Daily GK Updates - 19th February, 2017

NATIONAL UPDATES:

1. Indian Navy inducts first all-women global circumnavigation vessel 'Tarini': The Indian Navy's second sailboat 'Tarini' was inducted into service at a ceremony in Goa. The vessel is slated to be the platform for the first Indian all-women global circumnavigation by the Indian Navy to begin in August.

The Indian Navy is operating four sailing vessels capable of open ocean deployments - Tarangini, Sudarshini, Mhadei and Tarini, all four of which have been built in shipyards at Goa.

2. Indian Coast Guard Ship ICGS AYUSH commissioned February: Indian Coast Guard Ship ICGS AYUSH was commissioned at Kochi, Kerala by Vice Admiral AR Karwe, Flag Officer Commanding-in- Chief, Southern Naval Command. 

ICGS AYUSH is the 20th and the last in the series of 20 Fast Patrol Vessels (FPVs) built by Cochin Shipyard Ltd. 

3. Jharkhand signs MoU with Microsoft in ‘Momentum Jharkhand’: Jharkhand government and Microsoft India has inked an MoU for the state government to explore cloud, machine learning and mobile based solutions to improve citizen services and provide better facilities in the fields of education and agriculture.

The MoU was signed at the ‘Momentum Jharkhand: Global Investors’ Summit & Trade Exhibition’.

4. GSLV's Cryogenic upper stage tested successfully: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully ground tested India’s largest indigenously developed Cryogenic Upper Stage engine for GSLV Mark III.

It said the cryogenic stage, designated as C25, was tested for a flight duration of 640 seconds.

                       OTHER UPDATES:

SPORTS:

1.  Haryana's Sandeep Kumar breaks his own national record in 50km race walk: Sandeep Kumar of Haryana won the gruelling men's 50-kilometre event of the National Race Walking Championships held in New Delhi. Sandeep smashed his own national record in a brilliant performance to win the race and qualify for the London World Championships in August. 

2. India win silver at Asian Women's Rugby Sevens Trophy: The Indian Women's team won a silver after getting defeated by South Kores, at the Asian Rugby Sevens Trophy tournament at Vientiane, Laos.