10th February 2015 - Important Current Affairs updates

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National Affairs

• The Union health minister Jagat Prakash Nadda along with state health minister Rajendra Rathore declared February 10 as the National Deworming Day.
• The day will be observed in 11 states and Union Territories including Assam, Bihar, Chattisgarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, and Haryana among others in the first phase on February 10 to treat 140 million children initially at risk of parasitic worms infection in schools and Anganwadi centres.
• Medicines would be given to children aged between 1-19 years.
• Around 65% children were covered under the programme today (on February 10) and the remaining will be covered between February 11 and 14.
• The medicines were given to children up to the age of 5 years at Anganwadi centres, while children aged between 6 to 19 years were provided medication at all government schools.
• Aam Admi Party (AAP) sweeps Delhi polls
• Wins 67 seats in 70- member assembly
• Decimates BJP and Congress in elections
• AAP gets 54.3% popular votes cast compared to 32% of BJP.

• Aam Aadmi Party Convenor Arvind Kejriwal has been elected the leader of legislature party.
• All the newly elected 67 MLAs unanimously took the decision in this regard.
• PMO India Narendra Modi congratulates Arvind Kejriwal on the win.
• He assured him Centre's complete support in the development of Delhi.
• BJP Chief Ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi loses election in Krishna Nagar Constituency.
• Kejriwal is going to sworn in as Delhi Chief Minister on 14th February 2015 at Ramlila Maidan.
• Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu flagged off 3 new trains.
• The trains are Mumbai-Gorakhpur Jansadharan Express, Pune-Lucknow Weekly Express and Bidar-Mumbai Weekly Express.
• All the three trains are part of the Budget announcements. 

MOUs

• For the establishment of solar power plants generating 10,000 megawatt in the state, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the Rajasthan government and Adani Enterprises Limited.
• As per the MoU, Adani group will invest nearly Rs 40,000 crore in the state and install solar plants of 10,000 MW in a phased manner.
• The first 5,000 MW plant will be developed in first five years and the rest in subsequent years.
• The MoU was signed in the presence of chief minister Vasundhara Raje and Rajesh Adani, managing director of Adani group at the chief minister's residence.
• Out of the total capacity, 5,000 MW will set up by the Adani group while the rest is likely to be in collaboration with Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation (RREC).
• Along with it, Adani Enterprises will also set up a manufacturing unit of solar equipment and panels. The group has also showed interest in developing power transmission system in the state.

New Appointments

• Vodafone India has announced that Naveen Chopra, Director –Vodafone Business Services (VBS) will succeed Sunil Sood as Chief Operating Officer for Vodafone India with effect from April 1, 2015.
• This follows the earlier announcement of Sunil Sood to succeed Marten Pieters as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer with effect from April 1, 2015.
• M Ravindran was appointed as the Chairman of Indraprastha Gas Ltd, the firm that sells CNG in New Delhi.
• He replaces K K Gupta, Director (Marketing), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), who has relinquished the charge upon completion of his two-year tenure

Deaths

• U.S. President Barack Obama confirmed the death of Kayla Mueller, a U.S. aid worker who had been held hostage by Islamic State militants, saying the United States would "find and bring to justice the terrorists who are responsible."

Awards & Honors

• Indian economist and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has been awarded the inaugural Charleston-EFG John Maynard Keynes Prize.
• Sen is regarded as one of the world's foremost thinkers in the field of famine, poverty, social choice and welfare economics, and his ground-breaking work has not only been academically influential, but has also had a profound impact on the formation of development policy worldwide, an official statement said.
• Currently a Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University, Sen has been a Professor at the London School of Economics and until 2004 was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge. His books have been translated into more than 30 languages.

Science & Technology

• The world's first hotel staffed entirely by robots is set to open in Japan later this year, promoted with the slogan "a commitment for evolution".
• The Henn-na Hotel will open in the Huis Ten Bosch theme park in Nagasaki Prefecture in July 2015 with the hope that by employing "actroid androids" - robots that mimic humans - it will be able to significantly reduce costs.
• 10 robots will staff the 72-room hotel, capable of cleaning rooms, transporting luggage and greeting guests at the hotel's reception.

Business & Economy

• Jan Dhan Yojna started at Dhanbad Jail today.
• Dhanbad divisional jail has taken the first step to bring the benefits of the central government's Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana to its inmates.
• The prison authorities, acting on the instruction of Dhanbad deputy commissioner Prashant Kumar, have roped in the State Bank of India (SBI) to open accounts for 1,100 jailbirds, including 45 women and a majority being undertrials, to ensure their financial inclusion that is being harped upon by the Narendra Modi-led government.
• United Bank of India is now free to recruit again as Reserve Bank of India has removed the ban imposed on it 14 months back, but the curbs on branch expansion and lending is still limiting growth, the bank's new managing director and chief executive P Srinivas said today after announcing Rs 42 crore net profit for the quarter to December 31, 2014. 
• ICICI Bank today announced the launch of ‘Pockets’, India’s first digital bank for the youth. 
• Anyone, including those who are not customers of ICICI Bank, can download the e-wallet from Google Playstore, fund it from any bank account in the country and start transacting immediately. 
• This wallet uses a virtual VISA card which enables the users to transact on any website or mobile application in India. Customers can also request for a physical card to use it at any retail outlet.
   

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