DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 17 FEB 2016
(Daily News India)
1. UNION
GOVERNMENT UNVEILS NATIONAL CAPITAL GOODS POLICY 2016
i. The Union
Government has Launched a National Capital Goods Policy 2016 to give importance
to the capital goods sector and the Make in India initiative.
ii. It was announced
on the occasion of the Make in India Week held in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
iii. It is
for the first time that Union Government has framed such national policy for
the capital goods sector.
iv. Key
features of Policy
a. Increase
exports of capital goods from the current 27% to 40 % of production.
b. Increase
share of domestic capital goods production in order to make India a net
exporter of capital goods.
c. Facilitate
improvement in technology depth, increase skill availability and promote growth
and capacity building of MSMEs.
2. INDIAN
RAILWAYS WON 36TH NATIONAL CHESS TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
i. Indian
Railways grabbed the 36th National Chess team Championship in Bhubaneswar,
Odisha.
ii. Indian
railways has defeated defeated Life Insurance Corporation in the final.
3.
FASHION DESIGNER MANISH ARORA HONOURED WITH KNIGHT OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR
i. Fashion
designer Manish Arora was honoured the Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur
France's highest civilian honour.
ii. The
award is given for his renowned and
critically-acclaimed contribution to the fashion world.
iii. National
Order of the Legion of Honour is the highest decoration in France
iv. Earlier Pandit
Ravi Shankar, Amitabh Bachchan and J.R.D Tata have been honoured with this prestigious
award.
4. INDIA
PARTICIPATES IN COBRA GOLD 2016 MULTILATERAL EXERCISE
i. India for
the first time has participated in the Cobra Gold 2016 multilateral exercise
hosted by Indonesia.
ii. Cobra
Gold 2016 is 35th edition of multilateral exercise in which 35 countries have
participated
iii. The main
theme of the exercise is humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.
iv. Cobra
Gold multilateral exercise is the
largest Asia-Pacific military exercise held annually in Thailand.
5. TATA STEEL WINS TIME'S BEST IN CLASS FOR
MANUFACTURING AWARD
i. American
publishing company Time Inc has announced the winners of the TIME India awards
for honouring leaders for manufacturing excellence in India at Switzerland.
ii. The awards is given in three categories such
as Best in class manufacturing, manufacturing innovator of the year and Young
maker of the year.
iv. Tata
Steel won the award for best in class for manufacturing, Hero Moto Corp was honoured
with the manufacturing innovator of the year and Yogesh and Rajesh Agrawal of
Ajanta Pharma Limited were honoured with the TIME India Young Maker of the Year
award.
6. INDIA
FINISHED AT TOP WITH 308 MEDALS IN SOUTH ASIAN GAMES 2016
i. 12th
South Asian Games 2016 finished at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in
Guwahati, Assam.
ii. About 2600
athletes from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Nepal,
Bhutan and Maldives.
iii. India
finished at the top with a record 308 medals - 188 Gold, 90 Silver and 30
Bronze,
iv. Top 5 winner countries are India, sri Lanka, Pakistan,
Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
