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GROUP II INTERVIEW PROGRAMME

NEWS OF THE DAY

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TAMIL NADU

1. Following the announcement last week by Municipal Administration Minister S.P. Velumani to withhold the hike in property tax, the Chennai Corporation is finding it difficult to collect the taxes.

2. Close to 85 idols of the 2,622 idols, seized from art smuggler Subhash Kapoor, with a combined value of USD 107 million during the 2012 raid will be brought back to India in March 2020 in the first phase, said S. Vijay Kumar, art enthusiast and founder of India Pride that tracks Indian antiques.

68 idols from T.N. “Of the 85 idols, 68 — 32 made of bronze and 36 of stone — are from Tamil Nadu, and the remaining are from other States including Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan.


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3. Connemara library to sport a new look soon

PWD takes up work on heritage structure with funds from School Education Dept.

Constructed in the Indo- Saracenic style of architecture in 1896, the library is a repository of several centuries-old books. Officials of the Public Works Department noted that the current building was added to the heritage portion of the library during the 1970s.

4. The Chennai Corporation has estimated that in two years, its revenue through property tax collection will fall by 75%, compared to last year.

The property tax collected in 2018-19 fiscal was more than Rs. 1,000 crore. For the next two years, if the old rates are back, the Corporation is likely to net only around Rs. 250 crore per year.

NATIONAL

1. The Supreme Court on Sunday put on hold a plea for ordering a floor test in the Maharashtra Assembly till it examined records that might shed light on what led Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari to invite BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis to form the government and later swear him in as the Chief Minister on November 23. A three-judge Bench, led by Justice N.V. Ramana, requested Solicitor-General Tushar Mehta, in his capacity as the Centre’s law officer, to place on record before the court, by 10.30 a.m. on November 25, the letter of Mr. Fadnavis to the Governor staking claim to form the

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government. Mr. Mehta was also asked to produce the Governor’s order

of November 23.

2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his monthly radio broadcast Maan Ki Baat on Sunday, lauded the “patience and maturity” shown by the people of the country in accepting the Supreme Court verdict in the Ayodhya case, and said the respect for the judiciary had gone up..

3. The government has said it is pushing Uttar Pradesh and

Madhya Pradesh to make progress on the Ken-Betwa river interlinking project, according to a response to a question in the Rajya Sabha last week. The project involves transferring surplus water from Ken river in Madhya Pradesh to the Betwa in Uttar Pradesh and irrigate 3.64 lakh hectares in the Bundelkhand region of both States. The Rs. 18,000 crore project has been mired in several controversies. The most recent one is a disagreement between the States on the share of water.

4. The hearing on Sunday in the Supreme Court on the plea of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress combine is the third instance this year when the apex court held a special proceeding on a non-working day. On April 20, the SC held a hearing on Saturday after a former employee accused then CJI Ranjan Gogoi of sexual harassment. Later on November 9, the SC delivered its historic verdict, again on Saturday, in the Ayodhya case.


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5. Arunachal Pradesh, India’s eastern-most State, wants a separate cadre of bureaucrats because of its cultural and topographical diversity. Officials and police officers posted in the State belong to the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre, and are deputed for a minimum of two years and above.

Governor Brigadier B.D. Mishra (retired) raised the issue at the annual conference of Governors held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Saturday.

6. The latest National Statistical Office (NSO) survey on sanitation debunked the claims of an open defecation-free or ODF India made by the Centre’s flagship Swachh Bharat scheme, although it did record great progress in toilet access and use in rural areas. The survey, released on Saturday, showed that about 71% of rural households had access to toilets at a time the Centre was claiming 95%. On October 2, 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that the whole country was ODF with complete access to toilets.

7. India bulldozed Bangladesh by an innings and 46 runs in

their first ever day-night Test to record a 12th home series win in a row.

INTERNATIONAL

Rafael Nadal delivers Davis Cup title for Spain

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Nadal sealed the triumph, beating 20-year-old Denis Shapovalov 6-3 7-6(7) to rack up his eighth victory in eight matches during a gruelling week. Hosts Spain made light work of a youthful Canadian side to win the inaugural edition of the new-look Davis Cup and claim the team trophy for a sixth time, on Sunday.


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COIMBATORE: The one-day workshop on Opportunities in Defence Manufacturing and Understanding of Defence Procurement Process' held at the Codissia Trade Fair Complex in Coimbatore. With Tamil Nadu set to become the southern defence industrial corridor, the state's Small Industries Development Corporation (Sidco) Limited is gearing up to play the role of an enabler to facilitate micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) manufacture components and supply them to the forces, Hans Raj Verma, additional chief secretary to the state government and chairman and managing director of Sidco said here on Saturday The Rs 2 crore Pulikulam cattle research station to propagate and develop indigenous cattle breed, was inaugurated by minister for animal husbandry Udumalai K Radhakrishnan on Thursday. This unit is established in Mangulam panchayat in Manamadurai block in Sivaganga district by the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (Tanuvas). Pulikulam breed is a robust breed which can withstand drought. It is endemic to Sivaganga, Madurai and Virudhunagar districts and known by many names including jallikattu maadu', Palingu maadu, and Mani maadu. Produce Ajit Pawar and Devendra Fadnavis's letters by 10.30am, says SC, refuses more time


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Rise in salaried workers, women fare better: NSO Women salaried workers, representing organised sector workers, saw a 2.1 percentage point increase, compared to 1.5 percentage points for male workers In all, over a fifth of youth in Indian cities who were available in the job market was unable to find employment in the last quarter of 2018-19, according to the PLFS data 22% of India's groundwater dried up or in critical state: Gajendra Singh Shekhawat India works to boost ties with Indo Pacific countries As foreign minister S Jaishankar returns from a meeting of G20 foreign ministers in Nagoya, Japan, India is intensifying its engagement with key countries in the Indo-Pacific region Jaishankar met his Australian counterpart Marise Payne, one of the numerous occasions India and Australia have met at high levels. Australian PM Scott Morrison will be in India in early January to deliver the keynote address at Raisina Dialogue. In December, foreign and defence secretaries of India and Australia will meet in their 2-2 meetings. In the post-RCEP situation, India is exploring new areas of work with Australia The government will link the Aadhaar number of the head of the household for each functional tap water connection under the Jal Jeevan Mission. According to an official document of the Jal Shakti ministry, which is implementing the ambitious programme of


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providing tap water connection to every household (har ghar nal se jal') in less than five years, the Aadhaar link will be done for "targeted delivery and monitoring of specific outcomes". Resource: India generates 25,000 tonnes of plastic waste a day, 40% uncollected: Government in Lok Sabha India and China are at loggerheads over the legacy of one of the oldest systems of traditional medicine, known as Sowa-Rigpa, which has similarities with Ayurveda. India has sought recognition of the ancient medicinal tradition as its "intangible cultural heritage", a claim contested by China at a global forum, sources said. Electric vehicles in Delhi have started sporting green-coloured registration plates, made mandatory by the transport department to distinguish them from fuel-run vehicles. The air quality in Delhi improved on Sunday, all thanks to strong surface winds that led to air quality index (AQI) clocking 234 (poor category), an improvement from Saturday's 312 (very poor)

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