CA 2/12/2017

Dia Mirza appointed as UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador for India

• Former Miss Asia Pacific, actor, producer, entrepreneur and environmentalist, Dia Mirza, was today appointed as UN Environment’s Goodwill Ambassador for India.

• A long-standing supporter of environmental conservation, Dia will take up the role to add more weight to her work on raising awareness of and seeking solutions to environmental issues that the world

 

Source : news18

Cabinet approves Rs9,046 crore National Nutrition Mission 

                            

• The cabinet has approved the setting up of a National Nutrition Mission (NNM) with a three-year budget of Rs9,046.17 crore, to rein in malnourishment and stunted growth.
• the government is targeting a reduction of 2% a year in stunting, undernutrition and low birthweight among 100 million people.

Source : Livemint

Shri S K Chourasia appointed as DGOF and Chairman of Ordnance Factory Board

• Shri Sunil Kumar Chourasia, IOFS, has been appointed as the new Director General of Ordnance Factories (DGOF) and Chairman of the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) w.e.f. 1st December, 2017

Source : BS

EAM Sushma Swaraj attends Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit

• External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit at Sochi in Russia. In June 2017, India and Pakistan had become full-fledged members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
  
  
  The meeting is the first major gathering of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit since the bloc was expanded for the first time to add India and Pakistan as full members in June's Astana summit in Kazakhstan.

source : DD news

Shared Value Summit in New Delhi

                              

•    The Minister of Industry and Commerce, Suresh Prabhu, will be the chief guest for the Shared Value Summit 2017 to be held in capital  on the theme “Equity and Empowerment ”.
• The annual Shared Value Summit aims at encouraging businesses to adopt the practice of shared value by imbibing the spirit of inclusivity in their business models.
•  The summit aims to provide a platform to identify and address the barriers that exist to equality and empowerment in the Indian society.

source : BL

Govt fixes sovereign Gold bond rate at Rs 2,952/gram

• The government has fixed Rs 2,952 per gram as price of new series of sovereign gold bonds (SGBs).
• The government, in consultation with the Reserve Bank, has decided to offer a discount of Rs 50 per gram to investors applying online and making payments digitally.

source : BS

Shiva Keshavan wins gold in Asian Luge Championships

• India's veteran Winter Olympian Shiva Keshavan on Friday won a gold medal at the Asian Luge Championships at Altenberg, Germany.
• The sole Indian participant and defending Asian champion retained his title with a time of 55.60 seconds.

 source : news18

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Raising Day

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday greeted the Border Security Force (BSF) on its Raising Day and said that the nation was proud of the force. 
• Established on December 1, 1965, the BSF is a paramilitary force responsible for guarding India's land border.