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Cauvery River Row

Cauvery River Row: Where Water flares the flame The Cauvery water dispute, which has been a bone of contention amongst Karnataka and Tamil Nadu throughout recent decades, has again prompted brutality in the area after Supreme Court affirmed its order. The court has guided Karnataka state government to discharge 15,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu for the following 10 days trying to spare the samba crops.  Cauvery Horata Samiti, the association which has been at the cutting edge of issue in Karnataka, required a statewide "bandh" prompting vicious dissents by farmers. The disruption has affected public transport offices, schools, universities and government workplaces in Mandya. The Cauvery water debate has affected the local politics for long with gatherings mixing feelings of individuals as the river has a profound social, economic and religious significance for them. This, thus, prompted a circumstance where the general assessment turned out to be more rigid with time, making it even troublesome for the political parties to locate a shared conviction. Why so much angst about the Cauvery? The waterway Cauvery is the biggest in southern India, and starts close Mercara in the Coorg area at a height of 1,341 m (4400 ft) above ocean level towards the Western Ghats, taking an easterly course through the conditions of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, before joining the Bay of Bengal. The Cauvery's upper hill catchment lies in Karnataka and Kerala. It is affected by the typically tried and true south-west storm amid June to September. Its lower part lies in the plains of Tamil Nadu, served by the not really dependable north-east Monsoon amid October to December. In specialized water law dialect, Karnataka is the upper riparian state where the waterway begins; Tamil Nadu is a lower riparian state. Puducherry needs its offer of the Cauvery on the grounds that it is the place the stream streams into the Bay of Bengal. Also, Kerala really contributes more water to the waterway than it can use, as a result of its topography. How old is the dispute over the Cauvery? It is over 150 years of age. Amidst the nineteenth century, the administration of Mysore (as Karnataka was then called) needed to assemble various new irrigation project. This made nervousness what was then the condition of Madras, which was reliant on the Cauvery for water system. After a few rounds of dialogs between the two and the government of India, an assention was marked in 1892, which represented various interstate streams. Another understanding was marked in 1924, identifying with the utilization, conveyance, and control of the Cauvery waters particularly. Both understandings expressed that current water system ought not be hindered by the development of new works upstream, and downstream irrigation ought not be decreased. Besides, all works must in the arranging stages be affirmed by the downstream state government (i.e., Tamil Nadu for Cauvery's situation). At the end of the day, under the law Mysore could do nothing that would reduce water supply to Tamil Nadu, the lower riparian state. Karnataka did not execute these agreements or understanding. Rather, it shaped four new projects by developing dams over the tributaries of Cauvery, without getting leeway from the Centre, Planning Commission, and Central Water Commission.   In 1910, the administration of Mysore proposed a reservoir at Kannambadi, and looked for the assent of the Madras government under the 1892 understanding. As the Madras government did not concur, it was alluded to arbitration. The arbitration board's grant was not adequate to the Madras government and it appealed. At the point when the Government of India did not intercede, moves were started that prompted the consenting to of the 1924 Arrangement. The dispute Timeline: Feb 5, 2007: After 16 years, Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal holds as valid the two agreements of 1892 and 1924 executed between the governments of Madras and Mysore on the apportionment of water to Tamil Nadu The final award makes an annual allocation of 419 tmcft to Tamil Nadu in the entire Cauvery basin, 270 tmcft to Karnataka, 30 tmcft to Kerala and 7 tmcft to Puducherry out of the total 740 TMC available in the Cauvery basin in a normal year. Sept 19, 2012: At the seventh meeting of the CRA, Manmohan Singh directs Karnataka to release 9,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu at Biligundlu. Both the CMs — Jayalalithaa and Jagadish Shettar — term it "unacceptable". This is the first CRA meet since the UPA came to power at the Centre in 2004.Sept 28, 2012: The Supreme Court slams the Karnataka government for not complying with the PM’s direction.Feb 29, 2013: The Centre notifies the final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT). The Central government was mandated to constitute the Cauvery Management Board (CMB) simultaneously with the gazette notification of the final award of the Tribunal dated February 19.March 10, 2013: The Tamil Nadu chief minister says she will work for the formation of the Cauvery Water Board during a felicitation ceremony organised in