Monday, 13 February 2017

Daily Current Affairs Update --- 11th & 12th February, 2017

                         







• The Pakistan Navy has kicked of its biannually-held multinational AMAN 2017 naval exercise in Karachi, Pakistan.
Theme of AMAN 2017 : “together for peace”


• India ranked low 43rd among the surveyed 45 nations in 2017 International Intellectual Property Index (IIPI).


• The 2-day UNESCO Natural Heritage Festival began at the Great Himalayan National Park in Sai Ropa, Himachal Pradesh.


• February 14 will be celebrated as 'Matru Pitru Diwas' (parents' day) at all schools in Chhattisgarh to teach "Indian culture" to students, the BJP government announced .


• Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will carry a record 104 satellites in a single mission on February 15 from its space centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh.


• India today successfully test-fired its Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor missile dubbed as Ashwin from launching complex-IV of Dhamara Abdul Kalam defence base off Odisha coast.


• The government appointed senior IAS officer Ajay Tyagi as the Chairman of markets regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).


• Renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has set a Guinness World Record by building the world's tallest sand castle, which stood 48 feet and 8 inches tall.


• Former Argentine player Diego Maradona has been given an ambassadorial role by football governing body FIFA.


• NBA has become the world's first sports league to have its own eSports league, which will debut in 2018.


• The Union Government has planned to up a Defence Procurement Organisation (DPO) in a move to integrate and streamline the long and complex process of defence acquisitions. The committee would be headed by former Director of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow, Dr. Pritam Singh. DPO will function under the Defence Ministry.


• The second edition of the Hunar Haat was inaugurated by the Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs (Independent Charge) and Parliamentary Affairs Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi at New Delhi.


• GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL), which operates Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, has been honored with the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) Chairman’s Order of Merit for its focus on environmental sustainability.


• Subir Dutta appointed as Ambassador of India to the Republic of Madagascar .


• The state government of Assam has decided to set up a Wild Sanctuary to grow Muga cocoon in an effort to give more exposure to Muga, Eri and Silk Products.


• World’s first Braille Atlas for visually impaired persons Launched by NATMO in New Delhi .


• Queen Elizabeth II will host a spectacular UK-India Year of Culture launch at Buckingham Palace .


• The 2nd edition of the International Spice Conference was began at Kovalam in Thiruvananthapuram district.
Theme of International Spice Conference 2017 : "21st Century Spic Industry-Disrupt or be Disrupted"


• The 16th Federal Convention elected Frank-Walter Steinmeier as the 12th President of the Federal Republic of Germany.


• The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur is starting India’s first inter-disciplinary School on Quality and Reliability (Q&R) in India.


• India has decided to conduct Conference with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to share experiences and ideas from the member countries on preventing radicalization and promoting deradicalisation. The Conference may be held in October 2017.


• Indian off-spin specialist Ravichandran Ashwin became the fastest cricketer to take 250 wickets in Test matches. He achieved this feat in his 45th test match .


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