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1. Delhi Government Approved Victim Compensation Scheme Enhancing Compensation Limit to Rape Victims to 5 Lakh Rupees and 7 Lakh Rupees for Acid Atack Victims All Latest Current Affairs Month All Type National Showing 913 Important Ones. 1105 Current Affairs were found in Month ­ All for Type ­ National National 1. Delhi Government approved Victim Compensation Scheme enhancing compensation limit to rape victims to 5 lakh rupees and 7 lakh rupees for Acid Atack Victims. 2. Rajasthan and South Australia signed Sister­State Agreement to boost export and investment opportunities during visit of South Australia Trade and Investment Trade Minister Martin Hamilton­Smith to Rajasthan. 3. All four Southern languages ­ Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Odia are now Included in classical languages of India, Earlier, Sanskrit alone had this status. 4. Govenment approved scaling up of budget from Rs, 600 crore to Rs. 5,000 crore for implementation of Grid Connected Rooftops systems upto 2019­20 under National Solar Mission (NSM) to support Installation of 4200 MW Solar Rooftop systems by 2020. Note that Government has revised the target of National Solar Mission (NSM) from 20,000 MWp to 1,00,000 MWp by 2022. 5. Government will set up wi­fi facilities at 25,000 spots by March 2016, up from 300 spots across India currently. 6. Haryana Assembly passed 2 bills to make minimum educational qualification criteria mandatory for the urban local bodies election (ULBs) ­ Haryana Municipal (Amendment) Bill 2016 and Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2016. Key features Include ­ Minimum qualification for contesting ULBs election will be ­ General ­ Class X, Female from General and Male from SC ­ 8th pass, SC women ­ 5th pass. 7. 10 Day Long Festival of Losar begun in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir to mark beginning of New Year in this Himalayan region. 8. 12 day Event Nandi Natakotsavam began in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. 9. 17th All­India Government Whips Conference held in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. 10. 2016 Hemis festival held at Hemis Monastery in Ladakh (Jammu and Kashmir ), to celebrate birthday of Lord Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche). He is believed to be local savior who banished demons and evil spirits. 11. 20th Law Commission of India (Headed by Ajit Prakash Shah) submitted its Reports Number ­ 258, 259 and 260. Report Number 258 ­ It is about Prevention of Bribery of Foreign Public Officials and Officials of Public International Organisations. It proposes to introduce Prevention of Bribery of Foreign Public Officials and Officials of Public International Organisations Bill, 2015 in the Parliament aimed at forming framework for offences against foreign Publis officials. Report Number 259 ­ It is about Early Childhood Development and Legal Entitlements. It suggests several constitutional amendments to make sure proper education and care for children under 6 years age. Article 24A be inserted to Part III of Constitution to make child’s right to basic care and assistance becomes an enforceable right. Article 21A of Constitution should be amended to extend right to education to children in under­6 age group as well. Article 51 A(k) should be amended so that fundamental duty of parents to provide education is placed on every citizen. Section 11 of Right to Education Act should be made mandatory that enforces Government to make arrangements for providing free pre­school education to children between age of 3 ­ 6 Years. Report Number 260 ­It is about Analysis of the 2015 Draft Model Indian Bilateral Investment Treaty. It presents views to assist Government of India in achieving a balanced negotiating text that takes into consideration protection of Indian investors investing abroad and also safeguards regulatory powers of India. 12. 20th National Youth Festival organized in Naya Raipur (Chhattisgarh) with mascot being state animal of Chhattisgarh ­ Wild Buffalo. 13. 24th National Homoeopathic Congress ‘Homeo­Vision 2016 inaugurated in Nagpur (Maharashtra). 14. 2nd unit of India’s largest nuclear power plant, Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu became operational. It now has 2 unit of 1000 MW each. Both units of the Kudankulam plant have been made at a cost of over Rs. 22,000 crore. Kudankulam Nuclear Plant's Technology is backed by Russia. This atomic reactor will provide electricity to Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala and Karnataka. India currently operates 21 reactors that can generate 5,780 MW of electricity besides giving India its atomic weapons. India hopes to generate 63,000 MW of nuclear power by 2032. 15. 30th Surajkund International Crafts Mela­2016 started in Faridabad (Haryana) with Telangana chosen as theme state. 16. 4­day National Arogya Fair held at Dehradun (Uttarakhand), organized by Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa Rigpa & Homoeopathy (AYUSH). 