General Awareness Questions

Uniform civil code is the ongoing point of debate within Indian mandate to replace personal laws based on the scriptures and customs of each major religious community in India with a common set of rules governing every citizen.

Goa is the only state in INdia where Uniform Civil Code is applied. Laws are equal to all religion. Polygamy and triple talaq are illegal. 

The National Basketball Association (NBA) announced the launch of NBA Basketball School, a network of tuition-based basketball development programs around the world open to international male and female players ages 6-18 in Mumbai.

Yakshagana is a traditional Indian dance drama form developed in Karnataka state of India.

Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the first wicketkeeper in world cricket to effect 100 stumpings in One Day Internationals. He broke the record of former Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara.

Associated Press (AP) is world's oldest news agency followed by Reuters and Agence France - Presse.

Inventors and their Inventions ::

• Sir Richard Arkwright - Father of industrial revolution.

• Michael Faraday - Discovered Benzene and invented Bunsen Burner.

• Thomas Alva Edison - Invented Phonograph and motion picture camera.

Rajeev Suri

American startup Planet Labs, that launches small satellites into orbit and sells the imagery, has announced its acquisition of Google's 'Terra Bella' satellite business. As part of the agreement, 60 Google employees will join the startup founded by ex-NASA scientists. Terra Bella, was acquired by Google in 2014 for $500 million and that time it was known as Skybox Imaging.