TNPSC Current Affairs September 20, 2017

www.tnpsc.academy – TNPSC Current Affairs September 20, 2017 (20/09/2017)

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Topic : Science & Technology, Latest Diary of Events

Fast spinning star confirms Indian Nobel Laureate’s theory

Over 70 years after Australia scientists accepted Indian Nobel Laureate’s phenomenon.

Indian astrophysicist and Nobel laureate Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar predicted that rapidly rotating stars would emit polarised light, scientists in Australia have observed the phenomenon for the first time.

Important facts:

Researchers used a highly sensitive piece of equipment to detect the polarised light from Regulus.

Regulus is one of the brightest stars in the night sky.

The equipment allowing the scientists to determine its rate of spinning and the orientation in space of the star’s spin axis.

Polarized light:

Optical polarisation is a measure of the orientation of the oscillations of a light beam to its direction of travel.

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Topic : General Administration, Welfare Oriented Schemes & Their Utilities

Gorakhpur, Koraput and Thane to launch Zero Hunger Programme

Three districts – Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, Koraput in Odisha and Thane in Maharashtra – will initiate India’s ambitious ‘Zero Hunger’ programme through interventions in farm sector on October 16 (World Food Day).

Though many more districts will eventually be covered under this dedicated farm-based programme in sync with India’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end hunger by 2030.

These three would act as a model of an integrated approach to deal with hunger and malnutrition by adopting suitable agricultural practices.

Key facts:

The programme will ensure suitable methods of measuring the impact of intervention.

There will be intensive training programme in order to identify the nutritional maladies in each district and the appropriate agricultural/horticultural and animal husbandry remedies.

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Topic : Pacts & Summits, World Organizations, Latest Diary of Events

First BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise 2017 – India

The first BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise 2017 will be conducted by India from 10th October to 13th October 2017.

This Exercise will be serving as a platform for sharing best practices on all aspects of Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), strengthening regional response and coordination for Disaster Management among the BIMSTEC member countries.

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Topic : Sports and Medals

British cyclist Mark Beaumont achieve world record by cycling around the world in 79 days

A British cyclist has broken the world record for cycling around the world in 79 days – 44 days shorter than the previous record.

Mark Beaumont, arrived at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris one day ahead of schedule after cycling 18,000 miles and an average of 240 miles per day.