Current Affairs - 24th Feb - 2014

Current Affairs February 2014

• NDA may bag 236 Seats, UPA 92 Survey: The Narendra Modi-led NDA could be within touching distance of power, winning 236 of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha, leaving it just 36 seats short of the majority mark, according to an opinion poll done for TV channel. The BJP alone, the poll projected, would win 217 seats, comfortably the party’s highest tally ever.
• Sikh awarded for volunteer services in Singapore: An 82 year old Sikh has been honoured for his outstanding volunteer service in Singapore. Surjan Singh received the ministry of social and family development volunteers Awards for helping some 60 boys, mostly involved in petty crimes such as theft. Singh, a retired teacher, had on of the longest serving volunteer probation career. He served for 42 years.
• BCCI to review Team India’s performance: The BCCI is likely to summon under-fire captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni coach Duncan Fletcher for a meeting to take stock of the Indian cricket team’s disastrous overseas record in the last three years. Top BCCI sources said that the top brass wants to review the performance of the team after their ignominious tour of New Zealand where they lost both the Test and ODI series.
• LPG dealers to down shutters from February 25, 2014: Cooking gas distributors across the country have threatened to stop delivering refills indefinitely from February 25 to press for more relaxed marketing discipline guidelines, a move oil company executive said was aimed at derailing efforts to improve consumer service and end black-marketing of subsidised cylinders.
• China calls US envoy over Obama-Dalai Meet: China on Saturday summoned the  US charge d’affaires in Beijing and lodged a strong diplomatic protest after American President Barack Obama met the Dalai Lama at the White House despite warnings from Beijing that the meeting would damage ties.
• India crash out of U-19 World Cup: Defending champions India crashed out of the Under-19 World Cup Cricket tournament after suffering a three-wicket defeat at the hands of a disciplined England side in the quarterfinals on Saturday.

Current Affairs - 20th Feb - 2014

Current Affairs February 2014

• Sikkim won the National Tourism Award 2012-13. The award was handed over by Shashi Tharoor to Bhim Dhungel, Sikkim’s Tourism Minister in New Delhi
  
• Taj Mahotsav, the ten day annual festival began in Agra, Uttar Pradesh
  
• AP Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy resigned from the CM Post
  
• Supreme Court has commuted the death sentence of three convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case to life imprisonment
  
• Largest telecom operator of India Bharti Airtel signed a strategic agreement with Loop Mobile on 18 February 2014
  
• A new system Email Miles using Global Positioning System (GPS) technology to calculate the number of miles an email has travelled was developed
  
• RPG Life Sciences, a pharma company from India, lost the battle against the owner of domain name rpglife.com on 17 February 2014
  
• The gross non-performing assets (NPAs) of listed banks rose 35.2 per cent to 2.43 trillion rupees during the first three quarters of the 2013-14
  
• A new category of four-wheelers – Quadricycle – will be allowed to run in cities across the country from 1 October 2014
  
• Indira Gandhi Zoological Park has been selected for creation of first zoo in the country to have a conservation breeding centre for endangered Dholes
  
• Edward Snowden, former National Security Agency contractor, was elected as the new Rector of the University of Glasgow on 18 February 2014
  
• 3000 Americans have renounced their citizenship in 2013 owing to become tired of dealing with intrusive US tax laws and complicated tax filings
  
• Connaught Place in Delhi is the world’s eighth most expensive office location
  
• Sid Caesar a great TV comedian died at 91 on 14 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

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

Current Affairs - 13th Feb - 2014

Current Affairs February 2014

• Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg became the youngest and the most generous philanthropist of America in 2013
• Accenture released a report India ranked 8th in the list of ten countries in terms of digital governance
• Canada announced to open a Consulate General Office in Bangalore on 11 February 2014
• Indian-Origin Ashok Varadhan was appointed as the co-head of the Goldman Sachs’ securities division
• China and Taiwan began their first official-level talks since the end of the brutal Chinese civil war in 1949 on 11 February 2014
• The Vice President of India M. Hamid Ansari launched the India-China Year of Friendly Exchanges on 11 February 2014
• Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Government of India signed a 275 million dollar loan for improving rural road connectivity
• The Bombay Stock Exchange launched an institutional trading platform (ITP) for small and medium enterprises on 12 February 2014
• Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi named as the Chairperson and Co-Chairman respectively of the party’s 50-member Campaign Committee for 2014 elections
• Konsam Himalaya Singh became the first Lieutenant General in the army from Manipur
• Mahindra South Africa has declared 2013 as the year for the annual sales in decade of its being operational in the country
• 103 persons were killed in Algeria when a military aircraft C-130 Hercules crashed in the mountains of Algeria on 12 February 2014
• Former Hollywood child star Shirley Temple passed away on 11 February 2014

Current Affairs - 12th Feb - 2014

Current Affairs February 2014

• The 101st Annual Session of Indian Science Congress (ISC) was held at the University of Jammu, from 3 February 2014 to 7 February 2014
  
