Rail Drishti Dashboard
launched –
·
Minister of
Railways and Coal, Piyush Goyal launched ‘Rail Drishti Dashboard’ on 25
February 2019.
·
The url of the
dashboard is ‘raildrishti.cris.org.in’.
·
The Dashboard has
been launched to keep people informed about the work going in the Railways
across the country.
·
It can be
accessed using a desktop/laptop or mobile devices.
PM Modi to confer Youth
Parliament Awards 2019 –
· Prime Minister Narendra Modi will confer the ‘National
Youth Parliament Festival 2019’ awards to the winners on 27 February 2019.
· The National Youth Parliament Festival 2019 was
launched on 12th January 2019.
· The aim of the festival was to encourage the youth in
the age group of 18-25 years to engage with public issues and understand the
common man’s point of view.
Mahesh to be honoured
with META lifetime award –
· Eminent Indian playwright, Mahesh Elkunchwar has been
choosen for the Mahindra Excellence in Theatres Award (META) Lifetime
Achievement Award 2019.
· The Award will be given on 12 March 2019.
· He is a recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi
Fellowship has over 30 plays and essays to his credit including works like
‘Sultan’, ‘Holi’, ‘Garbo’, ‘Yatanaghar’, and ‘Atmakatha’.
Gandhi Peace Prize
presented –
· President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind presented
the Gandhi Peace Prize on 26 February 2019.
· It was presented for the years 2015, 2016, 2017, and
2018 at Darbar Hall, Rashtrapati Bhawan New Delhi. The awardees were:
· Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari – 2015.
· Akshaya Patra Foundation and Sulabh International –
2016 (Jointly).
· Sh Yohei Sasakawa – 2018.
Book launched by
Venkaiah Naidu –
· Vice President Venkaiah Naidu launched a book titled
‘Quality, Accreditation and Ranking – A Silent Revolution in the Offing in
Indian Higher Education’.
· The book is edited by (Education Promotion Society for
India)
EPISI’s Alternate President, Dr. H Chaturvedi.
· It consists of articles and essays authored by some of
the prominent educationists and policymakers on Indian Higher Education.
Prajnesh Guneswaran: 94th
in Tennis –
· India’s Prajnesh Gunneswaran achieved his career-best
ranking, rising three places to 94th in the latest list on 25
February 2019.
· Ramkumar Ramnath dropped 9 spots to 137, while Yuki
Bhambri further slipped to 171.
· Ankita Raina continued to be the top-placed Indian at
164 in women’s Ranking, followed by Karman Thandi at 207 and Pranjala
Yadlapalli at 293.
Smriti Irani
inaugurated Titanwala
Museum –
· Union Textiles Ministers Smriti Irani inaugurated the
‘Titanwala Museum’ in Bagru, Rajasthan on 25 February
2019.
· The Museum showcases the Chhipa community’s hand-block
printing.
· It will be open from Monday to Saturday between 9 a.m.
and 6 p.m.
Karthikeyan received
Lifetime Achievement –
· G.R Karthikeyan was honoured with the Lifetime
Achievement award at the FMSCI annual awards function on 25 February 2019.
· He is the father of India’s first Formula One driver
Narain Karthikeyan.
· Raghul Rangasamy received the upcoming Motorsport
Person of the Year Award for the Raymond Gautam Sighania Trophy.
Abhijeet Gupta won Cannes Trophy –
· Indian Grandmaster Abhijeet Gupta lifted the Cannes
International Open trophy on 25 February 2019 for Chess.
· He won the Tournament with 7.5 points over nearest
rivals Nikita Maiorov of Belarus,
Nasuta Grzegorz of Poland
and Yuri Solodovnichecko of Ukraine.
· He took an easy draw with Pier Luigi Basso of Italy in the
ninth and final round.
Zimbabwe started trading new currency –
· Zimbabwe began formal trading of a new currency as it tries to
ease a shortage of dollars that crushed the economy.
· The initial rate for the southern African nation’s
currency, known as RTGS dollars, will be 2.5 per US Dollar.
· The official inflation rate has soared to 57%
from less than 4% a year ago.
Russian embassy to
train Indian students –
· The Russian Embassy will provide industrial training
to Indian Students in the aviation sector for space missions.
· Around 65 space walks have been carried out since the
inception of the Moscow Aviation Institute.
· Over the past few years, the number of students from India has been
increased by three times.
Indra Nooyi joined as
Amazon’s BoD –
· PepsicoCo’s India-born former CEO Indra Nooyi joined
Amazon’s board of director’s.
· She was Pepsico CEO from October 2006 to October 2018.
· Rosalind Brewer, Starbucks executive joined the Amazon
Board earlier in February 2019.
Bihar: 1st state to have special dog squad –
· Bihar has become the first state in India to have a
special dog squad for detecting liquor consignment.
· The state also imposed a complete ban on liquor 2
years ago.
· 20 trained dogs are a part of the squad at present and
were provided 9 months of intense training in Hyderabad.
· The Dog squads are handled by Crime Investigation
Department (CID).
IRCTC Rail Connect won
National Award –
· Railway’s ticket booking mobile application, IRCTC
Rail Connect, has been choosen for National e-governance Awards 2019.
· The App was launched in January 2017 to facilitate the
booking of the train tickets in the faster and easier way.
· Chhattisgarh government’s ‘Khanij online’ and 14 such
IT projects will also received the award.
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