Wednesday, March 1, 2017

CURRENT AFFAIRS : ( DATE: 24-02-217 & 25-02-2017)



SIKKIM BECOMES 22ND STATE TO JOIN UDAY:

·         India’s 1st fully organic state Sikkim has joined the union government’s Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana as 22nd state.
·         The MoU will help in improving operational efficiency of the power distribution and reduction in AT&C and transmission losses to 15% and 3.50% respectively, is possibly to bring in added revenue of around Rs 328 cr.

INDIA TO HOST COMBINED WORLD CUP FOR SHOOTING IN 2019:

·         India will be hosting the Combined World Cup for shooting in 2019, a qualifying event for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which will further boost the country's profile as a global shooting destination.
·         The National Rifle Association of India's (NRAI) bid was approved by the International Shooting Sport Federation's Executive Board in its meeting held in New Delhi.
·         Combined World Cup comprises all the three categories — shotgun, rifle and pistol, and at stake in the 2019 edition will be a number of quota places for the Tokyo Games.



PM RELEASES THE BOOK “JUDICIAL REFORMS – RECENT GLOBAL TRENDS”:

·         The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, released the book “Judicial Reforms – Recent Global Trends” and presented the first copy to President Pranab Mukherjee.
·         The book, written by Dalveer Bhandari, a judge at the International Court of Justice, talks about the need of judicial reforms.



INTERNATIONAL AYURVEDIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE PLANNED AT KANNUR:

·         Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan has decided to set up Ayurvedic research institute and Kerala Blood Bank society of International standards in Kerala during the 13th five year plan.
·         Ayurvedic research institute will be set up at the cost of Rs 300 cr at Kannur.
·         It will be set up jointly by Health Department with technical assistance of WHO and Thiruvananthapuram Citizens India Charitable Trust.

MS. SUMAN SAXENA TAKES CHARGE AS THE WHOLE TIME MEMBER OF THE INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY BOARD OF INDIA (IBBI):

·         Ms. Suman Saxena took charge as the Whole Time Member, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI).
·         She will look after Research and Regulation Wing comprising Corporate Insolvency, Corporate Liquidation, Individual Insolvency, Individual Bankruptcy, Research and Publications, Data Management and Dissemination and Advocacy.

JUSTICE SAPRE TO HEAD CAUVERY TRIBUNAL:

·         Supreme Court sitting judge Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre will head the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal, a post that had been lying vacant for nearly one year.
·         Supreme Court Chief Justice J S Khehar has nominated Justice Sapre as the tribunal chairman. The post was vacant after the resignation of Justice B S Chauhan following his appointment as Law Commission chairman, in March 2016.

J&K WEDDINGS: GOVT LIMITS NUMBER OF GUESTS AND FOOD SERVED:

·         The Jammu and Kashmir government has banned the big fat weddings to curb the wastage of food in these social events.
·         The restructuring, announced by the state government is aimed at the number of guests invited for weddings, engagement parties to avoid wastage of food during these functions.
·         Now you can only invite 500 guests for a daughter’s wedding and 400 for a son’s wedding. For the ring ceremonies people can invite 100 guests.



MICROSOFT TO DEPLOY AZURE STACK IN ANDHRA PRADESH:

·         Technology giant Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu has signed agreement to utilize Microsoft Azure Stack for AP government state data centre at the ‘Microsoft Future Decoded’ held in Mumbai.
·         For the 1st time in the world, Microsoft Azure Stack will be used to migrate 340 live applications of AP government from Hyderabad State Data Centre to Vizag data centre.

AMARINDER SINGH'S BIOGRAPHY 'THE PEOPLE'S MAHARAJA' RELEASED:

·         Punjab Congress chief Amarinder Singh's biography, 'The People's Maharaja', was released.

NATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL OF KERALA 2017 HAS BEGUN IN THIRUVANANTHAPURAM:

·         National Folk Festival of Kerala (NFFK 2017) has begun in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. It is a three-day festival organized at different locations in Thiruvananthapuram.
·         Youth Welfare Board in association with Bharat Bhavan and the Vyloppilli Samskrithi Bhavan has organized this NFFK 2017.

KARNATAKA BANK BAGS TWO AWARDS AT IBA BANKING TECHNOLOGY AWARDS:

·         The commerical banking company Karnataka Bank has won two ‘IBA-Banking Technology’ awards in Mumbai.
·         ‘Best financial inclusion initiatives (small bank)’ category and ‘Best use of digital and channels technology (small bank)’.
·         The award recognizes and rewards individuals, professionals and banks.
·         Chief General Manager Mahabaleshwara MS and General Manager Raghavendra Bhat M, received the awards from Viral V Acharya, Deputy Governor of RBI.

SHILPA SHETTY IS THE SWACHH BHARAT BRAND AMBASSADOR:

·         Bollywood Film Actress, Former Model, Shilpa Shetty Kundra is the Brand Ambassador for cleanliness initiative Swachh Bharat Mission.
·         Urban Development Ministry Joint Secretary and director of Swachh Bharat Mission, Mr. Praveen Prakash has announced this appointment.


PAKISTAN ARMY HAS LAUNCHED MILITARY OPERATION RADD-UL-FASAAD:

·         Pakistan Army has launched the Radd-ul-Fasaad, a Military Operation to eliminate terrorism in the country. Director-General of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) has taken this decision to for the eradication of terrorism and to strengthen the security of Pakistan’s borders.

INDIA HAS SIGNED $375 MN LOAN PACT WITH ADB FOR INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR:

·         The Indian Govt has signed the  $375 Mn Loan Pact with Asian Development Bank (ADB) to develop  800-km Visakhapatnam-Chennai Industrial Corridor. LB Sondjaja, Deputy Country Director of ADB and Raj Kumar, Joint Secretary in the Finance Ministry has signed this agreement.

RAJASTHAN BECOMES THE 2ND LARGEST CRUDE OIL PRODUCER IN INDIA:

·         Kalyan Singh, the Governor of Rajasthan has announced that the Rajasthan has become the second largest crude oil producer in India.
·         He stated that the oilfields in the state will produce nearly 90 lakh tons oil annually.
·         The oilfields in the state were producing nearly 90 lakh tones oil annually which accounted for 24% of the total domestic crude oil production.
·         The Bombay High, an offshore oilfield of Mumbai is the largest producer of crude oil in India which accounts for half of the domestic oil production.

WORLD’S 1ST INTERNATIONAL ZIP LINE CREATED TO CONNECT SPAIN AND PORTUGAL:

·         An international zip line named as Limite Zero has been created to connect Spain and Portugal.
·         The 2,362-foot-long zipline will connect Sanlucar de Guadiana, in Andalucia, Spain, to Alcoutim, in Algarve, Portugal whose time zone is an hour behind than that of Spain.

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