Tuesday, December 19, 2017

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF DECEMBER 16TH, 2017

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF DECEMBER 16th, 2017

1. PM Dedicates Tuirial Hydropower Project to the Nation
i. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 60-megawatt Tuirial hydroelectric power project from Aizawl, Mizoram. Mizoram had become the third power- surplus state in the north-east after Sikkim and Tripura.
ii. The Tuirial project was announced and cleared in 1998 by the then Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. It was the first major central project to be successfully commissioned in Mizoram. Prime Minister also inaugurated the Shillong - Nongstoin Rongjeng Tura road.

2. President of India Lays Foundation Stone of ‘NYAYA GRAM’ Project
i. The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind,