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- · For the first time, the Election Commission will have a tableau in this year's Republic Day Parade, featuring a huge model of the Electronic Voting Machine and banners urging youngsters to vote. The Indian Air Force will also have a special tableau with the theme 'People first mission always'. The IAF tableaux will showcase the C-130J Super Hercules, the World's most advanced and tactical aircraft and the forces' latest acquisition in the IAF-Mi-17 V5 Helicopter.
- · Union Minister of State for Water Resources and Minority Affairs underlined the need to harvest the rainwater in view of limited availability of fresh ground water resources while presenting the prizes to the winners of the 2nd National Painting Competition organised by the Central Ground Water Board. The theme of the competition was “Role of Children in Water Conservation”. He said It is necessary that the young generation is fully aware about the water resource scenario of the country and understands the concerns and steps to mitigate the challenges in water resource management, in particular the water conservation efforts. He called for actively involving children in spreading of awareness on water conservation and efficient water use practices in the country.
- · Parliament's Public Accounts Committee, PAC has asked Air India to submit all documents related to its merger and fleet acquisition. The grilling was based on a recent CAG report on Civil Aviation which had said that the decision to acquire 111 planes by Air India through debt was a recipe for disaster and should have raised an alarm in the government. Air India officials told the PAC that it was their idea to merge the two carriers as the open sky policy had increased competition in the aviation sector.
- · In a protest against domestic violence, around 12,000 Guatemalans have climbed and form the world's longest human chain all the way to the peak of the 12,352 feet of an extinct volcano, de Agua known as Water Volcano. The Central American country has one of the highest murder rates in the world.
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