DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 13 FEB 2016
(Daily News India)
1. INDIAN ORIGIN LAWYER DAVINDER SINGH NAMED VICE-CHAIRMAN OF
ICC COMMISSION
i. Indian origin lawyer Davinder Singh has been appointed as
Vice-Chairman of International Chamber of Commerce Commission on Corporate
Responsibility and Anti-corruption.
ii. He is one of the top Indian origin lawyer in Singapore.
iii.International Chamber of Commerce Commission is located in Paris
as private sector world business
organisation with an aim to promote
global trade and commerce.
2. KARNATAKA MOBILE ONE PROJECT WON 2016 BEST M-GOVERNMENT SERVICE
AWARD
i. Karnataka’s
Mobile One project grabbed 2016 Best m-Government Service Award at the World
Government Summit in Dubai.
ii. Mobile One project brings together around 4000 services of
multiple states and central government departments as well as private service
providers at one place.
iii. The project was launched by the
the President Pranab Mukherjee in December 2014.
3.
INDIA RANKED 37 IN 2016 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY INDEX
i. India
ranked 37 in the 2016 Intellectual Property Index it was released by the Global
Intellectual Property Centre of the U.S Chamber of Commerce.
ii.The index was topped by the USA in terms of intellectual
property protection and last rank was given to Venezuela.
4. BCCI BANNED PAKISTAN UMPIRE ASAD RAUF FOR INVOLVEMENT IN 2013
IPL SPOT-FIXING SCANDAL
i. The
Disciplinary Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India banned
Pakistan umpire Asad Rauf for 5 years on charges of corruption and misconduct.
ii.He was founded guilty of
charges in relation to the Indian Premier League betting and spot-fixing
scandal of 2013.
iii.Earlier Ajit Chandila and Hiken Shah were also banned by the
committee in relation to the 2013 scandal.
5. STATES CAN CLAMPDOWN MOBILE INTERNET ACCESS UNDER SECTION 144 OF
CRPC
i. The
Supreme Court ruled that States can clampdown mobile internet access under
Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code if they think that a public
agitation can turn aggressive and disturb public tranquillity.
ii.The ruling was delivered by a bench led by Chief Justice of India
T S Thakur.
6. BOOK TITLED A KINGDOM FOR HIS LOVE LAUNCHED BY AMAR CHITRA KATHA
i. A
Kingdom For His Love book written by Vani Mahesh and Shinie Antony released.
ii. The authors through the book want to retell the Sanskrit play
'Swapnavasavadattam', one of the earliest and most celebrated playwrights
Bhasa.
iii.It is an immersive novel about two people coming together
against all odds for the sake of true love.
7. UNION HEALTH MINISTER LAUNCHED NATIONAL FRAMEWORK FOR
ELIMINATION OF MALARIA 2016-2030
i. Union
Health and Family Welfare Ministery released the National Framework for Malaria
Elimination 2016-2030 at New Delhi.
ii.The framework outlines India’s strategy for elimination of the
disease by 2030.
iii.NFME document defines goals, objectives, strategies, targets
and timelines to eliminate malaria from the country.
iv.It will provide a roadmap for advocating and planning malaria
elimination from the country in a phased manner.
v.The main aim is to eliminate malaria from India by 2022
