26-27.01.20 Andhra Pradesh (APPSC) Daily Current Affairs

ANDHRA PRADESH

  • ANDHRA PRADESH Cabinet approves the abolishion of State Legislative Council
  • Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has questioned the relevance of the Council accusing it of obstructing Decentralisation and Inclusive Development of All Regions and Capital Region Development Authority Repeal Bills.
  • The Cabinet resolution will be sent to the Legislative Assembly where a discussion is scheduled later in the day on ‘Consequences arising after Bills passed by the Legislative Assembly’ under Rule 169.
  • Anantha Short Film Festival 2020
  • ‘Na Desham Lo Amma Yila’ – a 27-minute movie directed and produced by, Arjun Devarakonda, was chosen to be the best film in the below 30-minutes category at the Anantha Short Film Festival 2020.
  • ‘Rao Gari Pilla’ directed by Chandrakanth Pasupuleti was adjudged the best film in above one-hour category
  • Padam shri Awardee
  • Yadla Gopalarao Art
  • Dalavai Chalapathi Rao Art

Anti-Satellite (ASAT) missile capability displayed to the world as the ASAT weapon, Mission Shakthi

  • developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
  • On March 27, 2019 the DRDO shot down a live satellite in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) of 300 km using a modified interceptor of the Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) system in ‘hit to kill’ mode with 10-cm accuracy.

 

India chose Russia for Gaganyaan astronaut Training

  • Isro, which was in talks with space agencies from at least three countries including the US, finally decided to partner with Russia for astronaut training because of the tight schedule it had to meet for Gaganyaan.
  • deadline set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to put Gaganyan in space by 2022.

 

India, Brazil ink 15 pacts

  • India and Brazil on Saturday drew up an ambitious plan to boost their stuttering economies by expanding cooperation in oil, gas and minerals sectors, and set a target of $15 billion in bilateral trade by 2022.
  • India and Brazil, the two large economies with a combines GDP of around $4.5 trillion and having a total population of 1.5 billion.
  • The two countries also concluded 15 agreements and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) including on investment cooperation and facilitation treaty, mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, bioenergy and cyber security.

 

‘Shiv Bhojan’ scheme

  • Maharashtra government on Sunday launched its much-awaited ‘Shiv Bhojan’ scheme, which is aimed at providing a meal to the poor for just Rs 10, on the occasion of the 71st Republic Day.
  • The ‘thali’ consists of two chapatis, one vegetable, rice and dal. The thalis would be available for people between 12 noon and 2 pm
  • The state government is expected to incur an expenditure of Rs 6.4 crore for the pilot ‘Shiv Bhojan’ thali project that will run for three months.
  • similar canteens have been started in Tamil Nadu — Amma Unavagam and Karnataka — Indira Canteen.

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