22nd January,2017
1)Supporters of Kambala Race want the ban to be lifted after the jallikattu ordinance
2) ASSAM RIFLES, the world’s oldest paramilitary force
3) Over 3.5 lakh people sang National Anthem to set Guinness Book World Record in Rajkot,Gujarat
4) Rescue of Vaquita in Gulf of california
5) ISRO will set record with launch of 103 satellites in 1 go on a single rocket.
1)Supporters of Kambala Race want the ban to be lifted after the jallikattu ordinance
- What is Kambala race?
- It was banned after jallikattu was banned.
- Rekla race-bullock race in TN on Pongal.
2) ASSAM RIFLES, the world’s oldest paramilitary force
- Engaged in counter insurgency and security operations in northeast India, provides support for young tribal men to enrol in the armed forces, mainly the army.
- Now in news for recruiting Bru tribal evacuees from Mizoram.
- Bru are residents at Tripura who entered in 1997 following ethnic turmoil in Mizoram.
3) Over 3.5 lakh people sang National Anthem to set Guinness Book World Record in Rajkot,Gujarat
- On occasion on installation of Goddess Khodiyar idol at Khodal Dham temple
- Earlier record was set by Bangladesh
4) Rescue of Vaquita in Gulf of california
- Vaquita is a rare species of porpoise
- Risks faced by it are illegal fishing and gill nets
- Porpoise are fully aquatic marine mammals
- Vaquita smallest among them
- Gulf of California is on the West coast of N.America .
5) ISRO will set record with launch of 103 satellites in 1 go on a single rocket.
- PSLV(C37) with these satellites will be launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in A.P.
- Highest no. launched till now is 37 by Russia in 2014
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