Wednesday 19 February 2014

Current Affairs - 19th Feb - 2014

Current Affairs February 2014





  • Peng Shuai ranked number 1 in the Women’s Tennis Association Doubles ranking
  • Li Na ranked number 2 in the Women’s Tennis Association singles ranking
  • The great footballer of Preston and England, Tom Finney died at the age of 91 on 14 February 2014
  • Sachin Tendulkar and Virendra Sehwag were nominated amongst the nominees for the ESPNcricinfo@20 Cricketer of the Generation award
  • New Zealand won 2-cricket Test Series against India 1-0. Second match of the series ended in a draw and McCullum became the man of match
  • The Reader’s Digest was sold for just 1 pound to Mike Luckwell on 17 February 2014
  • A new layer in the human cornea was discovered by the Indian doctor Harminder Dua at The University of Nottingham in 2014
  • Carnatic music, Vocalist Rudra Krishna Srikantan, 94 died due to chest congestion in Bangalore
  • Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Kingfisher Airlines Sanjay Aggarwal resigned on 17 February 2014
  • BJP leader Arun Jaitely launched a book entitled ModiNomics in New Delhi. The book has been authored by Sameer Kochhar
  • First pro-Hindi political party of Tamil Nadu was launched by Madras High Court Advocates Association in Tamil Nadu on 17 February 2014
  • The 67th British Academy (BAFTA) Awards held in London on 16 February 2014
  • Pakistan appointed Abdul Basit as Pakistan’s high commissioner to India on 17 February 2014
  • Marathi film, Killa directed by Avinash Arun won the Crystal Bear for the best film at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival