and Technology, Latest Diary of Events

Marengo Sachintendulkar, Indomarengo Chavarapatera : Newly discovered spider species 

Dhruv Prajapati, a junior researcher pursuing a PhD in spider taxonomy with Gujarat Ecological Education & Research (GEER) Foundation, recently discovered two new species of spiders.

He has named one of the species as Marengo sachintendulkar after Indian crickter Sachin Tendulkar and other as Indomarengo Chavarapatera which is inspired by Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara who was a campaigned towards creating awareness about education in Kerala.

The findings of his study have been published in September issue of ‘Arthropoda Selecta’, a Russian journal.

His discovery of two flat-bodied spiders has been included in World Spider Catalogue also. As part of his postgraduation in zoology from Gujarat University, he had documented 78 unique species of spiders found on the varsity’s campus alone.

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Topic: Latest Diary of Events

Lexicography Day in Tamil Nadu

In a first, Tamil Nadu is set to celebrate Tamil Lexicography Day on November 8, which marks the birth anniversary of Italian missionary Constantine Joseph Beschi, also known as Veeramamunivar, who was responsible for bringing out the first Tamil dictionary.

About him:

He compiled the first Tamil lexicon – a Tamil-Latin dictionary. He also compiled the comprehensive Chaturakarati (சதுரகராதி), a quadruple lexicon containing words, synonyms, and categories of words and rhymes.

He translated and explained in Latin the “Thirukkural”, an epic poem of Thiruvalluvar. This Latin work was an eye opener for European intellectuals, enabling them to discover truth and beauty in Tamil literature. He also translated into European languages several other important Tamil literary works such as Devaaram (தேவாரம்), Thiruppugazh (திருப்புகழ்), Nannool (நன்னூல்) and Aaththichoodi (ஆத்திசூடி).

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Topic: Latest Diary of Events

November 11: National Education Day

Every year on November 11, India celebrates National Education Day on November 11 to commemorate the birth anniversary of Maulana Abdul Azad, the first Education Minister of India. He was the man behind the establishments of the premier institutes of the country like IITs, IIScs, etc.

Maulana Azad:

Maulana Azad was an independence activist and one of the senior leaders of the Indian National Congress. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian award in 192 for his contributions towards education

He founded the University Grants Commission (UGC) that supervises the higher education across the country. His primary objective was free primary education.

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Topic: Latest Diary of Events

World Radiography Day 2019

World Radiography Day is celebrated on 8 November each year. The date marks the anniversary of the discovery of x-radiation by Wilhelm Roentgen in 1895.

Radiographers worldwide can use the day and the days around the date to promote radiography as a career, as a vital contribution to modern healthcare and as a chance to increase public awareness of diagnostic imaging and radiation therapy.

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Topic: Awards and Honours

National Panchayat Awards 2019

Out of the 2.5 lakh panchayats in the country 240 panchayats were confered the National Panchayat Awards 2019 by Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister for Panchayati Raj in New Delhi.

Awards from Tamil Nadu:

Child Friendly Gram Panchayat Award (CFGPA) : Pateeswaram, Tanjavur

Nanaji Deshmuk Rashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha Puraskar (NDRGGSP): Ravanapuram (udumalpet), Tiruppur

Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat Sashaktikaran Puraskar (DDUPSP) :

At District Panchayat- Salem

At Intermediate Panchayat – Perundurai, Erode

                                           – Pallipalayam, Namakkal

At Village Panchayat – Gonur, Salem

                                  – Madavarayapuram, Coimbatore

                                  – Arasappalayam, Namakkal

                                  – Vellalapalayam, Erode

                                  – Kovilpappakudi, Madurai

                                  – S.U. Vanam, Tiruvannamalai

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Topic: Latest Inventions on Science and Health

What is Pliosaur?

They are the largest aquatic carnivorous reptiles that have ever lived. They are often dubbed “sea monsters”. Scientifically, they are placed in the suborder

Context: Interest in these giants has been revived with the recent discovery of their bones in a cornfield in the Polish village of Krzyzanowice. Remains of pliosaurs are rare in Europe.

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Topic: International Diary of Events

New Zealand- Zero Carbon Law

The country has passed Zero Carbon bill which aims to make New Zealand reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to the point the country becomes mostly carbon neutral by 2050.

It gives some leeway to farmers, who bring in much of the country’s foreign income.

The bill requires all greenhouse gases except methane from animals to be reduced to net zero by 2050. Methane emissions would be reduced by 10% by 2030 and by between about one-quarter and one-half by 2050.