Current Affairs October 11, 2017

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INDIAN AFFAIRS

Maharashtra govt approves climate change adaptation policy
On October 10, 2017, Maharashtra State cabinet approved a climate change adaptation policy that will focus on developing environment-friendly villages and cities.
i. Maharashtra State Government will set up a special cell under the state Environment department for the effective implementation of this policy of developing environment-friendly villages and cities.
ii. Besides, Maharashtra cabinet has approved financial allocation for special scheme for pending agricultural pumps in Vidarbha and Marathwada region.

Projects worth Rs 700 crore sanctioned for Namami Gange programme by NMCG
The National Mission for Clean Ganga(NMCG) has sanctioned Rs.700 crore for eight projects in the Namami Gange programme.Misson of Eight project
Four projects related to sewage management in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal.Three are related to treatment of drains through bio-remediation. One of inventorization and surveillance of river Ganga
1.Four projects related to sewage management in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and West Bengal.
NMCG has sanctioned a project for pollution reduction in river Ganga at Bally in West Bengal at an estimated cost of Rs 200.07 crore with construction of a 40 MLD STP.
i. Under Hybrid Annuity model construction of a 65 MLD STP has been approved for Bhagalpur in Bihar at an estimated cost of Rs 268.49 crore.
ii. Uttar Pradesh, sewage treatment related works at an estimated cost of Rs 213.62 crore have also been approved that includes construction of two STPs (28 MLD + 05 MLD) in Farrukabad and one 2 MLD STP at Bargadiya drain in Fatehpur
2.Three are related to treatment of drains through bio-remediation:-
Rajapur drain ,Digha drain in Patna and Laksar drain in Haridwar will be treated at an estimated cost of Rs 4.29 crore.
3.One of inventorization and surveillance of river Ganga:-
It has also been approved at an estimated cost of Rs 42.9 crore to strengthen environmental regulation and water quality monitoring vis-vis river Ganga.

Germany to help Indian Railways to increase speed of trains on existing corridors
On October 10, 2017, a Joint Declaration of Intent (JDI) was signed in New Delhi between Union Ministry of Railways and Germany for carrying out feasibility study on existing Chennai-Kazipet corridor of Indian Railways by German Railways for increasing the speed of passenger trains to 200 kmph.
More information about JDI between Union Ministry of Railways and Germany:
i. The JDI focuses on upgrading trains running in Chennai-Kazipet corridor to semi high speed trains which run at 200 km per hour.
ii. Feasibility study will be carried out in three phases requiring an estimated time of 22 months.
iii. Cost of the feasibility study will be shared equally (50-50 percent) by the Ministry of Railways and Government of the Federal Republic of Germany.
iv.Post finalisation of terms and conditions, a separate agreement will be signed between the two entities.

IIT Kharagpur partners with Samsung for Digital Academy
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) – Kharagpur has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Samsung India for the setting up of a digital academy in its campus.
More Details about Digital Academy to be set up by IIT-Kharagpur and Samsung
i. The Digital Academy will be hosted by IIT-Kharagpur’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering. 
ii. At the academy, students will be provided training on the Internet of Things (IoT) through Tizen-based operating systems which is used by Samsung for its mobile phones and home appliances.
iii. This academy is a part of Samsung India’s corporate social initiative that aims at bridging the digital divide in India by helping students to acquire cutting-edge technology skills.

Fast Solving Tips- Equality/Inequality (Reasoning)

Tips to Solve Coded Inequality in Reasoning

Coded Inequality problems are the advanced version of Mathematical Inequality questions. To solve Coded Inequality in the Reasoning Sections of exams, we must know how to solve Mathematical Inequality where direct inequality operators are used (>, >, ≤, ≤ and =). These types of questions are important for competitive exams like IBPS Clerk, SBI Clerk, SSC CGL, Placement Aptitude, IBPS PO, SBI PO, NICL AO, LIC AAO, SBI Associate Clerk, SBI Associate PO, CAT and others.

In problems on mathematical equalities, operator ‘>’ and ‘<’ has the highest priority. This is followed by ‘≥’ and ‘≤’. On the other hand, ‘=’ has the least priority. So if a statement is A > B ≥ C = D then A > C, D because ‘>’ has highest priority. B ≥ D because ≥ has priority more than ‘=’.

Now we know how to get the relation between two elements. So, we can go ahead and solve Coded Inequality in Reasoning.

In problems on coded inequalities, operators are coded with some symbols. So we first need to decode it and then check the conclusions.

Example of Coded Inequality in Reasoning

Directions: In the following questions, the symbols δ, @, ©, % and ⋆ are used with the following meaning as illustrated below.

‘A © B’ means ‘A is not smaller than B’.
‘A % B’ means ‘A is neither smaller than nor equal to B ’.
‘A ⋆ B’ means ‘A is neither greater than nor equal to B’.
‘A δ B’ means ‘A is not greater than B’.
‘A @ B’ means ‘A is neither greater than nor smaller than B’.

