TNPSC 25th AUGUST 2021 CURRENT AFFAIRS TNPSC SHOUTERS ENGLISH PDF
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Collegium Recommendation Approval - Federal Government Approves Appointment of 9 Supreme Court Judges, including 3 Women
The federal government has approved the recommendation of the collegium to appoint 9 people as Supreme Court judges, including 3 female judges. The government has sent a recommendation to the President. Judges are formally appointed after the approval of the President.
It is said that this is the first time that the names of 9 people have been nominated for the post of Supreme Court judge at the same time. It is noteworthy that 8 out of these 9 judges are Supreme Court Advocates.
The list includes Karnataka High Court Chief Justice AS Oka, Gujarat Chief Justice Vikram Nath, Sikkim High Court Chief Justice JK Maheswari, Telangana High Court Chief Justice Hima Kohli, Karnataka High Court Judge Nagaratna and Justice CD Ravikumar. , Madras High Court Judge MM Sundaresh, Gujarat High Court Judge Bela M. Trivedi and senior advocate BS Narasimha.
Introducing LIC's 'Ananda' mobile processor
As part of the Atma Nirbar program, the Ananda Processor has been introduced to enable LIC agents to obtain and submit their details electronically without paper when customers are enrolled in various policies.
Through the new processor, agents will be able to verify customer details based on the reference number and receive applications electronically without the application form on paper. This will allow them to complete their work faster and gain more customers.
Name change of State Policy Development Committee - Government of Tamil Nadu Government Release
The State Planning Commission was formed on May 25, 1971 by the then Chief Minister Karunanidhi. The committee functions as an advisory body under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister. The group was last restructured in 2020 as the State Development Policy Committee.
Following this, MK Stalin has recently issued an order to revise the State Development Policy Committee to take charge as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Professor Jayaranjan and full-time and part-time members were appointed as the Deputy Chairman of the State Development Policy Committee.
In this context, the Government of Tamil Nadu has changed the name of the State Policy Development Committee to the present State Planning Commission.
Promotion of "Colonel" to 5 female officers in the Army
Currently, women officers in the Army, War and Military Operations Divisions are offered permanent employment. So far the highest number of female officers have been promoted to lieutenant colonel.
Lt. Colonel Sangeeta Sardana
Lt. Colonels Sonia Anand and Dukkal
Lt. Colonel Reenu Khanna
Lt. Colonel Ritza Sahar
They have been promoted on the basis of tenure. All five female officers in the Indian Army have completed 26 years of service and have been promoted to the rank of Colonel (Time-Scale Colonel Rank).
Cincinnati Masters
The Cincinnati Masters (Western-Southern Open Masters tennis tournament) in the United States was won by Alexander Verev of Germany (men's singles) and Ashley Burti of Australia (women's singles).