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The Union Minister for Urban Development Shri Kamal Nath launched the National<br />
Common Mobility Card (NCMC), by the name ‘More’, on the concluding day of the four<br />
day Urban Mobility India 2011 Conference-Cum-Exhibition.<br />
DECEMBER THE 17 TH , 2011<br />
Kim Jong-il, North Korea's reclusive “Dear Leader” who ruled the country for 17 years,<br />
leading it to nuclear power status but also presiding over a devastating famine, died.<br />
Veteran Bollywood actress Hema Malini was named the person of the year by People for<br />
the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). PETA named her the Person of the Year for<br />
raising her voice to oppose cruelty to animals and her staunch commitment to a<br />
vegetarian diet.<br />
On behalf of PETA, she had recently appealed to the minister of Environment and<br />
Forests to take immediate steps to end the cruel tradition of jallikattu. Jallikattu is a sport<br />
event in Tamil Nadu in which terrified bulls are kicked, punched, jumped on, dragged<br />
to the ground and otherwise tormented. In response to this appeal, the Ministry issued a<br />
notification in The Gazette of India stating that bulls could no longer be used as<br />
performing animals.<br />
<strong>CLAT</strong><strong>Gyan</strong> | Batch of 2015 & 2016 – NALSAR University of Law Page 5
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