DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS:
7 FEB 2016
(Daily News India)
1.
PROJECT SUNRISE LAUNCHED FOR PREVENTION OF AIDS IN NE STATES
i. Union Minister of Health and Family
Welfare J P Nadda launched Project Sunrise on for prevention of AIDS.
ii. The project is specially launched
to make people aware about injecting drugs in the 8 North-Eastern states.
iii. The project has been sponsored by
US based Centre for Disease Control and would be implemented by Family Health
International 360.
2. SUSHMA
SWARAJ INAUGURATED RISE OF DIGITAL INDIA EXHIBITION IN COLOMBO
i. External Affairs Minister Sushma
Swaraj inaugurated the Rise of Digital India Exhibition in Colombo.
ii. The exhibition was a part of Sangam
-The Festival of India in Sri Lanka 2015-16.
iii. The Rise of Digital India
exhibition showcases the initiative of Indian government to take the benefits
of Information Technology to the common man.
3.
INTERNATIONAL FLEET REVIEW 2016 KICK STARTED IN VIZAG
i. The International Fleet Review 2016
an international military exercise hosted and conducted by Indian Navy was
inaugurated in Visakhapatnam.
ii. The Theme of this exercise iss
“United through Oceans”
iii. The objective of the exercise is
to enhance mutual trust and confidence with neighbouring navies by inviting
their ships to participate in the event.
iv. Naval ships from 50 countries will
participate in the event.
4. FIRST
JOINT TACTICAL EXERCISE SINO AND INDIA COOPERATION 2016 HELD IN CHUSUL-MOLDO
i. India and China held first joint
tactical military exercise Sino-India 2016 in was held in Chusul-Moldo the area
is located along the Line of Actual Control in the Ladakh region of Jammu and
Kashmir.
ii. The exercise is part of the ongoing
initiatives taken by India and China to ensure greater interaction between
troops stationed along the LoAC.
5. UNION
GOVERNMENT LAUNCHED 24X7 TOLL FREE TOURIST INFOLINE IN 12 INTERNATIONAL
LANGUAGES
i. Union government has launched the
24x7 Toll Free Tourist Infoline in 12 International Languages including Hindi
and English in New Delhi.
ii. The Tourist Infoline Project will
provide information relating to Travel and Tourism in India to the national and
International visitors.
6. FRANCE
BECAME FIRST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD TO BAN SUPERMARKET FOOD WASTE
i. France became the first country to
pass a law to ban large food stores from throwing away food which is going to
expire
ii. France has become the first country
in the world to ban supermarkets from throwing away or destroying unsold food.
iii. The main objective is to force them
to donate it to charities and food banks inspite of throwing outside.