Thanjavur for her efforts to get the final award notified in the Union gazette.March 19, 2013: Tamil Nadu moves the Supreme Court to give directions to the water ministry for constitution of the Cauvery Management Board.May 28, 2013: Tamil Nadu moves Supreme Court, seeking Rs 2,480 crore in damages from Karnataka for not following the orders of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal.June 1, 2013:The Union water resources secretary chairs the first meeting of the supervisory committee in which Tamil Nadu demanded its share of water for June as stipulated in the award.June 2, 2013: Water cannot be released as and when TN demands, says Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah.June 6, 2013:Karnataka says it cannot release 134 tmcft of water to Tamil Nadu between June and September.June 12, 2013:The Cauvery Supervisory Committee terms as not "feasible" Tamil Nadu’s plea for direction to Karnataka for release of Cauvery water.June 14, 2013:Tamil Nadu decides to file contempt plea against Karnataka for its stand on the Cauvery Supervisory Committee.June 15, 2013:Chief minister Jayalaithaa says the Tamil Nadu government will approach the Supreme Court for the formation of the Cauvery Management Board and Cauvery Water Regulatory Authority.June 26, 2013:Contending that the setting up of a supervisory committee had become a futile exercise, Tamil Nadu moves SC for constitution of the Cauvery Management Board.June 28, 2013:Tamil Nadu files contempt petition in the Supreme Court against Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah for his defiant stand against the Supervisory CommitteeJuly 15, 2013:Karnataka and Tamil Nadu clash during the third meeting of the Cauvery Supervisory Committee over the latter’s share of the river water. While Tamil Nadu sought 34 tmcft in July and 50 tmcft in August to save the Samba crop, Karnataka says that it had already released 34 tmcft between June and July 13.August 2016: Tamil Nadu asks the Supreme Court to direct Karnataka to release water to Tamil Nadu after Siddaramiah says there is no water in the reservoirs.Sept 6, 2016:SC directs Karnataka to release 15,000 cusecs a day till Sept 15. Protests break out in Karnataka  Rivers are complicated? It is. Not only in India, but also at a global level. Internbational law has reams of statute on interstate streams (waterways that go through the regions of the few states), saying that such waters can't be said to be situated in any one state, and that no state can assert select responsibility for waters to deny other downstream state of their equitable offer. In this way, no state can successfully legislate for the utilization of such waters, since its administrative force does not reach out past its territories. In a federal system, for example, India, things are similar. What are the grievances of Tamil Nadu? TN says that the aggregate volume of water from Karnataka for streaming down to the Mettur dam is turning out to be less and less. It additionally affirms that the water discharges were not being made in time to address the issue of development of crops, especially in the Cauvery delta of TN. TN needs the yearly discharges to be made in a managed way, from week to week, from June to May. How did the latest dispute start? There are four parties to the debate—Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Puducherry. Karnataka built four projects on and close to the Cauvery: Harangi, Kabini, Hemavathi and Suvarnavathy. For these, Karnataka did not get the earlier assent of the Tamil Nadu government. From 1974, Karnataka began diverting river flows into the four new supplies. Not able to resolve the dispute, the Center alluded it to the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal (CWDT) in 1990.   So, why Supreme Court order made the Kannadigas unhappy? On 5 September, a SC bench involving judges Dipak Misra and Uday Umesh Lalit asked Karnataka to discharge 15,000 cusecs (cubic feet every second) of water every day to Tamil Nadu for 10 days. Tamil Nadu was asked to discharge water proportionately to downstream Puducherry. What did Karnataka agree to and what was Tamil Nadu’s demand? Well, Karnataka was willing to discharge less water, that is, 10,000 cusecs, while Tamil Nadu needed more, that is, 20,000 cusecs for the 10-day time frame from 5 September. So, it was easy for SC to pick the median and it should have made both sides happy? Indeed, that is the thing that the Misra-led SC bench would have though, however considering the savagery in the city of Karnataka, the court's intercession in this way has not helped to resolve this crisis.   