DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 16
AUG 2015
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1. FISHERIES POLICY 2015 LAUNCHED BY ODISHA:
i. Odisha Government
approved ‘Fisheries Policy 2015’
ii. The aim of new policy
is to increase the productivity of fish from Island and marine
iii. The Government aims to
develop 15000 hectare of new ponds of fresh water.
i) China is the largest producer
of fish in world and India is on 2nd place.
ii) Andhra Pradesh tops in fish
production among Indian States, Andra Pradesh is followed by West Bengal.
2. SANIA 1ST INDIAN
SHUTTLER TO WON SILVER MEDAL AT WORLD BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIP
i. Indian Shuttler Sania
Nehwal won Silver medal at World Badminton Championship in Jakarta Indonesia.
ii. She is the first Indian Shuttler to won silver medal at world
Badminton Championship
iii. Earlier in 1983
Shuttler Prakash Padukone was 1st Indian to won Bronze.
3. TAJ MAHAL BECOMES
FIRST MONUMENT IN WORLD TO HAVE TWITTER ACCOUNT
i. The Taj Mahal became the 1st
historical monument in the world to have a twitter account.
ii. It is launched by Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh
Yadav on 69th Independence Day.
Tajmahal was
built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in the remberance of his wife Mumtaj Mahal
at Uttar Pradesh.
4. ‘INDRA-DHANUSH MISSION’ STARTED BY
GOVERNMENT
i. The union Government has launched Indradhanush mission to revamp
functioning of Public Sector Banks.
ii. It was launched by
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
iii. It aims to achieve the
objective of economic growth through improving credit and minimising the
political interference in the functioning of Public Sector Banks.
iv. The seven shades of
Indradhanush includes appointments, deserting PSBs, Capitalization,
Empowerment, Governance, accountability, Bank Board Bureau.
