TNPSC Current Affairs May 2017
1.Union Government has declared ASSAM as ‘Disturbed’ Area Under
AFSPA for 3 More Months
The Union Government has declared the
entire Assam as Disturbed area under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act –the
AFSPA for three months. The decision was taken due to various violent
activities taken place by insurgent groups ULFA,NDFA and others
AS per official report, in 2016 there were 75 incidents of violence in Assam in which 33 people,
including four security personnel, were killed and 14 others were abducted. In 2017
there were 9 violent incidents in the
state in which 4 people, including two security personnel were killed.
2.Quality of water improved in
India-World Water Council.
World Water Council(WWC) said that the
Quality of drinking water in India has improved in the last 5 years but a lot
of work still remains to be done.
.WWC recently carried out a survey on water awareness in most
parts of the world, it was done ahead of the 8th World water forum
which is scheduled to take place in Brasilia, Brazil in 2018.
3.Emmanuel Macron elected as President of France
39 year old Emmanuel Macron, has become France’s youngest-ever president. He has secured 65.8 % of the vote against his opponent , Marine Le Pen.
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