On 12th September, the SC requested Karnataka to discharge 12,000 cusecs of water a day to Tamil Nadu until 20 September. That implies Karnataka will wind up discharging more water to its neighbor. But, why SC even get dragged into this dispute whereas CWDT is supposed to sort this issue? Well, it’s interesting and long story. The CWDT had awarded the decision in 1991, for Tamil Nadu, which then told Karnataka to implement it. Karnataka was not willing. In this way, Tamil Nadu recorded suit in the Supreme Court in 2001. It is as yet pending. The next hearing of that suit is on 18th October 2016. Meanwhile, the CWDT gave its final decision in 2007 (which likewise in fact supplanted the 1892 and 1924 agreement to water sharing). What's more, the most recent SC orders have been appealed in special leave petitions (SLPs) submitted by Tamil Nadu against Karnataka. Well, then what was CWDT interim order of 1991? The Tribunal guided Karnataka to guarantee that 205,000 million cubic feet (TMC) of water was accessible in Tamil Nadu's Mettur Reservoir in a year from June to May. What happened then? Karnataka proclaimed a law, followed by an Act, to discredit the impact of the tribunal ruling. The President then made a reference to the Supreme Court for its opinion. The SC addressed this reference in November 1991, saying the statute and the Act were unconstitutional and beyond the legislative power of the State. In 1998, Centre set up the Cauvery River Authority (CRA) and a monitoring committee (MC). The CRA incorporated the Prime Minister, and the chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and of Puducherry. The MC included secretary of the union minister of water resources, and chief secretaries of the three states, and Puducherry, Chairman, Central Water Commission, and others. The CRA and the MC should manage issues on sharing of waters every now and then. So, CRA and the MC failed to resolve matters? Yes, it shows up so. Regardless, nobody knows whether despite everything they exist, as another supervisory committee has been set up in their place in 2013. Why Tamil Nadu approaches the SC time and again? Normally, Tamil Nadu approaches the SC for a bearing to Karnataka to accept and comply to what requested by the tribunal, setting a timetable for arrival of the water in various months of the year. On the majority of these events, Karnataka comes up with the excuse that as a result of the lacking precipitation, it had not been workable for it to entirely consent to the interim order by discharging the amount of water as coordinated. What does the 2007 final order of the Tribunal say and what is the conclusion it drawn? The Tribunal, in a unanimous decision, decided the aggregate accessibility of water in the Cauvery basin at 740 TMC at the Lower Coleroon Anicut site, including 14 TMC for environmental protection and drainage into the ocean. The final award made a yearly allotment of 419 TMC to Tamil Nadu in the whole Cauvery basin, 270 TMC to Karnataka, 30 TMC to Kerala, and 7 TMC to Puducherry.   It characterized an "normal or ordinary year" as one in which the aggregate yield of the Cauvery basin is 740 TMC. In a normal ordinary year, Karnataka needs to discharge to Tamil Nadu at Biligundulu 192 TMC (as against 205 TMC in the interim award) in every month. It includes 182 TMC from the designated share of TN, including 10 TMC for environmental purposes. In a distressed year, the distributed shares are to be proportionately lessened among Kerala, Karnataka, TN and Puducherry. The Tribunal likewise prescribed setting up the Cauvery Management Board (CMB) to actualize the Tribunal's order, and said, otherwise, "its choice would just be on a bit of paper". Furthermore, its most part remained on paper only: the CMB has not yet been set up, despite the fact that the order has been published in the official periodical on 19 February 2013, and is binding. What is the supervisory committee, then?The supervisory committee was constituted by the Ministry of Water Resource in 2013., and incorporates individuals from the Ministry of Water Resource, chief secretaries of Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry, and the CWC. The function of committee was to offer impact to the execution of the Tribunal order of 5 February 2007. Clearly, this council replaces the past Cauvery River Authority and the checking advisory group, set up in 1998, and is viewed as a contrasting option to the Board, proposed by the Tribunal. The most recent Supreme Court order has requested that Tamil Nadu approach the supervisory committee to deal with its grievance. Anyway SC got involved, so what was the point? The way that the Supreme Court mediated suggests that the Judiciary is maybe pointlessly getting included in matters that are past its ability. The SC could have recently requested that this committee to meet urgently and resolve the crisis amicably, contend observers. But Supreme Court resolved the dispute now? It is basically a federal debate, and should be resolved amicably between the states on the grounds that the issue is so intricate. Top-down settling by the Supreme Court will unavoidably support one state and estrange another. The state that is seen to have lost in the case then can't control popular sentiments in the state, and will again prompt appeal, as has now apparently happened again against the SC judgment. In this manner, the matter truly must be managed by an expert body including proficient subject expert of both States. Will the dispute drag on and continue to the next century? It will, if the states concerned don't show development and rather continually depend on suit, knowing completely well that the Supreme Court can't enforce the Tribunal's last order. And at whatever point there are legal battles fought in court, emotions run high in both states on the issue.

