February 2017 Current Affairs
[February
10, 2017] Indian Origin astronaut Shawna Pandya has been shortlisted by
NASA for a space mission. She will fly with eight other astronauts in space
2018. She is the 3rd Indian Origin after Kalpana Chawla and Sunitha
Williams.
[February
10, 2017] Kalpana Chawla is the first woman of Indian origin in space.
She was one of the seven crew members killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia
disaster in 2003.
[February
10, 2017] Hemant Bhargava was appointed Managing Director of state-owned
Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India.
[February
10, 2017] Life Insurance Corporation of India is founded in 1 September
1956. Its headquarters is in Mumbai. Surendranath Tagore had founded Hindustan
Insurance Society, which later became Life Insurance Corporation.
[February
10, 2017] The Oriental Life Insurance Company, the first company in India
offering life insurance coverage, was established in Kolkatta in 1818 by “Anita
Bhavsar” and others.
[February
10, 2017] The Bombay Mutual Life Assurance Society, formed in 1870, was
the first native insurance provider.
[February
08, 2017] Jovenel Moise has been sworn in as Haiti’s new President.
[February
07, 2017] Badminton Tournaments are Bahrain International challenge, Syed
Modi Grand Prix Gold 2011.
[February
07, 2017] Sourabh Verma is a badminton player from India (Madhya Pradesh)
[February
07, 2017] Indian Origin British Sculptor Anish Kapoor was honoured with
the prestigious $1 million 2017 Genesis Prize on 6th February 2017 by
Israel for Jewish Community.
[February
07, 2017] The Genesis Prize was founded in 2012 as a USD $1 million award
given annually to an exceptional human being who has attained outstanding
excellence and international renown in his or her chosen field, is a role model
in the community and who can inspire the next generation of Jews worldwide. There
have been four Genesis Prize Laureates: Inaugural Laureate Michael R. Bloomberg
(2014); Michael Douglas (2015); Itzhak Perlman (2016); and Anish Kapoor (2017).
[February
07, 2017] Anish Kapoor is a sculptor.
[February
07, 2017] Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in
three dimensions. It is one of the plastic arts.
[February
07, 2017] Telangana Governor ESL Narasimham and Information Technology
Minister KT Rama Rao presenting “Genome Valley Excellence Award” to Nobel
Laureate Kert Wuthrich, during the inaugural function of the 14th
Bio Asia 2017 in Hyderabad (Telangana).
[February
07, 2017] Genome Valley is an Indian high technology business district
spread across 600 km2 in Hyderabad.
[February
07, 2017] Xiami is a privately owned Chinese electronics company
headquartered in Beijing. It is the world’s 4th largest Smartphone
maker. The company’s founder and CEO is Lei Jun, China’s 23rd
richest person according to forbes.
[February
07, 2017] LTE stands for Long Term Evolution.
[February
07, 2017] The first smart police station of the country is inaugurated by
CM of Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu in the state.
[February
07, 2017] Kiran Bedi is the first woman to join the Indian Police Service
in 1972. And she is now working of Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry.
[February
06, 2017] A Sapphire Jubilee is a celebration to mark a 65th
anniversary. Silver Jubilee (25th anniversary), Ruby Jubilee (40th
anniversary), Golden Jubilee (50th anniversary) Diamond Jubilee (60th
anniversary), Platinum Jubilee (70th anniversary).
[February
06, 2017] Queen Elizabeth II, the world’s longest reigning sovereign, on
6th February set a new record as the first British Monarch to reach
her Sapphire Jubilee, with 65 years on the throne. Now she is 90.
[February
06, 2017] The ministry gave the green signal to the 240 kilometer broad
gauge railway line which will connect Diglipur in North Andaman Island with
Port Blair, the capital of the Andaman located in South Andaman Island.
[February
06, 2017] Indian Railways currently has four different gauges these are
Broad Gauge (1,676 mm), Meter Gauge (1000 mm) and Two Narrow Gauges (762 mm and
610 mm)
[February
06, 2017] The total track length used by Indian Railways is 115,000 km
route length of the network is 66,030 km.
[February
06, 2017] Racharla Samrajyam, freedom fighter, passed away on February
06.
[February
06, 2017] The world’s smallest pacemaker has been successfully implanted
for the first time in a patient who was suffering from a slow heart rate, US
scientists said.
