Current Affairs 15th February 2016

Current Affairs 15th February 2016

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69th BAFTA Awards 2016

The 69th British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) held at the Royal Opera House in London. For the current year the BAFTA recompenses were presented for the extraordinary exhibitions in movies and documentaries screened at British Cinemas in 2015.

69th Annual BAFTA Awards 2016

• Best Film Not in the English Language: Wild Tales (Argentina).
• Best Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu (The Revenant).
• Outstanding British Film: Brooklyn.
• Best Film: The Revenant.
• Best Animated Film: Inside Out.
• Best Actress: Brie Larson (Room).
• Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant).
• Best Supporting Actress: Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs).
• Best Supporting Actor: Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies).
• Best Original Screenplay: Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (Spotlight).
• Best Adapted Screenplay: Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (The Big Short).
• Best Makeup and Hair: Damian Martin and Lesley Vanderwalt (Mad Max: Fury Road).
• Best Visual Effects: Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
• Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant).
• Best Editing: Margaret Sixel (Mad Max: Fury Road).
• Best Costume Design: Jenny Beavan (Mad Max: Fury Road).
• Best Sound: The Revenant.
• Best Production Design: Mad Max: Fury Road.
• Best Original Music: Ennio Morricone (The Hateful Eight).
• Best British Short Film: Edmond.
• The EE Rising Star Award: John Boyega.
• Best Documentary: Amy.
• Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer: Naji Abu Nowar (Writer/Director) and Rupert Lloyd (Producer) – Theeb.
• Most awards: The Revenant (5 wins).
• Most nominations: Bridge of Spies and Carol (9 nominations each).

English Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Established: 1947. Home office: London. Reason: To bolsters, advances and adds to the fine arts of the moving picture – film, TV and computer games – by recognizing and compensating greatness, motivating experts and profiting general society.

West Indies wins ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup 2016

• West Indies interestingly has won the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup by vanquishing three time champions India by five wickets played at Mirpur (Bangladesh). In the last match West Indies group accomplished the objective of 146 runs set by India in 49.3 overs.
• Prior in the main inning, Indian group was rocked the bowling alley out for 145 in 45.1 overs.
• Man of the match: Keacy Carty (West Indies)
• Player of the competition: Mehidy Hasan Miraz (Bangladesh) ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2016
• This was the eleventh release of the competition and general seventeenth version of universal U-19 cricketing groups took an interest. It was held in Bangladesh. Indian side was captained by Ishan Kishan.
• Main five cricket groups in the Under-19 cricket world glass: West Indies, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Pakistan.
• It was fifth time India was playing in the Under-19 World Cup last. West Indies was showing up for the second time in the last match.

Canada, US, Mexico ink MoU to Cooperate on Climate Change

• Canada, United States (US) and Mexico have marked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Climate Change and Energy Collaboration to take advantage of vitality participation among three nations.
• The MoU was marked at the North American Energy Ministers Meeting held in Winnipeg, Canada and facilitated by Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources Jim Carr.
• This vitality collaboration MoU reflects shared vision of three North American nations for a future where a growing clean vitality segment, a reasonable domain. Under the MoU, the three nations will work together and offer data in key regions, for example, clean vitality advances, low-carbon power and vitality effectiveness.
• They will likewise share data in zones such as carbon catch, environmental change adjustment, use and capacity and lessening discharges from the oil and gas area including from methane (CH4).
• They will likewise cooperate to expand strategy arrangement and guarantee that North American vitality segment is created adequately, proficiently and mindfully.
• During the meeting, the three priests likewise talked about the significance of trilateral participation and mainland way to deal with vitality. They likewise propelled a web stage highlighting new vitality maps.
• These maps interestingly delineate North American vitality assets, generation and foundation in a solitary spot.