Current Affairs-February 2013 Part-3

Asteroid
An asteroid half the size of a football field will give Earth the ultimate close shave this month, passing closer than many satellites when it whizzes by, but it won’t hit the planet, said NASA scientists. The asteroid 2012 DA14 will fly by Earth on Feb. 15 and zip within 17,200 miles (27, 680 kilometers) of the planet during the cosmic close encounter. The asteroid will approach much closer to Earth than the moon, and well inside the paths of navigation and communications satellites.

Haryana
Haryana is the first State in the country to conduct Sports and Physical Aptitude Test (SPAT).

Seychelles
During the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit, the 2013 Sustainable Leadership Award was presented to the President of Seychelles James Alix Michel.

Trieste (Italy)
The International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) – was promoted by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) as a centre of excellence for research and training in genetic engineering and biotechnology for the benefit of developing countries. The Headquarters of the Centre, located in Trieste (Italy), coordinate the research programmes of the three Components located in Trieste, Italy, New Delhi, India and Cape Town, South Africa.