Current Affairs Daily Updates: 02nd DEC 2017
1. Cabinet
approval for setting up National Nutrition Mission:
- The
Union Cabinet has given approval for establishing National Nutrition
Mission (NNM) for improving the nutritional status of children (0-6
years), pregnant and lactating mothers.
- The Mission,
under the Ministry of Women and Child Development will monitor various
schemes which have been framed for reducing malnutrition.
2. Kolkata
among safest cities for women but Bengal tops country in domestic violence
- The
latest National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) statistics
for 2016 shows Kolkata was one of the safest cities for women in the
country.
- But
the state recorded the highest number of cases of domestic violence.
- NCRB
said the rate of crime against women has significantly reduced in Kolkata
over the past couple of years.
- Kolkata,
ranked 17th, has recorded only 4% of cases of crime against women among
the 19 megacities in the country.
3. PNB
increases bulk deposit rate by 0.5%.
- Punjab
National bank (PNB) has raised the interest rate on bulk deposit of over
Rs 1 crore by 0.5 percent.
- The
new rates will be effective from 1st December.
- Earlier,
State Bank of India (SBI) has announced raising interest rate on bulk
deposits by 1 percentage point across select maturities.
4. International
Storytellers Festival- Kathakar inaugurated in New Delhi:
- The 7th edition
of the 3 day long ‘Kathakar-International Storytellers Festival’ has been
inaugurated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs KirenRijiju in New
Delhi.
- It is
the only oral storytelling festival in India and is a part of
GhummakkadNarain- the Travelling Literature Festival which was started
under UNESCO in 2010.
- The
festival will be hosted in Delhi, Gurugram, Noida and Mumbai this year.
5. BJP’s
Rishikesh Upadhayay elected as the first mayor of Ayodhya.
- Rishikesh Upadhyay of
the BJP won a tightly fought election in Ayodhya, becoming the first mayor
to represent the temple town.
- The
election for the Ayodhya mayor’s post seat witnessed a close fight between
Mr Upadhyay and Gulshan Bindu of the Samajwadi Party.
- The
BJP won big in mayoral elections in 14 of 16 municipal corporations
in Uttar Pradesh.
6. Agri-Business
Consortium held in New Delhi:
- The 22nd meeting
of the Small Farmers’ Agri-Business Consortium (SFAC) was recently held in
New Delhi.
- It was
chaired by Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh.
- SFAC
was established in 1994 under the Societies Registration Act 1860 for
small farmer’s welfare by linking them to agricultural value chain.
7. Japan’s
Emperor Akihito to abdicate in 2019, will be succeeded by Prince Naruhito.
- Emperor Akihito, who
has spent much of his nearly three decades on Japan’s throne will step
down on April 30, 2019.
- Akihito,
who turns 84 on Dec. 23 and has had heart surgery and treatment for
prostate cancer.
- He
will be succeeded by his heir, 57-year-old Crown Prince Naruhito.
8. Suryaprakash
is re-appointed as Prasar Bharati Chairman
- Prasar Bharati Board Chairman A
Suryaprakash was on Friday re-appointed to the post
till February 2020.
- Suryaprakash
takes the appointment as the chairman of the Prasar Bharati after the BJP
came to power in 2014.
9. Nagaland
Statehood Day:
- Nagaland
has celebrated its 54th Statehood Day on 1stDecember
at the Naga Heritage Village.
- The 10
day long 18th Hornbill festival was also inaugurated by
President Ram NathKovind on the same day.
10. Former
CJI A S Anand passes away
- Former
Chief Justice of India Justice Adarsh Sein Anand died of
a cardiac arrest.
- Justice
Anand occupied the top-most judicial post from October 10, 1998, till
November 1, 2001.
- Anand,
who was also the Chairman of National Human Rights Commission from 2003 to
2006.
