Current Affairs - 17 February 2016

2016 South Asian Games concluded; India finished at top with 308 medals

India finished at the top with a record 308 medals - 188 Gold, 90 Silver and 30 Bronze, which put to shade its previous best of 214 medals at the 2006 Games in Colombo.

Interest rates on various National Saving Schemes amended to spur economic growth

The changes were announced in the interest of overall economic growth of the country, even while protecting the social objectives of NSSs and promoting long term savings.

West Bengal government launched Utkarsh Bangla Scheme for school-dropouts

Utkarsha Bangla is aimed at giving vocational training to school dropouts who will be trained free of charge in tailoring, driving, repairing television and others.

Syria approved humanitarian access to besieged areas: UN

The seven areas are Deir el-Zour, Foah, Kefraya, Madaya, Kafr Batna, Muadhamiya and Zabadani which have been deemed by 17-member International Syria Support Group to be most in need of relief.

58th Annual Grammy Awards announced

Indo-British filmmaker Asif Kapadia won Grammy Award for Best Music Film for his documentary Amy.

Indian Railways won 36th National Chess Team Championship

To win their first ever championship, the Indian Railways defeated Life Insurance Corporation team in the final held in Bhubaneswar.

Fashion designer Manish Arora conferred Knight of the Legion of Honour, France’s highest honour

French Ambassador Francois Richier presented the award to Arora for his renowned and critically-acclaimed contribution to the fashion world.

Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk led Ukrainian Government survived No-confidence Motion

The no-confidence motion required 226 votes in the parliament, but only 194 out of the 339 members of the parliament supported it.

Results of Swachh Survekshan 2016 announced; Mysuru declared cleanest city in India

Out of the 73 cities surveyed, while Mysuru in Karnataka was adjudged as the cleanest city, Dhanbad in Jharkand was adjudged as the least clean city.

First Silk Road train arrived in Tehran from China

The train, also referred to as Silk Road train, passed through Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan to Iran, travelling a distance of 10399 kilometres. It had left Yiwu city in east China's Zhejiang province on 28 January 2016.

Haryana, South Korean state of Chungcheongbuk to collaborate on technology and development

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar accepted the proposal for such a relationship made by a visiting South Korean delegation.

India successfully test-fired indigenously developed Prithvi II missile from Chandipur

With a strike range of 350 km, the surface-to-surface Prithvi-II is capable of carrying 500 kg to 1000 kg of warheads and is thrusted by liquid propulsion twin engines.

Former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali died

Boutros-Ghali served as UN Chief from January 1992 to December 1996 and became the first secretary general to be deprived of a second term as he struggled to impose the UN’s writ in a post-cold war world.

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