DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 23 JAN 2016
(Daily News India)
1. MINISTRY OF SKILL
DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP SIGNED MOU TO DEVELOP NATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR
SKILL DEVELOPMENT IN TELECOM SECTOR
i. The Union Ministry of Skill Development
and Entrepreneurship signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop and
implement National Action Plan for Skill Development in Telecom Sector.
ii. They have agreed to make concerted
joint efforts towards skill development by mobilization of financial support
under the National Ecosystem for Development of Telecom Skills.
2. RAHUL THAKKAR WON
AN OSCAR AWARD FOR TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT
i.
Rahul Thakkar was named as winner of the Scientific and Technical Award given
by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences known as Oscar Awards.
ii. The award is shared with Richard
Chuang in the category of groundbreaking design of the DreamWorks Animation
Media Review System.
iii. This system enabled to review
desktop and digital theater and it took about twenty years for the development.
3. INDIA TO BE
FASTEST GROWING ECONOMY IN 2016 REPORT BY UN
i. According to the report released by
United Nations named World Economic Situation and Prospects 2016 Report India
will be the fastest growing big economy in the world in 2016.
ii. They have projected India’s growth
rate by 7.3 % in the year 2016 and 7.5 % in 2017.
iii. The highest growth rate in India
has been attributed to improvement in the macroeconomic environment with the
help of sharp decline in the prices of oil, food and metals.
4. SRI LANKA TOPS IN
2015 HDI IN SOUTH ASIA REGION
i. Sri Lanka has topped in 2015 human
development index in the South Asia
Region.
ii. The list is released by UN
Development Programme the top three
nations in the 2015 HDI are Norway ranked first then followed by Australia ,Switzerland.
iii. India ranked on 130th
place.
iv. The index is released after
assessing three areas of human development including Long and healthy life,
Access to knowledge,Decent standard of living.
5. NAI MANZIL SCHEME
LAUNCHED IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR
i. The Nai Manzil scheme is launched
for the first time in Jammu and Kashmir.
ii. The scheme was launched for girls
in Srinagar from minority communities.
iii. They will be imparted three month skill development
training in seven identified sectors relevant to the region such as food processing, embroidery, computers IT,
Tourism/hospitality, electronics and plumbing etc.
iv. Nai Manzil Scheme is an integrated
Education and Livelihood Initiative for the Minority Communities.
6. AMITABH BACHCHAN
AND PRIYANKA CHOPRA REPLACE AAMIR KHAN AS 'INCREDIBLE INDIA' BRAND AMBASSADORS
i. Amitabh Bachchan and Priyanka
Chopra will replace Aamir Khan as
'Incredible india ‘ brand ambassadors.
ii. The selection are made after Amir
khan,who had angered the BJP-led government with his remarks on perceived
intolerance in the country.
iii. He had promoted Indian tourism for
a decade as the brand ambassador.
ii. He is replaced as Amir khan had
termed India an 'intolerant country' which worked against his role as brand
ambassador india.
7. PM NARENDRA MODI
RELEASED BOOK NAMED THE Z FACTOR
i. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi
released a book titled The Z Factor: My Journey as the Wrong Man at the Right
Time in New Delhi.
ii. The book is the autobiography of
the promoter of Essel/ Zee Group Subhash Chandra.
iii. It is written by Subhash Chandra
explaing a ‘truly desi’ self-made businessman who came to Delhi at age twenty
with seventeen rupees in his pocket.
