Feb 16 - 20, 2016 Events
INDIA
·
MoS for AYUSH,
Mr. Shripad Yesso Naik launched the pilot project ‘Integration of
Homoeopathy/Yoga with National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer,
Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases & Stroke (NPCDCS) in Krishna District’ at
Gudivada near Amaravathi, Andhra Pradesh.
·
How to stop Sikh
jokes? - Supreme Court open to suggestion; also Supreme Court said that, Sikhs
are pride of our nation
·
Government
sanctions 81,757 houses for urban poor in 7 states (West Bengal, Telangana,
Bihar, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand) with an investment of
Rs.4,076 cr
·
Prime Minister,
Mr. Narendra Modi unveiled operational guidelines for Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima
Yojana
·
Union Minister
Food Processing Industries Ms. Harsimrat Kaur Badal inaugurated the Vibrant
North-East 2016 Summit and Exhibition in Guwahati
·
An all-India
Conference of State Governments under the chairmanship of Mr. Sailesh,
Registrar General of Citizen Registration, India, (RGCR,I), Ministry of Home
Affairs was held on updation of National Population Register (NPR)
·
Minister of
Information & Broadcasting, Finance and Corporate Affairs Mr. Arun Jaitley
released the print and digital versions of India 2016 and Bharat 2016
·
MoS for PMO,
Dr. Jitendra Singh addressed workshop on ‘Anubhav’ and ‘Sankalp’; presented
"Anubhav Awards" for best write-ups
·
Second
Conference of Health/AYUSH Ministers of States/UTs organized by the Ministry of
AYUSH was held in New Delhi
· MoU was
exchanged between the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the Skill Development
Network (SDN) Trust for Collaboration on Technical and Program Management
Support for the Skill Development programmes of the MoD
·
Out of 15, 008
aspirants sat for UPSC Mains Examination, 2797 selected for interview [to be
held in New Delhi in March 2016]
·
In a bid to match
pace with latest technological innovations, Indian Railway Project Management
Unit (IRPMU), an arm of North Central Railway in association with the Construction
and Open Line Units of the Railway, initiated a computer-based signalling
system at Khurja junction, a city famous for pottery in Uttar Pradesh.
·
As per the
sources of Urban Ministry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal to invest Rs. 150 crores
in solid waste management [Solid waste management is a project under the Swachh
Bharat mission. It has been found that the Indian cities generate about 170
million tonnes of solid waste every year.]
BILATERAL ISSUES
·
7th India,
Seychelles joint military exercise LAMITYE 2016 began in Seychelles
·
India assumed
chairmanship of BRICS for the next 11 months
·
4th Edition of the
India-Myanmar Coordinated Patrol (IMCOR) concluded in the Andaman Sea
·
India and Armenia
signed MoU on agriculture cooperation
·
Nepal Prime
Minister, Mr. K. P. Sharma Oli arrives in New Delhi on a six-day visit to India
STATES SCAN
·
Maharashtra:
Nagpur Central Prison to provide SBI ATM cards to inmates
·
Odisha:
government to introduce a self-certifying scheme for Non-hazardous industries
·
Uttar Pradesh: in
a setback to the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP), the Congress and the BJP wrested
two Assembly Seats (Deoband and Muzaffarnagar) from it; SP just retained
Bikapur Seat alone
·
West Bengal:
Government launched "Utkarsh Bangla" welfare scheme for
school-dropouts
·
TAMIL NADU
·
Federation of
Indian Granites and Stone Industry (FIGSI) will be setting up 4-in-1 centre
near Hosur to double export of natural stones.
·
Centre Government
announced setting up of a 100 beded ESIC Hospital in Sriperumbudur and
upgradation of 7 ESIC Dispensaries at Dindigul, Ranipet, Ambur, Tambaram,
Kovilpatti, Rajapalayam, Virudhanagar into 30 bedded ESIC Hospitals.
·
Once again, Tamil
Nadu faces a sharp increase in its revenue deficit. The interim budget for
2016-17 presented by Finance Minister Mr. O. Panneerselvam showed that the
State’s revenue expenditure will fall short of its receipts by a whopping Rs.
