Important Current Affairs November 17, One liner
- The Jammu and Kashmir government has set up panels for effective implementation of central power sector schemes in the state.
- The government has started a facility in Bengaluru for testing Telecom products and equipment to ensure security in digital communications.
- The Telecom Department has set a deadline of April 2019 for mandatory testing of some telecom products including mobile phones and equipment.
- 36 Ekalavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) will be constructed in Meghalaya at the cost of 20 crore rupees each in a time frame of three years.
- Over 60 lakh toilets built in Maharashtra under Swachh Bharat Mission.
- Sri Lanka’s Parliament passed another no Confidence motion against the new government of Mahinda Rajapaksa.
- US to accuse Iran of violating chemical weapons treaty.
- A key UN committee approved a resolution strongly condemning the continuing “gross human rights violations and abuses” against Rohingya Muslims who are treated as outsiders in Myanmar.
- US agreed to regulate food products cultured from animal cells – paving the way to get so-called “lab meat” on American plates.
- Justice Amareshwar Pratap Sahi – Chief Justice of Patna High Court
- In Uttar Pradesh, farmers are now using new irrigation techniques under the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY).
- Women and Child Development Ministry has approved setting up over one thousand Fast Track Special Courts to dispose of pending cases of rape and POCSO Act across the country.
- The Government has delegated powers to local bodies to ensure compliance of environmental conditions for buildings, construction and area development projects measuring between 20,000 and 50,000 square metres.
- Centre to take necessary steps for amendment of 6th schedule of the Constitution to give provision for direct funding to Autonomous District Councils.
- Indian wrestler Ravi Kumar has stormed into the 57 kg Final of Senior Under-23 World Wrestling Championship in Bucharest, Romania.
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