1 December 2013 – Daily Current Affairs
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1) Japanese Emperor Akihito, along with his wife Empress Michiko, arrived at New Delhi on 30 November, 2013 for his 6-day state visit to India. This is the first ever visit of the Japanese Emperor to India and first visit to any South Asian country since he assumed his office. He took over as Japan’s Emperor in which year? – In 1990 (He took over as Emperor after death of his father Emperor Hirohito)
2) Union Cabinet on 28 November, 2013 approved a proposal to create a Legislative Council in which state, with which the number of states with the Upper House would reach eight? – Assam (The proposal to create a Legislative Council in Assam was approved by the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Article 169 of the Indian Constitution gives power to the Parliament to create or abolish the Legislative Councils in states. According to the proposal, the Legislative Council will have 42 members. As per Article 171 of the Constitution, the total number of members in the Council of a state having such a House shall not exceed one third of the total number of members in the Legislative Assembly of that state. In the case of Assam, the total number of MLAs is 126. Till date seven states have bicameral legislatures – Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jammu Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh. Andhra Pradesh became bicameral in 2007 while Tamil Nadu in 2010. A Bill to create a Legislative Council in Rajasthan was introduced in Parliament recently and it is pending with the Standing Committee)
3) India’s first synthetic rubber plant was inaugurated on 29 November, 2013 at – Panipat, Haryana (Indian Synthetic Rubber Ltd (ISRL), Panipat is country’s first plant to manufacture synthetic rubber (e-SBR (styrene butadiene rubber). The plant is a joint-venture between Indian Oil, TSRC Corporation, Taiwan, and Marubeni Corporation, Japan and has been built at a cost of Rs. 958 crore)
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