DAILY GK UPDATE 28TH FEB.

1.    National Science Day was Celebrated Countrywide

i. National Science Day is celebrated every year in India on 28 February 2013

ii. The theme of 2013 was Genetically Modified Crops and Food Security

NOTE: i. The day is observed on the 28th of February every year to popularise science and its applications among school and college students.

ii. National Science Day is observed in honour of Nobel laureateand physicist CV Raman’s discovery of the Raman Effect, which he announced on this day in 1928.

2.    Congress retains power in Meghalaya  

i. The Congress retained power in Meghalaya after emerging as the single largest party, bagging 29 seats, 2 short of an absolute majority, in the Assembly election results that were declared today.

ii. The results are a shot in the arm of Congress chief minister Mukul Sangma who faced stiff opposition from old warhorse P A Sangma who had quit Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party to form the National People's Party last year.

iii. In the 2008 Assembly election, the Congress had bagged 25 seats.

3.    Centre launches eBiz portal

i. The Centre has launched eBiz portal to improve the environment for doing business. 

ii. The portal comprising licenses and permits service component that will allow business users to obtain a customized list of licenses, permits and regulations that they needed to comply while dealing with the government.

iii. It will function as one-stop-shop for obtaining information.

4.    Left Front retains Tripura by a landslide

i. The ruling Left Front won the Tripura polls by a landslide with the CPI(M) winning 49 seats and the CPI one in the 60-member Assembly.

ii. It's a fifth straight term for the Left Front since 1993.

iii. Congress wound up with 10 seats while its allies INPT and NCT drew a blank

5.    NPF sweeps back to power in Nagaland

i. Naga Peoples Front swept back to power in Nagaland on Thursday to form the government for the third consecutive time winning absolute majority by securing 37 of the total 60 seats.

ii. The state party bettered its tally in the 12th Nagaland assembly by two seats against 35 it won last time.

iii. It had contested in all the seats. Congress' electoral luck deserted it as the party could win only eight seats compared to the 18 it won last time.

6.    Israeli film festival to be held in Kolkata

i. For the first time the Federation of Film Societies of India in association with the Embassy of Israel will host a three day Israeli Film Festival in Kolkata from Tuesday.

ii. Honourary Consul of Israel in Kolkata and leading industrialist Harshavardhan Neotia would inaugurate the fest at Nandan.

iii. During the three day fest six award winning movies made by the film makers from the small West Asian Jewish state would be screened movie aficionados.

iv. The movies at the film festival, to be concluded on February 28, are primarily centered on the life and other aspects of the Israeli society at large, sources at the Israeli consulate informed.