DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 15 FEB 2016
(Daily News India)
1. WEST INDIES WON ICC
U-19 CRICKET WORLD CUP 2016
i. West Indies has won the ICC
U-19 Cricket World Cup by defeating India at Bangladesh.
ii. Top five cricket teams in the
Under-19 cricket world cup are West Indies, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and
Pakistan.
CAPTAIN OF THE INDIA CRICKET TEAM: ISHAN
KISHAN.
2. UNDER MAKE IN INDIA WEEK 3 MOUS WORTH RS 21000
CRORE SIGNED
i. Three Memorandum of
Understandings are signed making total investment of 21,000 crore rupees on the
first day of the Make in India Week in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
ii.
These MoUs were signed are:
a.
TwinStar
Display Technologies has inked MoU with Maharashtra Industrial Development
Corporation to set up an LCD manufacturing unit in technical collaboration with
Autron of Taiwan with investment of 20,000 crore rupees.
b.
Raymond
Industries and MIDC have inked MoU as part of ‘Farm to Fabric’ initiative with
an investment of 1,400 crore rupees for manufacturing of abric, linen yarn and
garmenting in the state.
c.
Hindustan
Coca Cola Beverages, Jain Irrigation Pvt Ltd and Department of Agriculture and
Marketing of Maharashtra have inked MoU for setting up a juice manufacturing
facility to support farmers growing oranges in Vidarbha region of state.
3. VIDYA BALAN AWARDED
PRIDE OF KERALA AWARD
i. Bollywood actress Vidya Balan
has been awarded with the ‘Pride of Kerala’ Award by the World Malayalee
Council.
ii.Actress vidya balan belongs to
Kerala and She has won five Filmfare
Awards such as in Best Female Debut for Parineeta , Best Actress for Paa , The
Dirty Picture and Kahaani and Critics
Award for Best Actress for Ishqiya .
4. FILM ON CONSERVATION EFFORTS BY NAGALAND VILLAGERS WON GOLDEN BEAVER
AWARD
i. Nagaland is changing, but, a film on conservation efforts by
villagers grabbed the Golden Beaver Best Film Award in the institutional
category at the 6th National Science Film Festival in Mumbai.
ii.The film also received the technical excellence award for best
sound design at the festival.
Iii.The film was produced by Nagaland State Forest Department in
2015.
iv. The film is about community conservation areas of Nagaland at
Sendenyu village in Kohima district and Sukhai village in Zunheboto district.
5. 7TH INDIA AND
SEYCHELLES JOINT MILITARY EXERCISE LAMITYE 2016 BEGAN IN SEYCHELLES
i. LAMITYE 2016 the 7th
joint military training exercise between the Indian Army and the Seychelles started
in seychelles.
ii. Lamitye, means friendship
will be conducted with the aim of enhancing military cooperation and
interoperability between the two countries.
iii. LAMITYE 2016 is the 7th
biannual exercise started in 2001.
6. SANIA MIRZA AND MARTINA HINGIS WON 2016 ST. PETERSBURG LADIES
TROPHY
i. Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis won the 2016 St. Petersburg
Ladies Trophy in Russia.
ii.They have defeated the Russian-Czech team of Vera Dushevina and
Barbora Krejcikova in the women’s doubles final.
Iii.It was their 40th
victory overall and the title was the fourth in the 2016 season
7. ASHOK CHAWLA APPOINTED
AS CHAIRMAN OF TERI
i. The Governing Council of TERI
appointed Ashok Chawla as the Chairman of The Energy and Resources Institute.
ii.He has replaced B V Sreekantan who was serving as the
Chairman of TERI
iii. The Energy and Resources
Institute was established in 1974 and headquartered in New delhi.
