1. Senior IPS officer
Abhay is appointed as new Director General of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) by the
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC).He will be in the office till 18
Nov 2019
2. The Indian
Institute of Petroleum and Energy (IIPE) Bill, 2017 was passed by the
Parliament after it was adopted by Rajya Sabha. Lok Sabha already had
passed the bill in August 2017. The IIPE aims to provide high quality education
and research focusing on all aspects and themes of petroleum, hydrocarbons and
energy. The IIPE is being set up at Visakhapatnam as part of a package promised
by the Centre to Andhra Pradesh after Telangana was carved out of it.
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4. Goods and Services
Tax (Compensation to States) Amendment Bill, 2017 was passed by the Lok Sabha.
The Bill amends the GST (Compensation to States) Act, 2017 and replaces an
Ordinance promulgated in September 2017. The amendment bill increases maximum
rate at which Compensation Cess can be levied from 15 to 25% on motor vehicle
for transport of not more than 13 persons (mostly luxury vehicles ), including
the driver and motor vehicles falling under mentioned sub-headings. The purpose
this law is to provide compensation to state for a period of five years from
the date on which the state brings its State GST Act into force. It allows the
Union Government to notify rate of the GST Compensation Cess on items such as
pan masala, coal, aerated drinks, and tobacco, subject to certain caps.
5. Andhra Pradesh
Fibre Grid project was inaugurated by President Ram Nath Kovind which is
aimed at providing affordable high-speed internet service to every household in
the state at a nominal rate. The Fibre Grid project aims to connect over 1.45
crore households, 60000 schools, 12198 Panchayats, 10000 government offices,
670 mandal Offices, 96 municipalities, 14 corporations, 6000 Public Health
Centres (PHCs) with high speed internet. Fibre Grid project also termed as
Triple Play2 Services envisages to provide internet, television and telephone
services to more than one lakh households in the state at a nominal price.
6. Social Media Giant
Facebook started testing the use of Aadhaar by asking new Indian users to enter
their names as per Aadhaar card while signing up. The move is aimed at cutting the number
of fake accounts on the social media platform.
7. The high-level task
force headed by Nirpendra Mishra, Principal Secretary to PM Modi has formulated
12 point draft ‘Air Action Plan –Abatement of Air Pollution in the Delhi
NCR and has asked for feedbacks in 15 days to make it” more
effective and practical “.
8. The Delhi High
Court in a recent ruling held that no one has the right to
indiscriminately use any open land, especially that belonging to the government
as a burial ground.
9. The Union
Agriculture and Farmer’s Welfare Minister Radha Mohan Singh on 27th Dec
2017 launched Livestock Disease Forewarning –Mobile Application (LDF-Mobile App) which was
developed by ICAR-National Institute of Veterinary Epidemiology and
Disease Informatics ( ICAR-NIVEDI), Bengaluru.
10. The Parliament of
Israel has passed a controversial law limiting the police’s ability to
recommend charges following their investigations after criticism that law makers
were seeking to protect PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
11. NASA is planning to
launch a next generation space telescope that will provide
the largest picture of universe ever seen, with the same depth and clarity
as the Hubble Space Telescope. The Wide Field Infrared Survey telescope
(WFIRST) is scheduled to launch in the mid 2020’s. It will function as Hubble’s
wide-eyed cousin , according to NASA.
12. 100th Annual
conference of Indian Economic Association( IEA) at Acharya Nagarjuna
University, Andhra Pradesh was formally inaugurated by President Ram Nath Kovind.
13. The two regional
Indian airlines Air Odisha and Air Deccan have joined
hands to save operation costs.
14. Anisa Sayyed , the
Indian Shooter won the women’s 25 m pistol gold with a new record at the 61st National
Shooting Championship Competitions held at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
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