TNPSC Current Affairs January 18, 2018

www.tnpsc.academy – TNPSC Current Affairs January 18, 2018 (18/01/2018)

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Topic : Indigenization of technology and developing new technology

India test-fires nuclear-capable ICBM Agni-V

Agni-5, India’s nuclear capable missile, was recently successfully test fired.

Key facts:

Agni- 5 is the intercontinental surface-to-surface nuclear capable ballistic missile. It is the latest in India’s “Agni” family of medium to intercontinental range missiles.

Agni-5 has a range of over 5,000 km and can carry about a 1,000-kg warhead. It can target almost all of Asia including Pakistan and China and Europe.

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Topic : Interantional diary of Events

Romania to have first female prime minister

Viorica Dancila has been named as Romania’s first female PM. Ms Dancila is Romania’s third prime minister in seven months.

About Dancila:

Vasilica Viorica Dancila is a Romanian politician, a leader of the Social Democratic Party, and the Prime Minister of Romania since 29 January 2018.

She is the first woman in Romanian history to hold the office of Prime Minister. In 2014, she was elected as a member in the European Parliament for a second term from the PSD.

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Topic : Awards and Honours, Persons in News

Sangeet Natak Akademi’s fellowships and Akademi Awards for 2016

The President of India, presented the Sangeet Natak Akademi’s Fellowships (Akademi Ratna) and Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards (Akademi Puraskar) for the year 2016.

The President appreciated the Sangeet Natak Akademi for honouring artists who in the field of tribal music, dance, theatre and traditional folk arts. He said these folk arts have kept the traditions of our country alive.

The Sangeet Natak Akademi’s Fellowships and Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards are recognised as among the most coveted national honours bestowed on performing artists as well as teachers and scholars of performing arts.

To know the Awardees>>>>

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Topic : Latest Diary of Events

World’s largest sea turtle – out of endangered list

An arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has received a petition from a fishing group asking that the Northwest Atlantic Ocean’s leatherback sea turtles be listed as “threatened,” but not endangered, under the Endangered Species Act.

The giant reptiles, which can weigh 2,000 pounds, would remain protected under federal law, but their status would be moved down a notch.

Key facts:

Leatherbacks live all over the world’s oceans and have been listed as endangered by the U.S. since 1970.

Deciding whether the listing should be changed will require determining the stability of the population, said Jennifer Schultz, a fisheries biologist with NOAA Fisheries.