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• February 10, 2019, was celebrated as the first World Pulses Day. The Year 2016 was celebrated as International Year of Pulses to highlight the contribution of Pulses to sustainable food production and towards food security and nutrition.


• Building on the positive momentum of the International Year of Pulses, the UN General Assembly passed the resolution to celebrate 10 February as World Pulses Day to keep the positive momentum surrounding these healthy, nutritious, protein-rich, nitrogen-fixing legumes alive after the FAO’s successful 2016 International Year of Pulses Campaign.

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• The 5-day multinational maritime exercise ‘AMAN-19’ in which 46 nations participated from all over the world was formally commenced at Pakistan Navy Dockyard, with a colourful flag hosting ceremony.


• Pakistan’s Naval Chief, Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi welcomed the participations of Exercise AMAN-19, the 6th episode of the AMAN initiative,with motto “Together for Peace”.


• Principal aim to conduct this exercise is to facilitate a forum of understanding of each other’s maritime concepts and operation cultures and to produce ways and means to confront common threat at sea.


• The exercise will have 2 phases- Harbour phase and sea phase.

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• Australian and US authorities seized around 1,728-kg meth worth an estimated street value of $910 million (more than ₹6,400 crore) from a port in California.


• According to officials, it was the largest ever shipment bound for Australia and the largest ever domestic seizure in the US. The haul was equal to more than 17 million drug deals.

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• Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu launched two schemes, the Hirkani Maharashtrachi and District Business Plan Competition in Mumbai.


• Under Hirkani Maharashtrachi, women’s Self-help group(SHGs) will display their business plan at taluka level. Ten groups will be selected from each taluka and Rs. 50,000 will be given to each SHG to implement their idea. Five SHGs at district level will be selected and Rs. 2 lakh will be given to each SHG to take the idea forward.


• Under District Business Plan Competition, competitors at district level will display ideas, out of which five ideas will be selected from agriculture, social service, education and Work order worth Rs. 5 lakh will be given to the 5 selected ideas to implement the same.

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• The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) conducted its eighth round of National Deworming Day (NDD) with a objective to reduce the prevalence of Soil Transmitted Helminths (STH) or parasitic intestinal worms so that there will be no longer be public health problem.


• The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) envisioned an open-defecation-free India which holds the capacity to reduce the overall worm burden in a community. National Deworming Day observed on February 10.

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• Election Commission of India (ECI) launched a Voter Verification and Information Programme (VVIP) for citizens to verify their details, change the details, new registration and corrections. The programme focus on 2019 General Election.


• The ECI has set up helpline centres in all districts in India. The voter helpline number is 1950 and they are well equipped with to help callers with latest information.


• VVIP technology was launched during 2day training cum workshop on the use of Information and Communication Technology which was held in New Delhi.


• ECI also launched a ‘PwD app’ to enable Persons with Disabilities (PWD) to request to change in address, change in particulars and new registration by using mobile application.


• Voter Helpline app was also launched which will help voters to check their names in electoral roll, submit online forms, application status checking and complaints filing.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the DD ‘Arun Prabha’ Channel in Itanagar. It will be a 24×7 satellite television channel and is Doordarshan’s second channel for the north-eastern region, after DD North East.


• The Prime Minister also laid the foundation stone of a permanent campus of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) at Arunachal Pradesh. This is the third Film and Television Institute of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The institute will provide a boost to the talented youngsters of the North-East in film and television sector.

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• The Asian Development Bank raised $100 million from peso-linked bonds in the international market. It was their maiden issue of Philippine peso.


• The move will help to reduce foreign exchange risk for ADB’s borrowers and support its growing local currency lending operations in Philippines.


• J P Morgan was the sole lead manager and bonds were fully placed with institutional investors in Asia, Europe and the Americas.


• Earlier in 2005 and 2007 ADB issued bond in the Philippine domestic capital market but it was the first time to mobilize Philippine peso funding from international investors through a currency linked structure.


• ADB is an international development finance institution and a regional development bank with a motto to fighting poverty in Asia and the Pacific.

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• Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority has imposed a fine of Rs. 9 lakh on state-owned United India Insurance.


• Insurance regulator IRDAI,imposed a sum of 5 lakh imposed for violation of regulations such as assigning of surveyors and submitting reports, insurer offering a settlement to the insured as well as paying the claim to the insured.


• The balance 4 lakh – 1 lakh each was for violations of circular and guidelines on rates and discounts an insurer can offer.

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• Indian opener Rohit Sharma became the first man from his country to smash a century of sixes in T20I cricket in the second T20 between India and New Zealand held in Eden park in New Zealand.


• He made his T20I debut against England but played his first innings against South Africa in 2007 T20I.


• Rohit Sharma surpassed Martin Guptill to become the highest scorer in T20 Internationals with 102 sixes.

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• India’s stellar run in Australia and New Zealand is now reaping dividends. The Indian cricket team has now grabbed the second spot in the ICC One-day International rankings in which captain Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah have continued to top the charts for batsmen and bowlers.


• India have accumulated 122 points for series wins over Australia and New Zealand and are placed behind England with 126 points. In team Rankings, New Zealand have slipped behind South Africa to fourth place.

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• India's largest telecom operator Vodafone Idea said its board has appointed Suresh Vaswani, an IIT Kharagpur alumnus, as an independent director for three years.


• The 59-year-old is currently acting as an external global advisor to US-based Bain & Company, it added. Vaswani has also previously worked at IBM Global Technology Services, Dell India and Wipro.

• India test-fired Helina, a helicopter-launched version of the Nag anti-tank guided missile, with a hit range of 7-8 km, from the Odisha Coast.


• Helina was launched from an Army chopper and the weapon system was tested for its full range at 12:55 PM near the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur in the Balasore District of Odisha.


• Developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Helina is said to be one of the most advanced anti-tank weapons in the world. It is guided by an Infrared Imaging Seeker (IIR) operating in the lock-on-before-launch mode.

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• Five time Oscar nominated actor Albert Finney died at the age of 82 due to chest infection in London.


• The veteran actor was best known for his roles in Tom Jones, Erin Brockovich and Annie.

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