Current Affairs Feb-2016 Visit us @ Sehpaathi.in 1 National – Rajasthan starts scheme Ashray to protect girl child. Major rivers in Arunachal Pradesh pollution free. Forest Eco-system climate proofing project launched in Himachal Pradesh. Low cost motorized wheelchair LOCOMO launched by Union Government for disabled persons. DIPP gives nod to set up India’s first Defence Industrial Park at Ottappalam India's first underwater restaurant, the 'Real Poseidon' opened in Ahmedabad. India’s 1st railway university to come up in Gujarat Meghalaya India's Fastest Growing State India-Afghanistan to let envoys travel Visa-Free Companies Law Committee submitted report recommending changes in the Companies Act, 2013 India exported six metro train coaches to Australia Cost of non-subsidised LPG cut by Rs.82.5/Cylinder MGNREGA as scheme completes 10 years ‘Indian likely to become CFO of AIIB’ TSPSC to go in for e-verification of certificates Indian Coast Guard celebrated 39th Founding anniversary Hindi to be made the medium of competitive exams in Madhya Pradesh The 30th Surajkund International Crafts Mela, is began at Faridabad in Haryana on February 1, 2016 Persons with disability to get Unique identity cards Gujarat Government to implement National Food Security Act by April 2016 India pips US to become world’s second largest Smartphone market India ranked 76 in Transparency International Report 2015 Infosys to build the World’s tallest Clock Tower World Wetlands Day observed with theme Wetlands for our Future – Sustainable Livelihoods
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National – Rajasthan starts scheme Ashray to protect girl child.
Major rivers in Arunachal Pradesh pollution free.
Forest Eco-system climate proofing project launched in Himachal Pradesh.
Low cost motorized wheelchair LOCOMO launched by Union Government for
disabled persons.
DIPP gives nod to set up India’s first Defence Industrial Park at Ottappalam
India's first underwater restaurant, the 'Real Poseidon' opened in Ahmedabad.
India’s 1st railway university to come up in Gujarat
Meghalaya India's Fastest Growing State
India-Afghanistan to let envoys travel Visa-Free
Companies Law Committee submitted report recommending changes in the
Companies Act, 2013
India exported six metro train coaches to Australia
Cost of non-subsidised LPG cut by Rs.82.5/Cylinder
MGNREGA as scheme completes 10 years
‘Indian likely to become CFO of AIIB’
TSPSC to go in for e-verification of certificates
Indian Coast Guard celebrated 39th Founding anniversary
Hindi to be made the medium of competitive exams in Madhya Pradesh
The 30th Surajkund International Crafts Mela, is began at Faridabad in
Haryana on February 1, 2016
Persons with disability to get Unique identity cards
Gujarat Government to implement National Food Security Act by April 2016
India pips US to become world’s second largest Smartphone market
India ranked 76 in Transparency International Report 2015
Infosys to build the World’s tallest Clock Tower
World Wetlands Day observed with theme Wetlands for our Future –
Sustainable Livelihoods
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Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued guidelines on Zika Virus
disease in India
Madhya Pradesh makes wearing helmet compulsory for two wheelers to buy
petrol
Smart City Mission project taken by Odisha Government to begin in July
Government to increase reservation for women to 50% in the Budget session
Odisha Government allowed tourists into certain tribal areas after three years
ban
International Fleet review began at Visakhapatnam
National Organic Farming Research Institute to be established in Sikkim
First Kerala Literature Festival began at Kozhikode
Union Government launched 24x7 toll free Tourist Infoline in 12 International
Languages
Indian Revenue Service's web-portal hacked
Sanskrit University to be setup in Jharkhand
India gets first fully solar powered Institute
IRCTC launches 'Bharat Darshan' Train Packages
Maharashtra to get India’s 1st International Arbitration centre
Maharashtra tops in internet readiness index
National Deworming campaign launched by Union Health ministry
6th National Film Science Film Festival & Competition begin
Marine Museum inaugrated at Marine Aquarium and Regional Centre in Digha,
West Bengal.
