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Sports
Sports
Ø 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
Ø Pietro Fitipadi, Brazilian Racer has won the 2015 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship . He earned 244 points in total and stood top among other racers. Tatiana Calderon , Colombian Racer has finished in 2nd position with total 199 points. It is the 4th Edition of MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship which began at Yas Marin Circuit in Abu Dhabi in October 2015 and ended in January 31st 2016 at Madras Motor Racing track.
Novak Djokovic(Serbia) has won the 2016 Australian Open Men’s singles Title of Tennis by defeating Andy Murray(Britain) in the final match on January 31 st. This is his 6th Australian Open Title which he had earlier won in 2008,2011,2012,2013,2015.
ØKidambi Srikanth ( India) won the Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold Championship Badminton title 2016 in Men’s singles category defeating Chinese player Huang Yuxiang in the final match played at Lucknow (UP).
Ø South Asian Games (SAG), 12th edition has begun in Guwahati, Assam at the Indira Gandhi Atletics Stadium. Over 2500 athletes from 8 SAARC counties are participating in the 288 events of this SAG.
Ø Joshna Chinappa , Indian ace squash player has won Gold Medal in the 12th South Asian Games (SAG) in the women’s singles match by defeating Pakistan player Maria Wazir .
Ø Sapna Devi, of India has won Gold medal in women Wushu Taulu ( Changquan) competition a the 12th South Asian Games (SAG) scoring 9.45 pts.
-Wushu sports is an exhibition and full contact sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts .
Ø Pakistan Cricket Umpire , Asad Rauf has been banned for 5 years by BCCI after he was found guilty of corrupt practices.This decision has been announced by BCCI President Shashank Manohar who headed disciplinary committee.
-Earlier Asad Rauf served as part of ICC elite panel . He was withdrawn by Pakistan after allegations against him broke out.
Appointments
Ø Sunil Lamba ( Vice Admiral) took over as Flag Officer Commanding in Chief (FOC-in-C) of Mumbai Western Naval Comman(WNC) , Mumbai at a ceremonial parade organized at INS Shikra. Prior to this appointment Sunil Lamba was Commander in chief of Southern Naval Command at Kochi. He took over the charge from SPS Cheema who had to retire.
Ø K Durga Prasad, is appointed as Director General (DG) of Central Reserve Police Force(CRPF). Earlier he worked as Director of Special protection Group and also as Special director general of the CRPF.
Ø Rajendra K Pachauri is appointed as Executive Vice Chairman of TERI ( The Energy Resources institute ).
- TERI is a non profit research institution that conducts research work in the fields of energy , environment and sustainable development.
Archana Ramasundaram(58) has become th 1st Woman Director General of Sahastra Seema Bal (SSB) . She will be in office till 20 September 2016 . Prior to this appointment she worked as Director for National Crime Record Bureau.
Ø Davinder Singh, Indian- origin lawyer becomes Vice-Chairman of International Chamber of Corporate responsibility and Anti-corruption Commerce (ICC ) commission.
Davinder Singh is currently working as Chief Executive of Drew & Napier, who was also a MPnof Singapore from 1988-2006.
Ø Harinder Sindhu , an Indian origin Australian has been been appointed as Australian High Commissioner to India replacing Patrick Suckling. She is 2nd Indian rooted envoy to India with Indian roots after Peter Varghese.
- Prior to this appointment she was working as Career officer in Department of foreign affairs and trade.
Christine Lagarde (60) of France has been appointed as Managing Director of IMF( International Monetary Fund) for the 2nd Five year term. Her new term will start from 5th July 2016 till 2021 .
Ø IMF is an organization of 188 countries in the world , working to encourage global monetary cooperation, facilitate international trade, etc. whose headquarters is located in Washington D.C ( USA)
Ø Ashok Chawla has been appointed as Chairman of TERI( The Energy and Resources Institute) who will succeed B V Sreekantan . Ashok Chawla is former chairman of Competition Commission of India (CCI) .
- TERI aims to focus on formulating local and national level strategies for shaping global solutions to critical issues.
Ø 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)
Ø Kalilkho Pul has become the 9th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh after Governor JP Rajkhowa used his discretionary powers to appoint him.
- In December 2015 , of the 60 MLA’s of State Assembly 21 out of 45 ruling Congress party MLA’s rebelled ( act against) along with 11 BJP and 2 Independent MLA and extended support to Kalikho PUl to form new government.
