General Awareness 6th February 2017 | Current Affairs 6th February 2017

1. Ministry of AYUSH Constitutes a 16-member Committee to Prepare a Yoga Protocol for Diabetes Control

• The Ministry of AYUSH has constituted a 16-member committee under the chairmanship of Dr. H.R. Nagendra, Chancellor, S-Vyasa University, to prepare a Yoga Protocol for Diabetes Control.
• Ministry has also launched a programme to integrate Ayurveda, Homoeopathy and Unani with National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS).

2. World’s Smallest Pacemaker Unveiled in US

• The world’s smallest pacemaker, which is about as big as a large vitamin capsule and provides the most advanced pacing technology, has been successfully implanted for the first time in a patient in the US, scientists say.
• The pacemaker is for patients with bradycardia, a condition characterised by a slow heart rate, usually fewer than 60 beats per minute.

3. Indian Team Defeats Malaysia to Win Gold in Asian Junior Squash

• India defeated Malaysia 2-0 to win the gold medal in the boy’s team event at the Asian Junior Squash championship on 5th Feb 2017.
• Indian boys had won the title for the second time, the earlier being in 2011 when they defeated arch-rivals Pakistan in Colombo.

4. World’s oldest emoji found in Slovakia

• The oldest Slovakian smiley or the world’s oldest. But it is certainly one of the oldest in the Trencin region,” said Peter Brindza, head of the National Archives in Slovakia.
• Previously, the oldest known smiley face was in a 1648 poem, by Robert Herrick, from England in 1648.

5. ‘India has to devise its own strategy on H-1B curbs’

Congress advocating an increase in salaries of H-1B visa holders to discourage American firms from hiring them, and an anticipated executive order from President Donald Trump, BJP general secretary Muralidhar Rao says India should “devise its own strategy” rather than try to put pressure on the U.S.

6. Sasikala set to become T.N. Chief Minister

Sasikala was “unanimously” elected leader of the Legislature Party at a meeting in the party headquarters here on 5 Feb 2017 , paving the way for her to become the third woman Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.

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