Assam CM Gogoi unveiled Vision Assam 2030
New Land revenue act became effective in Uttar Pradesh
Gujarat to have India’s first disabled-friendly beach
Goa may term National Bird Peacock as 'Vermin'
Ministry of Railways signed MoU with Telangana for rail expansion
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The second phase of odd-even number scheme for cars in Delhi will be
implemented from 15th of April this year.
1st Mega Food Park in Madhya Pradesh inaugurated at Panwa
Bhubaneswar among cleanest cities in country
Oracle To Open Its First India Campus In Bengaluru
Kolkata Police Develops app to trace Criminals
Mysuru ranked the cleanest city in India
Nidar, India’s lightest gun ever
Medaram tribal festival begin in Telangana
Vibrant North East expo begin in Guwahati
Mumbai to get nation’s 2nd International Finance Centre
PM Modi released guidelines for Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana at Kisan
Mela in MP
ENVIS Portal launched by Union Government
E-Governance Vision 2020 of Election Commission of India
Swacch Paryatan Mobile app launched by Union Government
Hyderabad India’s top city for Quality of life
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today presented the Union Budget for the
financial year 2016-17 in the Parliament. In the new budget the Finance
Minister clearly emphasized on the Agricultural sector and rural area
development. The 10 important highlights from the Union Budget 2016-17 as
presented in the Parliament are as follows:
1. The Union Government announced Rs. 38,500 Crore for MGNREGA which was
launched by the UPA government in 2004.
2. The Finance Minister has proposed allowing 100% FDI (Foreign Direct
Investment) in the food processing industry, for food grown in India.
3. To curb black money, the Finance Minister announced that a window will be
provided for declaring such undisclosed assets, and only 7.5% of the value will be
charged as tax ensuring no further investigations will be made into it.
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4. The Finance Minister has announced that the 7thPay commission and the
implementation of the OROP (One Rank One Pension) in defence services will
affect the financial sources.
5. A new scheme was introduced to provide LPG connections at highly subsidised
prices to BPL (Below Poverty Line) population.
6. The Finance Minister announced the ambitious plan of the Union Government to
achieve 100% Rural electrification by 2018
7. In the Budget speech the Finance Minister predicted a growth rate of 7-7.5% of
the GDP for the financial year 2016-17.
8. The Finance Minister also proposed setting up a committee to review the FRBM
Act.
9. In a historic steps, the Finance minister announced that the classification of
Planned and Non-Planned budget will be done away with from this financial
year.
10. The Minister announced Krishi Kalyan Cess, funds from which will be spent on
agricultural sector.
New Appointments –
Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi appointed as India’s Envoy to Mexico
India gets its first woman paramilitary head
Saroj Kumar Jha, alumnus of IIT Kanpur appointed as World Bank’s Senior
Director for the Fragility, Conflict and Violence Group
J K Garg takes over as MD of Corporation Bank
Major General Menon to head United Nations Disengagement Observer Force
SC appointed Lodha Committee to sell PACL's assets
Urban Ladder appoints Sanjay Gupta as Chief Marketing Officer
Ambiga Dhiraj, First woman CEO of an Indian unicorn
Amitabh Bachchan gets lifetime achievement award
Titli wins Best First Foreign Film Award
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Justice Ramayyagari Subhash Reddy appointed as the Chief Justice of Gujarat
High Court
Aruna Sethi became the first female ICoAS officer to head Indian Cost Accounts
Service
DJ Pandian appointed Vice President of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
US General John Nicholson named NATO commander in Afghanistan
Dinabandhu Mohapatra takes charge as Canara Bank ED
Vishal Mehta appointed as President of International Grown Diamond
Association
Sumitra Dutta to become dean of Cornell College of Business
The government announced the transfer of the Chief Justice of the Orissa High
Court, Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela, to the Bombay High Court to assume office
as Chief Justice.
