TNPSC Current Affairs February 2017
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
- Important Days
- February 4 - World Cancer Day
- February 13 - National Women's Day
- February 21 - International Mother Language Day
- February 24 - Central Excise Day
- February 28 - National Science Day
- Awards
- Gaurav Gill - was awarded Motorsports Person of the Year award.
- Karan Thapar - was awarded the G.K. Reddy Memorial National Award 2016 for excellence in journalism.
- 33 Feet Statue of Jesus Christ
- A 33 feet tall statue of Jesus christ similar to the christ the redeemer statue of Brazil was unveiled at the Vizhinjam Coast near Thiruvananthapuram.
- Srilata Swaminathan
- She was a veteran Communist party of India (ML) leader, recently passed away.
- Dalhousie Road to Dara Shikoh
- Dalhousie Road in New Delhi will be renamed as Dara Shikoh Road very soon.
- Dara Shikoh was the eldest son of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan.
- Kailash Satyarthi
- He is a social activist against the child labour.
- He was the founder of Bachpan bachao Andolan which aims to protect the child rights.
- He won the Nobel peace prize in 2014 along with Malala Yousafzai.
- The Nobel Prize Certificate of Kailash satyarthi was stolen from his residence recently.
- M S Swaminathan
- He is an Indian Agricultural scientist who is also called as the 'father of Indian Green Revolution'.
- The Canadian Govt honoured his work by conferring 'Canadian governor General's Medal'.
- Books
- My Ships Sailed the Seas But I Sailed Ashore - written by Capt. Mohan Ram (A Navy Officer)
- Reliving Sujatha - written by Vimala Balakrishnan, it is the translated version of 8 tamil short stories and novels by Sujatha.
- Appointments:
- Vijay Joshi - to be appointed as the New chief of the Press Trust of India.
- Altamas Kabir
- He was the 39th Chief Justice of India.
- He passed away recently.
- National Cadet Corps
- The NCC has planned to set up a new Directorate in Velagapudi (Andhra pradesh).
- V K Rajagopalan
- He was the former Commissioner of Police who passed away recently.
- Oscars 2017 - 89th Academy Awards
- Best Picture - Moonlight (Directed by - Barry Jenkins)
- Best Director - Damien Chazelle (For Movie - La La Land)
- Best Actor - Casey Afflect (For movie 'Manchester by the Sea' Directed by 'Kenneth Lonergan')
- Best Actress - Amma Stone (for movie - La La Land)
- Best Supporting Actor - Mahershala Ali (for Moon Ligth)
- He became the first muslim to win oscar for acting.
- Best Foreign Language Film - 'The Salesman' an Iranian film directed by Asghar Farhadi.
Polity
- RTI in Srilanka
- The Right to Information Act came to force in Srilanka from 4th Feb 2017 onwards.
- The RTI authorities should reply to the applicants within 28 Days.
- (In India the time period is 30 days).
- Goa and Punjab Elections 2017
- Percentage of votes cast
- In Goa - 83% votes
- In Punjab - 78.6 % Votes
- Supreme Court issued Contempt Notice to a Sitting High Court Judge
- The Supreme Court of India for the first time issued a contempt notice to a sitting High court Judge.
- The notice was issued to Justice C.S. Karnan (Calcutta High Court Judge) for his letters against the supreme court and high court judges.
- The notice was issued by the Bench of seven judges headed by CJI J.S. Khekar.
- National Women's Parliament
- It is an event organised by the Andhra Pradesh Assembly.
- Over 10000 women delegates from all over the world participated in it.
- Theme for the year 2016 - 'Empowering Women - Strengthening Democracy'
- T R Zeliang
- He was the Chief Minister of Nagaland who resigned his post recently.
- He belongs to the Nagaland's People Front Party.
- Shurhozelie Liezitsu
- He was appointed as the New Chief Minister of Nagaland (From Nagaland's People Front Party).
- Nagaland Governor: P B Acharya
Economy
- Sanjeev Sanyal
- He is the former MD of Deutsche Bank who is to be appointed as the Principal Economic Adviser in the Department of Economic Affairs.
