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www.tnpsc.academy – Tnpsc current affairs Mar. 22, 2017 (22/03/2017)
Topic : History – Awards and Honours
Kirti Chakra to Major Rohit Suri
Major Rohit Suri Awarded the Kirti Chakra, by the Government of India for his bravery works in Military.
The senior most Lieutenant General Eastern Army Commander Praveen Bakshi, was awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal, the highest Distinguished Service Medal.
Another member of the surgical strikes team Nb Sub Vijay Kumar was conferred the Shaurya Chakra.
About Kirti Chakra:
It is the second higest peacetime gallantry award in India after Ashok Chakra and before Shaurya Chakra.
Before 1967, the award was known as the Ashoka Chakra, Class II.
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Topic : History – Latest Diary of Events
World Poetry Day
World Poetry Day is observed on 21 March, and it was declared by UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) in 1999.
The purpose of the day is to promote the reading, writing, publishing and teaching of poetry throughout the world.
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Topic : History – Latest Diary of Events
World Forestry Day
World Forestry Day or International Day of Forests is celebrated worldwide every year on 21st of March at the international level.
In order to increase the public awareness among communities about the values, significance and contributions of the forests to balance the life cycle on the earth, this day is celebrated every year.
Theme for World Forestry Day 2017 is “Forests & Energy”.
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Topic : History – Latest Diary of Events
World Water Day
World Water Day is celebrated on 22 March, to focus attention on the importance of universal access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene facilities in developing countries.
Theme 2017 is : “Why waste water?”.
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Topic : History – Latest Historical Events
Nowruz – Iranian New Year
Nowruz, also spelled as Navroz, is the Iranian New Year celebrated on March 21 by ethnic Iranian people.
In India, the Parsi community, who follow Zoroastrianism, celebrate Navroz with full excitement.
In India, prominent numbers of the Parsi community still remain in Mumbai and Gujarat, who celebrate Navroz with the feeling of strong eagerness.
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Topic : History – Sports and Games
Women World Snooker Championship – Silver for Vidya Pillai
India’s Vidya Pillai won the silver in the World Women Snooker Championship in Singapore.
Hong Kong’s Ng On Yee, won the gold medal.
About her:
Vidya Pillai is an Indian Professional Player of Snooker born in Trichy and grew up in Chennai.
Government of Karnataka gave her the Ekalavya Award in 2016 for outstanding performance in Sports.
She is also a 9 time winner of National Championship Title. She is acclaimed to be the best Woman Snooker Player in India.
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Topic : History – World Organizations, Latest Diary of Events
Human development index 2016
The 2016 Human Development Report has been released by the UNDP. HDI is also released as part of the report.
Performance of India:
India slipped down one place from 130 to 131 among the 188 countries.
It is ranked third among the SAARC countries, behind Sri Lanka (73) and the Maldives (105), both of which figure in the “High human development” category.
While India’s HDI value increased from 0.428 in 1990 to 0.624 in 2015, it still had the lowest rank among BRIC nations.
However, its average annual growth in HDI (1990-2015) was higher than that of other medium HD countries.
About HDI:
The Human Development Index is based on assessing progress on three dimensions of human development.
First, a long and healthy life measured through life expectancy of the population.
Second, access to knowledge measured by mean years of education among the adult population, and access to learning and knowledge measured by expected years of schooling for children of school-entry age.
And last, standard of living measured by the country’s per-capita gross national income (GNI).
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