Now in each of the following questions assuming the given statements to be true, find which of the four conclusions I, II, II and IV given below them is / are definitely true and give your answer accordingly.

Statements:
P δ T, T @ R, R © O, O % K

Conclusions:
I. R @ P
II. R % P
III. K ⋆ T
IV. O δ T

1) Only either I or II is true
2) Only III and IV are true
3) Only either I or II and III are true
4) Only either I or II and IV are true
5) Only either I or II and III and IV are true

Follow the steps given below to simplify the process.

Steps Involved in Solving Coded Inequality in Reasoning

Step 1:  Make Decoding Table.

 The easiest method is to first make a table as shown below.

NOTE: Elements used in question are A and B so we have added A and B in table.

TIP: Sometimes, to make questions more complicated, reverse relations may be given as:
‘A * B’ means ‘B is not smaller than A’.
So here we will write B in the first row and A in the last row.

Reasoning Ability- IBPS PO/ CLERK/ RRB- Pre/Mains

Directions (1-5): Read the following information carefully and answer the questions given below:

Griraj, Pappu, Ranjeet, Surajbhan, Anant, Rajiv and Lalan are famous politician and have liking for different games viz. Carrom, Table Tennis, Badminton, Bridge, Hockey, Football and Lawn Tennis but not necessarily in the same order. Each one of them has also liking for different musical instrument viz. Sitar, Guitar, Harmonium, Flute, Tabla, Banjo and Santoor not necessarily in the same order.

Pappu likes Carrom and Banjo. Anant likes to play Bridge but not Harmonium or Tabla. The one who plays Hockey plays Sitar. Rajiv plays Guitar but not Table Tennis or Lawn Tennis. Griraj plays Badminton and Flute. The one who plays Lawn Tennis does not play Tabla. Ranjeet plays Harmonium and Lalan plays Hockey.

1. Who  plays Santoor ?

(a) Surajbhan                             

(b) Griraj

(c) Anant

(d) Surajbhan or Anant

(e) None of these

2. Surajbhan plays which game ?

(a) Table Tennis

(b)  Lawn Tennis

(c)  Football

(d)  Cannot be determined

(e)  None of these

3. Which of the following combinations of game-person-musical instrument is definitely correct ?

(a) Badminton - Pappu – Flute

(b) Table tennis – Anant – Santoor

(c) Lawn tennis – Surajbhan – Tabla

(d) Table Tennis – Ranjeet – Tabla

(e) None of These

4. Who plays football?

(a) Ranjeet

(b) Surajhbhan

(c) Lalan

(d) Rajiv

(e) None of These

National Parks India for IBPS RRB/ACIO-IB/SSC TIER2

Name	State	Established	Area (in km2)	Notability
Anamudi Shola National Park	Kerala	2003	7.50
Anshi National Park	Karnataka	1987	417.34	The great Indian Hornbill, Tiger, Leopard, Black panther, Bear, Elephant, Deer, etc
Balphakram National Park	Meghalaya	1986	220	Wild water buffalo, Red panda, elephant and eight cat species, including the tiger and marbled cat
Bandhavgarh National Park	Madhya Pradesh	1968	446	1336 species of endemic plants
Bandipur National Park	Karnataka	1974	874.20	Chital, gray langurs, Indian giant squirrel, gaur, leopard, sambar deer, indian elephants, honey buzzard, red-headed vulture
Bannerghatta National Park	Karnataka	1986	104.3	Tiger, sloth bear, peacock, elephant, sambar deer, mouse deer
Betla National Park	Jharkhand	1986	1135
Bhitarkanika National Park	Odisha	1988	145	Mangroves, saltwater crocodile, white crocodile, Indian python, black ibis, wild pigs, rhesus monkeys, chital
Bison (Rajbari) National Park	Tripura	2007	31.63
Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar	Gujarat	1976	34.08	Hunting cheetahs, Blackbuck Lodge, the endangered Indian grey wolf, the nocturnal striped hyena, Indian fox, golden jackal, jungle cat and many small mammals like hare, gerbil, field mice, mongoose and hedgehog.
Buxa Tiger Reserve	West Bengal	1992	760
Campbell Bay National Park	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	1992	426.23
Chandoli National Park	Maharashtra	2004	317.67
Clouded Leopard National Park	Tripura	2003	5.08
Dachigam National Park	Jammu and Kashmir	1981	141	Only area where Kashmir stag is found[2]
Desert National Park	Rajasthan	1980	3162	Greatest attraction of the park is a bird called the great Indian bustard, an endangered species found only in India
Dibru-Saikhowa National Park	Assam	1999	340	Known for feral horse
Dudhwa National Park	Uttar Pradesh	1977	490.29	Tiger Panthera tigris, Sambhar Axis axis,Hog Deer Axis porcinus
Eravikulam National Park	Kerala	1978	97
Galathea National Park	Andaman and Nicobar Islands	1992	110
Gangotri National Park	Uttarakhand	1989	2390
Gir Forest National Park	Gujarat	1965	1412	Asiatic lion
Gorumara National Park	West Bengal	1994	79.45
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