Current Affairs 16th February 2016

Current Affairs 16th February 2016

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Mysuru proclaimed cleanest city in Swachh Sarvekshan 2016

• Mysuru city from Karnataka has been positioned first as far as cleanliness for second time in column among the 73 studied urban communities in Swachh Sarvekshan 2016. It was reported by Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu amid the Swachh Survekshan 2016 recompense capacity held in New Delhi.
• The rankings of the Swachh Survekshan Survey 2016 were led by Quality Council of India (QCI) as a component of ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’.
• The overview was led to gauge the effect of endeavors under Swachh Bharat Mission for strong waste administration, development of toilets and administration conveyance level.
• In this positioning list, 15 urban areas have scored more than 70% of the aggregate signs of 2000 and were classified as Leaders. 20 urban areas have scored in the scope of 60%-70% were ordered as Aspiring Leaders and those urban areas with scores in the scope of half 60% need to quicken their endeavors.
• Urban areas that have scored underneath half are named Slow Movers and need to work harder to enhance sanitation.
• Main 10 urban areas are: Mysore (first rank), Chandigarh (second), Tiruchirappalli (third), Delhi (fourth), Visakhapatnam (fifth), Surat (sixth), Rajkot (seventh) and Gangtok (eighth), Pimpri-Chinchwad (ninth) and Greater Mumbai (tenth).
• 10 Least clean urban communities: Dhanbad (73rd), Asansol (72nd), Itanagar (71st), Patna (70th), Meerut (69th), Raipur (68th), Ghaziabad (67th), Jamshedpur (66th), Varanasi (65th) and Kalyan Dombivili (64th).
• The primary Swachh Survekshan Survey was embraced by Union Urban Development service in 2014 in 476 urban areas and regions which have a populace of more than 1, 00,000.
• Under the Swachh Bharat Mission, the legislature has set an objective of developing more than one crore singular family toilets and more than 2.5 lakh group latrine seats by second October, 2019.

Seventh India, Seychelles Joint Military Activity LAMITYE 2016 Starts

• The seventh version of India, Seychelles joint military activity LAMITYE 2016 has started in Victoria, Seychelles. The fourteen day exercise has been led at Seychelles Defense Academy (SDA), Victoria till February 28, 2016.
• This release of joint military activity will be finishing up period of the drill. It will be joining a strategic activity to audit the norms of interoperability accomplished by both the contingents.
• Indian Army unexpected will include an infantry unit and delegates from the Special Forces. While, the Seychelles People’s Defense Forces (SPDF) will be spoken to by 20 staff from Tazar (Special Forces Unit) and 32 from Seychelles Infantry.
• Foundation India and Seychelles have been directing joint military drill ‘Exercise Lamitye’ since 2001. Lamitye in Creole (nearby tongue of Seychelles) means kinship The activity is led biennially with the point of upgrading military participation and interoperability between the two nations.

President Pranab Mukherjee gave Infosys Prize 2015

• President Pranab Mukherjee has given the Infosys Prizes to six victors for their exceptional commitment in the exploration fields in New Delhi for the year 2015.
• These six victors in six unique classifications are Jonardon Ganeri: He was honored in Humanities class for his remarkable work in translating and examining investigative Indian Philosophy.
• Umesh Waghmare: He was granted in Engineering and Computer Science classification for his creative utilization of first-standards hypotheses and displaying of specific materials, for example, topological protectors, multiferroics, ferroelectrics and graphene.
• Mahan Maharaj: He was honored in Mathematical Sciences classification for his commitments to low-dimensional topology, geometric gathering hypothesis and complex geometry.
• Amit Sharma: He was granted in Life Sciences classification for his commitments in disentangling the sub-atomic structure at the nuclear level of key proteins included in the science of pathogenesis of the savage malarial parasite.
• Ravindra Kumar: He was recompensed in Physical Sciences classification for his spearheading exploratory commitments to the material science of high force laser matter connections.
• Srinath Raghavan: He was granted in Social Sciences class for extraordinary examination that combines military history, vital investigation and worldwide governmental issues into effective and inventive viewpoints on India in worldwide connection.
• Infosys Prize Infosys Prize is a yearly honor gave to analysts, researchers, social researchers and designers in India by the Infosys Science Foundation (ISF).
• The Prize is given to six classes Life Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Engineering and Computer Science, Social Sciences, Physical Sciences and Humanities. Every class prize conveys a 22-carat gold emblem, a reference declaration and prize cash of 65 Lakh rupees. It is one of the most astounding financial honors in India that perceive the investigative exploration.