DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 20TH FEB 2017
(Daily News India)
1.
MAHARASHTRA APPROVES RS. 250 CR CLOUD SEEDING PROGRAMME
i. The state government
of Maharashtra has approved a Rs. 250 cr Cloud Seeding Programme to experiment
whether cloud seeding produces sufficient rain.
ii. Under this programme,
the weather scientists will fly airplanes loaded with silver iodide Maharashtra Approves Rs. 250 cr Cloud Seeding
Programme over clouds above Solapur, Maharashtra during the monsoon 2017
beginning with a 3 year initial investigation.
iv. The programme is
coordinated by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology and will deal to
address the frequent drought in Vidarbha.
2.
MIL BANCHE PROGRAMME HELD IN ALL GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS OF MADHYA PRADESH
i. An initiative by the
government of Madhya Pradesh, “Mil Banche MP” programme was held in all the
primary and middle government schools of the Madhya Pradesh to increase
knowledge and the understanding about language among students..
ii. Under this programme,
all the district administrators, public representatives, government officials,
college students, retired officials, media persons, businessmen, doctors,
engineers, sports persons and including common man will teach and interact with
students of all government schools of the state.
iii. CM of Madhya
Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan also visited the Sanjay Gandhi Middle School in
Bhopal where he had studied during his childhood.
v. The programme has been
launched by the Tribal Development Department and State School Education under
the direction of CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan.
3.
INDIA BAGS SILVER MEDAL AT THE ASIAN WOMEN’S RUGBY SEVENS TROPHY
i. India won the silver
medal at the Women’s Asian Rugby Sevens Trophy held at Vientiane, Laos.
ii. South Korea won gold
medal by beating India 29-0 in the finals.
iii. Total 7 countries
from across Asia including South Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Nepal, India,
Pakistan and Laos participated in the Asian Rugby Sevens Trophy.
4.
INDIA APPROVES USD 340 MILLION LOAN TO NEPAL FOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES
i. India has sanctioned a
soft loan of US dollar 340 million to Nepal for various infrastructure
development programmes.
ii. The approval paper
was handed over by the Indian Ambassador to Nepal Ranjit Rae to Physical
Infrastructure and Transport Minister of Nepal Ramesh Lekhak in the presence of
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu.
iii. The move is a part
of India’s commitment for strengthening infrastructure in Nepal. The completion
of infrastructural projects will not only strengthen physical connectivity but
also emotional bonding between the people of both the countries.