DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS:
15 - 16 JAN 2016
(Daily News India)
1. 68TH
ARMY DAY CELEBRATED ON 15 JANUARY
i. India celebrated the 68th Army Day on
15th January to commemorate the day when Lieutenant General K M
Cariappa became the 1st Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army in
post independence period.
ii. He took over the command of Army
from General Sir FRR Bucher, the last British Commander in Chief on 15 January 1949.
GENERAL
OF INDIAN ARMY: DALBIR SINGH
2. WHO DECLARES WORLD’S
WORST EVER EBOLA OUTBREAK OVER
i. The World Health Organisation
declared West Africa free from Ebola virus.
ii. Ebola was outbroken in December
2013 in the west Africa badly effecting Liberia as it killed 4809 people in the
country.
iii. Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea
were the badly affected nations in the region.
iv. Recently WHO declared Liberia,
Sierra leone and Guinea all ebola free
in 2015.
3. US
LIFT NUCLEAR SANCTIONS ON IRAN
i. United States has removed nuclear
sanctions against Iran after it has agreed to roll back its nuclear programme.
ii. These sanctions were lifted after
International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed that Iran has agreed to its
commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action also known as
P5+1 countries.
iii. P5+1 include the five permanent
members of the UN Security Council including USA, China, Russia, UK, France and
non- permanent member Germany.
4. SBI
LAUNCHED INDIA’S FIRST START-UP FOCUSED BANK BRANCH SBI INCUBE
i. India’s largest bank State Bank of India
inaugurated India’s first start-up focused bank branch called SBI InCube in
Bangalore, Karnataka.
ii. The specialized branch aims to
understand and address banking needs of a Start-up Business.
iii. SBI InCube branch will work
towards fulfilling the specific financial needs of the start-ups.
5. SIKKIM
BECOMES INDIA'S FIRST FULLY ORGANIC STATE
i. Sikkim has become India's first
fully organic state by utilizing 75,000 hectares of agricultural land into
sustainable cultivation.
ii. The land is converted to organic
land by implementing organic practices and principles as laid down in National
Programme for Organic Production.
iii. Organic farming leads in
subsistence of agriculture, bio-diversity conservation and environmental
protection.
iv. Sustainable farming will also help
in building the soil health resulting in sustainable increased crop production,
he said.
6. FIRST
'MAHILA SQUAD' COMMISSIONED FOR HIGH-ALTITUTE
i. A contingent of 500 women personnel
will become the first 'mahila' squad to be deployed in high-altitude posts
along the India China border.
ii. The squad was commissioned into the
Indo-Tibetan Border Police today in Panchkula.
iii. It is the first time that India is
deploying women troops in the harsh climatic conditions along the India-China
border.
Director General of ITBP: Krishna Chaudhary
7. MARAT
SAFIN INDUCTED INTO INTERNATIONAL TENNIS HALL OF FAME
i. The Russian Tennis Federation announced
former World No.1 tennis player Marat Safin joined the International Tennis
Hall of Fame.
ii The International Tennis Hall of
Fame honours players and contributors to the sport of tennis
iii. Martina Hingis became the first
Global Ambassador for the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2015.
