Prepared by D.Sarala
1. During the two day India-US
Maritime Security Dialogue in Rhode Island , a discussion to strengthen maritime security
co-operation was made between
the top Indian and American Officials.
2. Justice Mukul Mudgal was appointed as the Chairman of FIFA Governance Committee and the Former
Vice President of the European Commission Olli
Rehn ( Finland )will be the deputy
Chairman of FIFA Governance Committee
3. Aruna Sundararajan was appointed as the Secretary of Department of Telecommunications.
4. To address the complaints and queries of citizens on electoral
issues a National Contact
centre was launched by the election commission of India. A
toll free number also introduced 1800111950. They can talk to the executives in
Hindi or English.
5. VVS Laxman ( Former Indian Batsman ) became the fifth Indian to receive the
honorary life membership of Marylebone Cricket Club ( MCC). MCC is in London
and it was founded in 1787.Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid , Sourav Ganguly and
Zaheer Khan were the four already received this honour.
6. TN Govt has formed a 7 member committee under the Chairmanship of the Chief
Conservator of Forest (Research ) to study the various aspects of the
harmful Seemai Karuvelam
trees.
7. Brazil declared an end to public health emergency for the Zika virus after about 18 months of fight against
this mosquito borne virus. Zika virus is carried by the Aedes aegypti mosquito.
In Nov 2016, WHO lifted its own international health emergency status for Zika.
8. India test fired a surface to air missile “
Spyder”( Surface to air PYthon and DERby) from a test range Chandipur ,
Odisha .It can neutralize enemy targets upto a distance of 15 km and at heights
between 20 and 9000 metres.
9. The Income Tax (IT) Department launched an e-facility for tax
payers to link their Permanent
Account Number (PAN) with Aadhaar.
10. Amitabh Bachchan has been chosen as the WHO’s good will ambassador for
hepatitis in South- East Asia to
spread awareness about this disease in this region.
11. The Home ministry has mandated the NGO’s registered under the Foreign Contribution
Regulation Act to have their accounts
in either nationalized banks or in a few private banks that has core banking facilities.
12. Vinay Mohan Kwatra has been appointed as India’s next
ambassador to France .
13.NASA detects sign of water in a neptune sized
planet called HAT-P-26b
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