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PM approves constitution of two committees

PM approves constitution of two committees for birth centenary of Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 23 September 2016 approved the constitution of two committees for the commemoration of the birth centenary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay. Modi will head the 149 member National Committee while Home Minister Rajnath Singh will chair the 23 member Executive Committee. Former Prime Ministers Atal Bihari Vajpayee and H.D. Deve Gowda, Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and Manohar Parrikar, former Deputy Prime Minister LK Advani and BJP President Amit Shah are the members of National Committee.  Besides, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev, Film Director Chandraprakash Dwivedi, former Hockey player Dhanraj Pillai, former Chief Justice R C Lahoti and Constitutional expert Subhash Kashyap will have also been included in the National Committee among others. The committee includes several Governors, Chief Ministers, Scientists, Journalists, Academicians, Social Workers and Spiritual Leaders. Union Minister Dr. Mahesh Sharma will be the Convenor of the committee. Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay, who was born on 25 September 1916 in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, was the ideologue of Jan Sangh, the parent organisation of BJP. BJP is planning year-long celebrations which will be inaugurated by the party chief at its National Council at Kozhikode.

Un security council

UN Security Council adopts resolution on nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament The UN Security Council on 23 September 2016 approved a resolution urging quick global implementation of Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban treaty that would ban tests of nuclear weapons. With 14 votes in favour and one abstention (Egypt), the resolution welcomed progress made towards universalization of the Treaty, noting that 183 States have signed the Treaty and 166 States have deposited their instruments of ratification.  US Secretary of State John Kerry invoked North Korea's latest nuclear explosion in urging ratification of the treaty for a safer, more secure, and more peaceful planet. But the US has not yet done so. The UN's Comprehensive Test Ban Organization already has a network of monitoring stations. But it still cannot go on site to inspect for tests until the treaty enters into force. For that, the holdouts among the 44 countries that are designated nuclear capable, the United States, China, Egypt, India, Iran, Israel, North Korea and Pakistan must ratify. The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty bans all nuclear explosions for both civilian and military purposes. Adopted by the UN General Assembly under resolution 50 (1996), the Treaty will enter into force 180 days after the date of deposit of the instruments of ratification by all.

Today word of the day

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Airtel hits back at Reliance Jio

Airtel hits back at Reliance Jio, introduces 90-day free data pack for 4G customers http://tz.ucweb.com/9_4nnx