Rajendra K Pachauri appointed as Executive Vice Chairman of TERI
Brij Bhushan Singh appointed as President of South Asian Wrestling Federation
Infosys appoints Scott Sorokin as head of digital
Harinder Sidhu to be new Australian High Commissioner to India
Tamar Hahn of Israel took charge of Director of United Nations Information
Centre in Buenos Aires
Indian-origin lawyer Davinder Singh named vice-chairman of ICC commission
Vilas Tonapi appointed as Director of Indian Institute of Millets Research
TERI appoints Ashok Chawla as new Chairman
Ramesh Abhishek to be next Industry Secretary of the Department of Industrial
Policy and Promotion (DIPP)
Piruz Khambatta Named Ambassador For Make In India
Justice D H Waghela sworn in as Chief Justice of Bombay High court
UK Sinha gets extension as SEBI Chief
Kalikho Pul Sworn in as Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister
Alok Kumar Verma to be next Delhi Police Chief
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Nitin Seth to Join Flipkart as Chief People Officer
Senior IRS officer Jayant Misra has been appointed as Director General of
Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI).
Justice Vineet Saran appointed as the new Chief Justice of Orissa High Court
Vinay Kumar Singh appointed as MD of NCRTC
Udai Kumar appointed as MD and CEO of MSEI:
International –
World Health Organization asked all countries to introduce age-classified
ratings for films with tobacco imagery
Switzerland first to propose unconditional Wage
Canada may alter national anthem to honour women
2.8 million Cancer deaths in China in 2015
Vietnam lifted ban on import of Groundnut from India
World’s first ‘robot-run’ farm set to open in Japan
Myanmar's new parliament session begins
Dubai International Airport World's busiest in 2015
Vietnam gets world’s longest cable car system
World Cancer Day 2016 observed with theme "We can. I can"
UN unveils stamps promoting equality for LGBT
Canada imposes restrictions on blood donations to prevent Zika virus
Earthquake of 5.2 magintude hit Indonesia
National Anthem sung in Tamil in Sri Lanka on its 68th Independence day
Disaster declared in Zimbabwe due to drought
Strong 6.4 quake hits Taiwan
Britain to build World’s largest wind farm
North Korea launches long Range rocket
France bans supermarkets from Wasting Food
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Storm Imogen lashed parts of Britain
First joint tactical exercise Sino-India Cooperation 2016 held in Chusul-Moldo
area along LoAC
Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi to visit India on 3 day official visit
Earthquake hit Papua New Guinea in Pacific
Legislation for cultivation of Medicinal marijuana to go before Australian
parliament
Hindu Marriage Bill approved in Pakistan
World’s largest concentrated solar plant opened in Morocco
NATO, EU signed agreement on Cyber Defense Cooperation
UAE appoints eight women ministers in the new cabinet
India-UAE Signed nine MoU’s and agreements in different fields
NATO launches operation against Human trafficking agents
Canada, US, Mexico to cooperate on climate change
India third most disaster prone in 2015: UN report
Indo Seychelles Joint Military Exercise (EX LAMITYE)
Dubai To Build World's Largest Mall
USA and Cuba to restore commercial air traffic for the first time in 50 years
People in Uganda voted in Presidential elections
Half of world’s population to become Myopic by 2050: Study
Cyclone Winston hit Fiji
Schemes Launched -
Project “SUNRISE” to improve HIV interventions among PWID in North-Eastern
states launched
Agriculture Ministry seeks animal health card shard scheme
Sports –
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India won three-match T-20 series against Australia, 3-0
Novak Djokovic won the 2016 Australian Open Men's Singles Title
Pietro Fittipaldi won 2015-16 MRF Challenge Formula 2000
Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth won Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold
Badminton Championships 2016
Fukuoka to host 2021 World Aquatics Championships
Kohli becomes world's top ranked T20I batsman
Aditya Mehta won the National Snooker Championship 2016
Virender Sehwag appointed as mentor for Kings XI Punjab for IPL season 9
Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend opening ceremony of South Asian
Games in Assam
Kerala won 61st National School Athletics championship
Sanjeev Rajput Qualifies for 2016 Rio Olympics
