DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 2 MARCH 2016
(Daily News India)
1. INDIA
SIGNED MOU WITH WORLD BANK FOR MADHYA PRADESH HIGHER EDUCATION QUALITY
IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
i. India signed a financing agreement
for credit of 300 US dollars for the Madhya Pradesh Higher Education Quality
Improvement Project with the World Bank.
ii. The project was signed for
financing programme related to disbursement linked indicators.
iii. These are started to ensure
increase in enrolment of full time students and transition rate, to achieve
NAAC accreditation criteria by the participating Higher Education Institutions
and strengthening of governance structure.
iv. The project has three components
a.
Grants Support to Higher Education Institutions
b.
State Level Initiatives
c.
Improving System Management.
2. ZERO
DISCRIMINATION DAY OBSERVED ON 1 MARACH
i. 1 March is observed as Zero
Discrimination Day
ii. The day was observed with the theme
- Stand Out.
iii. Zero Discrimination Day is an
opportunity to join together against discrimination and celebrate everyone’s
right to live a full and productive life with dignity.
3. POET
DR BHAGWATI LAL VYAS SELECTED FOR 2015 BIHARI PURASKAR
i. Eminent poet Dr Bhagwati Lal Vyas
has been selected for the 2015 Bihari Puraskar.
ii. The award is given for his
anthology of Rajasthani poems ‘Katha Sun Aawe Hai Sabad’
iii. Bihari Puraskar was started by the
K K Birla Foundation in 1991 for an
outstanding literary work in Hindi or Rajasthani.
4. MILITARY EXERCISE FORCE
EIGHTEEN BEGINS IN PUNE
i. The multinational Military Exercise
Force Eighteen conducted by Indian Army has started in at Pune, Maharashtra.
ii. In this exercise about 300
participants from 18 ASEAN countries participated.
iii. Association of Southeast Asian
Nations is a group of 10 countries for economic and political strength.
iv. The Exercise Force Eighteen is the
largest multinational ground forces exercise to be conducted on Humanitarian
Mine Action and Peace Keeping Operations.
5. WEF RELEASED GLOBAL
ENERGY ARCHITECTURE PERFORMANCE INDEX REPORT 2016
i. World Economic Forum released the
fourth edition of the Global Energy Architecture Performance Index Report 2016.
ii. India has been ranked at 90th
position and the list is topped by Switzerland.
iii. World Economic Forum is the annual
index which provides a benchmark to help countries address energy
transformation challenges and identify opportunities across their energy
systems.
iv. Among the BRIC nations the list was
topped by Brazil.
6.
BAHADUR SINGH RANA WON GOLD IN 50 KM RACE WALK IN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
i. Olympian Basant Bahadur Singh Rana
grabbed the gold medal in men’s 50km race walk event f the National
Championships in Jaipur.
ii. The 32 year old Rana has a personal
best of 3:56:48 which he clocked in the 2012 London Olympics, which was a
national record.
v. In the Women’s category, Neena K.T won
the gold medal