Current affairs

Current Affairs Quiz: 22 September 2016 Jagranjosh.com brings for its reader daily updated quizzes that cover the topics like Visakhapatnam-Chennai industrial corridor, chairman of the BCCI Selection Committee and Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court, among others. 1. Which Bank approved the 631 million US dollars loan for Visakhapatnam -Chennai Industrial Corridor recently? a) World Bank b) Asian Development Bank c) European Investment Bank d) Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank 2. Which two companies recently signed MoU with Dhamra LNG Terminal Private Limited for taking equity stake in the Terminal? a) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited and Indraprastha Gas Ltd b) Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd and GAIL India Limited c) Indian Oil Corporation Limited and GAIL India Limited d) Hindustan Petroleum Ltd and Indraprastha Gas Ltd 3. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs recently approved the partial capital grant of 5176 crore rupees for development of 2539 km long Jagdishpur-Haidia and Bokaro-Dhamra Gas Pipeline (JHBDPL) project to which company? a) GAIL (India) Limited b) Indian Oil Corporation Limited c) Bharat Petroleum Limited d) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited 4. Who was appointed as the World Bank Country Director for India recently? a) Onno Ruhl b) Junaid Ahmad c) Syed Muazzem Ali d) Harsh Vardhan Shringla 5. PV Bharathi was recently appointed as the Executive Director (ED) of which bank? a) Yes Bank b) Dena Bank c) Bank of India d) Canara Bank 6. Name the Indian industrialist who was recently conferred the Clinton Global Citizen Award. a) Anil Ambani b) Aditya Vikram Kumar Mangalam c) Adi Godrej d) Azim Premji 7. Who was recently appointed the chairman of the BCCI Selection Committee? a) Rakesh Parikh b) Aashish Kapoor c) Ajay Shirke d) MSK Prasad 8. Who was recently sworn in as the Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court? a) Manjula Chellur b) Girish Chandra Gupta c) Chittatosh Mookerje d) None of the above 9. Who was recently named the captain of the India's all time Test XI by Wisden? a) MS Dhoni b) Virat Kohli c) Sourav Ganguly d) Sachin Tendulkar 10. Name the Oscar-winning director of movie LA Confidential who passed away recently? a) Curtis Hanson b) Alfred Hitchcock c) James Cameron d) Christopher Nolan 11. Which of the following island will not be connected with the submarine Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) that will be created between Chennai and Andaman and Nicobar Islands? a) Little Andaman b) Car Nicobar c) Havelock d) Neil Island 12. CCEA approved the process of winding up of a joint venture company. Name it. a) Hindustan copper limited b) Hindustan Diamond Company c) Diamond Trading Company d) None of the above 13. The Union Cabinet approved signing and ratification of tax agreement with which nation? a) Samoa b) Fiji c) Palau d) Australia 14. Who of the following is the author of book Democrats and Dissenters? a) Sanjeev Sanyal b) Ravi Velloor c) Ramachandra Guha d) MK Rasgotra 15. Name the team that won the Obaidullah Khan Heritage Cup Hockey Tournament? a) Punjab Sindh Bank b) Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd c) Indian Railways d) Indian Oil Corporation ANSWERS 1. (b) Asian Development Bank 2. (c) Indian Oil Corporation Limited and GAIL India Limited 3. (a) GAIL (India) Limited 4. (b) Junaid Ahmad 5. (d) Canara Bank 6. (c) Adi Godrej 7. (d) MSK Prasad 8. (b) Girish Chandra Gupta 9. (a) MS Dhoni 10. (a) Curtis Hanson 11. (d) Neil Island 12. (b) Hindustan Diamond Company 13. (a) Samoa 14. (c) Ramachandra Guha 15. (b) Bharat Petroleum Corporation

Niti aayog

NITI Aayog chalks up plan to secure 50 medals in 2024 Olympics NITI Aayog, the think tank of union government, has devised a short –term and medium-to-long term action plan to help India achieve 50 medals in 2024 summer Olympics. In its action plan for revitalising sports in India, Niti Aayog said, India still does not have a conducive environment for sports to polish the talent of Indian sports persons and make them at par with their global counterparts.  Details of the Vision • Short-term vision (4-8 years): it envisages targeting a group of priority sports, organising sports persons into three groups for each priority sport, harnessing the potential of indigenous and regional sports, selecting world-class coaches as well as a grading system for coaches. This term will also focus on a sports injury insurance scheme, strengthening and scaling up of existing SAI training centres, facilitating creation of sports academies for individual sports and more. It also looks forward towards creating a digital database for sports, implementing national sports code and sports Bill and promoting revenue generating methods for team leagues of priority sports. • Medium to long term vision (8-15 years): It will focus on identifying talent at a young age, having sports curriculum in schools, a dedicated training program for coaches, encouraging development of sports infrastructure through private or PPP mode and developing a health and psychological support division. It will also focus on availability of consistent funding of contracts as well as promoting a culture of sports in the country. In terms of funding, the Aayog said that to do away the process of erratic funding it has recommended that after each Olympics, a fixed 4-year contract is signed between SAI (Sports Authority of India) and sportspersons from Group A sportspersons, keeping in mind the funding required by them up to the next Olympics and other international events in between. For Group B and C also, the budgets for the next 4 years should be fixed, with consistent funding allocation for each year. Funding data for all the groups should be publicly made available as soon as it gets finalised.