[February
06, 2017] A pacemaker is a medical device which uses electrical impulses,
delivered by electrodes contracting the heart muscles, to regulate the beating
of the heart.
[February
06, 2017] Pacemaker is a decease belongs to heart.
[February
06, 2017] Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal launched the Chief
Minister Samagra Gramya Unnayan Yojana (CMSGUY).
[February
06, 2017] The Telangana government has launched India’s first Social
innovation centre. The Kakatiya Hub is for Social Innovation in Nizamabad.
[February
06, 2017] Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das said the state will give
two percent reservation to sports persons in government jobs and nutritious
food to them.
[February
05, 2017] The FIBA Women’s Asia Cup 2017 will be held here from July 23
to 29, and the FIBA U-16 Women’s Asian Championship at Hyderabad from October
22 to 28.
[February
05, 2017] The Basketball Federation of India BFI president is K.
Govindaraj.
[February
05, 2017] The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) is an
association of national organizations which governs international competition
in basketball. Present president is Horacio Muratore.
[February
05, 2017] Qatar Airways launches world longest flight.
[February
05, 2017] Union Health Ministry launched Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccination
campaign in Bangalore.
[February
05, 2017] World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United
Nations that is concerned with international public health. It was established
on 7 April 1948, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. World health day is
observed on April 7.
[February
05, 2017] J P Nadda is the current Minister of Health and Family Welfare.
And Rajkumari Amrit Kaur was the first Health Minister.
[February
05, 2017] Measles is a highly contagious infection caused by the Measles
Virus.
[February
05, 2017] Rubella/ German Measles/ Three Day Measles is an infection
caused by Rubella Virus.
[February
05, 2017] KPMG is a professional service company and one of the Big Four
auditors, along with Deloitte, EY and PwC. Seated in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
[February
05, 2017] Arun Kumar, who was assistant commerce secretary in the Obama administration,
is the new chairman and CEO of KPMG India.
[February
05, 2017] The Union Government of India has formed a six member committee
to give a report on ways to improve India’s Haj Policy and also look into issue
of subsidy to the pilgrimage in light of 2012 Supreme court order on gradually
reducing abolishing it by 2022. Afzal Amanullah has been appointed as high
level panel.
[February
05, 2017] Minister of State for Minority Affairs is Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.
[February
05, 2017] The Ministry of Minority Affairs a ministry of the Government
of India established in 2006. It is the apex body for the central government’s
regulatory and developmental programmes for the minority religious communities
in India, which includes Muslims, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhists, Zoroastrians
and Jains notified as minority communities.
[February
04, 2017] Bano Qudsia died in Lahore on 4 February 2017.
[February
04, 2017] Bano Qudsia (28 November 1928 – 4 February 2017), also lovingly
referred as Bano Aapa, was a Pakistani novelist, playwright and spiritualist.
She wrote Urdu novels, dramas and short stories. Qudsia is best known for her
novel Raja Gidh. Qudsia also wrote for television and stage in both Urdu and
Punjabi languages. Her play Aadhi Baat has been called” a classic”
[February
04, 2017] World Cancer Day observed on February 4
[February
01, 2017] Ashok Amritraj appointed as United Nation in Indian goodwill
ambassador.
January 2017 Current Affairs
[January 29, 2017] Roger Fed erer own his 18th grand slam title by
beating Rafael Nadal in Australian Open.
[January 29, 2017] President Pranab Mukherjee has given Governor of Assam
Banwarilal Purohit additional charge of Meghalaya.
[January 28, 2017] Serena Williams own 23rd grand slam title by beating
Venus Williams in Australian Open.
[January 26, 2017] India celebrates 68th republic day on 26 January,
2017. Chief Guest is Abu Dhabi Crown prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
[January 21, 2017] The Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Virbhadra Singh has
declared Dharamshala the second capital of the state.
[January 04, 2017] Justice Jagadish Singh Kehar was sworn in as the Chief Justice
of India on 4th January 2017.
[January 04, 2017] Sitar Maestro Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan died in Mumbai on 4th
January 2017.
[January 04, 2017] Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterress has been
sworn in as Secretary General of United Nations.
[January
01, 2017] The UNICEF is located in New York, USA.