TNPSC Current Affairs December 27, 2019

www.tnpsc.academy – TNPSC Current Affairs Dec 27, 2019 (27/12/2019)

Topic: Public Awareness and General Administration

What is Eat Right Mela?

Recently, Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare inaugurated the 2nd edition of Eat Right Mela in New Delhi.

What is ‘Eat Right India’ movement?

Launched by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) to usher in a ‘new food culture’ by nudging businesses and consumers to adopt safe, healthy and sustainable food practices and habits.

What is Eat Right Mela?

As part of the Eat Right India movement, the ‘Eat Right Mela’ was conceived to engage, excite and enable citizens to eat right through an info-tainment model. Eat Right Melas have been envisioned for massive outreach to build awareness on safe food and healthy diets through an interactive and informative model.

Topic: Indian Army and Defense Activities, Places in News

MiG 27 Retire Last Squadron of fighter jet Decommissioned

The MiG-27, which is known to NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) as the ‘Flogger’ and to Indian Air Force (IAF) as ‘Bahadur’, flew its last sortie in Jodhpur, Rajasthan. After this flight, IAF bid adieu to its squadron of seven aircraft as all were decommissioned.

The last MiG-27 unit to operate the jet, Number 29 Squadron, bid farewell to jet in Jodhpur Air Base where the aircraft participated in a flypast.

About MiG-27:

The ace attacker was commissioned into Indian Air Force in 1985 and remained an integral part of Indian Air Force’s combat strength since then.

The lethal aircraft, for their role during the 1999 Kargil War, earned the nickname ‘Bahadur’ from IAF pilots.

Topic: International Events

In News- Tibetan Gazelles

Also known as the Goa (Procapra picticaudata). A species of antelope that inhabits the Tibetan plateau. IUCN Status- Near Threatened.

Their fur lacks an undercoat, consisting of long guard hairs only, and is notably thicker in winter.

They are almost restricted to the Chinese provinces of Gansu, Xinjiang, Tibet, Qinghai, and Sichuan, with tiny populations in the Ladakh and Sikkim regions of India.

Topic: Latest Diary of Events

Typhoon Phanfone

It is a typhoon that lashed the central Philippines recently. It is known as Ursula in the local language in the Philippines.

A typhoon is a mature tropical cyclone that develops between 180° and 100°E in the Northern Hemisphere. This region is referred to as the Northwestern Pacific Basin, and is the most active tropical cyclone basin on Earth, accounting for almost one-third of the world’s annual tropical cyclones.