Current affairs

Current Affairs Quiz: 19 September 2016 Jagranjosh.com brings for its reader daily updated quizzes that cover the topics like Guided Missile Destroyer Ship, 68th Emmy Awards and 22nd district of Haryana, among others 1. Name the sports personality appointed as Brand Ambassador of Punjab National Bank recently. a) MS Dhoni b) Yuvraj Singh c) Virat Kohli d) Sachin Tendulkar 2. Who was appointed as the Head of International Society for Blood Transfusion (ISBT) recently? a) Narendra Babubhai Patel b) Ravi Reddy c) Selva Pankaj d) Manjit Gill 3. Name the Pulitzer-winning US playwright who authored the masterpiece Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf and died recently? a) Richard Nelson b) Sean O'Casey c) Tim Rice d) Edward Albee 4. Name the Guided Missile Destroyer Ship that was launched recently at Mazagaon Dock Ship Builders Limited (MDL), Mumbai. a) INS Visakhapatnam b) INS Porbandar c) INS Mormugao d) INS Paradip 5. Name the Malayalam critic who was chosen for the prestigious N Mohanan Suvarna Mudra Award 2016? a) Edasery Govindan Nair b) M Leelavathy c) Krishna Pillai d) PK Balakrishnan 6. Which of the following won the 68th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards? a) Game of Thrones b) Veep c) The Americans d) Downtown Abbey 7. Who of the following won gold medal in Junior World Wrestling Championships? a) Priya Marwar b) Manisha c) Priyesha Deshmukh d) Jeba Hayat 8. Name the recent joint naval exercises conducted between China and Russia in the South China Sea. a) Exercise RIMPAC b) Ruschi-2016 c) South China Sea Joint Exercise 2016 d) Joint Sea-2016 9. Name the Indian hearing-impaired shooter who won the bronze medal in the first World Deaf Shooting Championships. a) Priya Marwar b) Deepa Malik c) Priyesha Deshmukh d) Jeba Hayat 10. Which of the following was recently declared as the 22nd district of Haryana? a) Gohana b) Charkhi Dadri c) Mahendragarh d) Palwal 11. Who was recently appointed the Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission? a) Alka Sirohi b) Amit Lanba c) Deepak Gupta d) None of the above 12. 7-day-long Naropa festival is being celebrated in which state of India? a) Uttarakhand b) Jammu and Kashmir c) Arunachal Pradesh d) Sikkim 13. Which of the following statement in regard to new import policy for marble & travertine blocks is false? a) The policy ends the quantitative restriction on the import of marble and travertine blocks b) It reduces the Minimum Import Price (MIP) for marble blocks to 200 US dollar per ton. c) The policy will come into effect from 1 November 2016. d) The MIP on the import of marble slabs is being reduced to 40 US dollar per square metre 14. Name the country that topped the 2016 Rio Paralympics that concluded in Brazil recently. a) Britain b) Ukraine c) United States d) China 15. Name the city that is hosting, the first Indian music and dance festival that aims at showcasing the country's rich and diverse culture. a) London b) Sydney c) Berlin d) New York ANSWERS 1. (c) Virat Kohli 2. (b) Ravi Reddy 3. (d) Edward Albee 4. (c) INS Mormugao 5. (b) M Leelavathy 6. (a) Game of Thrones 7. (b) Manisha 8. (d) Joint Sea-2016 9. (c) Priyesha Deshmukh 10. (b) Charkhi Dadri 11. (a) Alka Sirohi 12. (b) Jammu and Kashmir 13. (c) The policy will come into effect from 1 November 2016. 14. (d) China 15. (b) Sydney Click below

