TNPSC Current Affairs March 05, 2018

www.tnpsc.academy – TNPSC Current Affairs March 05, 2018 (05/03/2018)

 

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Topic: Role of women and women’s organization

India’s falling sex ratio

Sex Ratio at Birth (SRB) is the number of girls born for every 1,000 boys.

What’s the concern now?

A recent report from the NITI Aayog said sex ratio at birth (SRB) nationwide had dropped from 906 in 2012-2014 to 900 in 2013-2015.

In all, 17 of 21 large Indian States saw a drop in the SRB, with Gujarat performing the worst, declining 53 points.

Also, newer data from India’s Sample Registration System show the SRB fell even further in 2014-2016, from 900 to 898.

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Topic: Public Awareness, Latest Diary of Events

World Wildlife Day – 2018

World Wildlife Day was celebrated on March 3rd.

Theme: “Big cats: predators under threat”.

Big Cats:

Big cats are among the most widely recognized and admired animals across the globe.

However, today these charismatic predators are facing many and varied threats, which are mostly caused by human activities.

Overall, their populations are declining at a disturbing rate due to loss of habitat and prey, conflicts with people, poaching and illegal trade.

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Topic : India’s Foreign Relations, Latest Diary of Events

Namaste Shalom

The government has launched the social media of “Namaste Shalom”, a magazine devoted to India-Israel relations.

Namaste Shalom:

It is a regular monthly magazine on bilateral relations between the two friendly nations.

The magazine aims to strengthen India-Israel relations and provide a platform for exchanging views between Indians and Jews the world over.

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Topic : Awards and Honours, Persons in News, Latest Diary of Events

90th Academy Awards

The 90th Academy Awards ceremony commonly known as Oscar Awards, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2017 and took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.

The ceremony was held on March 4, 2018.

The Shape of Water won a leading four awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for Guillermo del Toro. Dunkirk won three awards.

Award Winners:

Best Picture – The Shape of Water – Guillermo del Toro

Best Director – Guillermo del Toro – The Shape of Water

Best Actor – Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour as Winston Churchill

Best Actress – Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as Mildred Hayes

Best Animated Feature Film – Coco – Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson

Best Foreign Language Film – A Fantastic Woman (Chile) in Spanish – Directed by Sebastián Lelio

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Topic : Latest Diary of Events

Razzie Awards name ‘The Emoji Movie’ worst film of 2017

The Emoji Movie has received Hollywood’s most famous frown, the Razzie Award, for worst picture of 2017, making it the first animated feature in 38 years to earn the top dishonor.

Tom Cruise’s attempted reboot of the Mummy franchise landed him worst actor.

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Topic : Latest Diary of Events

British athletics great Bannister no more

Record-breaking British athlete Roger Bannister, the first man to run a mile in under four minutes, has died aged 88.

Bannister gained global sporting glory on May 6, 1954, when he ran a mile (1.6 kilometres) three minutes 59.4 seconds at the Iffley Road track in Oxford.

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Topic : Latest Diary of Events, Profile of States, General Administration, Public Awareness

Elections to State Legislative Assemblies

Tripura:

Tripura have the state legislative assembly elections on 18 February 2018.

In that, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the elections over the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) and Biplab Kumar Deb elected as the Chief Minister of Tripura.

Meghalaya:

Meghalaya have the state legislative assembly elections on 27 February 2018.

In that, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and National People’s Party (India) (NPP) jointly won the elections over Indian National Congress (INC) and United Democratic Party (UDP).

Conrad Sangma elected as the Chief Minister of Meghalaya.

Nagaland:

Nagaland have the state legislative assembly elections on 27^th February 2018.

In that, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) jointly won the elections over Naga People’s Front (NPF) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Neiphiu Rio elected as the Chief Minister of Nagaland.

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Topic : New Appointments, Persons in News, Latest Diary of Events

Xi Jinping is re-elected as China’s president

China’s parliament unanimously re-elected Xi Jinping as the country’s president.

Parliament voted to amend the constitution to remove presidential term limits, meaning Xi can stay indefinitely.