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    Monday, February 8, 2016

    Current Affairs for Bank Exams- February 2016 - Day 2

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    1) Sudhir Tailang (56), a noted Indian Cartoonist has passed away on 6th January because of cancer in Gurgaon, Haryana.
    - He was conferred with India’s 4th highest civilian award Padma Shri in the year 2004 for h is contribution in the art of Cartooning.

    2). Prime Minister Modi dedicated Paradip Oril Refinery to the nation. This was Indian Oil Corporation’s (IOC) 11th refinery to be set up at Paradip in Odisha with installed capacity of 15 million tones per annum (MMTPA)
    - Major products from it are Premium Grade high speed diesel and motor spirit.


    3) India and chine troops have held their first joint tactical exercise code named Sino- India Cooperation 2016 in Chushul- Moldo in Jammu and Kashmir.
    - Sino-India Cooperation 2016 is mainly focused on Joint actions coordinated to tackle the aspects of humanitarian aid and disaster relief.

    4) National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) permanent campus in Jatani , near Bhubaneswar(Odisha) is inaugurated by Narenda Modi .
    - Objective of NISER is to train and nurture human resources in the field of Sciences for the knowledge economies of the future.

    5) American Singer and writer Dan Hicks(74) passed away on February 6th after battle with cancer . his last albums was Live at Davies which was released in 2013
    - His songs I Scare Myslef , Canned Music and How can I miss you are very famous.

    6) Basmati Rice gets Geographical Indication Tag (GI) for the approved 7 states. This Tag will be issued to Basmati rice variety which is grown in 7 states in the Indo-Gangetic plains i.e Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, UP, J&K.
    -This GI Tag would help to preserve unique identity of India’s aromatic basmati rice in International markets.


    7) Project SURISE has been launched for prevention of AIDS in the North East States of India ,specially among people injecting drugs by Union Health and Family Welfare Minister, J P Nadda.
    - Project sunrise aims to bring people living with HIV/AIDS in to national mainstream and create more awareness about AIDS in these North East States

    8) International Fleet Review 2016 (IFR) which is an international military exercise hosted and conducted by Indian Navy is inaugurated in Visahkapatnam of Andhra Pradesh . This edition of IFR is themed “United through Oceans”
    - This 4 day review from 4th February to 8th February aims at assuring the country of Indian Navy’s preparedness, high morale and discipline



    9) United States Astronaut, Edgar Mitchell who was the 6th man to walk on the moon has passed away in Florida,US.
    - As a Module Pilot of Apllo 14 mission, he had spent 9 hours on moon in the year 1971







    10) South Asian Games (SAG), 12th edition has begun in Guwahati, Assam at the Indira Gandhi Athletics Stadium.
    - Over 2500 athletes from 8 SAARC counties are participating in the 288 events of this SAG.





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