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February 5:
Smartphone vendor
February 6: HAL bagged 1090 Crore contract to supply 14 Do-228 Aircraft to IAF
February 9: Siemens bagged orders worth 450 crore rupees from Varanasi-based
Diesel Locomotive Works
February 11: Star India Pvt Ltd acquired Telugu television channel Maa Television
Network Ltd
February 12: Microsoft acquired Sunrise for 100 million US dollars
February 12: Aditya Birla Chemicals to merge with Grasim Industries
February 16: Infosys announced to acquire automation technology firm Panaya
Inc for 1200 crore rupees
February 17: If youre a @KotakbankLtd customer, you can create an exclusive
banking account that comes with a range of services that can be availed through
Twitter.
February 19: EPFO launched Online Help Desk to trace Inoperative Accounts.
February 19: Snapdeal.com acquired luxury fashion portal Exclusively.com
February 19: RBI issued Guidelines on Import of Gold by Nominated Banks and
Agencies
February 20: CCEA approved continuation of incentive scheme for marketing of
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continuous basis.
February 17: Central Information Commission (CIC) on 17 February 2015 ruled
that the Governments, at both the Centre and State level, are expected to be a
responsible litigant and not treat a citizen as opposite party or its rival.
February 19: Union Government approved Project-17A worth 8 billion US dollar
February 20: Union Government proposed Oil Subsidy Sharing Formula between
Public Sector Oil Companies
February 20: The scheme will provide 14 crore Soil Health Cards to farm owners
across the country in the next three years.
February 24: TRAI issued Regulation on domestic carriage charges, The regulation
prescribed a revised domestic carriage charges. The regulation will particularly
benefit users of fixed-line phones.
February 25 : Rajya Sabha passed Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Orders
(Amendment) Bill, 2014, The bill seeks to modify the list of Scheduled Castes in
three states- Haryana, Karnataka, Odisha and one Union Territory- Dadra and
Nagar Haveli.
February 25: 14th Finance Commission led by Dr YV Reddy seeks to provide more
power to states for their progress.
February 26: Mumbai University signed MoU with Indian Railways to set up Rail
Innovation and Technology Centre
February 26: Union Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers declared 2015 as Year of
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients.
February 26: TRAI issued 6th Amendment to Telecommunication Mobile Number
Portability Regulation, 2009.
February 28: Union Government blocked private email network for official work.
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February 26: Railway Budget 2015-16: In this regard, Rail Budget 2015 16
unveiled certain initiatives ranging from cleanliness drive to development of
infrastructure to improving the overall quality of life in train journeys.
February 26: Railway Budget 2015-16: In the budget, Prabhu gave 11 thrust areas
to improve quality of life in train journeys which also includes Swachh Rail Swachh Bharat drive.
February 27: The Economic Survey reviews the developments in the Indian
economy over the previous 12 months, summarizes the performance on major
development programmes and highlights the policy initiatives of the government
February 27: Arun Jaitley presented Union Budget 2015-16 in the Parliament.
survived a vote of
China launched its first cruise liner to sail via its ambitious
transcontinental initiative Maritime Silk Road (MSR). The sail was launched from
the Beihai port located in southwest Chinas Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous
Region.
February 10: North Korea test fired homegrown anti-ship short range missiles.
The missiles were tested off its east coast.
February 11: The U.S. Embassy in Yemen is the third in an Arab country that has
closed since the turmoil of the Arab Spring began in December 2010.
February 12: The CTIIC will be created as part of the Office of the Director of
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February 18: India and Bangladesh decided to step up joint patrolling along the
boundary to act against criminals and smugglers. The coordinated border
management plan will also help in enhancing cooperation between the two
nations.
February 20: India and the US held their first-ever bilateral dialogue on the
United Nations (UN) and other multilateral issues in Washington.
February 21: United Nation Security Council (UNSC) adopted the Resolution
2201 demanding immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Houthis from the
government institutions of Yemen
February 21: Parliament of Thailand (National Legislative Assembly) passed a
law banning commercial surrogacy, putting a halt on foreign couples seeking to
have children through Thai surrogate mothers.
February 25: The United States (US) announced that it would allow work
permits to spouses of H-1B visa holders from 26 May 2015.
February 26: Russia and Cyprus signed an agreement to give Russian navy ships
access to Cypriot ports in the Mediterranean Sea. Russian ships that will dock at
Cypriot ports would mostly be used in counter-terrorism and anti-piracy efforts.
February 26: Forbes released Asias 50 Power Businesswomen 2015 list. The list
features six Indian women CEO and Managing Director (MD).
February 27: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the United
States (US) on voted to implement the Net Neutrality Rules. The rules seek to
make sure that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the US treat all legal content
equally so as to preserve the Internet as a platform for innovation, free
expression and economic growth.
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February 21: Eminent scientist Tapan Misra is appointed as the Chief of ISROs
Space Applications Centre (SAC) at Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
February 25: Indian-American Ravi Chaudhary is
appointed as Executive
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won the
wo n two
awards at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival. The 65th annual
Berlin International Film Festival was held from 5 February 2015 to
15 February 2015.
February 20: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented Krishi
Karman Awards 2013-14 to State Government functionaries. The
awards were presented during the launch of the Soil Health Card
scheme nationwide at Suratgarh, Rajasthan.
February 23: 87th Academy Award was conferred at the Dolby Theatre
in Hollywood, Los Angeles. The Best Actor Award was won by Eddie
Redmayne for The Theory of Everything and the Best Actress Award
was won by Julianne Moore for Still Alice.