Indian shooters clinched three gold medal

Indian shooters clinched three gold medals at ISSF Junior World Cup Indian shooters clinched seven medals, including three gold, on the opening day of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Cup for pistol, rifle and shotgun at Gabala in Azerbaijan. A total of 279 junior athletes, representing 27 countries, are battling it out in 18 events. Subhankar Pramanick: He clinched gold medal in 50-metre rifle prone event. The Indian shot 205.5 overall to finish top of the podium. Czech Republic's Filip Nepejchal (205.2) followed in second position, while Romania's Dragomir Iordache (185.1) was placed third at the end of the finals.  Subhankar, along with team-mates Fateh Singh Dhillon and Ajaey Nithish, also helped the Indian team to win a silver in the event. Sambhaji Patil: He won the junior men's 25-metre standard pistol event by shooting 562 to easily beat Australians Sergei Evglevski and James Ashmore. Sambhaji along with compatriots Gurmeet and Rituraj Singh helped India to win the team gold.  The other medals won by India on the day included a silver in the junior men's team rifle prone and two bronze medals. In the year's first Junior World Cup in May 2016 at Suhl, Germany, the Indians had finished fourth with an overall tally of three gold, four silver and three bronze medal

KHUSROBAGH-ALLAHABAD

ORIGINALLY, IT WAS A PLEASURE RESORT CONSTRACTED BY JAHANGIR WHEN  HE LIVED HERE AS A PRINCE.IT CAME TO BE KNOWN AS KHUSRU  BAGH AFTER THE THUMB OF KHUSRU, THE ELDER SON OF JAHANGIR,WAS ERECTED HERE.IT CONTAINS FOUR BEAUTIFUL TOMBS. All OF EACH DECORATED WITH FINE MUGHAL FRESCOES WITH VALUATED APARTMENT WHICH FROM THE MOST CONSPICUOUS FEATURES OF THE GARDEN.THE TUMBS OF KHUSRU BAGH AS LIKE A STONE IS ALSO RELATED TO A COFFIN RICHLY COVERED WITH PAINTINGS OF MUGHAL STYLE, PARTICULARLY IN THAT OF KHUSRU's TOMB. A GROUP OF FOUR TOMB OF PRINCE KHUSRU, HIS MOTHER, BROTHER, AND WIFE TAMORAN LOCATED IN THE CENTRE OF THIS SPACIOUS GARDEN,WHICH IS ENCOSED BY FORTIFICATION WALL, IS DIVIDED INTO SQUARES ,PROVIDED WITH CHANNELS AND FOUNTAINS IN TYPICAL CHARBAGH PATTERN OF THE MUGHAL GARDENS.AN IMPOSING GATEWAY ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE, BUILD OF SANDSTONE IS PROFUSELY DECORATED WITH DESIGNS  HAVING PERSIAN INSCRIPTION OF MUGHAL EMPEROR JAHANGIR IN NASTALIQ CHARACTER, WHICH IS CLEARLY INDICATES THE DATE OF ITS CONSTRUCTION BETWEEN A.D. 1605-29. THE GATEWAY IS TWO-STORYED FLANKED MASSIVE OCTAGONAL  BASTIONS CROWNED WITH SMALL DOMED PAVILIONS AND IS MOST OF THE TOMBS IS A SOUL OF THE ALLAHABAD AT DISTRICT OF UTTER PRADESH LOCATION.

