1. Pradhan Mantri Urja
Ganga (PMUG)- The ambitious 2,655 km long natural gas pipeline project. The project
is being implemented by state-run gas utility GAIL. The orders were placed for
400-km for pipeline from Dobhi (Bihar) to Durgapur (West Bengal). With this,
the total pipe supply orders for 2,100 km of Jagdishpur-Haldia &
Bokaro-Dhamra Natural Gas Pipeline (JHBDPL) project have been placed and is
targeted to be completed by 2019. The pipeline passes through Uttar Pradesh,
Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha. Seven big east India cities viz.
Varanasi, Jamshedpur, Patna, Ranchi, Kolkata, Bhubaneswar, Cuttack – will be
the major beneficiary of this project.
2. ISRO has announced
to launch 31 satellites in a single mission onboard on January 10, 2018
including India’s Cartosat-2 series earth observation space craft( main
pay load) onboard of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV)-C40 from the
spaceport in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The mission will be combination of
28 nano satellites from foreign countries, including Finland, US and one micro
and nano satellite from India. It will be first PSLV mission after the
unsuccessful launch of backup navigation satellite IRNSS-1H in August 2017 on
board PSLV-C39, due to technical fault on final leg following perfect launch.
3. The first
photovoltaic (solar) highway based on home-grown technology in country’s
eastern Shandong province was successfully tested by China. The photovoltaic
panels of the highway are built to transfer energy to electric vehicles passing
on top of them. The tested segment of the solar highway can generate 817.2 KW
of electricity and is expected to generate 1 million KW hours of electricity each
year. France had introduced world’s first photovoltaic road fitted with solar
panels in late 2016. With this, China became the second country in the world to
construct a photovoltaic highway.
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5. BJP leader
and Rajya Sabha MP Vinay Sahasrabuddhe was appointed as President
of the Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) by President of India.
The ICCR is an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of External Affairs.
Its mandate is to actively participate in formulation and implementation of
policies and programmes pertaining to India’s external cultural relations. It
was founded in 1950 by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, independent India’s first
Education Minister.
6. Former Foot ball
super star George Weah became the president of Liberia in recently
held election .
7. Bollywood
star Anushka Sharma has been named as the PETA 2017 person of the
year for her wide reaching work for animals.
8. The World’s longest
glass bridge was opened in China to the public. It has a capacity
of holding 2000 people. But only 500 can be allowed at a time. This
bridge lies 218m above hanging between the two cliffs in Hongyagu Scenic Area
in Pingshan County.
9. Indian
Skipper Mithali Raj was named as the ICC Women’s ODI
Cricket Team of the year 2017. Left Arm Spinner Ekta Bisht became
the only cricketer to find a place in both the ODI and T20 teams of the year announced
by the World body .
10. Bengaluru became
India’s first city to have its own logo just like New York and Paris.The
logo unveiled is a 180 degree
straight line with Bengaluru amalgamated in Kannada and English. The
tagline ‘Bengaluru –Be U ( be you ) is expected to build the
city’s image on the global stage. All the cultural; events and important
public services will be marked with this new logo of Bengaluru.
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