Tuesday 18 February 2014

Current Affairs - 18th Feb - 2014

Current Affairs February 2014





  • Indian flag was unfurled at Winter Olympics Village at Sochi, Russia at a ceremony at the International Plaza of the Mountain Village
  • Foreign Minister of Kyrgyz Republic, Erlan Abdyldaev visited India from 13 to 15 February 2014 on the invitation of Salman Khurshid
  • Union Government raised the import tariff value on gold and silver to 421 US dollar per 10 grams and 663 US dollar per kilogram respectively
  • World Bridge Championship for Bermuda Bowl (men) and Venice Cup (women) will be hosted by India for the first time in October 2015
  • Interim Budget 2014-15 of tax proposals presented
  • Speaker of Lok Sabha has referred the pepper spray incident in the Lok Sabha to the Privileges Committee
  • Union Finance Minister, P Chidambaram presented the Interim Budget 2014-15 in the Lok Sabha on 17 February 2014
  • President Rule has been imposed on Delhi by the President of India after accepting the resignation Arvind Kejriwal
  • Vijaykumar Vinayak Dongre and Guocheng Zhang received International Gandhi Award for the year 2013 by President of India
  • Purushottam Express will become the first train in India to be attached with a Braille-embedded AC coach for visually-challenged passengers