ICC appointed Rahul Dravid as member of newly constituted Anti-Corruption
Unit Oversight Group
12th South Asian Games begin in North East India
New Zealand cricket team won Chappell-Hadlee Trophy
In the 12th South Asian Games, India now has a total of 208 medal – 123 Gold,
68 Silver and 17 Bronze
BCCI banned Pakistan umpire Asad Rauf for 5 years for involvement in 2013 IPL
spot-fixing scandal
National Woman Sports begin at Patna, Bihar
India’s woman footballer Oinam Bembem retires after South Asian Games
Indian Railways won 36th National Chess Team Championship
Four cities submit bid to host Olympics 2024
Economic & Business –
Insurance, Shipping cos to start a P&I club
Wi-Fi deployment gains momentum
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Rs one lakh crore disbursed in loans for small businesses: Amit Shah
Alphabet becomes World's most Valuable company
SpiceJet launches alternative to delayed flights
RBI eases cross border Transactions for startups
SBI Launches FlexiPay Home Loan Scheme For Professionals
HDFC Bank to sell loans to non-customers through ATMs
India maintains top spot in Consumer Confidence Index 2016
TCS rated world’s most powerful IT services brand
Amazon Web Services builds 5 data centres in Mumbai
Paytm ties up with Indian Oil for petrol payment
Israeli startup makes smart pen 'Phree'
TRAI rules in favour of Net neutrality
IRCTC to offer 25 varieties of tea on trains
Aegis plans to open third centre in Malaysia
Individuals can book maximum 6 tickets in a month through IRCTC online
Amazon launches Make in India store
Tata Teleservices subsidiary mRUPEE tied-up with IRCTC
India's Cheapest Smartphone to Cost Rs.251
Yahoo Shuts Down 7 Digital Magazines
Banking –
Mutual funds roll out Aadhaar number
First revised estimates of macroeconomic indicators for 2014-15 released
India to host IMF meet on Asia’s economic challenges in New Delhi
RBI lets only e-filing of FDI forms from Feb 8
LIC launches online repository
RBI keeps key rates unchanged
Government to infuse Rs. 5,000 crore in Public sector Banks
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IDBI Federal Life ties up with KSCA for bowling foundation
SEBI scans FB accounts for insider trading probe
RBI cancels registration of 4 NBFCs
RBI announced liquidity measures for March 2016
SBI Cap seeks to sell Kingfisher House in Mumbai
Bank of Baroda posts highest ever loss by an Indian bank
Public Sector Banks risk losing 'highly safe' tag sans additional capital
PF interest Rate hiked to 8.8% for 2015-16
SBI opens Japan Desk in New Delhi
Science & Technology –
Infosys, TCS invest in Barack Obama’s ‘Computer Science for All’ plan
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg set to join telecom biggies at the MWC 2016
NASA to Test First Integrated-Photonics Modem
Canadian Startup develops smart robot dog 'CHiP'
India,NASA to study Ladakh region under Spaceward Bound programme
‘Andaman Bush Toad’ discovered by CCMB scientists
North Korea to launch a satellite
IIT Bombay develops satellite-based fog monitoring system
CSIR launched India’s first Ayurvedic drug BGR-34 for Type 2 Diabetes
Google develops Android-powered ‘smart mirror’
NASA’s most powerful rocket to send 13 tiny satellites into space
India plans to end malaria by 2027
New species of Hydroid Polyps emitting green fluorescence discovered in Red
Sea
ISRO to launch Cryogenic Mark III based GSLV in December 2016
Google is going to shut down Picasa soon
Google’s Project Loon begins its first balloon internet tests in Sri Lanka
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India successfully test fired Prithvi II missile from Chandipur
Tiny glass disc can store 360TB of data for 13.8 billion years
Google launches Gmailify for non-Gmail Users
Google Translate Now features over 100 Languages
Cryogenic Engine CE-20 the highly trusted successfully tested by ISRO
Mayookha, Maheshwary bag silver at Asian Indoors
31 species of birds spotted at Otteri Lake
Books & Authors –
Former Prez APJ Abdul Kalam’s book ‘Transendence’ launched
10 books by Mamata Banerjee released at Kolkata Book Fair
New Harry Potter ‘book’ to be out in July
Book titled A Kingdom for his Love launched by Amar Chitra Katha
Obituaries –
Malayalam actor Kollam G K Pillai passes away
Famous British television and radio personality Terry Wogan died
Senior lawyer and long-time director board member of the Nair Service
Society, N.S. Prabhakaran Pillai, died of old age-related ailments in Thiruvalla.
