Feb 06 - 10, 2016 Events
INDIA
·
Enforcement
Directorate told the special 2G court that there were money transactions which
allegedly showed that Sun TV and South Asia FM received Rs. 742.58 crore as
proceeds of crime from Mauritius - based firms in Aircel - Maxis deal
·
Photo Essay book
on the ‘Maritime Heritage of India’ was released; International Fleet Review
2016, conducted at Visakhapatnam from
Feb 04 - 08, 2016, culminated with Indian and foreign Naval ships
undertaking a Passage Exercise (PASSEX) in the Bay of Bengal [Click Here of IFR - 2016]
·
Union Urban
Development Ministry has approved projects worth over twelve crore rupees for
improving tourist infrastructure in heritage places of Amaravati in Andhra
Pradesh and Warangal in Telangana.
·
Union Ministry of
Health and Family Welfare had launched Project Sunrise on for prevention of
AIDS in the 8 North-Eastern states [Click Here of IFR - 2016]
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India is now in
the UN panel on women’s economic empowerment, Padma Shri awardee Renana
Jhabvala, social worker from Ahmedabad had invited to serve as a panelist.
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Union HRD
Ministry, Ms. Smriti Irani calls for Vice Chancellor's meeting to end caste
discrimination
·
In a first, NDRF
trains 160 dogs for disaster response
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Launching of 24*7
toll - free (1800 - 11 - 1363) tourist infoline in 12 languages (English,
Hindi, Arabic, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Portuguese
and Russia)
·
An Army jawan (Soldier
Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppa) was miraculously found alive six days after
being buried under 25 feet of snow following the February 3 avalanche on the
Siachen glacier; He passed away after being hospitalized; armed forces
personnel serving in high altitude areas like Siachen are prone to diseases of
HAPE and HACE (HAPE: High - Altitude Pulmonary Oedema; HACE: High - Altitude
Cerebral Edema)
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Prime Minister,
Mr. Narendra Modi interacted with over 230 youth who have been working in rural
areas under the Prime Minister's Rural Development Fellows (PMRDF) Scheme of
the Ministry of Rural Development [released a book ‘Scripting Change’ which
visually demonstrates the essence of the work being done by PMRD Fellows across
the country]
·
President, Mr.
Pranab Mukherjee presided over the 47th Conference of Governors on 09 - 10,
2016
·
Union Health
Secretary Mr. B. P. Sharma reviewed the preparedness regarding Zika Virus Disease
at a high level meeting
·
Union HRD
Minister, Mrs. Smriti Irani chaired a meeting of State Education Minister and
officials of State Governments on Teacher Education in New Delhi [decided to
constitute a Committee to suggest ways to institutionalize an internship of
Teacher Education Programmes in Government Schools]
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245 villages have
been electrified across the country during Feb 01 - 07, 2016)under
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojna (DDUGJY)
·
Union Tourism
Ministry to launch "Incredible India Mobile App" soon
·
National Air
Quality Indices for 24 cities released by Central Pollution Control Board [Varanasi
in Uttar Pradesh and Muzzafarpur in Bihar topped the list and were coded as
‘severe’ in terms of air pollution in January 2016 with an AQI value of 409
points each]
·
IARI releases
seven new varieties of crops
·
List all
documents on Arunachal Pradesh issue in Court: Supreme Court
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TRAI rules in
favour of Net Neutrality (effectively prohibiting Facebook’s Free Basics and
Airtel Zero platform by Airtel in their current form)
·
8th meeting of
the Special Committee for Interlinking of Rivers held in New Delhi
·
Government India
and global development agencies launch a programme to eliminate malaria in 11
years from the whole world
·
India stands
first on global milk product scenario. Milk product has been increased from
137.68 million tonne in 2013-14 to 146.31 million tonne in 2014-15
·
"Indian
women are no longer “passive recipients” of the state’s welfare schemes, but
active agents of change. Real development is only possible with their economic
empowerment" : Supreme Court
·
Union Health
Minister, Mr. J. P. Nadda launched National Deworming Initiative
·
MoS for Petroleum
and Natural Gas, Mr. Dharmendra Pradhan released the Hydrocarbon Vision 2030
for north-east India
·
As the constitutional
heads of their respective states, Governors can play an inspirational role to
ensure their active cooperation: President, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee at the 47th
Conference of Governors
·
Governors occupy
a unique high position, owing to their vast years of experience, and the
prestigious nature of their post; they can hence work as catalytic agents in
the States, speeding up and improving processes without themselves becoming a