Indian's song

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Current Affairs Quiz: 15 September 2016 Jagranjosh.com brings for its reader daily updated quizzes that cover the topics like Reliance-Aircel merger, ‘Tamil Ratna’ award and signed $38 Billion in Military Aid with United States among others. 1.    What was the theme for the International Day of Democracy that was observed on 15 September 2016? a)    Strengthening Voices for Democracy b)    Space for Civil Society c)    Democracy and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development d)    Engaging youth on democracy 2.    Who of the following was honoured with ‘Tamil Ratna’ award by America Tamil Sangam in September 2016? a)    Kamal Hasan b)    Subramanian Swamy c)    Shankar Mahadevan d)    Hema Malini 3.    Name the country that signed $38 Billion in Military Aid with United States? a)    Iran b)    Israel c)    South Korea d)    Ukraine 4.    Which country recently announced to resume work on Giant Sea Wall to save its sinking capital? a)    Maldives b)    Malaysia c)    Philippines d)    Indonesia 5.    Who was recently appointed the Chairman of Isuzu Motors India? a)    Hiroyasu Miura b)    Hiroshi Nakagawa c)    Hiroshi Miura d)    None of the above 6.    The Reliance Communications recently agreed to merge with Aircel. Which of the following is the parent company of Aircel? a)    Maxis Communications b)    Matrix Communications c)    Matrics Communications d)    None of the above 7.    What was the colour of the ball used during the 2016-2017 Duleep Trophy Cricket tournament? a)    White b)    Red c)    Pink d)    None of the above 8.    Which of the following teams was the runner-up of the 2016-2017 Duleep Trophy Cricket tournament? a)    India Blue b)    India Red c)    India Green d)    Tie between India Blue and India Green 9.    Who won the 2016-2017 Duleep Trophy Cricket tournament? a)    Indian Blue b)    India Red c)    India Green d)    Tie between India Blue and Indian Green 10.    Which of the following is not included in the recipients list of 2015 National Medal of Arts to be given by US President Barack Obama? a)    Mel Brooks b)    Santiago Jiménez c)    Morgan Freeman d)    Stephen King 11.    Name the cricketer who signed the deal to become Australia's batting coach until March 2020. a)    Graeme Hick b)    Graham Thorpe c)    Alec Stewart d)    Robin Smith 12.    Himachal Pradesh will develop a smart intergrated township in jathiadevi near Shimla in collaboration with which country? a)    Singapore b)    Germany c)    Italy d)    The United States 13.    Name the country that will host the 17th Summit of the Non Aligned Movement (NAM). a)    Venezuela b)    Sri Lanka c)    Malaysia d)    Cambodia 14.    Name the operation that as launched by Army to maintain peace in the Kashmir Valley. a)    Calm Down b)    Rakshak c)    For Peace d)    Aman ki Khoj 15.    Who of the following is not part of the those Indian-Americans who were awarded by Indo-American Chamber of Commerce of Greater Houston (IACCGH) at Houston for their outstanding work as entrepreneurs and building bridges" between India and the US? a)    Malisha Patel b)    Revati Puranik c)    Abezaar S Tayabji d)    MD Anderson ANSWER 1. (c) Democracy and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development 2. (c) Subramanian Swamy 3. (b) Israel 4. (d) Indonesia 5. (b) Hiroshi Nakagawa 6. (a) Maxis Communications 7. (c) Pink 8. (b) India Red 9. (a) Indian Blue 10. (d) Stephen King 11. (a) Graeme Hick 12. (a) Singapore 13. (a) Indonesia 14. (a) Calm Down 15. (d) MD Anderson Click below to see the complete story http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/Current-Affairs-Quiz:-15-September-2016-1473940135-1 Sent via Jagran Josh

Uidai bans sharing of aadhar details

UIDAI bans sharing of Aadhaar details In a step to ensure that the details of Aadhaar is not misused, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) asked agencies in possession of Aadhaar number of an individual to not publish or post the information publicly. It said that the agencies will have to ensure security and confidentiality of the 12-digit resident identification number under the Aadhaar Act.  Regulations • The core biometric information, collected by the Authority, cannot be shared with anyone for any reason. • Any violation of the Aadhaar Act will constitute an offence and is punishable under the Act. • The agencies that collect the Aadhaar number will also have to specify whether submission of the number or proof of Aadhaar is mandatory or voluntary. • The regulations also provide for obtaining consent of the Aadhaar number holder for collection, storage and use of the same for specified purposes. Now get latest Current Affairs on mobile, Download # 1  Current Affairs App Click below to see the complete story http://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/UIDAI-bans-sharing-of-Aadhaar-details-1474003478-1 Sent via Jagran Josh

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