Pak’s oldest Test cricketer Israr Ali dies
Former LS Speaker Balram Jakhar passes away
Veteran Pakistani writer Intizar Husain dies at 93
Former RBI Deputy Governor SS Tarapore passes away
Earth, Wind & Fire soul band founder Maurice White dies
NASA Astronaut Edgar Mitchell died
Veteran poet Nida Fazli dies aged 78
Singer-songwriter Dan Hicks passes away
Political Cartoonist Sudhir Tailang passes away
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Former Nepal Prime Minister Sushil Koirala died
Veteran director Aurobindo Mukherjee passed away
Soviet football legend Anatoli Ilyin passed away
Rescued Siachen soldier Hanumanthappa passes away
Pulitzer Prize-winning Composer Leslie Bassett died
US SC Justice Antonin Scalia passes away
Biraja Prasad Indian Ambassador to Tajikistan passes away
Jnanpith Award-winning poet O N V Kurup died
Noted music director Rajamani passes away in Chennai
Former UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros Ghali died
Veteran singer Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan died
Malayalam Writer Akbar Kakkattil Passes away
Polish film director Andrzej Zulawski passed away
Former West Indies cricketer Andy Ganteaume died
Umberto Eco, author of ‘The Name of the Rose’, dies at 84
Noted singer Bhubaneswari Mishra passes away
Iconic British Pilot Captain Eric Winkle Brown passed away
Awards & Honours –
Rewati Chetri, Crowned Miss Asia at World Miss University
Priyanka becomes the sole representative of India at this year’s Oscar
ceremony.
Sarangi maestro Pandit Ram Narayan selected for Bhimsen Joshi Award
Manipuri documentary Phum-Shang won Golden Conch Award at MIFF 2016
Geetu Mohandas won Global Filmmaking award 2016 for script of Insha Allah
She-Taxi initiative of Kerala bagged Chief Minister's Award for Innovation
The Revenant director Alejandro Gonzalez won Directors Guild of America
award 2015
Chettinad cotton saree won India Handloom tag
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Prime Minister Shram Awards 2014 announced
Times of India Film Awards (TOIFA) 2016 to be held in March
Adele named IFPI Global Recording Artist of 2015
Lupin CEO & MD to receive EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2015 award
Karnataka Mobile One project won 2016 Best m-Government Service Award at
World Government Summit
Lionel Messi wins his first 'Player of the Month' Award
Vidya felicitated with 'Pride of Kerala' award
69th British Academy Film Awards announced
President Pranab Mukherjee conferred Infosys Prize 2015
Film On Conservation Efforts Wins Golden Beaver Best Film Award
Asif Kapadia won Bafta award for documentary on Amy winehouse
Taylor Swift Wins ALBUM OF THE YEAR FOR 1989
Fashion Designer Manish Arora conferred Knight of the Legion of
Honour,France Highes Honour
David Shulman won Israel Prize for Religious Studies for Research on India
Lyricist Sameer Anjaan Enters Guinness Book of World Records
Robin Chaurasia, an Indian Teacher who teaches girls in the red light areas of
Mumbai has been nominated for the Global Teacher Prize among the World top
10 Educators.
Indian Couple awarded for longest marriage in New Zealand
World Press Photo of the Year 2015 goes to Warren Richardson
Tamil film KanavuVariyam wins REMI Award
Jayaraj's 'Ottaal' awarded at Berlin Film Fest
88th Academy Awards, popularly called Oscar Awards, were conferred The
award ceremony was held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles.
Best Picture: Spotlight
Best Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu for the Revenant
Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio for the Revenant
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Best Actress: Brie Larson for Room
Important days –
February 2 - World Wetlands Day
February 4 - World Cancer Day, national Day of Srilanka, Facebook day
February 6 - International Day against Female Genital Mutilation
February 12 - Darwin Day
February 13 - World Radio Day, National womens day or Sarojini Naydu’s
