Daily News Analysis for IAS / UPSC (24th May, 2016)

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foundation stone of Ujh bridge in J&K laid

foundation stone of bridge at Ujh Bridgelaid in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Rs 44 crore has been earmarked that will have 1020 metre lengthto be constructed over river Ujh
bridge will be completed in two years by Border Roads Organizationthat would benefit over three lakh people in this border belt.

Manohar Parrikar Visits Oman

Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar set to visit to the Sultanate of Omanfrom 20 to 22 May 2016
he visited the Military Technology College and the Sultan’s Armed Forces Museumin Muscat.
also attended a reception at Sultan Qaboos Port tomark the goodwill visit to Oman of INS Delhi, INS Deepak and INS Tarkash.

‘E-municpal council’ building to come up in Bundi, Rajasthan

to provide files at a click, and detailed digital mapping with a database of its demographical and geographical information.
the municipal data files will soon be digitised and can be accessed from anywhere on phones and computers.
council office would make its revenue by selling accurate dataand documents to the other government and non-government departments.
proposed office comes with solar panelsand biometric entry and exit, that allows anyone would be able to view data on screen with a click through an ‘e-processor’.

Prime Minister Modi Visit to Iran

the first by an Indian Prime Minister in 15 years
India and Iran sign12 bilateral agreements including Chabahar port development
India, Iran, Afghanistanink historic trilateral transit pact
Persian service of All India Radio has launched a multimedia website and mobile app

Pune tops India’s value 5 star hotel destinations

Pune has emergedas the best five star hotels destination where Indian travellers paid in 2015.
Eight Indian cities featured as prominent destinations that offer best value five star accommodations, including cities like Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Kolkata.

India, Thailand, Myanmar to be connected with a 1400-km road

to give fillip to trade and cultural exchangesbetween the three countries
Will link India with Southeast Asia by land for the first time in decades.
There are 73 bridges totally in Myanmar, built more than seven decadesago were being repaired with funding from India for highway safe movement.
Repair work will take about 18 months fromthe commencement of the work.

Bayer offers to acquire Monsanto for $ 62 billion

German pharmaceutical and chemical giant Bayer AGhas offered to buy U.S. seeds company Monsanto for $62 billion
both the sides would benefit from Monsanto’s leadership in seeds and traits and Bayer’s broad crop protection product line across a wide-ranging indications and crops.

Jayalalithaa sworn-in as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister for the second continuous Time.

AIADMK won134 seats out of 232 seats
Jayalalithaa was sworn in asTamil Nadu Chief Minister for a record of Sixth Time

Lt General Saini new commandant of Indian Military Academy

Prior to his new appointment Saini was earlier a senior directing staff in National Defence College in New Delhi.
an alumni of National Defence Academy and IMA.
In 1981, he was commissioned to the seventh battalion of the Jat regiment.

Veteran CPI(M) leader K Anirudhan passes away

K Anirudhanhas died due to old age related ailments
part of the CPM’s state committee earlier was elected to the Kerala Legislative Assembly three times.
in 1967 Lok Sabha elections he represented from Attingal constituency

Necessity:Capable of launching satellites into orbit around earth and reentering the atmosphere
It re-entered to earth’s atmosphere at a hypersonic speed of more than 5 Mach.
Touched down the Bay of Bengal between Chennai and the Andaman archipelago.

INS Tarmugli Joins the Indian Navy

for deployment of coastal patrol and surveillance operations along the East Coast of India.
first Follow-on Water Jet Fast Attack Craft.
Tarmugli is conceived, designed and built indigenously

New technology to generate electricity from seawater

Osaka University Scientistshave used sunlight to powerfully convert seawater into hydrogen peroxide
may be used in fuel cells to generate electricity.
produces a high enough efficiency that can be used in a fuel cell.
the negatively charged chlorine particles present in seawater is responsible for increasing the photo-catalytic activity and producing the higher concentration

Cyclone Roanu hits Bangladesh

Killed 23 people in floods and rain-triggered landslides.
Earlier the country was hit by the cyclone Ailain 2009 which killed 300 people while in 2007 Cyclone Sidra claimed 4,000 lives.
Road networks have been disrupted after strong winds uprooted treesblocking highways
Shah Amanat International Airport, Chittagonghas suspended all of its flight operations.

Pankaj Advani wins Asian 6-Red Snooker title

Pankaj Advanimade history by clinching the Asian 6-Red Snooker title in Abu Dhabi.
first in the world to hold both world and continental titles at the same time
he defeated top seeded MalaysianKeen Hoh Moh by 7-5

Denmark wins first Thomas Cup badminton tournament

In the final match played at Kunshan, China, the Danish team defeated Indonesia 3-2.
Denmark team has won the trophy after a 67-year jinx also makes first ever win in the
international tournament.
Thomas Cup is hosted every three years, was the BWF’s first major international tournament.
Known as Men’s World Team Championships is an international badminton competition. It was first conducted in 1948-49.

Sikkim CM Chamling honored with Nepal’s literary award

film I, Daniel Blake wins Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival

British director Ken Loach has won his second Palme D’Orat the 69th Cannes film festival
one of the nine directors to have won the top prize at Cannes twice
Earlier Loach had won in 2006 with The Wind That Shakes the Barley.