Tuesday, 14 February 2017

Daily Current Affairs Update --- 13th February, 2017

               





• Today (13th February) is World Radio Day.


• India's first ever floating elementary school has opened on Loktak Lake, the freshwater lake in the country, in Manipur. 


• The 11th biennial edition of International Aerospace and Defence Exhibition - Aero India 2017 will be held at the Air Force Station, Yelahanka, Bangalore from February 14-18.


• 59th Grammy Awards :
Indian Tabla player Sandeep Das won the Best World Music Album award for 'Sing Me Home'.
Singer David Bowie, who passed away on January 10, 2016, won five awards posthumously for his album 'Blackstar'.
Singer Adele won five awards including Album Of The Year for '25'.


• Navy's survey-class vessel INS Sarvekshak has become India's first warship to install solar panels on board. 


• Indian Air Force will induct the country's first indigenous all-weather airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system, also called the 'eye in the sky', on February 14, the first day of Aero India 2017. 


• Netherlands' Germaine de Randamie became the 1st winner of the UFC women's featherweight championship after a second-round victory over Holly Holm at the UFC 208 in Brooklyn, New York. 


• Sandeep Jajodia has been appointed the new president of industry chamber Assocham. 


• The eminent thinker, writer and journalist Pandit Dharmsheel Chaturvedi passed away.


• The world’s longest elevated cycle path has been opened in Xiamen, China which can handle about 2,023 cyclists with a speed limit of 15 miles per hour.


• Union Government has decided to launch ‘Indradhanush 2.0’ for recapitalisation of public sector lenders so that the banks remain solvent and fully comply with the global capital adequacy norms namely Basel-III. The Indradhanush 2.0 programme will be finalised by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) after completion of Asset Quality Review (AQR) being undertaken and is likely to be completed by end of March 2017.


• 70th British Academy Film Awards Winner List :-
  
° Best Film      -La La Land

Best Director  -Damien Chazelle (La La Land)

Best Actor -Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)

Best Actress    - Emma Stone (La La Land)



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