Current Affairs 16th February 2017
NATIONAL:
- New museum about Indian music to be opened at Bengaluru
- ‘Kalimpong’ new district formed out of Darjeeling by CM Mamata Banerjee
- Indian kids sets a record of making fly 7,730 paper planes in 1 minute
- Women’s football club started in Haryana by Alakhpura villagers on crowd fund basis
- First indigenously developed surveillance plane included in IAF
- India finds place in global health network for improving quality of care for pregnant mothers,babies
- 1.5 lakh health sub centres to be converted into Wellness Centres : Center
- Constrains forced on liquor consumption by Haryana Govt
- Sub-committee of council of ministers formed by Haryana Cabinet to prepare blue print of Integrated Dairy Complexes
INTERNATIONAL:
- Dubai to implement self-driving drones to fly people across country from July
- First joint military exercise between US and Thailand since Trump’s powered begins
BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS:
- Infibeam e-comm site to merge CCAvenue with itself
- Dropping packages through parachutes got patented by Amazon
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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY:
- ISRO creates world record by launching 104 satellites in single rocket
- Nayif -1 the UAE’s nano satellite which can also propells itself in space
AGREEMENTS
- Agreement to boost bilateral trade & to enhance economic cooperation got signed b/w India and Croatia
AWARDS AND HONOURS:
- Laureus Awards 2017 won by Simone Biles, Usain Bolt
- Indian hockey player Sandeep Singh to be given honorary doctorate
APPOINTMENTS:
- Jean-Pierre Lacroix of France becomes new UN peacekeeping chief
- US defence attache in India made India, South Asia Director