17. 40th sesion of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee (WHC) at Istanbul in Turkey. Khangchendzonga National Park (KNP) in Sikkim named First Indian world heritage site to qualify in Mixed Category ­ Both Natural and Cultural. Archaeological site of Nalanda Mahavihara (Nalanda University) in Bihar. Capitol Complex in Chandigarh also made it to the list, thus bringing all three nominations this session into the heritage roll of honour. This is first time that any country got three sites inscribed in the Word Heritage List at a single session of the committee meeting India now has 35 sites, including 27 cultural properties, seven natural sites and one mixed site, notified as World Heritage Sites. Other UNESCO world herirage sites declared during same session ­ Ani (Turkey), Qanat (Iran), Artificial islets of Nan Madol (Micronesia), Stecci Sites (Bosnia, central and western Montenegro, southern Croatia and western Serbia), Ancient Philippi (Spain), Antequera Dolmens (Spain), Gorhams Cave Complex (Britain). Turkish musician Kudsi Erguner was appointed as the UNESCO Artist for Peace by the Director­General of UNESCO, Irina Bokova. Besides, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) also listed Swiss­French architect Le Corbusiers works among its World Heritage Sites list. Le Corbusier's works were added in list in recognition of his contribution in modern architectural movement after World War I. His 17 sites across spread across seven countries France, Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, Argentina, Japan and India have been added in the World Heritage Sites list. 18. 42nd Khajuraho Dance Festival began at Khajuraho in Chhatrapur District in Madhya Pradesh. 19. 46th International Film Festival of India (IFFI 2015) started in Panjim, Goa with screening of internationally ­ acclaimed UK film The Man Who Knew Infinity. Film has been written and directed by Matthew Brown and produced by Edward Ramback Pressman. Arun Jaitley (Finance Minister) Released Book 'Legends of Indian Silver Screen' as collections of essays of 23 Dadasahab Phalke awardees between 1992­2014. 20. 4th Brahmaputra Valley Film Festival held in Guwahati (Assam). This festival pays homage to rich culture of northeast India and is dedicated to film fraternity of region. 21. 4th International Tourism Mart for North East India will be held at Gangtok (Sikkim) Oct 14­16, 2015. 22. 4th International Tourism Mart inaugurated in Gangtok, Sikkim. 23. 50 districts of Uttar Pradesh have been declared drought­hit as they received lesser than 60 % rain during 2015 June to September 2015 (Monsoon period). 24. 51 Enclaves (Approx 7000 acres) in Coochbehar district of West Bengal voted for the first time since independence. They came into India in 2015 after an agreement signed between India and Bangaldesh in 1974 was bought into force on 31­07­2015. 25. 5th India International Science Festival (IISF) 2015 held in IIT Delhi. An attempt was made to set a new world record for largest practical science lesson by 2,000 schoolchildren from Delhi and NCR region here. 26. 6th Indian Languages Festivals (ILF)­ Samanvay 2016 will be held in New Delhi in November 2016 with theme Language as Public Action. 27. 6th National Science Film Festival & Competition (NSFF) held at Nehru Science Center in Mumbai, jointly organised by Nehru Science Centre and Vigyan Prasar. 28. 7­day long Kharchi Puja festival started at Chaturdas Devta Temple in Old Agartala (Tripura). In this century old festival of Tripura, Puja is offered to head­images of 14 God and Goddesses, that are bought outside only during first week of Shukla Paksha of Ashad of Bengali calendar year. 29. Golden Tobacco became first company in India to implement Health Ministrys Cigarettes Packaging Amendment Rules 2014 that require both sides of cigarette packs to display specific health warnings in 85 % of area (presently 40 %). 30. Indias Strategy for Economic Integration with CLMV Report has been issued by Ministry of Commerce and Industry. It provides views for establishing commercial and economic linkages between India and the Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) region. 31. Mumbai Dialogue : Towards a TB­Free India was launched by US Ambassador to India Richard Verma along with Actor Amitabh Bachchan and Ratan Tata, (Chairman of Tata Trusts) with aim to engage corporate sector to strengthen Government’s Call to Action for a TB­Free India. 32. Operation Sulaimani is an initiative to eradicate poverty by feeding needy in Kozhikode (Kerala) hotels, aimed at avoiding food wastage in district. 33. Road to Resilience initiative of World Bank, under which a team undertook a bus trip along entire Indian coastline, covering 10000 kilometers. It provided chance to implement support for 6 coastal disaster management and climate resilience projects covering all 10 coastal states,
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