Current affairs 1st March, 2016

National

Govt to set up Rs 1,000 crore higher education financing agency

The government announced creation of a Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA) with an initial capital base of Rs 1,000 crore, which will leverage funds from the market and work to create infrastructure in top institutions like the IITs. . .â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More

Delhi first state to launch HPV vaccine as public health programme in schools

Delhi has become the first state in the country to launch the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine as a public health programme for school children. Health Minister Satyendar Jain said girls studying in Class VI in government schools will be targeted in the first year. This will be completed in the current academic year over two phases.. .â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More

President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurates Kerala Tourism’s Muziris Heritage Project

President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the first phase Kerala Tourism’s Muziris Heritage Project (MHP) at Trissur in Kerala to reinstate the historical and cultural significance Muziris.. .â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More

East coast of India to get sixth Doppler Radar for weather forecasting

The cycloneprone eastern coast of India will get a new Doppler radar to boost the weather forecasting system.. .â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More

Union Government releases Seismic Microzonation reports for Delhi and Kolkata

Union Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Dr. Harsh Vardhan has released Seismic Microzonation reports for Delhi and Kolkata.. .â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More

Awards

Resul Pookutty becomes first Asian to win Golden Reel Award

Oscar-winning sound designer Resul Pookutty has won the prestigious American Motion Picture Sound Editors’ (MPSE) Golden Reel Award.. .â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More

Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Ranveer Singh chosen for 2016 Dinanath Mangeshkar Award

Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali and actor Ranveer Singh have been chosen for the prestigious 2016 Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar Award.. .â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More

Armaan bags top FMSCI award

India’s Armaan Ebrahim was awarded the Motorsports Man-of-the-Year Trophy at a gala award ceremony, organised by the Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI).. .â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More

New Appointments

Alok Kumar Verma takes charge as Delhi Police Commissioner

Senior IPS Officer Alok Kumar Verma has taken charge of new Police Commissioner of Delhi on February 29, 2016. .â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More

Dinesh Sharma elected as Chairperson of IFAD

Dinesh Sharma has been unanimously elected as the Chairperson of the Governing Council of International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD).. .â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More

Sports

Stan Wawrinka wins 2016 Dubai ATP Tennis title

Stan Wawrinka from Switzerland has won the 2016 Dubai ATP Tennis title in the men’s singles category. In the final match played in the United Arab Emirates, he defeated Marcos Baghdatis (Cyprus) by 6-4, 7-6 (15/13) score.. .â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More

Science And Technology

Twitter launches Position of Strength Campaign to Empower Women

Micro blogging site Twitter for first time has launched #Positionofstrength campaign in India to empower women to raise voices against any form of discrimination.. .â€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Ã¢€Â¦Read More

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