TNPSC Daily Current Affairs - April 12, 2017 - TNPSC Current Affairs - TNPSCGURU.IN

TNPSC Current Affairs - April 12, 2017 - TNPSCGURU.IN for TNPSC Exams - TNPSC April 2017 Current Affairs.

• Kulbhushan Jadhav
• He is a former Indian Navy Officer who was given death sentence by the Pakistan's Military court.
• Brabo
• It is India's First indigenously made industrial articulated robot for micro, small and medium scale industries.
• It was developed by TAL, a subsidiary of Tata Motors.
• It can handle payload - 10 kgs.
• RTE made Online in Tamil Nadu
• The Tamil Nadu state govt has made the application forms for the seats under Right to Education act 2005 online.
• As per the act 25% of the seats in private schools at entry level will be reserved for the weaker section of the society.
• This year applications can be submitted both online and offline.
• TN districts with highest number of seats under RTE are
1. Thiruvallur - 5138
2. Chennai - 4914
3. Kancheepuram - 4042.
• RBI Policy Challenge Award 2017
• The Madras School of Economics in Chennai has won the RBI Policy Challenge award 2017.
• Matoshree
• It is a book written by Sumitra Mahajan (Present Lok Sabha Speaker).
• The book is about the life of Devi Ahilyabhai Holkar.
• HIV and AIDS (Control and Prevention) bill 2017
• The parliament has passed this bill.
• The bill aims to prohibit discrimination against persons living with HIV in treatment and admissions.
• GSTN
• GSTN - Good and Services Tax Network
• It is a non profit company set up to provide IT infrastructure for implementing the GST.
• This network will have a high security and backup facility.
• Aslan Shah Cup 2017 [Hockey]
• The 26th edition for the Aslan Shah Cup 2017, will be held in Ipoh in Malaysia.
• Messenger of Peace
• UN has appointed Malala Yousafzai as a UN Messenger of Peace to promote girls education.
• 101th Pulitzer Prize 2017
• For Fiction - Colson Whitehead, for novel - 'The Underground Railroad'.
• For national Reporting - David Fahrenthold.