part of them: Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi at the concluding session of
47th Governors Conference
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Chief Minister’s
exclusive powers cannot be pre-empted by the Governor, who should use his
powers in a fair and limited manner for the sake of survival of democracy:
Supreme Court (on Arunachal Pradesh issue)
·
Government
announced the Prime Minister’s Shram Awards for the year 2014 to be awarded to
54 workers employed in the Departmental Undertakings & Public Sector
Undertakings of the Central and State Governments
·
Google will make
public emergency alerts for floods available in India as part its efforts to
make critical information more accessible around natural disasters
·
Union Agriculture
and Farmers Welfare Minister has given approval to execute NOFRI (National
Organic Farming Research Institute) at Gangtok, Sikkim
·
Union Railway
Minister, Dr. Suresh Prabhu inaugurated three IT enabled projects - (1) Hand held terminals for TTEs (2)
Paperless unreserved ticketing mobile application (UTSONMOBILE) (3) E - booking
of disposable linen on trains
BILATERAL ISSUES
·
India assures Sri
Lanka of support for reconciliation; India offer to set up an IT park in Sri
Lanka [Click for Sushma Swaraj visit to Sri Lanka]; External Affairs
Minister, Ms. Sushma Swaraj inaugurated Rise of Digital India Exhibition in
Colombo
·
3rd India –
Australia Energy Security Dialogue held from 8th to 11th February 2016 at
Australia (Canberra)
·
The border troops
of India and China held their first joint tactical exercise in the Chushul-Moldo
area along the northern border (Exercise Sino – India 2016) {This exercise was
the part of Hand-in-Hand series of India-China Joint Exercises and complemented
the recently conducted joint exercise in Sikkim}
·
The 14 day
Indo-Nepal Combined Military Exercise Surya Kiran IX commenced at Pithoragarh
(Uttarakhand) - will end on Feb 21
·
Union Finance
Minister, Mr. Arun Jaitley held a bilateral meeting with his Nepalese
counterpart Mr. Bishnu Prasad Paudel; Mr. Paudel said that, Nepal is planning
to establish a special infrastructure development bank and sought India’s help
in this regard
·
Australia to
support sports training for building future Olympians from India; Australia to
promote Kabaddi and Kho Kho
·
India and USA
signed the Grant Agreement for India Aviation Safety Technical Assistance Phase
II in New Delhi
·
Royal Navy of
United Kingdom to officially study India's humanitarian rescue Operation in
Yemen (Operation Raahat)
·
Pakistan okays
plea to bring back Koh-i-Noor from UK
·
Prime Minister,
Mr. Narendra Modi breaks the protocol; receives Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh
Mohamed Zayed Al Nahyan at the New Delhi airport, who is on a three-day visit
to India
·
580 crore rupees
sanctioned for construction of railway track to connect Kolkata & Tripura
via Bangladesh
·
STATES SCAN
·
“Index of
Internet Readiness of Indian States”: Maharashtra is leading the list of overall Internet
readiness index; followed by Karnataka, Gujarat, Telangana and Tamil Nadu
[Click for More]
·
Andhra Pradesh:
Government proposes to develop Aircraft carrier INS Viraat as a tourism centre
after decommissioning
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Andhra Pradesh: Nigerian
students in Hyderabad allege assault by locals, hold protests
·
Andhra Pradesh:
first machine harvestable chickpea variety, NBeG 47 has been released in Andhra
Pradesh suitable for the state’s variable climate.
·
Arunachal
Pradesh: Congress Leaders assaulted me - Governor Mr. J. P. Rajkhowa in Supreme
Court
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Bihar: Chief
Minister, Mr. Nitish Kumar took a presentation by Bihar Vikas Mission,
constituted to implement his pre-election 'seven resolves', and directed
various departments to successfully implement them. [Seven resolves are - (1)
Rs 4 lakh loan credit card for students, (2) a monthly allowance of Rs 1,000
for eight months twice in two years for students to help them search jobs, (3)
free wi-fi facilities in colleges and universities, (4) setting up of a venture
capital of Rs 5,000 crore for young entrepreneurs, (5) toilets in all
households, (6) free drinking water and (7) free electricity connection to
every household]
·
Union Government
signed MoU with Chhattisgarh for development of railway infrastructure
·
Chhattisgarh:
government will be forming a joint venture company with the Ministry of
Railways. The project is formed for the development and extension of railway
tracks in the state.
·
Chhattisgarh:
Chief Minister, Mr. Raman Singh has launched ‘Udyam Aakansha’ Scheme for
promoting micro, small and medium enterprises in the state.
·
Delhi air
‘dirtier’ than what our vehicles emit: Jaguar
·
Gujarat: India's
first Aviation Park to come up in Gujarat; the park will have an airstrip,
training school, helipad and space for setting up small manufacturing units.
