.......Current Affairs OF 19 th Feb. Importance of the day.. 1970 - USSR launches Sputnik 52 & Molniya 1-13 communications satellite,1995 - 1st broadcast of Woman of Independent Means on NBC-TV., 1998-Soyuz TM-26 lands. •The third World Congress on Agro-forestry 2014 held in New Delhi and was inaugurated by President Mr. Pranab Mukherjee. This was the First ever World Agro-forestry Congress in Asia Pacific Region. ... >Theme-Trees for Life: Accelerating the Impact of Agro-forestry. •Taj Mahotsav, the ten day annual festival began in Agra.(started in 1992) >Theme-Paigham-e Mohahabbat or the message of love. • Tina Maze wins Olympic giant slalom.(belongs to Slovenia,Yugoslavia).She is most successful female ski racer in Winter Olympic in 2014. •L Rajagopal, (Congress MP from Vijayawada) who had created a storm by splashing pepper spray in Lok Sabha, is no longer a member of the House with Speaker Meira Kumar accepting his resignation on Wednesday.He quits politics too. •Kiran Kumar Reddy CM of Andhra Pradesh resigns and quits Congress.He submitted his resignation to the Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan. •Odisha Legislative Assembly passed the Odisha Lokayukta Bill 2014, with provision of keeping Chief Minister, ex-Chief Ministers, other ministers and public servants under the purview of a six-member anti-corruption panel. Odisha became the first state to enact the law after the Central Act was passed in Parliament in December 2013. •Chinese scientists developed flexible fire resistant paper.It Will not catch fire even at 1000 degrees Celsius.It can be use for long time purpose to save the important documents. •Minority Affairs K Rehman Khan today inaugurated country’s first Minority Cyber Village in Chandoli in Alwar district of Rajasthan. Aims:-to provide computer education to the people of 15 to 59 age group. •Edward Snowden, former National Security Agency contractor, was elected as the new Rector of the University of Glasgow on 18 February 2014. >The Rector is meant to represent student issues to university officials. •In a bid to give boost to local production of electronics, the Union Government approved the setting up of two plants to manufacture semiconductor chips in India. >India’s Jaiprakash Associates, IBM and Tower Jazz at a cost of Rs 34,399 crore near the Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh. >France-based ST Microelectronics, Hindustan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation Technologies and Malaysia’s Silterra at Prantij, Gujarat at a cost of Rs 29,013 crore. •Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore has appointed Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw as the Chairperson of its board of governors.She is the first woman chairperson of any IIM board. Champions arent made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them — a desire, a dream, a vision. Good Night..Put your Queries & suggestion...share it.... Never..never..Never.....Give up.......>> source: current affairs
Posted on: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 17:37:14 +0000
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