CURRENT AFFAIRS
Which Scientist has joined NITI Aayog as a full time-member -
Scientist Vijay Kumar Saraswat
Among National Current Affairs, On 31st January 2015, Former
DRDO chief Vijay Kumar Saraswat has joined National Institution for
Transforming India (NITI) Aayog as a full time-member.
About Vijay Kumar
Saraswat
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He was awarded with Padma Shri in 1998 and Padma Bhusan 2013.
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He had a outstanding contribution in the development of the
country’s first Liquid Propulsion Engine, DEVIL.
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He was Project Director of the first indigenous Surface-to-Surface
missile system named PRITHVI.
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Who has been appointed as the new ITBP DG - Senior IPS officer
Krishna Chaudhary
Among the important appointments, On 31 January 2015, Senior IPS
officer Krishna Chaudhary has been appointed as the new Director General of the
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).
He is a 1979-batch Bihar cadre officer. Earlier, he was working
as the Director General of the Railway Protection Force. His name was declared
by the Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) headed by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and will be in office till June 2017.
Name the first Canister based missile which is successfully test fired
- Agni-V missile
Among National Current Affairs, On 31st January 2015, a
canisterised version of Agni-V missile was successfully test-fired for the
first time from Wheeler Island off Odisha coast.It is the third successful
flight test of the Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) and the first
canister trial.
About Agni-V Missile :
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It has a range of 5,500–5,800 km and it will allow India
to strike targets across Asia and into Europe.
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Agni-V ICBM is designed and developed by DRDO.
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It is a part of the Agni series, one of the missile under the
original Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme.
Union Government has approved rehabilitation package for which
state - Jammu & Kashmir
On 31st January 2015, Union Government approved rehabilitation
package of 1102.56 crore rupees for the State of J&K. The fund was approved
on account of disastrous flood witnessed by J&K in September 2014. The fund
has been permitted from the National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) and it will
be used for rehabilitation of flood victims and to overhaul public
infrastructure in the State.
Which organization announced to create India's first fenced
elephant sanctuary near Bengaluru - PETA
PETA announced that it will create India's first fenced elephant
sanctuary within the Bannerghatta Biological Park in Karnataka. By this step
elephants will able to move around freely within the secure area.
It will be built in 49.5 hectare within the Biological Park
which is an extension of the Bannerghatta National Park and this model of the
sanctuary was designed by the PETA consultant and elephant expert Carol
Buckley.
Full form of PETA - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
Union Government divested 10 percent stake in - Coal India
Limited
On 30th January 2015, Union Government divested 10 percent of
its stake in Maharatna Coal India Limited (CIL). Total 63.16 crores shares were
divested by Govt. This was the largest ever disinvestment among Central Public
Sector Enterprises (CPSEs).
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