TNPSC Current Affairs October 01, 2019

www.tnpsc.academy – TNPSC Current Affairs Oct 01, 2019 (01/10/2019)

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Topic: Latest Diary of Events, World Organizations

Madurai student invited to address U.N. forum

Premalatha Tamilselvan, a law course aspirant from Madurai, has been invited to attend the Human Rights Council Social Forum to be held at Geneva from October 1.

A graduate in History, Ms. Premalatha has been invited to address the forum at the screening of ‘A Path to Dignity: The Power of Human Rights Education’, a 2012 documentary in which she featured. The documentary was produced by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

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Topic: Games and Medals, Persons in News

Bhavani Devi won silver in Tournoi satellite competition, Belgium

Indian fencer Bhavani Devi won the silver medal in the women’s sabre individual event at the Tournoi satellite competition in Belgium.

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Topic: Profile of States, Reports and Summits, Latest Diary of Events

School Education Quality Index (SEQI

Kerala won the top ranking on the School Education Quality Index (SEQI) released by NITI Aayog. The index aims to evaluate the performance of States and UTs in the school education sector.

The data for the index was collected for three categories: large states, small states and Union Territories.

Large States:

Kerala won the top ranking on the SEQI with 76.6 percent and while Uttar Pradesh with 36.4 percent scored for the lowest for 2016-17.

Rajasthan got the second position with 72 percent, followed by Karnataka with 70 percent.

Small States:

Manipur (68.8 percent) emerges as the top performer while Arunachala Pradesh (24.6) score last in this category.

Among UTs:

Chandigarh (82.9 percent) score the top position while lakshdweep scored the lowest (31.9).

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

National Crisis Management Committee(NCMC)

For effective implementation of relief measures in the wake of natural calamities, the Government of India has set up a National Crisis Management Committee.

Cabinet Secretary is it’s Chairman.

Other members: Secretaries of all the concerned Ministries /Departments as well as organizations are the members of the Committee.

The NCMC gives direction to the Crisis Management Group as deemed necessary.

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Topic: General Administration, Indian Defence, Army and anti terrorism Activities

BrahMos Missile

It flies almost three times the speed of sound at Mach 2.8 and has a range of 290 km.

The missile has been jointly developed with Russia and is named after the rivers Brahmaputra and Moskva in Russia.

The range of the BrahMos missile can be extended up to 400 km as certain technical restrictions were lifted after India became a full member of the Missile Technology Control Regime or MTCR in 2016.

It is a multiplatform it can be launched from land, air, and sea and multi capability missile.

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Topic: Eminent Places in News

Ancient buried river

The Union Water Ministry has excavated an old, dried-up river in Prayagraj (formerly Allahabad) that linked the Ganga and Yamuna rivers.

The “ancient buried river” is around 4 km wide, 45 km long and consisted of a 15-metre-thick layer buried under soil.

The newly discovered river was a buried paleochannel that joins the Yamuna river at Durgapur village, about 26 km south of the current Ganga-Yamuna confluence at Prayagraj.

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Topic: Eminent Persons in News, Awards and Honours

Kalli Purie honoured with ‘India’s most powerful women in media’ award

Indian journalist Kallie Puri was honoured with “India’s Most Powerful Women in Media” award. She received the global honour at the prestigious Confluence Excellence Awards at the British Parliament on September 27, 2019.

Confluence Excellence Awards:

The Confluence Excellence Awards aim to recognize individuals for their innovative leadership and the success they have achieved through revolutionizing their field of work.

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Topic: Latest Diary of Events

The Dongfeng DF-41

The Dongfeng-41 (‘East Wind-41’), is a Chinese solid-fuelled road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile. The missile, reportedly capable of reaching the contiguous United States within 30 minutes, was officially unveiled at the China Day military parade on October 1st, 2019.

DF-41 has a range of up to 9,320 miles (15,000 kilometres), more than any missile on Earth.