DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 16 FEB 2016
(Daily News India)
1. INDIA
AND SWEDEN SIGNED MOU ON TECHNICAL COOPERATION IN RAIL SECTOR
i. The
Ministry of Indian Railways and Sweden signed a Memorandum of Understanding on
technical cooperation in rail sector.
ii. It will
help to promote efficiency and sustainability and achieve concrete results with
regard to bilateral trade, investment, research and technology transfer.
Pm
of Sweden: Stefan Lofven
2. INDIA
WON THREE-MATCH T-20 SERIES AGAINST SRI LANKA
i. India on
won the three-match T-20 series against Sri Lanka by defeating with 2-1 in Visakhapatnam,
Andhra Pradesh.
ii. Indai is
ranked on first position in T-20
iii. The man
of theis given to Ravichandran Ashwin.
3. INDIAN
WOMEN FOOTBALL TEAM DEFEATED NEPAL TO BAG GOLD AT SAG
i. The India
women's team won gold at the 12th South Asian Games after beating Nepal by 4-0
in the in Shillong.
ii. 12th
South Asian are hosted by India for the third time.
4. JAUNA
MURMU AND RANJIT NAYAK INCLUDED IN TARGET OLYMPIC PODIUM SCHEME
i. Two
prominent sportspersons Jauna Murmu and archer Ranjit Nayak were included in
the Target Olympic Podium Scheme for the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games.
ii. Jauna
Murmu is a sprinter, while Ranjit is an archer both are chosen for the scheme
by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
iii. Target
Olympic Podium Scheme was started with the objective of identifying and
supporting potential medal prospects for 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games.
5. MYSURU
DECLARED CLEANEST CITY IN SWACHH SARVEKSHAN 2016
i. Mysuru
city from Karnataka has been ranked first in terms of cleanliness for second
time in Swachh Sarvekshan 2016.
ii. It was
announced by Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu during the Swachh
Survekshan 2016 award function held in New Delhi.
iii. The
rankings of the Swachh Survekshan Survey 2016 were conducted by Quality Council
of India as part of ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’.
iv. The
survey was conducted to measure the impact of efforts under Swachh Bharat
Mission for solid waste management, construction of toilets and service
delivery level.
v. Top 5
cities are Mysore, Chandigarh, Tiruchirappalli, Delhi and Visakhapatnam.
6. INDIA’S FIRST LIGHTEST
GUN NIDAR LAUNCHED
i. India’s
first indigenously developed lightest revolver Nidar weighing merely 250 grams
was launched.
ii. It has
been designed and manufactured by the Rifle Factory Ishapore located in West
Bengal.
iii. It is
launched to give a boost to the ‘Make in India’ initiative in small
manufacturing sector.
iv. It has a
range 7 meters with precise accuracy.
7.
DEVARAJA REDDY ELECTED AS THE NEW ICAI PRESIDENT
i. The Institute
of chartered accountants of India appointed M Devaraja Reddy as the new
President.
ii. Earlier
he was the Vice-President of ICAI for the council year 2015-16.
iii. The
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India is the national professional
accounting body of India
iv. It was
established on 1 July 1949