- Fake Currency Detected
- About 19.5 Crore Rs worth fake notes has been detected since the demonitization.
- Afzal Amanullah Panel
- The central govt has formed a 6 member panel headed by Afzal Amanullah.
- This panel will study the Haj Policy and the subsidy to the pilgrimage.
- Earlier the supreme court has directed to abolish the subsidy by 2022.
- RBI: No limits for cash withdrawal for March 13.
- The Reserve Bank of India recently increased the weekly withdrawal limit of 24000 to 50000 form February 20. 2017 onwards.
- Also there will not be any curbs on withdrawal limits from March 13, 2017.
- Crowdfunding
- It is a method of funding a project or venture by raising money from a large number of people each contribute a small amount of money.
- Mostly the money will be raised via Internet.
- SEBI to form a committee on Crowfunding
- Recently U. K. Sinha the chairman of SEBI announced that a new advisory committee to facilitate the crowdfunding will be formed soon.
- SEBI's New Chairman - Ajay Tyagi
- Ajay Tyagi to be appointed as the New chairman of SEBI from March 1. 2017 onwards.
- He will suceed the present SEBI's chairman U K Sinha.
- Aadhaar Mandatory for getting subsidy under NFSA
- The Consumer Affairs and food ministry issued a notification that for getting subsidy under the National Food Security act (2013) requires the individual to furnish the proof of Aadhaar.
- BharatQR
- It is the world's first inter-operable payment acceptance solution developed by NPCI (National payment corporation of India) , Mastercard and Visa.
- It uses Unique QR Code in which the customer can scan from his mobile phone and make payment.
- The main advantage of this Bharat QR is that it can be used to make payment even from different platforms.
- TN Seventh Pay Commission
- TN government has formed a five member committee on 7th Pay commission and to suggest measures on implementing it.
- The committee would summit its report before June 30, 2017.
- Members
- The Finance Secretary
- Home Secretary
- School Education Secretary
- Labour Secretary
- a Member Secretary
- Fourth Tranche of the Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme
- The Central Govt has planned to start the fourth tranche of the sovereign gold bond scheme on Feb 27 to March 3, 2017.
- The minimum amount that the customer can buy is eight year bond of 1 gram worth gold.
- The main aim of this scheme is to reduce the demand for the physical gold in market.
- The first tranche of this scheme was announced in November 2015.
- SBI Merger
- The Central Govt has planned to merge SBI associate banks to SBI Bank itself.
- The merger of the SBI associate banks will effect from April 1, 2017.
- The name of the SBI associate banks to be merged were.
- State bank of Travancore
- State bank of Mysuru
- State bank of Hyderabad
- State bank of Patiala
- State bank of Bikaner & Jaipur.
Environment & Health
- Third Hand Smoke
- It is the sticky residue left out from tobacco puff that clings to walls and furniture.
- The recent Studies shows that these smoke can harm infants.
- Seemai Karuvelam
- The botaonical name for the Seemai karuvelam is 'Prosopis juliflora'.
- Nilambur Teak
- A superior quality teak found in Nilamur region in Malapuram district of Kerala to get the Geographical Indication GI tag soon.
- Nilambur is also known as the Mecca of Teak.
- Ennore Oil Spills
- On Jan 28, 2017, the two ships BW Maple and MT Dawn Kanchipuram (Carrying Spirit Oil and High speed diesal) collided with each other.
- About 15 metric tonnes of oil is estimated to be leaked to the sea.
- Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty
- She is the world's heaviest women (500 kgs) form Egypt.
- She recenlty came to Mumbai for her weightloss treatment.
- National Biodiversity Congress 2017
- It was held at Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala.
- 2017 Theme: Mainstreaming Biodiversity for Sustainable Development.
Science & Tech
- ISRO to Set a New Record
- On Feb 15, 2017 104 satellites will be launched through ISRO's PSLV-C37.
- On successful launch it will make history by sending the most number of satellites in a singe launch Vechicle.
- 150 Seismometers to be installed in Uttarakhand
- The Central govt has approved to install 150 seismometers (Earthquake sensors) in various parts of Uttarakhand.
