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TNPSC Current Affairs - April 21, 2017 - TNPSCGURU.IN for TNPSC Exams - TNPSC April 2017 Current Affairs. for Group 2A 2017

• April 21 - Civil Services DAy
• Pongal in Virginia
• The American State's general assembly has recognized the pongal as a harvest festival.
• From 2018 onwards, Jan 14 will be celebrated as pongal day in Virginia.
• Kovvada Nuclear Power Plant
• It is the proposed India's biggest nuclear power plant to be set up in Andhra Pradesh.
• Mongol Sat 1
• It is the first sattelite of Mongolia launched recently.
• China renames 6 places in its official records
• China has renamed 6 places in Arunachal Pradesh on its official maps.
• The names given by china are Wo'gyainling, Mila Ri, Qoidengarbo Ri, Mainquka, Bumo La and Namkapub Ri.
• New and Old Names
• • Wo’gyainling - Ugyen Ling (birthplace of 6th Dalai Lama)
  • Mainquka -  Mechuka
  • Qoidengarbo Ri  - Choten Karpo Ri,
  • Bumo - Bumla.
• UN to Issue stamps on Yoga.
• The United Nations Postal Administration has planned to issue stamps showing 10 yoga postures to mark the International Yoga Day on June 21, 2017.