• Jatinder Bir Singh was appointed Chairman and Managing Director of Punjab and Sind Bank (PSB) on 6 February 2014
  
• Vinod Sawhny appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Reliance Communications
  
• Indian boxers finished fourth at the 58th Bocskai International Tournament which concluded in Hungary
  
• Cambridge scientists successfully printed new eye cells using inkjet printing technology for the first time on 10 February 2014
  
• The Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways made it mandatory for public transport vehicles running in major cities to install GPS
  
• R.K.Tiwari was appointed new chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) on 9 February 2014
  
• Popular Indian film Black was screened at Fakel Theatre in Moscow. This screening was done in Indian Cinema Club in association with the JNCCEI, Moscow
  
• The President presented Krishi Karman Awards for excellence in food grain production for 2012-13
  
• Sikkim became the first State in India to achieve 100 percent sanitation coverage under the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyaan Scheme on 9 February 2014.
  
• N Ramachandran was elected President of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on 9 February 2014
  
• The South Central Railway launched Hyderabad Live Train Enquiry System
  
• Cancer foundation YouWeCan of Yuvraj Singh joined hand with an NGO Navbharat Sewa Samiti to roll out a campaign named Cancer Mukt Purvi Dilli

Current Affairs - 11th Feb - 2014

Current Affairs February 2014

• Scientists have discovered human footprints on the Norfolk Coast of England, which are at least 8 lakh years old
• Banks declared 2 day Strike in support of immediate wage hike and in protest of proposed bank reforms
• Justice Mukul Mudgal committee has submitted its report on IPL spot fixing scandal against team owners of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals
• Srinivasan was elected as the new Chairman of ICC for a period of 2 years. He will succeed Alan Raymond Isaac
• Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) for Documentary, Short and Animation Films held in Mumbai
• CSO estimated India’s economic growth in 2013-14 fiscal to be 4.9 percent as compared to the growth rate of 4.5 percent in 2012-13
• Olympian distance runner Ranjit Bhatia died
• Yulia Lipnitskaya won a gold medal at the Winter Olympics, Sochi, Russia
• bhinav Bindra became first person to win three gold medals in an event at Inter-Shoot Tri-series Shooting being held at Hague, Netherlands
• Sushil Koirala was elected as the next Prime Minister of Nepal on 10 February 2013 by the countries Parliament
• Union Cabinet has approved the proposal to incorporate amendments in the proposed Rights of the Persons with Disabilities Bill 2014

Current Affairs - 07 th Feb - 2014

Current Affairs February 2014

• Supreme Court has ordered to implement recommendations of Majithia Wage Board for journalists and non-journalists in newspapers and agencies
  
• CCEA has approved the proposal to convert and expand pilot Programme of Burn Injuries of into a NPPMBI during remaining part of 12th Plan period
  
• CCEA approved Vodafone to buy out minority shareholders in its Indian branch for 10141 crore rupees
  
• Ministry of Culture and Tate has signed a MoU to develop collaborations focused on modern and contemporary art
  
• IUCN red list of the birds indicates 15 species of birds from India as critically endangered in its IUCN Red list version 2013
  
• Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved 5 Port projects worth 17630 crore rupees on 5 February 2014
  
• WWF has appointed Marco Lambertini as Director-General of the WWF International and his new role will start on 1 May 2014
  
• Google Inc agreed to negotiate with European Union (EU) over Anti-trust case on 5 February 2014
  
• The Scottish Parliament approved the Same Sex Marriage Bill
  
• Infosys announced to open a new delivery center in Araraquara, Brazil on 6 February 2014
  
• Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne were confirmed to lead for a limited-over match to mark the 200th anniversary of Lords Cricket Ground
  
• Vishwanath Tripathi has been selected for Vyas Samman for the year 2013 for his memoir Vyomkesh Darvesh a biography of Acharya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi
  
• Government has approved increase in FRP for sugarcane by 10 rupees per quintal for 2014-15 to 220 rupees per quintal from 210 rupees per quintal
  

Current Affairs - 06th Feb - 2014

Current Affairs February 2014

• Microsoft Founder Bill gates assumed the role of Founder & Technology Advisor to the CEO of Microsoft on 5 February 2014
  
• India & Germany signed 2 umbrella agreements for financial & technical co-operation under Indo German bilateral Development Cooperation
  
• John Thompson was appointed as the Chairman of Microsoft on 5 February 2014 by the Board of Directors at a meeting held in Washington, US
  
• The Election Commission of India added 9.7 crore new voters in the electoral list during 2009-14 period or since 2009 Lok Sabha polls
  
• Machli, Queen Mother of tiger dynasty was found in the Ranthambhore National Park on 5 February 2014
  
• Malala Yousafzai has been nominated for the World Children’s Prize. The other people nominated are John Wood and Indira Ranamagar
  
• Indian-American Professor Sanjeev Kulkarni was appointed as the Dean of Princeton University Graduate School on 5 February 2014
  
• Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas confirmed the appointment of B.N.Talukdar as the head of DGH on 5 February 2014
  
• Rajasthan government declared 10225 villages of 17 districts as scarcity-hit, depending upon crop assessment report of collectors

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

Current Affairs - 03rd Feb - 2014

Current Affairs February 2014

• New Director of ONGC of offshore is Tapas Kumar.  He is a Chemical engineering graduate.
  