9,154.78 crore
·
Finance Minister,
Mr. O. Panneerselvam said that, the huge revenue deficit is unavoidable due to
falling state's own tax revenue especially the sales tax revenue from petroleum
products
·
Government is
optimistic of achieving 9.13% growth in 2016-17: Finance Minister, Mr. O. Panneerselvam
·
Ahead of 2016
Assembly Elections, Chief Minister Ms. Jayalalithaa under Rule 110 in the
Assembly announced free bus pass scheme for senior citizens in MTC.
AROUND THE WORLD
·
US-ASEAN Summit
2016 held at California
·
USA and Cuba: to
resume commercial air traffic for the first time in five decades
·
China - Iran:
First train from China arrived in Iran
·
Turkey supplies
ISIS via Syrian town of Azaz: Russia
·
Nepal decided to
constitute 11-member political committee over provincial demarcations
·
World Bank
announced $150 million to combat Zika Virus in Latin America and the Caribbean
·
Japan launched
astronomy satellite ASTRO-H
·
Google’s Project
Loon now in Sri Lanka; Google’s “Project Loon” had crashed down in Sri Lanka in
a tea plantation
ECONOMICS / BUSINESS WORLD
·
mRUPEE:
subsidiary of Tata Teleservices which announced its tie-up with Indian Railway
Catering and Tourism Corporation to provide an additional payment gateway
·
Supreme Court seeks
loan deafulters list from RBI
·
Government launches
Rs. 2200 crore EDF (Electronics Development Fund)
·
India is the 71st
country to approve Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) of World Trade
Organization (WTO)
·
Finance Minister
of West Bengal Mr. Amit Mitra was named the chairman of the Empowered Committee
of State Finance Ministers on Goods and Services Tax (GST)
·
IMF re-elected
Ms. Christine Lagarde to second five-year term as Managing Director; she has
been MD since Jul 05, 2011; Ms. Christine Lagarde belongs to France
SPORTS CORNER
·
12th SAG
officially comes to an end: India stood first with a total of 308 medals (188 Gold + 90 Silver + 30 Bronze);
in 2006 Colombo edition of the Games, India got a total of 214 medals
·
12th SAG medals
tally: (1) India - 308; (2) Sri Lanka - 186; (3) Pakistan - 106; (4) Bangladesh
- 75; (5) Nepal - 60; (6) Afghanistan - 35; (7) Maldives - 3; (8) Bhutan - 16
·
Ranjit Nayak :
Archer from Odisha was included in the Target Olympic Podium (TOP) Scheme
formulated by the Union Government for the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games
·
ICC Cricket for
Good and UNICEF in partnership with BCCI launched the Team Swachh clinics
during the ICC WT20 Host City Tour in Dharamshala
·
Paris, Rome, Los
Angeles and Budapest launch bid for 2024 Olympic Games
·
Rio Haryanto
becomes Indonesia’s first Formula 1 driver after signing a deal with Manor
Racing going to be held in Melbourne, Australia
·
Sachin
Tendulkar's autobiography ‘Playing It May
Way’ in February 2016 entered the Limca Book of Records for being the
best-selling adult hardback in both fiction and non-fiction categories
·
BCCI to file
affidavit in Supreme Court on Justice Lodha Committee Report
MISCELLANEOUS
PERSONS
IN NEWS
·
Commemoration of
200th Birth Anniversary of Tatya Tope: Ministry of Culture organized a special
lecture
·
Former UN
Secretary General Mr. Boutros Ghali passed away
·
Indian-origin
Ashutosh Tiwari-led Utah Engineers discovered 2D Semiconducting Material made
of Tin Monoxide
·
Scientists (from
UK) discovered five Jupiter-like Planets; newly discovered planets were
designated WASP-119 b, WASP-124 b, WASP-126 b, WASP-129 b and WASP-133 b
·
David Shulman won
Israel Prize for Religious Studies for Research on India
·
Renowned novelist
Ms. Harper Lee passed away; her books include "To Kill a Mockingbird", "Go Set a Watchman", "Vogue
and McCalls"
OTHERS
·
10,000 euros
World Press Photo of the Year 2015 award has been conferred upon Australian
photographer Warren Richardson during the 59th annual World Press Photo Contest
[Richardson’s picture shows refugees passing a baby through a barbed wire fence
on the border of Horgos (Serbia) and Roszke (Hungary); image titled as
"Hope for a New Life"]
·
Prime Minister,
Mr. Narendra Modi has paid tributes to Swami Chhatrapati Shivaji on his birth
anniversary.
Feb 16 – 20 Feb 21 - 25 Feb 26 – 29
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