Latest Current Affairs- February 18th 2016

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1.Vilas A.Tonapi appointed as Director of Indian Institute of Millet's Research (IIMR) which is the central agency to work on all aspects of millets research and development under the aegis of Indian
council Of Agricultural Research(ICAR).
- Main center of IIMR is located in Hyderabad(Telangana) and two other center's at Solapur (Maharashtra) and Warangal (Telangana)

 2. " Nagaland is Changing , But ..." film has won Golden Beaver best film award in the institutional category at the 6th National Science Film festival held in Mumbai.
-The movie is based on conservation efforts by villagers and has been directed by Gurmeet Sapal , produced by Nagaland Forest  Department.

3.Vidya Balan is felicitated with "Pride of Kerala" award by world Malayalee council and Kairali
TV .Vidya balan has featured in various big movies like Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Bhool Bhulaiyaa, The Dirty Picture.
- Vidya Balan also received Padma Shri in 2014.








4. Indian Ambassador to Tajikistan , Biraja Prasad passed away to due cardiac arrest . He was the youngest IFS officer to be appointed as India's ambassador to any country.
- After joined as Indian Foreign Service , IFS officer in 1998 he worked in various diplomatic assignments  and worked as undersecretary to  Russia,  West Europe etc.


5. US, Canada and Mexico have signed MoU( Memorandum of Understanding) on Climate Changes and Energy  collaboration .
- Under this MoU , these 3 North American Countries will share information in key areas  of clean energy technologies, low carbon electricity , energy efficiency,carbon capture, climate change adaptation, etc.

6. West Indies has won the ICC Under 19 Cricket World Cup 2016  by defeating India in the final match which was held in Bangladesh.
- Player of the tournament was the  Mehidy Hasan Miraz of Bangladesh



7.  3 MoU's  have been signed on the Day 1 of the "Make in India week" in Mumbai.
-  Sterilite Group has inked MoU with Maharasthra to set up an LCD manufacturing unit, Raymond Industries inked MoU with Mahashtra toinvest 1400 crore rupees for manufacturing abric, linen yarn and garmenting , hindustan Coca Cola inked MoU with Mahrashtra to set up Juice manufacturing facility in Vidarbha .

8. Tiruchirapalli  City of Tamilnadu has won Best City  performer in Behavioral Change Communication Award presented by Nankiah Naidu in the Swach Sarvekshan Function.

9. India and Sweden have inked MoU on Technical Cooperation in Rail Sector . The main objective of it is to achieve concrete results with regard to bilateral trade, research , investment and technology transfer.

10. Bharat Heavy Electronics Limited, (BHEL) has started a 101 Mega Watt gas based Power Plant in Tripura .

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