Static Current Affairs: February 2017 Week 2

We see that sometimes the questions of static part in the General Awareness Section is asked from the latest happenings. So we have come up with the Static Current Affairs Section. 

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Static Current Affairs:

Dams:

• Thumbe Dam – Mangalore, Karnataka
• Subansiri Lower Dam, officially named Subansiri Lower Hydroelectric Project (SLHEP) – on river Subansiri. On the border of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.

Headquarters:

• Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) headquarters – Bengaluru, Karnataka
• India Meteorological Department headquarters – New Delhi
• Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) headquarters – Kochi, Kerala (celebrated platinum jubilee)
• International Post Corporation headquarters – Brussels, Belgium
• World Trade Organization headquarters – Geneva, Switzerland

Lakes:

• Loktak Lake – Manipur
• Somasundarapalya Lake – Bengaluru, Karnataka
• Chitlapakkam Lake – Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Stadiums:

• Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium – Hyderabad, Telangana
• Indira Gandhi Arena or Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium – Delhi (Asian Track Cycling Championships 2017 took place)

Persons in News:

• Managing Director and CEO of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) – A P Hota
• CEO of IndiaPost Payments Bank – Ashok Pal Singh
• Director-General of the World Trade Organization – Roberto Azevêdo

Others:

• Bogibeel Bridge – Assam
• Kempegowda Airport – Bangalore, Karnataka
• Bhadradri Thermal Power Plant – Telangana
• Sardar Patel National Police Academy – Hyderabad, Telangana
• Himalayan Region Games Will Be Held In Guwahati, Assam From April 21

Important Days in February 2nd week:

• 10 Feb – National Deworming Day (World’s Largest Deworming Programme)
• 11 Feb – First National Unani Day (birthday of Hakim Ajmal Khan) – Hyderabad hosted
• 11 Feb – International Day of Women and Girls in Science
  2017 Theme: “Gender, Science and Sustainable Development: The Impact of Media”
• 12 Feb to 18 Feb – National productivity week
  2017 Theme: “From Waste to Profits-through Reduce, Recycle and Reuse”
• 13 Feb – World Radio Day
  2017 Theme: “Radio is You”