DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 23 FEB 2016
(Daily News India)
1.
BRENDON MCCULLUM SCORES FASTEST CENTURY IN TEST HISTORY
i.
Brendon McCullum has made the fastest century in Test history in his 101st and
final match for New Zealand .
ii.
Brendon McCullum has stroke century on 54-ball and broke the record jointly held by Viv
Richards and Misbah-ul-Haq.
iii.
McCullum was the captain of the new Zealand test team.
2. PUNJAB
WARRIORS WIN 2016 HOCKEY INDIA LEAGUE
i. The
Jaypee Punjab Warriors has won the Coal India Hockey India League title 2016.
ii. The
Jaypee Punjab Warriors grabbed gold to become third-time lucky as they clinched
their Hockey India League title at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Ranchi.
iii. Player of the Tournament Award has been won by
Rupinder Pal Singh of Delhi Waveriders.
3. INDIA
REMAINS WORLD’S LARGEST ARMS IMPORTER
i. India
continues to remain the world’s largest arms importer in 2015.
ii Top
arms importers in the world are India , China , Australia , Pakistan , Vietnam and
South Korea .
iii. Its
biggest suppliers are Russia, United States, Israel and France.
4.
E-GOVERNANCE VISION 2020 OF ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA
i. The
term ‘E-Governance Vision 2020’ was stated by Chief Election Commissioner Dr.
Nasim Zaidi during a Seminar on ‘Leveraging Technology for Transparent and
Credible Elections’
ii. He
said the 'E-Governance Vision 2020' will provide inclusive, integrated single
window view of services to all stakeholders in all phases of the electoral
cycle using multiple channel of delivery.
5. UNION
GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES SWACHH PARYATAN MOBILE APP
i. Union
Government has launched ‘Swachh Parayatan’ mobile application to keep tourist
places clean.
ii. It
was launched by Union Minister of State
for Tourism, Culture and Civil Aviation Mahesh Sharma in New Delhi.
iii.
This mobile app will enable citizens, tourists to take photograph of garbage
seen at the monument and upload it on the app so that concerned officer can
take action to clean the garbage.
6.
INDIAN-ORIGIN AMAR SINGH APPOINTED AS POLICE COMMISSIONER OF KUALA LUMPUR
i. Indian origin Sikh Amar Singh has been
appointed as the Police Commissioner in Kuala Lumpur, malaysia.
ii. He
becomes the first person of Indian origin
to achieve the highest police rank in the Muslim-majority country
7. BIHAR
BECAME SIXTH STATE TO JOIN DISCOM REVIVAL SCHEME UDAY
i. Bihar
Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding
with the DISCOMs of Bihar under the Scheme Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana
for operational and financial turnaround of the DISCOMs.
ii.
Bihar became sixth state to sign MoU with Union Government for power scheme
UDAY after Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and
Jharkhand.
iii.
UDAY scheme was launched by the Union government to make the power companies
financially independent and financially healthy to provide continous power
supply.
