DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS DIGEST 26TH FEBRUARY 2016.

• Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on 25 February 2016 presented the Railway Budget 2016-17 in the Lok Sabha with outlined capital plan of -121000 crore rupees

• In Railway Budget 2016-17 Coolies were renamed as - Sahayaks

• Information and Broadcasting Ministry will organize the first International workshop on film preservation and restoration from 26 February 2016 at - National Film Archives of India (NFAI) Pune

• People of this country on 24 February 2016 rejected their President Evo Morales’s appeal for allowing him to contest for the fourth term in 2019 elections in a referendum - Bolivia

• The Bangladesh cricketer who was named as the national goodwill ambassador for youth by the United Nations Development Programme - Mashrafe Bin Mortaza

• This movie was selected for the Remi Award which will be presented at the 49th WorldFest Houston International Film Festival in April 2016 -Kanavu Variyam

• In this country’s favour the World Trade Organization settled a dispute on solar related exports involving India - United States of America

• He was sworn-in as the Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court -Justice Subhro Kamal

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 22 February 2016 cancelled the certificate of registration of - 26 non-banking financial companies (NBFCs)

• West Bengal Government on 24 February 2016 announced its decision to constitute two task forces for the development of Adivasis and Gorkhas living in - Terai-Dooars and Darjeeling Hills region

• National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 was officially launched by state Food civil Supplies and Consumer affairs Minister John Rotluangliana on 24 February 2016 in - Mizoram

• Union Government on 24 February 2016 approved introduction of steps for promotion of payments through cards and digital means with an aim to – Reduce cash transactions