DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 27 AUG 2015
(Daily
News India)
1. SACHIN TENDULKAR TO BE THE CAPTAIN OF ‘GREEN
ARMY’
i. Sachin Tendulkar is to be the Captain of
Maharashtra’s Green Army Chief.
ii. He will promote the cause of Environment
in Maharashtra.
Green Army
is an initiative for school children by the state government of Maharashtra.
Every school will nominate its 10 students to undertake various projects for
environment conservation in their respective areas.
2. GIRISH SAHNI IS NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL OF CSIR
i. Girish Sahni is appointed as new director
General of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.
ii. Council of Scientific and Industrial
Research is an India’s largest Research and Development Organization.
It
was established in 1942
3. ‘SCHOOL SPORTS
PROMOTION FOUNDATION’ LAUNCHED BY SAI
i. Sports Authority of India has launched
School Sports Promotion foundation to promote sports talent in schools.
ii. This foundation will organize sports
tournaments across the country.
iii. It will also provide sports coaching to
talented students.
4. BRIDGE PROGRAME OF AUSTRALIA EXTENDED TO NAVODAYA SCHOOLS
i. Australia-India partnership programme Building
Regional Inter Cultural Dialogue and growing engagement(BRIDGE)- The programme
is run by Australian schools in collaboration with Indian Schools, now it has
agreed to include Jawar Navodaya Vidyalayas under this programme earlier only
private schools were part of this programme.
ii. The project is started to improve teacher
capability in science and technology engineering , Mathematics and
Communication ,Technologies etc.
5. NOVAK DJOKOVIC
APPOINTED GOODWILL AMBASSADOR OF UNICEF:
i. World’s no.1 Tennis Player Novak Djokovic
is appointed as Goodwill ambassador of UNICEF.
ii. He also signed memorandum of
Understanding to promote early childhood development
i) UNICEF- United Nation Children’s Fund
ii) HQ- New York, US
iii) UNICEF- provides long term humanitarian and development
assistance to children and mothers in developing countries.
