Feb 11 - 15, 2016 Events
INDIA
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Siachen avalanche
survivor Lance Naik Hanamanthappa passes away
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For the first
time that aquifer mapping has been taken on such a large scale in the Country.
Advanced technologies like heli-borne geophysical surveys are being used for
mapping in certain areas. Sophisticated softwares like RockWorks, ARC GIS,
Modflow, Map Info etc have been used in preparation of Management plans. The
States selected inter-alia in the first phase include Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat,
Haryana, Karnataka, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Telengana where the
ground water situation has reached a critical level. Out of this, mapping in
Haryana would be completed by May, 2016.
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National Disaster
Management Authority (NDMA) organised a two day workshop on “Urban Flood Mitigation–Lessons Learnt and Roadmap
for Future”
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Aldendazole, a
safe drug for deworming and there is no need for panic: Union Health Minister,
Mr. J. P. Nadda
·
Union Health
Minister, Mr. J. P. Nadda launched the National Framework for Malaria Elimination
(NFME) 2016-2030, which outlines India’s strategy for elimination of the
disease by 2030
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MoS for Science
& Technology, Dr, Harsh Vardhan inaugurated a Translational Research Unit
of Excellence (TRUE) at the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research -
Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (CSIR-IICB) Kolkata
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Indian Handloom
brand goes online
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Prime Minister,
Mr. Narendra Modi's wife Ms. Jashodaben files RTI seeking details of his
passport
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Vice Preisdent,
Mr. Hamid Ansari (as Chairman of Rajya Sabha) appointed Supreme Court Judge
Ranjan Gogoi to probe allegations of sexual misconduct against Madhya Pradesh
High Court Judge S. K. Gangele
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Pakistani -
American terror agent David Headley revealed the money trail behind Nov 26,
2008 terror attacks in Mumbai
·
President, Mr.
Pranab Mukherjee opens the annual “Udyanotsav”
of the Mughal Gardens of Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi
·
Prime Minister,
Mr. Narendra Modi launched Make in India Week in Mumbai
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MoS for PMO, Dr.
Jitendra Singh inaugurated the festival ‘Destination
North-East-2016’ in New Delhi
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President, Mr.
Pranab Mukherjee presented the Infosys Prizes for the year 2015
·
The Government
has achieved significant mile stones in the reforms of PDS. Almost 100 %
(99.9%) ration cards have been digitised across the country. Over 42 % ration
cards have been even linked with Aadhaar cards
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“Ganga Sanskriti Yatra” showcasing &
discovering culture heritage of Ganga will begin at Gangotri
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Taskforce on
Agricultural Development led by the Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog Dr. Arvind
Panagariya held a consultation meeting with Southern States in Bengaluru
·
God is neutral,
so why Gender bias in temple? - Supreme Court to Kerala Devaswom Board
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With the
discovery of gravitational waves by the U.S.-based LIGO (Laser Interferometer
Gravitational Wave Observatory), Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi may have
tweeted his support for a similar detector in India (termed it as INDIGO -
(India - LIGO)
·
Prime Minister,
Mr. Narendra Modi addressed the "New
Direction, New Resolve" organized by the Dayananda Anglo Vedic College
Managing Committee.
·
Country's farmers
can be benefitted only when the new agricultural technologies are utilized by
them at the field level: Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister, Mr.
