DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 26 AUG 2015
(Daily
News India)
1. BIRTH CENTENARY CELEBRATIONS OF RANI GAIDINLIU, INAUGURATED
BY PM NARENDRA MODI
i. Birth Centenary celebration of Freedom
Fighter Rani Gaidinliu inaugurated by Pm Narendra Modi.
ii. She was a political and spiritual leader
iii. She led a revolt against British Colonial
rule in India.
iv. PM Narendra Modi launched Commemorator Coin
of Rs 100 rupees and circulation of Rs 5 coin of Rani Ganidinlin to mark her
birth anniversary.
2. ‘SEHAT’ LAUNCHED BY UNION GOVERNMENT
i. Union Government has launched Telemedicine initiative
‘SEHAT’ to promote health care facilities in rural areas.
ii. It was launched by union Telecom minister Communication
and IT Ravi Shankar Parsad
iii. SEHAT is launched in collaboration with
appolo hospital
iv. SEHAT will provide health consultation on
Tele communication and through Video Link
Union Health Minister – J P Nadda
3.
UNION GOVERNMENT HAS ANNOUNCED DRONACHARYA, DHYAN CHAND AND RATRYA KHEL
PROTSAHAN PURUSKAR AWARD 2015:
DRONACHARYA AWARD 2015
i) Naval
Singh- Athletics Para-sports coach.
ii) Anoop
Singh– Wrestling coach.
iii) Harbans
Singh- Athletics coach.
iv) Swatantar
Raj Singh- Boxing coach.
v) Nihar
Ameen- Swimming coach.
DHYAN CHAND AWARD 2015
i) Romeo
James– Hockey.
ii) Shiv
Prakash Mishra- Tennis.
iii) P.P
Nair– Volleyball.
RASHTRIYA KHEL PROTSAHAN PURUSKAR 2015
i) Directorate
General of Military Training (DGMT) – for identifying and nurturing of young
talent in sports.
ii) Coal
India Limited (CIL) – for encouraging sports through Corporate Social
Responsibility.
iii) Haryana
State Police- For employing sportspersons and sports welfare measures.
iv) Sports
Coaching Foundation (SCF) - For development of sports.
4. INDIA TO EXECUTE ‘SENDAI FRAMEWORK
FOR DISASTER REDUCTION ‘
i. Union
Government has announced to execute the Sendai Framework for Disaster Reduction
2015-2030 in letter and spirit.
ii. The Sendai framework for disaster Risk
reduction 2015-2030 was adopted during the third UN world Conference on
disaster risk reduction held in Sendai, Japan in march 2015.
The Sendai framework: It is a 15
year Voluntary non binding agreement which recognizes that the state has the
primary role to reduce disaster risk but that responsibility should be shared
with other stakeholders including local government, the private sector and
other stakeholders.