·
Haryana: Global
Investors Summit to be held in Gurgaon on March 07
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Jammu &
Kashmir: BJP may resume talks with PDP, 'willing' to hear Ms. Mehbooba's
concerns
·
Kerala: bar scam
rocks Assembly
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Maharashtra
approves Rs 100 crore for Shirdi airport, likely to be completed by 2017
·
Maharashtra: bets
big on Make in India Week (starts from Feb 14)
·
Maharashtra:
Mumbai set to get India’s first international arbitration centre
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Maharashtra: Nagpur
Bench of the Bombay High Court said that, citizens to refuse to pay taxes if
the government fails to curb corruption
·
Jharkhand: Union
HRD Ministry to set up a Sanskrit University in the District of Deoghar
·
Jharkhand: Birds
of 11 rare species found in Jharkhand
·
Odisha: State
Sports Minister, Mr. Sudam Marndi and his entire family was ostracised by the
Santhal Community for allowing their daughter to marry a brahmin youth
·
Odisha: Prime
Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation, the National Institute of
Science Education and Research at Bhubaneswar.
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Puducherry:
India’s first fully solar-powered educational institute had been launched by
Sri Aurobindo International Centre for Education Puducherry.
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Rajasthan: Chief
Minister, Ms. Vasundhara Raje launched the mobile ‘library-cum-school on
wheels’; to spread awareness about education among the nomadic and tribal
children
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Uttar Pradesh:
Chief Minister, Mr. Akhilesh Yadav had launched a new UP Revenue Code (aim of
this launch is to eradicate old laws relating land revenue and land reforms and
greater dispute resolution)
·
"Destination
North East - 2016" festival to be held in New Delhi (Feb 12 - 14, 2016)
·
TAMIL NADU
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AIADMK collected
a whooping amount of Rs. 28, 40, 500 as fees from the party cadres who sought
for contesting 2016 Assembly Elections
·
WF begins yatra
for political change in the State
·
Special camps for
Amma Micro Loans came to close; over 4.77 lakh small traders have sought micro
loan of Rs. 5000. [so far, 93, 880 vendors have received Rs. 46.94 crore]
·
Government has
given "in principle" consent for launching a new (Joint Venture)
company to execute railway projects; Railways want to create a Joint Venture
Company with Tamil Nadu: Union Railways Minister, Dr. Suresh Prabhu
·
Cannot be a
silent spectator as farmers suffer from GAIL project: Tamil Nadu tells Supreme
Court; filed a review petition in the
Supreme Court to re-consider the apex court's decision giving Gas Authority of
India Limited (GAIL) permission to lay pipelines cutting across seven districts
of the State
·
Chief Minister,
Ms. Jayalalithaa asks Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi to rescind notification
on GAIL project
·
Scientists are
investigating whether a man in Tamil Nadu's Vellore was killed by a meteorite,
which if confirmed would be the first recorded death from falling fragments of
space rock in almost 200 years; NASA doubts Meteor theory in Tamil Nadu blast
·
The Chettinad
cotton saree has won the ‘India Handloom’ tag for its unique designs and
identity
·
Trichy Central
Prison to have ITI for prisoners - first in Tamil Nadu (second in India; first
being in Rajasthan's Jaipur Central Prison)
·
AIADMK's marriage
function and DMK's last day of poll tickets brings traffic to a halt in
Chennai; people suffered a lot
·
Madras High Court
restrained PMK from making any arrangements for its meet on GST Road in
Kanchipuram Dt on Feb 14
·
National Forward
Bloc led by Mr. B. T. Arasakumar officially merged with BJP
·
Election
Commission team to hears out parties' demands
· ·
Government
employees launched an indefinite strike to press for various demands
·
The number of
minority educational institutions in Tamil Nadu have shot up from 261 to 461 in
2015
AROUND THE WORLD
·
NASA’s New
Horizons mission spotted the nitrogen ice glaciers in the planet of Pluto
·
Earthquake (6.4 magnitude)
in Taiwan kills 13; 100 feared missing
·
Zimbabwe's
President declared a state of disaster in rural parts of the country hit by a
drought
·
North Korea's
long-range rocket launch triggered fresh outrage
·
Colombia: over
3000 pregnant women have Zika virus
·
UN releases
stamps on LGBT issue for first time
·
France became
first country in the world to ban supermarket food waste
·
Madhesis end
Nepal blockade
·
China and Russia
have slammed the possible deployment of an American anti-missile defence shield
in South Korea following North Korea’s satellite launch [North Korea launched
Kwangmyongsong-4 satellite]
·
Former Prime Minister
of Nepal, Mr. Sushil Koirala passed away
·
Storm Imogen
lashed parts of Britain
·
9 dead as trains
collide in southern Germany
·
North Korean
behaviour slap in the face for China: U.S.
