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NEWS OF THE DAY

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TAMIL NADU

1. Fisheries department to get marine enforcement wing

The State will soon get an exclusive Marine Enforcement Wing with 112 personnel for patrolling the sea, enforcing fishing regulations and preventing illegal and destructive fishing and the use of banned nets.

Personnel for the wing, to be headed by a Superintendent of Police, will be drawn from the State Police Department and will render support to officers of the Fisheries Department in enforcing the Tamil Nadu Marine Fishing Regulation Act, 1983, along the State’s coastline.

2. The Madras High Court on Thursday summoned the Secretaries of the Municipal Administration and Housing departments, the member secretary of the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) and Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner to appear before it on December 17 to explain inaction against 798 unauthorised bungalows and resorts identified along the Bay of Bengal on East Coast Road

3. The 40th edition of the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) men’s World Cup begins on Friday, with G. Sathiyan, India’s top-ranked player, all set to make his tournament debut.


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NATIONAL

4. Uddhav Thackeray sworn in as Maharashtra Chief Minister; 6 Cabinet Ministers take oath

5. The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Recognition of Property Rights of Residents in Unauthorised Colonies) Bill, 2019, which will grant ownership rights to residents living in 1,731 unauthorised colonies. The Bill was passed by voice vote.

6. Google sent out over 12,000 warnings to users globally, including about 500 in India, during the period from July to September this year, alerting them to “government-backed” phishing attempts against them.

7. The BJP on Thursday barred its Lok Sabha MP from Bhopal, Pragya Singh Thakur, from attending any meeting of the parliamentary party and dropped her from the consultative committee on defence after she praised Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse.

8. The Central Pollution Control Board has issued a show-cause notice to the Panipat Thermal Power Station (PTPS) in Haryana, warning that one of its units could be shut down for failing to comply with the deadline to meet emission norms.

9. The Army on Wednesday successfully tested two newly-acquired Spike long-range anti-tank guided missiles at the Infantry School at Mhow, Madhya Pradesh. The Army has recently procured a small batch of 12 launchers and 250 missiles from Israel using its new financial powers to make

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emergency procurements. Spike, a fourth generation weapon, can engage a target with precision at ranges up to 4 km

10. Nod for defence purchase worth Rs. 22,800 cr.

INTERNATIONAL

11. Donald Trump makes surprise Afghanistan visit, believes Taliban wants a ceasefire

12. Sri Lanka’s newly elected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who arrived in New Delhi on Thursday on his maiden state visit abroad, will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at noon on Friday. He will later call on President Ram Nath Govind, according to the External Affairs Ministry. Officials said national and regional security, development cooperation and economic assistance are likely to come up at the high-level bilateral discussion that comes a fortnight after Mr. Rajapaksa clinched the presidency.


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1. The government wants to conduct an audit and inspection of security systems and processes of Facebook-owned instant messenger WhatsApp over the Pegasus spyware controversy

This is the second major action against the American social media giant after the CBI inquiry that was ordered over the data leaks in the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica controversy

2. Google had warned at least 500 Indians about "government-backed" phishing attacks against them between July and September this year, it said in a blog

Over 12,000 warnings were sent out to users across 149 countries: Google

The Google post also said that over 90% of these users were targeted via "credential phishing emails"

3. Pragya dropped from House panel for remarks on Godse

The government on Thursday gave preliminary approval to defence procurement projects worth Rs 22,800 crore, but slashed the Navy’s long-standing proposal to acquire 10 more Poseidon-8I “submarine-hunting” aircraft to just six planes amidst the severe fund crunch being faced by the armed forces.


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4. Apart from the six P-8I aircraft, the Rajnath Singh-led defence acquisitions council (DAC) also gave the nod for the indigenous design, development and manufacture of “thermal imaging night sights” for assault rifles of the Army and 14 twin-engine heavy-duty helicopters for the Coast Guard.

5. India could save up to Rs 12,000 crore every year in terms of fuel and man-hours with the switch to 100% FASTag-based toll collection on national highways (NH) from December 1.

6. There has been a 63 per cent increase in Indian student visas to UK as per the latest immigration statistics published on Thursday.

7. ISRO organizes Vikram Sarabhai Centenary Programme at Manav Rachna. The celebration spans 100 cities

8. Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in New Delhi, to meet PM Modi today

A plethora of issues, including fulfilling aspirations of Tamil community in Sri Lanka, situation in the Indian Ocean region and steps to boost trade and investment ties, are likely to figure in the talks.

9. Delhi: With AQI of 106, air cleanest since October 5

10. PM Narendra Modi on Thursday reiterated India's strong support to the Palestinian cause and called for early


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resumption of dialogue between Israel and Palestine. On the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people, Modi also expressed solidarity with the Palestinians in their efforts to establish a "sovereign, independent, viable and united state of Palestine co-existing peacefully with Israel''.

11. The Madras high court on Thursday issued notice to the NHAI and the state government on the poor condition and improper maintenance of NH-4 between Maduravoyal and Walajahpet, though toll is being collected from road users.

12. UGC wants to fix fees for deemed universities

13. The Directorate of Government Examinations has released the time table for classes V and VIII state board exams in Tamil Nadu.

14. Agriculture department fixes insurance premium for rabi crops


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Officials said they would calculate the sum assured for each crop and 1.5% of it would be the premium for the crop.

The rabi crops which have been covered in the insurance scheme are: paddy, maize, cumbu, cholam, redgram, blackgram, greengram, horsegram, bengalgram, groundnut, gingelly, cotton and sugarcane.

The highest premium per hectare was for sugarcane at Rs9,571 and the lowest premium was for gingelly at Rs409 per hectare, according to official information. The premium for paddy was Rs1,193 per hectare, for cotton Rs3,186 and groundnut Rs1,019 per hectare.

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