TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - April 20, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - www.TNPSCGURU.IN

TNPSC Current Affairs - April 20, 2017 - TNPSCGURU.IN for TNPSC Exams - TNPSC April 2017 Current Affairs. for Group 2A 2017

• Mathorubhagan
• It is a novel written by Perumal Murugan.
• The English translation of this book, 'One Part Women' has won the Sahitya Academy Award for translation in English.
• It was translated by Aniruddhan Vasudevan.
• Upcoming Asian Games
• 2014 - Incheon - South Korea
• 2018 - Jakarta-Palembang- Indonesia
• 2022- Hangzhou - China
• E-sports or video game will be introduced as a demonstration sport at the upcoming Asian games 2018 in Indonesia
• It will be introduced as a full sport in 2022 asian games.
• VVPAT Machines
• VVPAT - Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail
• The Central govt has given approval for buying 16.15 lakhs VVPAT machines.
• Red beacon Light Completely Banned
• The Union Govt has banned the use of Red Beacon lights in all vehicles with effect from May 1, 2017.
• The Emergency vehicles like ambulance, fire engines, police can use the Blue beacon light.
• Tej Bahadur Yadav
• He is a BSF constable who earlier complained in facebook about the quality of food provided was dismissed from service.
• Aryabhata
• It is India's first Satellite launched on April 19, 1975 from a russian rocket.