February 23: An Indian-American Purnendu Dasgupta was awarded
with the 2015 J. Calvin Giddings Award for Excellence in Education.
February 27: Wipro won seven awards at the third annual edition of
the CIO Choice Honour and Recognition 2015.
SPORTS NEWS THIS MONTH
February 2: Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams won the mens and womens
single title, respectively in Australian Open 2015 played in Melbourne, Australia.
Indo-Swiss pair Leander Paes and Martina Hingis was the winner in mixed
category.
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Golf Club. To clinch the title, Lahiri defeated SSP Chowrasia on the first playoff
hole.
February 23: Somdev Devvarman retained the Delhi Open title of tennis. The
Delhi Open was held in New Delhi.
February 24: Chris Gayle, the Cricketer of West Indies became the first person to
make double century in any Cricket World Cup. He struck 202 off 138 balls in a
match against Zimbabwe in World Cup 2015.
February 24: Ranchi Rays crowned champions of Hero Hockey India League
2015 (HHIL) by defeating Jaypee Punjab Warriors.
February 28: Former New Zealand cricket captain Martin David Crowe was
inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
February 28: AB de Villiers, the Captain of South Africa cricket team, hit the
fastest-ever 150 runs in one-day internationals (ODIs). He achieved this feat in
the league match against West Indies in ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 at Sydney,
Australia.
EULOGIES THIS MONTH
February 1: Renowned Photo journalist Krishna Murari Kishan passed away
after suffering multi-organ failure.
February 2:Netball player Mayuresh Pawar who was in Kerala to represent
Maharashtra in National Games 2015 died due to cardiac arrest few hours after
the match against Chandigarh.
February 2: Acclaimed Indian sculptor and artist Mrinalini Mukherjee passed
away following a brief illness in New Delhi. She was 65.
February 4: JK group chairman Gaur Hari Singhania died. He was the president of
JK Organisation and a promoter director of JK Cement Ltd since its inception in
1994.
February 7: The Father of Marathi Farce and pioneer of experimental plays in
Marathi theatre Atmaram Govind Bhende died at the age of 91 in Pune,
Maharashtra.
February 8: Japanese industrial designer Kenji Ekuan died following the heart
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February 18: Ritika Singh, Shradha Prasad, Taranjeet Singh Bhatia are the three
Indians who were chosen for third round for one-way trip to Mars under Mars
One mission.
February 20: German researchers successfully combined the sunlight from a
Solar Vacuum Tower Telescope in Tenerife, Canary Islands with the light of Laser
Frequency Comb (LFC) to make possible the search of Earth-like planets in
distant space with accuracy and ease.
February 26: The international team of scientists led by astronomers from
Peking University in China and from the University of Arizona discovered the
brightest quasar SDSS J0 100+2802 with the most massive black hole of 12
billion solar-mass.
February 27: Australian researchers unveiled the world's first 3D-printed jet
engine. This is the first of its kind 3D printed engine.
February 28: Words Ride-share and unboxing were added to Oxford. These
words were added along with other words like bioprinting and vishing.
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EDUCATION
AIIMS in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar and
Assam.
IIT in Karnataka; Indian School of Mines in Dhanbad to be upgraded to IIT.
PG institute of Horticulture in Amritsar.
Kerala to have University of Disability Studies
Centre of film production, animation and gaming to come up in Arunachal
Pradesh.
IIM for Jammu and Kashmir and Andhra Pradesh.
DEFENCE
Allocation of Rs. 2,46,726 crore; an increase of 9.87 per cent over last year.
Focus on Make in India for quick manufacturing of Defence equipment.
WELFARE SCHEMES
GST and JAM trinity (Jan Dhan Yojana, Aadhaar and Mobile) to improve quality of
life and to pass benefits to common man.
Six crore toilets across the country under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan.
MUDRA bank will refinance micro finance orgs. to encourage first generation
SC/ST entrepreneurs.
Upgradation 80,000 secondary schools.
DBT will be further be expanded from 1 crore to 10.3 crore.
For the Atal Pension Yojana, govt. will contribute 50% of the premium limited to
Rs. 1,000 a year.
New scheme for physical aids and assisted living devices for people aged over 80
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Govt. to use Rs. 9,000 crore unclaimed funds in PPF/EPF for Senior Citizens
Fund.
Rs. 5,000 crore additional allocation for MGNREGA.
Govt. to create universal social security system for all Indians.
RENEWABLE ENERGY
Rs. 75 crore for electric cars production.
Renewable energy target for 2022: 100K MW in solar; 60K MW in wind; 10K MW
in biomass and 5K MW in small hydro
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TOURISM
Develpoment schemes for churches and convents in old Goa; Hampi, Elephanta
caves, Forests of Rajasthan, Leh palace, Varanasi , Jallianwala Bagh, Qutb Shahi
tombs at Hyderabad to be under the new toursim scheme.
Visa on Arrival for 150 countries.
GOLD
Sovereign Gold Bond, as an alternative to purchasing metal gold.
New scheme for depositors of gold to earn interest and jewellers to obtain loans
on their metal accounts.
To develop an Indian gold voin, which will carry the Ashok Chakra on its face, to
reduce the demand for foreign coins and recycle the gold available in the
country.
FINANCIAL SECTOR
Forward Markets Commission to be merged with the Securities and Exchange
Board of India
NBFCs registered with the RBI and having asset size of Rs 500 crore and above to
be considered as financial institution under Sarfaesi Act, 2002, enabling them to
fund SME and mid-corporate businesses
Permanent Establishment norms to be modified to that mere presence of
offshore fund managers in the country does not lead to adverse tax
consequences.
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