DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS DIGEST 15TH FEBRUARY 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS DIGEST 15TH FEBRUARY 2016

Daily Current Affairs Digest 15th February 2016

The name of the Indian gravitational wave detector similar to Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) at Livingston and Hanford in the US – IndiGO

•    Ishan Kishan, the captain of India's under-19 cricket, was signed by this leading sports management group for a period of three years in February 2016 - IOS Sports and Entertainment

•    Five ITDC-run loss making hotels identified by the Union for disinvestment – Hotel Janpath, Hotel Bharatpur Ashok, Hotel Patliputra Ashok, Hotel Donyi Polo Ashok, Hotel Pondicherry Ashok

•    The ministry that released the data on Wholesale Price Index (WPI)-based inflation for January 2016 which was pegged at 0.90 percent –Ministry of Commerce & Industry

•    It is at this place the National Woman Sports started for the first time in Bihar on 15 February 2016 – Patna

•    This state on 15 February 2016 launched a one-month financial inclusion drive wherein cooperative banks will open new accounts and fill KYC forms – Rajasthan

•    This UK-based banking giant announced in February 2016 to keep its headquarter at London – HSBC Bank

•    The Supreme Court on 15 February 2016 upheld Army's policy of preferential promotion to officers in combat units which is also called –Command and Exit Policy

•    The place where US President Barack Obama hosted the US-Asean Summit on 15 February 2016 – California

•    The Indian Ambassador to Tajikistan who passed away on 13 February 2016 is - Biraja Prasad

•    The team that lifted their maiden ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup title on 14 February 2016 is – West Indies

•    The former Finance Secretary to the Government of India and former Chairman of the Competition Commission who on 12 February 2016 was appointed the Chairman of TERI is - Ashok Chawla

•    A film on conservation efforts by villagers that won the Golden Beaver Best Film Award in the institutional category of the 6th National Science Film Festival and Competition is - Nagaland is changing, But...

•    A noted Malyalam poet and Jnanpith Award winner who died on 13 February 2016 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala is - O.N.V. Kurup

•    The wilderness drama that won the Best Film award at the 69th British Academy Films Awards is - The Revenant

•    Make In India Week was inaugurated in Mumbai with the theme -Design, Innovation and Sustainability

•    This professor was conferred with Infosys Prize 2015 in Humanities category by the President Pranab Mukherjee - Prof. Jonardon Ganeri

•    This professor was conferred with Infosys Prize 2015 in Mathematical Sciences category by the President Pranab Mukherjee -Prof Mahan Mj

•    The Indo-Swiss pair that won the 2016 St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy -Sania Mirza & Martina Hingis

•    These two countries began 2-week
long joint military exercise LAMITYE 2016 – India & Seychelles

•    This Indian-British filmmaker who won the Best Documentary Film Award at the 69th BAFTA Awards for his poignant documentary "Amy” –Asif Kapadia