NATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
DRDO successfully test fired anti –tank missile Nag in Rajasthan: The
Defence Research and Development Organisation successfully test fired Nag
anti-tank missile at the Mahajan Field Firing Range in Rajsthan.
2.
‘Sahayog-Kaijin 2016’: India and Japan joint Coast Guard exercise begins: The
15th Edition of bilateral exercise by the Indian Coast Guard and its
Japanese counterpart titled ‘Sahayog-Kaijin 2016’ has begun off the coast of
Chennai, Tamil Nadu in Bay of Bengal.
3. India’s Grid-linked solar generation
capacity crosses 5000 MW mark: Union Ministry of New
and Renewable Energy has announced that India’s grid-connected solar power
generation capacity has crossed the 5000 MW mark.
4. Union Government signed a loan
agreement with World Bank for Neeranchal National Watershed Project: All
28 states which implement the watershed project will benefit from this project.
The project was approved by the Union Government with a total budget of 2142
crore rupees in which India would bear 1071 crore rupees and the rest 50% cost
will be borne by the World Bank. It will support the Pradhan Mantri Krishi
Sinchayi Yojana in Hydrology and water management, agricultural production
systems, capacity building and monitoring and evaluation.
5. Madhya Pradesh Government signed four
MoUs with Singapore: The MoUs were signed in the field of
urban planning, skill development, clean energy and food processing. .
6. First ‘Mahila Squad’ commissioned for
High-Altitude Posts of India-China border: A
freshly-trained contingent of 500 women personnel will become the first
‘mahila’ squad to be deployed in high-altitude posts along the India-China
border. The squad was commissioned into the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
in Panchkula.
7. Centre plans to connect 585 agri
markets under NAM by FY18: The Union Government plans to
connect 585 agricultural produce markets under its National Agricultural Market
(NAM) initiative by March 2018.
8. Country’s first ‘Water Tourism’ to
begin in MP in February: Named as ‘Jal Mahotsav’, the 10-day
extravaganza will be inaugurated on February 12 in Hanuwantiya at Indra Sagar
Dam, one of Asia’s largest man-made water reservoir.
9. Kamal Haasan and Gautam Ghosh
included in Shyam Bengal Committee on functioning of Central Board of Film
Certification (CBFC).
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
WHO declares world’s worst ever Ebola outbreak over: The
World Health Organisation announced that the Ebola epidemic that has ravaged
west Africa for two years was over after Liberia, the last affected country ,
received all clear.
OTHER UPDATES:
SPORTS:
2. Former
World No. 1 Russian tennis player Marat Safin inducted into International
Tennis Hall of Fame.
3. Sania
Mirza and Martina Hingis won the Sydney Open Women’s Double title.
4. Ronaldinho
announced as Brand Ambassador of Nagjee International Club Football Tournament.
AWARDS:
5.
Ankita Anand wins prestigious Lorenzo Natali Media Prize for 2015
(Asia-Pacific): She was awarded for her sensitive
portrayal of life for young women facing the threat of the diktat of khap
panchayats in Haryana.
OBITUARIES:
6. Lagaan actor Rajesh Vivek Upadhyay
died of heart attack at 66.
7. Filmmaker Anil Ganguly died at the
age of 82.
BOOKS AND AUTHORS:
8. 3rd
revised edition of the book titled ‘Objective Railway Engineering-Track, Works
and Others’ was released in New Delhi.
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