·
Bangladesh
cancelled Sonadia Island Port Project with China
·
US launched
anti-dumping investigations into certain categories of tyres from the countries
of India and China
·
World’s largest
concentrated solar plant opened in Morocco (Noor Ouarzazate Solar Complex - to
power over one million homes by 2018 and reduce carbon emissions by an
estimated 760000 tons per year)
·
North Korea's
army chief Ri Yong - Gil has been executed for allegedly forming a political
faction and indulging in corruption
·
US Supreme Court
stalled Obama’s Clean Power Plan to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide from
US power plants
·
US Presidential
Election Race 2016: New Hampshire Province - Mr. Donald Trump won the
Republican primary in New Hampshire while Mr. Bernie Sanders defeated Ms.
Hillary Clinton on the Democratic side
·
US proposes $860
million aid for Pakistan
·
United Nations
(UN) Secretary-General Mr. Ban Ki-Moon launched a report titled One Humanity:
Shared Responsibility; the report called for a global campaign to prevent the
erosion of humanitarian law and protect civilians in conflict.
ECONOMICS / BUSINESS WORLD
·
Reserve Bank of
India had been awarded with the extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL)
International Award for Excellence and its efforts to improve regulatory
reporting.
·
Government has
invited public suggestions for the upcoming Budget
·
Mobile phone
production may touch 500 million units in 2 years
·
CTS forecasts
slowest revenue growth in 14 years
·
Government asked
the Banks and Micro-Finance institutions to come forward in a big way for
credit-disbursal to achieve the goal of Swachh Bharat Mission of making India
Open Defecation Free by 2019
·
India's nominee,
Dr. D. J. Pandian appointed as the Vice - President, Chief Investment Officer
of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) [Click Here]
SPORTS CORNER
·
An SIT was formed
by Punjab police to look into allegations of sexual exploitation against Indian
Hockey Captain Sardar Singh
·
2 year old
Aradhya Vedwan and 6 year old Anoop Skanda (both from Chennai) won the National
Level Archery Championship held at Vizag [Aradhya Vedwan - becomes world's
youngest archer]
·
Zika effect: U.S.
Olympic Committee told sports federations that athletes and staff concerned for
their health over the Zika virus should consider not going to the Rio 2016
Olympic Games in August
·
India enters
world cup final (U-19 ICC) by defeating Sri Lanka; U-19 World Cup is being held
in Bangladesh
·
Quinton de Kock,
the wicket keeper-batsman of South Africa, became the fastest to make 10 One
Day International (ODI) centuries
MISCELLANEOUS
PERSONS
IN NEWS
·
Cartoonist Sudhir
Tailang passed away
·
US astronaut
Edgar Mutchell, (one of just 12 people) who walked on Moon passed away
·
Mr. Rajendra K
Pachauri appointed as Executive Vice Chairman of TERI (The Energy and Resources
Institute)
·
Hindi film actor
Akshay Kumar to feature in the World Health Organisation (WHO) diabetic
awareness campaign
·
Four
Indian-Americans have been selected to the prestigious U.S. National Academy of
Engineering (NAE) to be part of its new list of 80 members for their valuable
contributions to the society (Anil K. Jain, Dr. Arati Prabhakar, Ganesh Thakur
and Dr. K.R. Sridhar)
SUMMITS
·
47th Conference
of Governors held at New Delhi
· OTHERS
·
All religions are
anti - women: Ms. Taslima Nasrin
·
Twitter suspends
over 1 lakh terrorism related accounts
·
Google doodle
marks Mendeleev's 182nd birth anniversary
·
Central Labour
Institute, Mumbai is completing 50 years of its existence on Feb 09, 2016
·
In India, the
quality of teachers and teaching needs to improve: Scientist CNR Rao
·
Eight scientists
received the UNESCO Medals for their contributions to the development of
nanoscience and nanotechnologies at Paris.
·
Ruskin Bond
writing three memoirs: (1) "Scenes
from a Writer’s Life: A Memoir"; (2) "The Room on the Roof" (3) <to be named>
·
Indian Railway
Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) tie up with a leading tea cafe chain
Chaayos to provide tea and snacks in trains.
·
An international
team of scientists (biologists) discovered a new species of luminous creature,
hydrozoas (presumably, a new species of the genus Cytaeis) in Red Sea
·
Eighth series of
Harry Potter (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) to be released on July 31
