DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 17 SEP 2016
(Daily News India)
1.
NAWAZUDDIN APPOINTED BRAND AMBASSADOR OF UP FARMERS' SCHEME
i. The UP government has appointed
Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui as the brand ambassador of its flagship
programme 'Samajwadi Kisan Beema Yojana'.
ii. The scheme provides for cashless
treatment upto Rs 2.5 lakh and Rs one lakh for organ transplant.
2. JIM
YONG KIM HEADS FOR SECOND TERM AS WORLD BANK PRESIDENT
i. Jim Yong Kim is heading for another
five-year term as president of the World Bank.
ii. He
has focused the World bank on programs to reduce extreme poverty.
3. INDIA
DECLARES ITSELF FREE FROM AVIAN INFLUENZA (H5N1)
i. The Department of Animal Husbandry,
Dairying and Fisheries in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers welfare has
declared India free from Avian Influenza (H5N1).
ii. India had notified outbreak of
Avian Influenza (H5N1) in month of May 2016 at Humnabad, Bidar district,
Karnataka.
iii. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1,
also known as A(H5N1) or simply H5N1 is a subtype of the influenza caused by
virus which can cause illness in humans and many other animal species
4. US
SIGN 38 BILLION DOLLARS DEAL WITH ISRAEL
i. The United States has signed a 38 billion
dollars deal with Israel to provide the country with military assistance over a
10-year period.
ii. The deal is the largest such
agreement the US has ever had with any country.
5. VICE
PRESIDENT ANSARI TO REPRESENT INDIA AT NAM SUMMIT
i. Vice-President Hamid Ansari will be
representing India at the upcoming 17th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement to be held at Margarita Island in Venezuela.
ii. India is one of the founding
members of the Non-Aligned Movement and India hosted the 7th NAM Summit in 1983
in New Delhi.
iii. The last NAM Summit was hosted by
Iran in 2012.