- INS Sarvekshak
- It is India's first warship to use the solar energy to fullfil the onboard electricity requirement.
- A 5.4 Kw solar panel was installed in it.
- Ballistic Missile Shield
- It is India's Interceptor missile developed by DRDO.
- It has a range of 2000 km.
- It was test fired recenlty from the Dr. Abdul Kalam Wheeler Island.
- SMS Alerts for Power Cut
- The Bangalore Electricity Supply Company is going to Send SMS alerts about power cuts in the city.
- Cyber Swachhta Kendra
- It is a centre launched by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to tackle the botnet infections and analyse the malware.
- It aims to provide a secure cyber space for the Internet users.
- INS Betwa
- It is an Indian warship which collapsed while undocking in Dec 2016.
- It was recently restored in Mumbai dockyard.
- 7 Earthlike Planets found
- Scientists have found 7 earth sized planets revolving around the dwarf star TRAPPIST-1.
- These planets have massess similar to that of our earth.
- The TRAPPIST-1 star is 39 light years away from the sun.
World
- US Court suspends travel ban imposed by US President.
- The Washington state SC suspended the travel ban from 7 muslim nations to US which was imposed earlier by the US President Donald Trumph.
- The Seven countries were.
- Iran,
- Iraq,
- Libya,
- Somalia,
- Sudan,
- Syria and
- Yemen
- Roberto Azevedo
- He was the Director General of World Trade Organisation who is set to visit India on a 2 day tour.
- Iftikhar Ahmed
- He was a 5 Year old boy who was handed over to his mother from Pakistan by the Indian Officials.
- Earlier his father from India took him to Jammu from Pakistan.
- Dongfeng-16
- It is china's medium range ballistic missile.
- It has a range of 1000 Km.
- The newly formed Rocket force of China conducted an exercise with this Dongfeng-16 recently.
- Luo Zhauhui - China's Ambassador to India.
- Brexit Bill
- Brexit stands for Britain Exit which denote the referendum on June 23rd, 2016 in which the britian people voted in favour of exiting from the European Union.
- Recently the House of Commons of the Britain Parliament passed the Brexit Bill.
- India officially request UK to extradite Vijay Mallya
- The Central govt has handed over the request for extradition of Vijay Mallya to the UK High commission.
- Wang Qi
- He is a Chinese soldier who was arrested in 1963 after the India-china war.
- He stayed in India after his imprisonment, and now he was allowed to return to china.
- Vice President of India Visited Uganda
- Vice President M Hamid Ansari visited Uganda on an official visit.
- Yoweri Museveni - President of Uganda.
- Turkey
- The Turkey's Army lifted the ban on wearing the Islamic Headscarf (Hijab) for the women officers.
- Sheikh Hasina
- She is the Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
- She will visit India in the month of april for Bilateral talk regarding the communication between the two countries.
- MR-SAM
- India and Israel has planned to develop jointly a MR-SAM (Medium range Surface to Ail Missile).
- It will be developed by DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organisation) and Israel Aricraft Industries (IAI).
- The MR-SAM will have the range of 50 to 70 Km.
- S Jaishankar - India's Foreign Secretary
- Wang Yi - Chinese Foreign Minister.
- Krishtalina Georgieva
- She is the CEO of World Bank.
- She visited India recently.
Sports
- 37th Asian Track Cycling Championship
- Alena Reji and Shushikala Agashe the Indian pair won the Bronze medal in the women team sprint event.
- They also became the first from India to win medal in the team sprint event.
- Women's world chess championship 2017
- It will be held at Teheran, the capital of Iran.
- ISSF World Cup
- International Shooting sport federation world cup was held in New Delhi.
- Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu won the Gold medal in the mixed air pistol category.
- Col C K Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award 2016 (Cricket)
- Men's Category
- Rajinder Goel and Padmakar Shivalkar have been nominated for the Col C K Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award 2016
- Women's Category
- Shanta Rangaswamy became the first women recipient of the Col C K Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award.
- V. V Kumar
- He was the former cricketer from tamil nadu who was nominated for the BCCI Special award.
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