DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 11TH FEB 2017
(Daily News India)
1. ANDHRA
PRADESH GOVERNMENT CONSTITUTES 33 MEMBER COMMITTEE FOR SAGARMALA PROJECT
i. A 33
member committee has been constituted under the chairmanship of Andhra
Pradesh’s CM N Chandrababu Naidu for the speedy implementation of the Sagarmala
Project in Andhra Pradesh.
ii.
Sagarmala project aims to improve the state’s coastline and inland waterways.
iii. The
committee will be responsible for overseeing the entire project and will bring
together all the concerned departments and review their work on a daily basis
for timely completion of the project.
iv. During
the 1st meeting Naidu stressed on the opportunities that Andhra Pradesh has to
develop a coast-led industrial economy.
v .The
Andhra Pradesh Government and Visakhapatnam Port Trust have submitted proposals
for 90 projects with an outlay of Rs.1,30,763 cr under the Sagarmala project.
2.
GOVERNMENT TO OPEN 56 MORE POST OFFICE PASSPORT SEVA KENDRAS ACROSS INDIA
i. With the
successful operationalization of the 2 pilot projects of utilizing Head Post
Offices as the Passport Seva Kendra, the government has now decided to Open 56
More Post Office Passport Seva Kendras across India.
ii. The
Ministry of External Affairs and Department of Posts are working to start the
operation of the new centers as early as possible in various states including
Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and West Bengal.
iii. The
pilot projects were launched in Mysuru and Gujarat.
3. CHINA
RELEASES THEME FOR BRICS SUMMIT 2017
i. 2017
BRICS summit to be held in Xiamen, China in Sept 2017.
ii. The
theme of the summit will be “BRICS: Stronger Partnership for a Brighter Future
“.
iii. The
main focus of the summit will be on 5 key things Deepening cooperation,
Carrying out people-to-people exchanges, Strengthening global governance,
Building broader partnerships and Making institutional improvements.
4.
GOVT. SELLS 2% STAKE IN ITC TO RAISE RS.
6,690 CRORE
i. As a part
of its disinvestment plan for 2016-17, the central government sold 2 % of its
stake in ITC to Life Insurance Corporation of India and earned Rs 6,690 cr.
ii. Held
under the Specified Undertaking of the Unit Trust of India, the stake was sold
at Rs 275.85 per share through block deals.
iii. This is
the 2nd SUUTI disinvestment of 2016-17. Earlier in November, Centre divested
1.63 % stake in Larsen & Toubro to raise Rs 2,100 cr.
5. HEMANT
BHARGAVA APPOINTED AS LIC’S MANAGING DIRECTOR
i. Hemant
Bhargava has been appointed as one of the 3 managing director of Mumbai based
Life Insurance Corporation of India till July 31, 2019 by the Cabinet
Appointments Committee.
ii. Prior to
this, Bhargava was working as the zonal manager Delhi.
6. PIYUSH
GOYAL LAUNCHES TAMRA PORTAL AND MOBILE APPLICATION FOR TRANSPARENCY IN
STATUTORY CLEARANCES FOR MINING OPERATIONS
i. The Union
Minister of State for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Shri
Piyush Goyal launched the Transparency, Auction Monitoring and Resource
Augmentation portal and Mobile Application in New Delhi.
ii. TAMRA
Portal and Mobile Application aims to enhance the transparency and
accountability in the mining sector as a part of the Ease of Doing Business.
iii. The
initiative will speed up mining activity in India. TAMRA provides block-wise,
state-wise and mineral-wise information of the blocks to be auctioned; monitors
various statutory clearances and also highlights the additional resources
generated through e-Auction.
7. VIRAT
KOHLI BREAKS RECORD TO BECOME FIRST INDIAN CAPTAIN TO SCORE FOUR DOUBLE
CENTURIES IN 4 STRAIGHT SERIES
i. Virat
Kohli became the 1st player to score double century in 4 consecutive Test
series while playing against Bangladesh in Hyderabad.
ii. Virat
also became the 2nd captain to score 4 double centuries for his country.
iii. Kohli
began the trend while playing against West Indies in June 2016 to score his 1st
double century where he scored exactly 200. 2nd with New Zealand in November
2016. The 3rd record came against England the latest against Bangladesh.
8.
WORLD’S FIRST BRAILLE ATLAS FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS LAUNCHED BY NATMO IN
NEW DELHI
i. The Union
Minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan released
the world’s 1st comprehensive Braille atlas for nearly 50 lakh visually
challenged people in India in New Delhi.
ii. This is
for the 1st time that such atlas has been prepared for physically challenged
with such minute details. The Braille Atlas has been prepared by National Atlas
and Thematic Mapping Organisation under Department of Science & Technology.
iii.
Aniruddha Bhattacharya, scientific officer with NATMO and Amitava Chakraborty
and Devnath Sengupta, research officers, played a key role in preparing the
atlas. Bhattarcharya passed away last month.
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS BASED
ON TODAY’S NEWS
Q1. WHO IS THE HEAD OF THE 33 MEMBER COMMITTEE
FORMED FOR THE SPEEDY IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SAGARMALA PROJECT IN ANDHRA
PRADESH?
a) Siddaramaiah
b) Piyush Goyal
c) M. Venkaiah Naidu
d) N Chandrababu Naidu
Q2. THE
FIRST PILOT BRANCH OF THE POST OFFICE PASSPORT SEVA KENDRA WAS LAUNCHED IN
WHICH CITY?
a) Kolkata
b) Mysuru
c) Banglaore
d) Indore
Q3. WHAT
IS THE THEME OF THE 2017 BRICS SUMMIT?
a) BRICS: Stronger Partnership for a Brighter
Future.
b) BRICS and Africa: Partnership for
Development, Integration and Industrialisation
c) Inclusive Growth: Sustainable Solutions
d) Building Responsive, Inclusive and Collective
Solutions
Q4. WHICH
MINISTRY LAUNCHED THE WORLD’S FIRST COMPREHENSIVE BRAILLE ATLAS FOR VISUALLY
IMPAIRED IN NEW DELHI?
a) Ministry of Skill Development and
Entrepreneurship
b) Ministry of Human Resource Development
c) Ministry of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences
d) Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Q5. WHO
HAS BEEN APPOINTED AS THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF LIFE INSURANCE CORPORATION?
a) Shaktikanta Das
b) Hemant Bhargava
c) Girish Chandra Murmu
d) Ashwani Kumar
ANSWERS:
1 - D 2
- B 3 - A 4 - C 5 - B