Ø Indian Origin Amar Singh is appointed as Police Commissioner of Malaysia Capital city Kuala Lumpur . Prior to this appointment he was working as Deputy director of CID .
Economy
Ø Reserve Bank of India rates in its 6th bi monthly monetary policy review for year 2016 has kept its key policy interest rates unchanged . So the unchanged at previous rates as follows a) Repo Rate-6.75 percent b)Reverse Repo Rate-5.75 percent C) Bank Rate - 7.75 percent D) Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) – 4.0 percent
Ø Telecom Regulatory Authority of India , TRAI has issued Prohibition of Discriminatory Tariffs for Data Services Regulations,2016 which prevents Telecom service providers from offering or charging discriminatory tariffs for data services on basis of content accessed by consumer
Ø (Wipro Ltd , India's 3rd largest IT exporter has acquired United States based HealthPlan Services for 460 million dollars as part of Wipro traditional "String of pearls" .
This acquisition will help Wipro to participate in US health care insurance industry.
Approvals, Agreements and Inaugurations
Ø Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) of Union government of India has approved Kerala governments proposal on setting up India’s First Defense Park at Ottapalam in , Kerala.
- This park will be part of Make in India Programme and Make in Kerala programme
Ø India and Afghanistan have signed an agreement for visa free travel for diplomatic passport holders of the two countries. This agreement has been signed after Afghanistan Government Chief Executive officer, Abdullah Abdullah met Indian Prime minister and External affairs minister.
Ø 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.
Ø Union Railway ministry has launched 3 IT enabled apps to bring transparency in Indian Railways as part of Digital India, launched by Railway minster Suresh Prabhu.
- The 3 IT enabled applications (apps) are a) E-booking of disposable linen on trains b)Hand held terminals for TTEs and c) paperless unreserved tickets booking
Ø 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.
Ø This GI Tag would help to preserve unique identity of India’s aromatic basmati rice in International markets.
Ø Bharat Heavy Electronics Limited, (BHEL) has started a 101 Mega Watt gas based Power Plant in Tripura .
Ø Prime Minister Modi has inaugurated "Make in India" Center at MMRDA grounds in Mumbai. On this occasion, Finland PM Juha Petri Sipila and Sweden PM Kjell Lofven were also present along with Maharashtra CM Fadnavis.
-Modi also inaugurated "Make in India Week" at NSCI Worli which is the flagship event that seeks to provide greater momentum to the Make in India initiative and to promote India as a preferred manufacturing destination globally.
Ø 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
Ø 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
Ø Bihar becomes 6th state to Join UDAY ( Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana) scheme for financial restructuring of debt of power distribution companies.
- Before Bihar, 5 other states which joined UDAY scheme are Rajasthan, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat.
Ø Union Government of India has launched a 24X7 Toll free multi-language tourist information line for international tourist in 12 international languages besides English and Hindi which are namely French, Arabic, Italian, German , Korean, Japanese, Portugese, Chinese, Russian and Spanish.
-This toll free help line will provide information relating to tourism and travel in India to the international and domestic tourists.
Deaths
ØSudhir 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.
Ø 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 yo
Ø 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
Ø Panchayati Raj Minster Kailash Yadav(65) of Uttar Pradesh state has passed away in Gurgaon on 9th February due to brain stroke.
- He worked as Revenue and Industrial development in Mulayam Singh government from 2003 to 2007.
Ø Former Prime Minster , Sushil Koirala (79) of Nepal has passed away on 9th February due to pneumonia in Kathmandu. He was the 37th prime minster of Nepal from February 2014 to September 2015 as leader of Nepali Congress(NC).
- During his tenure as PM, 4 major political parties reached an agreement which resulted in unopposed adaptation of New Republic Constitution of Nepal.
Ø Renowned Urdu Poet and Lyricist , Nida Fazli (78) passed away on 8th February due to heart attack in Mumbai. His famous works include Lafzon ke phool, Mor naach, Mulaaten etc. and he received Khusro Award , Best poetry award from Maharashtra urdu Academy , Sahitya Akademi Award(1998)
Ø 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 joining as Indian Foreign Service , IFS officer in 1998 he worked in various diplomatic assignments and worked as undersecretary to Russia, West Europe etc.
ØN V Kurup (84), a noted malayalam poet and lyricist passed away in thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. ONV, Ottaplakkal Nambiyadikkal Velu Kurup was awarded Kerala and Kendriya saahitya academy awards and Padmashri in 1998, Padma Vibhushan in 2011.
