DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 13 MARCH 2016
(Daily News India)
1. IMF
AND INDIA TO SET UP SOUTH ASIA REGIONAL TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
CENTER IN DELHI
i. India and International Monetary
Fund have decided to set up South Asia Regional Training and Technical
Assistance Centre in New Delhi.
ii. SARTTC will set up for promoting
the capacity development and training officials in dealing with macro-economic
and financial issues in the South Asia region.
iii. It will help to fulfill the
existing training needs and demand for IMF training in India, Bangladesh,
Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
2. UNION
POWER MINISTRY NAMED LED BASED DOMESTIC EFFICIENT LIGHTING PROGRAMME AS UJALA
i. Union Power Ministry has announced
name UJALA for the LED based Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme.
ii. UJALA mean’s Unnat Jyoti by
Affordable LEDs for All.
iii. The National LED based DELP
programme was launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 2015 for
energy conservation by reducing energy consumption.
iv. The programme is started to replace
77 crore incandescent lamps with LED bulbs.
3. LT GEN
N P S HIRA APPOINTED DEPUTY CHIEF OF ARMY
i. Lieutenant General N P S Hira has been appointed as Deputy Chief
of Army Staff.
ii. He has lot of experience in counter
insurgency operations in J&K and in the northeast region, as well as
conventional operations in Western command.
vi. He has earned an Ashok Chakra, Kirti
Chakra, Shaurya Chakra and many more gallantry awards.
Chief of Indian army: Dalbir
singh suhag
4. KERALA
TOURISM CAMPAIGN WON GOLDEN CITY GATE AWARD
i. Kerala Tourism's campaign on
responsible tourism grabbed the prestigious Golden City Gate Award at the Internationale Tourismus-Borse Berlin 2016.
ii. The multimedia campaign titled New
Worlds won the silver prize of 2016 Das Golden Stadttor or Golden City Gate,
also known as the Oscar of tourism communication, at the ITB-Berlin 2016.
iii. New Worlds campaign was launched
internationally by UNWTO Secretary General Taleb Rifai at the World Travel Mart
in London.
5. 4TH
WORLD CONGRESS OF BIOSPHERE RESERVES INAUGURATED AT LIMA
i. 4th World Congress of Biosphere
Reserves is started at Lima in Peru.
ii. It will be held from 14 March to 17
March 2016 to discuss issues related to the Sustainable Development Goals.
iii. It will promote education for
sustainable development, the economic viability of nature conservation systems,
human migrations and protection of natural resources, among others.
iv. The main aim is to develop and
launch an Action Plan for Biosphere Reserves for 2016-2025.
6.
SANTOSH TROPHY WON BY SERVICES
i. Services grabbed the Santosh Trophy
National Football Championships title in maharastra.
ii. Services defeated Maharashtra by
2-1.
iii. Santosh Trophy started in 1941
named after the late Maharaja Sir Manmatha Nath Roy Chowdhary of Santosh.
iv. He was the President of the Indian
Football Association.
7. INDIA
TO SUPPLY 18 METER GAUGE DIESEL ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES TO MYANMAR
i. RITES Public Sector Enterprise of
Railways signed a contract with Myanmar to supply 18 Meter Gauge 1350 HP Diesel
Electric Locomotives was signed at Naypyitaw, Myanmar.
ii. The supply contract of locomotives
is a vital project being funded under an existing line of credit extended to
Myanmar by Union Government.
iii. These locomotives will be
manufactured by Diesel Locomotive Works, Varanasi with several modern features
like microprocessor controls, fuel-efficient engine and ergonomic cab design
etc.
iv. This supply will help Myanmar to
meet increasing demand for passenger and freight traffic.
