Current Affairs 22nd February 2017 | General Awareness 22nd February 2017

1. Apollo Hospitals Foundation signs agreement with WWF-India

1. Apollo Hospitals Foundation will provide medical support to forest department employees and local communities in the areas where WWF-India operates for conservation.

2. The two organisation have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in this regard. The medicare will be available to over 27,000 staff and people in about 17 states of WWF-India operations.

3. They will be provided with medical treatment, including air ambulance services in critical and emergency conditions.

2. BHIM app sees record 17 million installs: NITI Aayog CEO Kant

1. Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM), a mobile app pushed by the government to make digital payments a mass movement in India, has seen over 17 million installs (downloads), a world record, Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog, has said.

2. The Centre will also soon roll out a cash-back scheme to give further boost to the use of BHIM, Kant told media persons here on 21 Feb 2017.

3. India as the World’s Largest Arms Importer in the Last Four Years

1. According to a report released by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute India emerged as the world’s largest importer of major arms during 2012-16.As per the report, India accounted for 13% of the global total sales.

2.According to the data in Asia, India increased its arms imports by 43 percent between 2007-11 and 2012-16 which is far greater than the imports by its rivals China and Pakistan.

4. Health Secretary launches ‘SAATHIYA’ Kit

1. Health and Family Welfare launched the SAATHIYA Resource Kit including ‘Saathiya Salah’ Mobile App for adolescents.

2. This is a part of the Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK) program.

3. One of the key interventions under the programme is introduction of the Peer Educators who act as a catalyst for generating demand for the adolescent health services & imparting age appropriate knowledge.

5. India, Japan ink pact on rail safety

1. India signed an agreement with Japan last week on enhancing railway safety in the Indian Railways with focus on railway track and rolling stock safety, a press statement said on 21 Feb 2017.

2. The Memorandum of Cooperation was signed here on February 17 between Railway Board Chairman A.K.Mittal and Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism of Japan Vice-Minister Hiroshi Tabata.

6. EDII wins International Mercury Award

1. Ahmedabad-based EDII, an acknowledged national resource institute for entrepreneurship education, research, training and institution-building, has received the prestigious International Mercury Awards for the year 2016-17.

2. International Mercury Awards is the world’s only independent awards org.

3. It is given to honor outstanding achievement in professional communications in around 80 countries

7. Govt may consider imposing import duty on wheat: Paswan

The government may consider imposing import duty on wheat to protect farmers amid projections of a record output this year, Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan said. On December 8, it had reduced the customs duty on wheat to zero from 10 percent to boost domestic availability and check retail prices.

8. India to link Kathmandu with Delhi, Kolkata by rail

1. India’s Minister for Railways Suresh Prabhu announced here that it would soon link Kathmandu to New Delhi and Kolkata using direct railway lines, in a bid to strengthen cross-border connectivity and facilitate movement of people between the two countries.

2. Prabhu, who is here to address the Nepal Infrastructure Summit, said that this could happen as soon as Nepal signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for engineering surveys.

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