• Serena Williams Retains top Position in WTA Women’s Tennis Rankings with 13000 points. Second place occupied by Victoria Azarenka with 6581 points and third position announced in the name of Australia Open Winner Li Na with 6570.
  
• Rafael Nadal Retains top at ATP Ranking list followed by Serbia’s Novak Djokavic and Switzerland’s Statislas Wawrinka.
  
• Virat Kohli Ranked 4th in ICC T20 Rankings followed by Suresh Raina at 5th place and Yuvaj Singh at 6th place.
  
• National Mission on Libraries was launched by Pranab Mukherjee, Union Ministry of Culture. Main features of this mission are Capacity building, Quantitative and Qualitative Survey of Libraries, Setting up to NML model libraries, Creation of National Virtual Library of India. Major component schemes of the National Mission on Libraries are creation of a National Virtual Library of India (NVLI).
  
• Jan Lokpal Bill cleared by Delhi Cabinet. This bill provides for covering all public servants from Chief Minister to Group D Employees and seeks life term as maximum punishment for those found guilty of corruption.
  
• BCIC (Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce) has requested Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah for timeline for revision of monthly or quarterly returns under the Karnataka VAT Act.
  
• NABARD Sanctioned Rs.1533.90 crores for creation of infrastructure such as construction of ware houses and irrigation in Gujarat. As a part of this Rs.1407 crores were allotted towards the Kutch Branch Canal System under RIDF XIX (Rural Infrastructure Development Fund XIX).

Current Affairs - 02nd Feb - 2014

Current Affairs February 2014

• 7th Ranji Trophy to Karnataka, 7th Ranji Trophy won by Karnataka by defeating Maharashtra by 7 Wickets. Man of the Match Award achieved by Rahul, Young Opener. He got this title for his century in the first innings. Karnataka team achieved Rs.2crores while Maharashtra Team achieved Rs.1 crore.
  
• India Plans for NASA Air craft for Cyclone Prediction, In the last year, eastern coast was affected by cyclone for 5 times. To study wind patterns at high altitude for better prediction of such calamities, India is planning to Procure NASA aircraft equipped with a lab. Shailesh Nayak, Ministry of Earth Sciences Secretary stated that they were procuring McDonnell Douglas DC – 8 aircraft from NASA. This would happen between 2015-16.
  
• Hindutva Judgement is reopening by Seven Judge Bench, Hindutva Judgement is reopening by Seven Judge Bench. Supreme Court has taken the decision for an authoritative pronouncement on electrol law categorising misuse of religion for electoral gains as Corrupt Practices.  In 1995, Supreme Court with 3 bench judge  had held that Hindtva is a way of the people in the sub- Continent and is a state of mind.
  
• 14th Annual Greentech Environment 2013 Award achieved by NMPT, 14th Annual Greentech Environment 2013 Award achieved by NMPT. It has attained this award for environment management. Greentech Foundation has presented this award to NMPT.
  
• An Amendment in the payment of Bonus Act, In the ceiling of bonus paid to the employees of factories and other establishments is on the card as a proposal in this regard will be upgraded. This will implement from next month. At present workers were not drawing not more than Rs.10000 per Month. Now as per this bonus upgradition they will receive bonus of Rs.3500 along with salary. This will benefit 3 crore employees.
  
• Centre hikes DA for 2nd time by 10%, For the 2nd time DA will increase by 10% to 100 %. This will benefit 30 lakh Pensioners and 50 lakh employees. First hike was announced in last year September by 10% to 90%. Extra DA will be calculated only when the revised all India Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers ( CPI IW) for December is released on 28th February 2014.

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Current Affairs - Feb'01 - 2014

Current Affairs February 2014

• India’s first monorail service was inaugurated by the Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj chavan in Mumbai
• Surajkund International crafts Mela began at Surajkund in Faridabad
• Rajasthan has scrapped its approval on foreign direct investment in multi-brand retailing that was given by the previous state government
• US have warned China against any move to declare a new Air Defence Identification Zone over the South China Sea
• Michael Rogers has been nominated to be the Director of the National Security Agency by the US president Barack Obama
• Greater flamingo the oldest one died at the age of 83 at Adelaide Zoo of Australia. It was brought to the zoo in 1933
• India pledged 44.12 million rupees grant assistance to Nepal for the construction of Nepal Academy’s library building in Kathmandu
• Government announced that economy might have expanded by 4.5 percent in fiscal year 2012-13 as compared to previous estimate of 5 percent
• High Court of Uttar Pradesh directed CBI to probe into the alleged misappropriation of funds in seven districts for MGNREGA Scheme from the centre
• India lost the fifth and final cricket ODI series of 5 matches against New Zealand by 87 runs in Westpac Stadium at Wellington