Current Affairs 19th February 2016

Current Affairs 19th February 2016

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Make in India Week finishes up in Mumbai

• The Make in India week finished up in Mumbai, Mumbai after it was introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on February 13, 2016. The week-long occasion has secured speculation duties worth 15.2 lakh crore rupees the nation over.
• The host state Maharashtra alone represented 8 lakh crore rupees interest in different territories. Key certainties The Make in India was nation’s greatest show of assembling area that had effectively brought assembling, configuration and development to the inside stage. 102 nations were spoken to in the super expo and more than 8 lakh individuals went by the expo and different occasions.
• An aggregate of 150 occasions were sorted out under the standard of this occasion and more than 25 thousand individuals had taken an interest in classes. Make in India Week likewise gave stage to about eight thousand Business-to-Business (B2B), Business-to-Government (B2G) and Government-to-Government (G2G) gatherings.
• 17 Indian states and 3 nations – Sweden, Germany, and Poland had their own structures in the Make in India Center.

India, Myanmar direct fourth organized patrol

• The fourth release of the India-Myanmar Coordinated Patrol (IMCOR) was effectively attempted from February 13 to 16, 2016.
• It was led by naval forces of the two nations along the deliberately huge International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal. In this version IMCOR, Indian Navy Ships Saryu and Bitra alongside Myanmar Ships Aung Zeya and FAC 563 partook.
• Naval forces of India and Myanmar are leading two-sided IMCOR along the Maritime limit subsequent to 2013 as a major aspect of the continuous India-Myanmar barrier relations.
• Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) Signed During the Closing Ceremony of fourth IMCOR, Indian Navy and Myanmar Navy additionally seared Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for IMCOR.
• The marking of the SOP will encourage smooth behaviour of facilitated watches between two inviting neighbors that share a long sea limit in the deliberately critical Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.
• With this Myanmar turned out to be just the third nation after Indonesia and Thailand with which India has consented to a formal arrangement for sea facilitated patrols.
• It reflects developing maritime connection in the middle of India and Myanmar and is critical accomplishment if there should arise an occurrence of Naval watching.

Veteran artist Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan passes away

• Veteran artist Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan passed away in Kolkata, West Bengal taking after seniority related afflictions. He was 107. He was a profoundly acclaimed Hindustani established vocalist of Gwalior Gharana who had made around 2,000 sytheses and was additionally a productive author and artist under the pen name Piya.
• Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan was born in Uttar Pradesh in 1908 in a group of performers. He was a relative (sixteenth era) of Tansen, a traditional music writer in the court of the Mughal Emperor Akbar.
• He had gotten his starting preparing from his dad Chhote Yusuf Khan and uncle Bade Yusuf Khan furthermore from different older folks of their crew. His customary sytheses have been recorded by rumored supporters and foundations like Uttar Pradesh Sangeet Natak Akademi, BBC and Iraq Radio and so forth.
• Till his passing, he was most seasoned performing artist of India. He was an inhabitant Guru at ITC Sangeet Research Academy in Kolkata.

Awards and Honors:

• He was the most established beneficiary of Padma Bhushan, presented in 2013.
• He was as well honored the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and Kashi Swar Ganga Award.
• In 2013, Government of NCT of Delhi has congratulated him with life time achievement award.