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Important Current Affairs 26th DECEMBER 2017

Important Current Affairs 26th DECEMBER 2017

Current Affairs 26th DECEMBER 2017: NATIONAL NEWS

Center launches Ganga Gram Project

The Central Government launched the Ganga Gram Project in Ganga Gram Sanitation Conference in New Delhi on December 23, 2017.
●    This project is a part of Clean Ganga Mission Namami Ganges. 
●    Under this, development of villages along the Ganges river will be ensured with the help of villagers.
●    Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister Uma Bharti and Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari were present on the occasion.
●    In August 2017, the central government declared all 4,470 villages free of defecation in open open on the banks of Ganga in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.
●    Under the project, 24 of these villages will be developed as Ganga Village.
●    Under the project, work of solid and liquid waste management, renewal of ponds and water resources, water conservation, organic farming, horticulture and medicinal plants will be done.
●    The Ganga village project is to take an integrated approach to the overall development of the villages on the Gangetic coast with active participation of the villagers.

Vijay Rupani becomes Chief Minister of Gujarat for second time

Vijay Rupani sworn in as chief minister of Gujarat on December 26, 2017 at Gandhinagar.
●    Vijay Rupani is the Governor O.P. Kohli administered oath of office and secrecy. Vijay Rupani became the Chief Minister of Gujarat for the second time.
●    Meanwhile, other 19 members of the additional Cabinet Minister Nitin Patel were also sworn in.
●    In the Cabinet of the Rupani Government, about 20 ministers have been given space, including nine cabinet ministers.
●    In the Gujarat cabinet, Saurabh Patel, Dilip Thakore, Kaushik Patel, Ishwar Parmar, Bhupendra Singh Chudasama took oath as cabinet minister.
●    At the same time Pradeep Singh Jadeja, Bachu Bhai Khabar, Parabat Patel, Purushottam Solanki, as Minister of State took oath of office and secrecy.


Jayaram Thakur new Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh

Jairam Thakur will be the 14th Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.
●    They will swear on December 27, 2017. 
●    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah will also be in the oath ceremony. 
●    He was elected unanimously in the BJP legislative party meeting at Shimla.
●    Jayaram Thakur is the first leader of the politically significant Mandi area in Himachal Pradesh, who is going to be the Chief Minister.
●    Due to having more seats in the mandi, it is considered as important.
●    Most of the Chief Ministers of Himachal Pradesh were from Shimla, Kangra and Sirmaur areas. There are 10 assembly seats in Mandi while Kangra has 15 assembly seats.
●    In this assembly election the BJP had captured 9 out of 10 Mandi seats.
●    BJP has won 44 out of 68 seats and has put the Congress out of power. He has left behind the Union Minister, J.P. Nadda in the Chief Minister's race.


India's first local air-conditioned train starts in Mumbai


Indian Railways have flagged the country's first air-conditioned suburban local train for the passengers of Mumbai on December 25, 2017.
●    This first air-conditioned local train launched on Christmas Eve was run between Borivali and Churchgate of Western Railway.
●    The full operation of this train will start from January 1, 2018, where it will take 12 rounds daily.
●    The services of this train (12 returns, total 12) will be operated in the suburban area in regular intervals on all working days.
●    It will not be circulated only for the purpose of maintenance at week-end.
●    Seats are reserved for the services of AC locals like Divyaang, Senior Citizens and Women passengers like normal local. To maintain normal system in all coaches, RPF jawans will be deployed.
●    The rent for this local train will be 1.2 times the normal first class basic fares for the first six months of the beginning and will be 1.3 times after that.
●    In addition to the normal ticket, only Weekly, Weekly and Monthly Season tickets will be available.
●    The ticket will also be added to MUTP surcharge and 5 percent GST charge.
 

Sumita Mishra will be the Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council, Joint Secretary


Government has transferred middle-level executives today Under this, senior bureaucrat Sumita Mishra was appointed Joint Secretary at Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council PMEAC.
●    According to the orders of the Ministry of Personnel, the IAS officer of the 1990 batch of Haryana cadre, Sumita has been appointed for this term for five years.
●    Prime Minister's Economic Advisory Council was formed in September.
●    Apart from this, 10 officers including five IAS officers have been made joint secretaries in different central departments.
●    Amardeep Singh Bhatia, IAS officer of the 1993 batch of Nagaland cadre, has been appointed as Director in the Serious Fraud Investigation Office, which is under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
●    He is currently the joint secretary in the ministry.
●    IAS officer Mukkamat Singh Bhatia will be the joint secretary in the 15th Va Commission under the Department of Economic Affairs.
●    His tenure will be for five years.
●    Amit Mehta, the 1987 batch officer of the Indian Ordnance Factory Service, will be the Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs.


Launch of Saubhagya Plan in Madhya Pradesh


In order to provide electricity to the 45 lakh families deprived of power in Madhya Pradesh, Prime Minister, Sahitya Laxmi has started every household scheme in Lucknow State.
●    Public sector Rural Electrification Corp. REC said this.
●    According to REC statement, Power and Innovative and Renewable Energy Minister RK Singh and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan started the Saubhagya Plan on December 22.
●    There are 45 lakh families deprived of power in the state. These families are proposed to be brought under the purview of Deendayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana and Sadbhavana Yojana.
●    With the introduction of this scheme, 5000 new electrical connections have been released in Rewa district.
●    Saubhagya plan was started in September last year.
●    Under this scheme costing Rs 16,320 crore, there are about 40 million families deprived of power in the country. 
●    It includes budgetary support of Rs 12,320 crore.

Current Affairs 26th DECEMBER 2017: SPORTS

Yoga recieved sports status in Saudi Arabia


The Trade and Industry Ministry of Saudi Arabia has given official recognition to teach as a sports activist.
●    Yoga can be taught now in Saudi Arabia with license now.
●    A woman named Nof Marwai has also got the status of Saudi Arabia's first yoga instructor.
●    Knof is also credited with giving yoga recognition as a sport in Saudi.
●    Knopf had campaigned for this for a long time.
●    Founder Knopf of the Arab Yoga Foundation believes that there is no conflict between yoga and religion.
●    Yoga was universally accepted on September 27, 2014 in the United Nations General Assembly and on June 21 every year, Yoga Day is celebrated worldwide.


Indian men's hockey team sixth, women's team ranks 10th


Indian men and women's hockey teams are ranked sixth and 10th in the latest rankings of the International Hockey Federation (IHF) respectively.
●    From the beginning of this year, the Indian team is in sixth place and throughout the year the team has been able to retain this ranking.
●    India recently finished third in the men's hockey World League Finals held in Bhubaneswar, reducing the gap between Germany and the ones they have reached at fifth position.
●    India has 1566 while Germany has 1680 points.
●    Australia defeated Argentina 2-1 in the Hockey World League Final and again regained the top spot.
●    Australia overtook Argentina in the rankings.
Belgian and Netherlands are third and fourth respectively.

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