Radha Mohan Singh
·
The number of
foreign students coming to India increased 50% in 2015 compared to 2014: Union
HRD Ministry
·
73 cities
surveyed for cleanliness have been categorized based on the marks scored by
each of them in the ‘Swachh Survekshan-2016’ (Swachh Bharat Ranking) survey;
Mysuru in Karnataka remained the cleanest city in the country while Dhanbad in
Jharkhand came at the bottom of 73 major cities [15 cities who scored more than
70% of the total marks of 2000 were categorized as Leaders, 20 cities with
scores in the range of 60%-70% are Aspiring Leaders, those with scores in the
range of 50%-60% are the cities who need to accelerate their efforts and cities
who scored below 50% are named Slow Movers who need to work harder to improve
sanitation]
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15 cities from
across the country were felicitated by the central government for their good
work in different areas of sanitation; top 3 are: Mysuru, Chandigarh and
Tiruchirapalli [Mysuru - Overall best performing city; Tiruchirapalli - best
performer in behaviour change communication]
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There is a
tremendous potential in North Eastern States for development of the Horticulture
sector: Union Agriculture & Welfare Minister, Mr. Radha Mohan Singh;
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Union Home
Minister, Mr. Rajnath Singh chaired a meeting of the High Level Committee (HLC)
for Central Assistance to States affected by drought
·
252.3% growth in
tourist arrival on E - tourist visa in Jan 2016; UK > USA > Russia
·
INS Viraat (the
oldest operational aircraft carrier in the world) made a last port of call at Chennai Port; to
be decommissioned by the end of this year
·
Government
approves central assistance of over Rs. 4087 crore to 7 States affected by
drought
BILATERAL ISSUES
·
India and UAE inked
9 deals on infrastructure development
·
Indian Naval
ships Vikramaditya, Mysore and Deepak are scheduled to visit Male, Maldives
from 15 – 18 Feb 16 after participating in the International Fleet Review.
·
MoU signed
between India and Sweden on technical cooperation in rail sector
STATES SCAN
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Assam: In a
setback to the BJP ahead of the Assembly polls, the party lost power in an
autonomous tribal council
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Delhi: Odd - Even
rule scheme will be back by April 15
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Jharkhand: First
mega food park of the State at Ranchi
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Haryana:
Surajkund International Crafts Mela concluded
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Madhya Pradesh:
State's first Mega Park at Khargone District
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Meghalaya:
Consultative committee of Ministry of Agriculture on Horticulture Development
in India held in Shillong
TAMIL NADU
·
VVPAT (Voter
Verifiable Paper Audit Trail) system to
be implemented in 17 Assembly Constituencies in 2016 State Elections [Anna
Nagar - Chennai, Vellore, Krishnagiri, Salem - North, Erode - West, Tirupur -
North, Coimbatore - North, Dindigul, Trichy - West, Cuddalore, Thanjavur,
Kancheepuram, Villupuram, Madurai - East, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli and
Kanyakumari]
·
Ahead of Railway
Budget, Chief Minister Ms. Jayalalithaa sends Tamil Nadu wish list to Centre
(priority for Chennai - Thoothukudi Freight Corridor and Chennai - Madurai -
Kanyakumari rail link)
·
Why not STF be
constituted to curb encroachments on Public lands? - Madras high Court to
Government
·
Supreme Court
quashed the suspension of six DMDK MLAs by the State Legislative Assembly
Speaker.
·
Chief Minister,
Ms. Jayalalithaa urged Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi to take proactive
steps to bring a permanent solution to the fishermen issues
·
Thanjavur Medical
College and Tirunelveli Medical College to be upgraded by April
·
Naam Thamizhar
Katchi unveiled its vision for Tamil Nadu; at a massive public gathering, party
leader, Mr. Seeman said if his party voted to power, Tamil Nadu will have 5
Capitals (Trichy - Administrative Capital; Madurai - Cultural Capital;
Coimbatore - Commercial Capital; Chennai - Port & IT Capital; Kanyakumari -
Philosophical Capital)
·
Chief Minister,
Ms. Jayalalithaa inaugurated the programme by planting a banyan sapling at the