- -He was awarded with country's highest literary award Jnanpith award in 2007 for his contribution to the malayalam literature.
National
Ø 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.
Ø “Swachh Himachal Padhai bhi Safai bhi “ campaign is launched by Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association (HPCA) in Dharmasala.
- HPCA becomes the first cricket association to work towards Swatch Bharat Abhiyan , an initiation by Union government
Ø India and Nepal combined Military Exercise “Surya Kiran IX “begin at Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand on 9th February, which will last for 14 days and ends on February 21st.
Ø Chettinad Cotton Saree got Indian Handloom brand tag after checking its various quality parameters. Chettinad cotton sareeis also known as “Kandaangi” which is the traditional saree of Chettinad region in Sivaganga District of Tamilnadu.
Ø Controller General of Patents , Design and Trademarks (CGPDTM) has issued an order excluding software patents in its revised guidelines for computer Related Inventions (CRI)
- Implication : Software developers and star ups will now have freedom to innovate without worrying about infringement notices in CRI area
Ø Banaras Hindu University, BHU has turned 100 years which was established on 13th February, 1916 by Indian freedom fighter Pt Madan Mohan Malviya. The Motto of BHU is Vidyaya mritamasnute(Sanskrit) , "Knowledge imparts immortality"(English)
- On this occasion, Supreme court judge Pinaki Chandra Ghosh was the Chief guest who will attend seminar on higher education and contribution of BHU .
International
Ø 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.
Ø Pakistan Parliament house, located in capital Islamabad becomes 1st in world to run entirely on Solar Power. This project is supported by China by contribution of 55 million dollars after Chinese President Xi Jinping visted and addressed Pakistan Parliament in 2014 .
Important Days
Ø February 10th has been Celebrated as “National Deworming Day” which aims to prevent and cure Parasitic worm infectons among pre school and school age children across India.
This National Deworming Day is launched in 2015 by Union ministry of Health and Family Welfare , which on this day ( February 10) distributes Albendazole Tablets to all targeted children.
Rankings
Ø Maharashtra grabs No. 1 position in IIRIS ( Internet Readiness Index of Indian States) in the report published in Internet and Mobile Association of India and Indicus Analytics.
- Top 5 states in IIRIS: Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, Telanagana, Tamil Nadu
Science
Ø A new species of Hydroid polyps discovered in Red Sea which are emitting green fluorescence. These species were found near Saudi Arabia .
MoU’s
Ø India and UAE inked 9 bilateral agreements for cooperation in various sectors . These agreements were signed during 2nd day of Abu Dhabi Prince, Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan visit to India.
The 9 bilateral agreements include
o MoU on Technical Cooperation in Cyber Space and combating cyber crime
o MoU on Participation institutional investors in infrastructure investments
o General Frame work agreement on renewable energy cooperation
o MoU on exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purpose
o MoU on Trade
o MoU on Bilateral Currency swap agreement
o MoU for bilateral cooperation in the insurance sector
o Executive Programme for cultural cooperation
o Letter of intent for skill development and recognition of qualifications
ØUS, 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.
Ø 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 .
Ø 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.
Ø Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) has inked MoU with Dubai exports to boost the trade and explore business opportunities
- CII is a NGO of Indian Businesses which works to create conductive environment for the growth of industries in the country.
Awards and Honors
Ø Karnataka state government's mobile one m-governance model wins Gold Medal at World Government Summit held in Dubai, which is received by Karnataka e-governance secretary Srivatsa Kirshna.
- "m-governance" model of Karnataka is world's largest multimode mobile governance platform which offers 4,500 services onto single integrated platform that can be accessed on smart phones, web portal , sms .
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Ø " 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.
Ø Tiruchirapalli City of Tamilnadu has won Best City performer in Behavioral Change Communication Award presented by Nankiah Naidu in the Swach Sarvekshan Function.
Ø Vidya Balan is felicitated with "Pride of Kerala" award by world Malayalee council and KairaliTV .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.
Ø Sameer Anjan, famous Bollywood Lyricist has created world record by composing 3524 songs in 650 Movies. Guinness Book recorded as the Most prolific Bollywood lyricist.
Ø Indian origin Ismail Mohammed conferred with Knighthood by French government for his lifelong contribution to promotion of arts .He was bestowed with Knight of the Order of Arts and Literature by France Ambassador Elisabet Barbier .
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