Wednesday 5 February 2014

Current Affairs - 04th Feb - 2014

Current Affairs February 2014




    1.Government launched the National Cloud under MeghRaj Initiative

    2.The Central Consumer Protection Council (CCPC) headed by K V Thomas decided to set up a sub-committee on 3 February 2014

    3.Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry inaugurated the Mother and Child Tracking Facilitation Centre

    4.Bharat Ratna, was conferred by President on Sachin Tendulkar and Prof CNR Rao (79) at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi

    5.King of Saudi Arabia, Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has ordered jail terms ranging 3 to 30 years for Saudi citizens fighting outside the country

    6.Justice Askhok Kumar Mathur has been appointed as the Chairman of the 7th Pay Commission that will submit report in 2 years

    7.Poonam Khetrapal Singh took charge as the Regional Director of World Health Organisation (WHO) South-East Asia Region

    8.Ali Mohamed Shein, President of Zanzibar is on an official visit to India from 1 to 9 February 2014 on invitation of India’s Vice President

    9.United Nation appointed India based Vivek Lall as special advisor on cyber security on 3 February 2014

    10.Manoj Vaish took charge as MD & CEO of MCX. Forward Markets Commission approved his appointment which is for a period of 3 years