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APPOINTMENTS
Facebook India MD Kirthiga Reddy quits
Facebook Inc’s India managing director, Kirthiga Reddy, said she is stepping down and returning to the United States to “explore new opportunities” at the company’s headquarters in Menlo Park, California. Reddy, who joined Facebook in 2010 as its first employee in India, said in a Facebook post she would be relocating in the next 6-12 months. Reddy is working closely with William Easton, MD of emerging markets (Asia Pacific), and Dan Neary, vice president of Asia Pacific, to search for her successor. The move comes days after India introduced rules to prevent Internet service providers from having different pricing policies for accessing different parts of the Web, in a setback to Facebook’s plan to roll out a pared-back free Internet service.
Quick Link – FB India MD Quits
INDIAN AFFAIRS
India’s first LCD Manufacturing unit to be set up
NRI billionaire Anil Agarwal has announced that his firm Twinstar Display Technologies will set up India’s first LCD manufacturing facility. The firm will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Maharashtra government to set up the facility. The pact will be inked as part of the Make in India week, which commenced in Mumbai. In July last year, the Agarwal-led firm had announced an investment of Rs 40,000 crore to set up a LCD panel plant in the country, generating about 50,000 jobs. Twinstar Display will invest $10 billion in five phases, and is expected to begin production by 2018, with full capacity over the next 10 years.
Quick Link – India’s first LCD
Swedish defence firm ties up with Indian company
Kalyani Group has tied up with Swedish defence major Saab to form a joint venture firm for the multi-billion dollar contract for short range surface to air missile and man-portable very short-range air defense (VSHORAD) programmes. The joint venture, which will be set up by Saab and Kalyani Strategic Systems Ltd (KSSL), the defence arm of Kalyani Group, will handle the main part of production and delivery of these air defence systems to the Indian customer if they win the ongoing tender process.
Quick Link – Swedish defence with Indian company
PM Modi inaugurates Make in India Centre in Mumbai
Kicking off the ‘Make In India Week’, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Make In India Centre at the MMRDA Grounds in Mumbai along with Swedish Prime Minister Kjell Stefan Lofven and the Prime Minister of Finland, Juha Petri Sipila. Revolving around the theme of innovation, design and sustainability, the Make In India Centre showcases some of the country’s most innovative and trendsetting products and manufacturing processes before the world for the first time after the global launch of the ‘Make In India’ initiative in September 2014.
Quick Link – ‘Make In India Week’ -Modi
India was third most disaster hit in 2015
According to a study released by the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR), India has been ranked third among the top five most disaster-hit countries in 2015. India has suffered more than 2,800 deaths and over Rs 22,000 crore economic damage in the last year alone. Worldwide, the economic losses have been estimated at $66.5 billion and over 22,700 people dead. After China and the US, which have been hit by 26 and 22 disasters respectively last year, India is the most affected country having suffered 19 disasters in 2015. The head of UNISDR, Robert Glasser, said 2015 was the hottest year on record and this has confirmed that weather and climate-related disasters now dominate trends linked to natural hazards.
Quck Link – Third most disaster hit in 2015
Companies to get Business Identification Number
To improve ease of doing business, the government will soon introduce Business Identification Number (BIN) for companies, doing away with multiple registration numbers a single entity needs to obtain for various regulatory purposes. The BIN would act as an identification number for different regulatory purposes and do away with the need for procuring separate registration numbers such as Company Identification Number and Labour Identification Number.
Quick Link – Companies get BIN
Congress and DMK tie-up for 2016 TN Assembly Polls
Senior Congress leader Gulam Nabi Azad has formally announced that the party will fight the Tamil Nadu Assembly polls in an alliance with the DMK. Mr. Azad said the DMK leadership will identify other potential allies and initiate talks. On whether there would be a coalition government after polls, he said such “small things” do not matter at the moment. Azad said the election would be fought under the DMK leadership and put on Karunanidhi’s party the responsibility of roping in more constituents into this alliance, including DMDK.
Quick Link – Congress and DMK tie-up for 2016
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
US, Cuba to resume direct flights
The United States and Cuba will sign a bilateral agreement to restore regular flights between the two countries after more than half a century. While US law prohibits travel to Cuba for tourist activities, this arrangement will facilitate authorized travel. Up to 20 direct flights daily will be permitted from the US to Havana, and 10 more to another nine international airports in Cuba. The memorandum of understanding will be signed on February 17 in Havana by Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx and his Cuban counterpart, Adel Yzquierdo.
Quick Link – US, Cuba to direct flights
Canada, US, Mexico to cooperate on climate change
Canada, the US and Mexico signed a deal in Winnipeg, Canada, to tap into energy cooperation among the three countries. The Memorandum of Understanding on Climate Change and Energy Collaboration was signed at the North American Energy Ministers Meeting. Under the memorandum, the three countries will collaborate and share information in key areas such as low-carbon electricity, clean energy technologies, energy efficiency, carbon capture, use and storage, climate change adaptation, and reducing emissions from the oil and gas sector, including from methane.
Quick Link – Winnipeg, Canada, to tap into energy cooperation
US approves sale of fighter jets to Pakistan
The US government has approved the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan. The deal includes up to eight F-16 fighter jets built by Lockheed Martin Corp, radar and other equipment valued at $699 million. The Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency said the F-16s would allow Pakistan’s Air Force to operate in all-weather environments and at night, while improving its self-defence capability and bolstering its ability to conduct counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations.
Quick Link – F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan
Dubai to build world’s largest mail
Dubai said it would press ahead with plans to build the world’s largest shopping mall despite an economic slowdown looming in the region, but would assess market demand before proceeding with the project’s later stages. The Mall of the World project, encompassing 8 million sq. feet (745,000 sq. meter) of shopping space connected to a theme park, 100 hotels and serviced apartment buildings with 20,000 rooms, was announced in mid-2014, just as oil prices began a precipitous plunge.
Quick Link – World’s largest shopping mall
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
US deploys more patriotic missiles in South Korea
The United States has temporarily deployed an additional Patriot missile battery in South Korea following North Korea’s recent nuclear test and long-range rocket launch. The move came as the two allies plan to start detailed discussions on bringing in an advanced, high-altitude US missile defence system opposed by China as early as next week. The newly deployed Patriot battery is conducting ballistic missile defence training with the Eighth Army’s 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade at Osan Air Base, some 47 kilometres (30 miles) south of Seoul. The brigade has its own two Patriot battalions. One Patriot battalion is reportedly composed of four batteries.
Quick Link – Patriotic missiles in South Korea
OBSERVED DAYS
February 13 – World Radio Day
February 13 is observed as World Radio Day every year. The day celebrates the radio as a way of educating people, providing information, and promoting freedom of expression across cultures. Each year the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) celebrates World Radio Day by planning activities with broadcasters, organizations and communities around the world. It was proclaimed on 3 November 2011 by UNESCO’s 36th General Conference after originally proposed by the Kingdom of Spain.
Quick Link – World Radio Day
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