Chennai City Police Commissionerate Complex at Vepery; the initiative has been
launched at a cost of Rs. 61.68 crore
·
Chief Minister,
Ms. Jayalalithaa inaugurated the renovated Kalaivanar Arangam at Chennai (built
in an area of 1, 92, 000 sq. feet at a cost of Rs. 62.73 crore)
·
Chief Minister,
Ms. Jayalalithaa laid the foundation stone for various road projects to the
tune of over Rs. 1000 crore across the State
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73 cities
surveyed for cleanliness across India [Trichy - 3rd; Coimbatore - 18th; Madurai
- 26th; Chennai - 36th]
·
Judicial
hierarchy comes under strain as Madras High Court Judge Justice C. S. Karnan
stays the transfer of him to Caluctta HC; Supreme Court restrains him
·
13 IPS officers
transferred
·
K. Prithika
Yashini, the first transgender to become SI takes charge in Salem
·
Sagayam report:
government gets 3 months to file response
·
2016 Tamil Nadu
Assembly elections to cost Rs. 198 crore (in 2011 it was Rs. 148 crore)
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Tamil Nadu to
receive Rs. 1774 crore from Centre for flood assistance
AROUND THE WORLD
·
USA: Chris
Christie and Carly Fiorina dropped out of Republican Presidential Election race
·
Israel: Former
Prime Minister, Mr. Ehud Olmert becomes the country's first ex - PM to sit
behind bars
·
World powers
agree to halt Syria war; 17 countries agree to implement nationwide cessation
of hostilities in a week; Russia to continue anti - terrorist military
operations
·
North Korea:
expelled all South Koreans from the industrial zone
·
Brazil’s
government launched a nationwide campaign to fight the Zika virus, with
President Ms. Dilma Rousseff and Cabinet Ministers personally visiting homes
and handing out leaflets along with 220,000 troops. (Called as "Zero
Zika" Day)
·
A military base
in Djibouti along with major port development projects in Myanmar and Sri Lanka
are defining the contours of China's Maritime Silk Road project
·
North Korea pushes
for more satellite launches
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Pakistan: Sindh
Province becomes first in Pakistan to adopt Hindu Marriage Bill
ECONOMICS / BUSINESS WORLD
·
Deep surgery
required for clean - up of banks; it would require an anaesthetic in the form
of recognizing NPAs on their books: RBI Governor, Ms. Raghuram Rajan
·
RBI and the
Central Bank of the UAE sign pact to enter into a Currency Swap Agreement
·
Government will
empower banks to recover bad loans: Mr. Arun Jaitley
·
"In real
life, I have a query on Dosa prices — when inflation rates go up, Dosa prices
go up, but when inflation rates are lower, the Dosa prices are not lowered.
What is happening to our beloved Dosa, sir?”
- Question to RBI Governor, Dr. Raghuram Rajan
·
Exports during
Jan 2016 were Rs. 141738.07 crore; Imports during Jan 2016 were Rs. 193111.64
crore
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Union Finance
Minister, Mr. Arun Jaitley inaugurated the Non - Tax Receipt Portal (NTRP) [The
portal provides a one-stop platform to citizens /corporates/other users for
making online payment of Non-Tax Receipts to Government of India]
·
SEBI Chairman,
Mr. U. K. Sinha gets an extension till March 01, 2017
SPORTS CORNER
·
West Indies won
the U-19 ICC World Cup by defeating India in the finals (held at Mirpur)
·
M. S. Dhoni
unveiled the jersey of his new team (Rising Pune Supergiants - RPS) in the IPL
2016 season
MISCELLANEOUS
PERSONS
IN NEWS
·
A century after,
Albert Einstein presented the theory on Gravitational Waves, scientists
announced they had first direct evidence for his theory
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Birth Centenary
celebrations of His Grace Most Rev. Dr. Benedict Mar Gregorios
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SUMMITS
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First national
conference on Jain Community held in New Delhi
OTHERS
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Facebook shuts
down Free Basics in India
·
BAFTA (British
Academy of Film and Television Awards): Best Film - The Revenant; Best Actor -
Leonardo DiCaprio for "The Revenant"; Best Actress - Brie Larson for
"Room"
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Commemoration of
200th Birth Anniversary of Tatya Tope: Ministry of Culture organized a special
lecture
Feb 01 - 05 Feb 06 - 10 Feb 11 – 15
Feb 16 - 20 Feb 21 - 25 Feb 26 – 29
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