Current Affairs 14th February 2017 | General Awareness 14th February 2017

1. ‘Proud to represent India on world stage’

Indian tabla player Sandeep Das, whose collaboration with Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble Sing Me Home won the Grammy in the World Music category, says it was a proud moment to represent India on the international stage.

2. Inauguration of Indian Seed Congress.

• Shri Radha Mohan Singh inaugurates Indian Seed Congress – 2017 in Kolkata.
• The theme of Seed Congress is “Seed of Joy”.
• Agriculture Minister placed emphasis on 7 points programme’s laid down by Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi to make the income of the farmers double.

3. Life certificates to pensioners

• Post offices in Telangana will now aid pensioners avail life certificates and the unemployed find jobs through tie-ups with the Ministry of Labour.
• The schemes are being launched at 36 head offices on a pilot basis before they can be extended to 720 sub-offices in the State.
• For the unemployed, post offices will serve as enrollment centres for the National Career Service (NCS)

4. New health plan to cover 70% population

• National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS), a national insurance scheme is likely to provide insurance cover to 70 percent of the population
• By this scheme, each family will get health cover up to Rs. 1 lakh as opposed to Rs.30,000 under the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY).
• The current health insurance scheme. An additional Rs. 30,000 will be provided for senior citizens under the NHPS.

5. Dr Neelu Rohmetra as IIM director.

• Dr Neelu Rohmetra of Jammu University has been appointed as the director of Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh and she has become the first woman to helm an IIM in that capacity
• The government on Friday appointed 10 heads of IIMs which includes Dr Neelu Rohmetra.
• The tenure of a new director will be for five years or until they turn 65 years of age.

6. Conference on Counter-Radicalisation

• India is planning to host a conference on counter-radicalisation with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in October
• It will provide common platform to countries for sharing experiences and ideas on prevention of radicalisation amid rising of Islamic State and other extremist ideologies
• UAE will one of such country as it has expertise in de-radicalisation

7. Buffalo race bill

• The Karnataka government today legalised kambala, the buffalo race held annually in southern districts, and bullock cart races held mostly in northern areas.
• A bill to amend the animal cruelty bill by including kambala and bull races as “traditional sports” was passed unanimously.
• It would be put to vote in the legislative council tomorrow, where it is expected pass without any difficulty.

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