11th February 2017 Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 11th February 2017

International Current Affairs

• The Pakistan Navy has kicked of its biannually-held multinational AMAN 2017 naval exercise in Karachi, Pakistan. 
• • This is the fifth edition such exercise which Pakistan has been holding biannually since 2007. 
  • 37 countries are participating in this event.
• India ranked low 43rd among the surveyed 45 nations in 2017 International Intellectual Property Index (IIPI). 
• • Top 10 in the List :
  • • United States
      
    • United Kingdom
    • Germany
    • Japan
    • Sweden
    • France
    • Switzerland
    • Singapore
    • South Korea
    • Italy

National Current Affairs

• The 2-day UNESCO Natural Heritage Festival began today at the Great Himalayan National Park in Sai Ropa, Himachal Pradesh. 
• • The festival will feature a media workshop on environmental journalism, discussions on natural and cultural heritage of the Himalayan region and a heritage walk. 
  • Note : GHNP was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014.
• After launching the Android version of the mobile payments app BHIM in December 2016, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) today released the application on iOS devices. 
• • The app has a limit of ₹10,000 per transaction and ₹20,000 in a day for transfers through a bank account. 
  • Features of the app include Pay to Aadhaar number and SPAM report.
• The Indian Railways has claimed that it has conducted the world's largest online examination with nearly 92 lakh candidates, to fill more than 18,000 vacancies in various categories.
• February 14 will be celebrated as 'Matru Pitru Diwas' (parents' day) at all schools in Chhattisgarh to teach "Indian culture" to students, the BJP government announced today.
• The Centre is going to make all ration shops under the public distribution system Aadhaar-enabled by June 30, IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad announced today. 
• • Claiming that ration cards in Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan have been made Aadhaar-enabled, Prasad added that 20 lakh Aadhaar-enabled point of sales (PoS) machines for delivery of rations will be rolled out soon.
• All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) will conduct a single exam for engineering and architecture from 2018. 
• • At present, many states conduct their own engineering examination or admissions are done on the basis of Class 12 marks. 
  • Further, students seeking admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) will have to clear the JEE-Advanced after taking the engineering entrance exam.
• The Karnataka government tabled a bill in the Assembly to facilitate traditional buffalo race 'Kambala' and bullock cart races. 
• • The proposed legislation seeks to amend the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act in its application to Karnataka. 
  • This comes after the Tamil Nadu government passed a law to overturn a Supreme Court-imposed ban on traditional bull-taming sport Jallikattu.
• The Union Government is planning to set up a Defence Procurement Organisation (DPO), new procurement body to integrate and streamline the long and arduous process of defence acquisitions. 
• • The DPO will be a vertical under the Union Defence Ministry. 
  • It will simplify the defence purchase procedure by integrating procurement processes.

Science & Technology

• Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will carry a record 104 satellites in a single mission on February 15 from its space centre in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. 
• • In the launch, ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle will carry Cartosat-2 series satellite for earth observation and 103 other co-passenger satellites. 
  • Note : Of the 103 satellites, 101 of them are nano-satellites.
• India today successfully test-fired its Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor missile dubbed as Ashwin from launching complex-IV of Dhamara Abdul Kalam defence base off Odisha coast. 
• • The test assed missile’s killing capability by intercepting a target, mimicking an incoming enemy missile in mid-air. 
  • The success of test has boosted India’s position in the exclusive club of AAD countries United States, Russia and Israel.

Deaths

• Sir Peter Mansfield (83), known for pioneering body scanning technique Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), passed away.
• • He was awarded 'The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2003', for discoveries concerning the MRI.

New Appointments

• The government today appointed senior IAS officer Ajay Tyagi as the Chairman of markets regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).  
• • He will replace UK Sinha, whose extended tenure ends on March 1, 2017.
  • Tyagi is currently Additional Secretary (Investment) in the Department of Economic Affairs and handles capital markets, among other responsibilities.

Awards & Honors

• Transgender model Martina Robledo will be the first ever transgender person to serve as a 'trophy handler', the people who bring the trophies on stage, at the upcoming Grammy Awards. 
• • The ability to present a trophy has nothing to do with one's gender," said the president of the Recording Academy.
• Veteran fashion designer Manish Arora has been invited to represent India at a special reception held at London's Buckingham Palace. 
• • The reception will be held to mark the beginning of the UK-India Year of Culture.
• Renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has set a Guinness World Record by building the world's tallest sand castle, which stood 48 feet and 8 inches tall. 
• • Pattnaik broke the previous record of 45 feet and 10 inches, which was created at Miami beach, US in 2005.

Sports Current Affairs

• Former Argentine player Diego Maradona has been given an ambassadorial role by football governing body FIFA.
• NBA has become the world's first sports league to have its own eSports league, which will debut in 2018. 
• • The gaming league will have the same schedule as the regular season, with existing NBA teams running their online counterparts.
  • The league will be a global competition, with teams having the option to sign players who don't participate in the draft.
• Nepal opener Padam Bahadur Badaila scored a double century in the ongoing Blind Cricket World Cup during the team's match against New Zealand in Karnataka today.
• • Nepal won the match by 141 runs but finished eighth in the tournament.

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