Current Affairs, February 2014

17th February:
The finance minister P. Chidambaram presented the interim budget in parliament.
'One-rank, one-pension' scheme for ex-servicemen accepted by the Union Government.
Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation sets Guinness record for conducting largest blood
donation camp at multiple venues.
British Academy Film Awards presented. "12 Years a Slave" wins the best film award.
16th February:
Aam Aadmi Party publishes its first list of candidates for Lok Sabha poll.
IPS officer Rakesh Maria appointed as Mumbai Police Commissioner.
Chinese thriller Movie "Bai Ri Yan Huo" wins the Golden Bear prize in Berlin International Film
Festival.
15th February:
The Union Cabinet recommended President's Rule and suspended animation of Delhi Assembly.
14th February:
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal resigns over delay in Jan Lokpal bill.
Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta resign from his post.
58,000 people affected by a powerful 7.3 magnitude quake in northwest China's Xinjiang region.
13th February:
The Lok Sabha erupted in when some MP from Andhra Pradesh fired pepper spray, broke glass
table and snapped the wire in parliament in protest against a bill on a new Telangana state.
The U.S. Ambassador to India Nancy Powell met BJP leader Narendra Modi in Gandhinagar,
Gujarat.
Assam became the first state in India to legally ban the consumption,manufacture,
advertisement, storage, trade and distribution of all forms of smokeless tobacco.
Delhi government approved the Delhi Nagar Swaraj Bill.
12th February:
Interim rail budget presented in the Parliament. 72 new trains introduce in the budget.
The annual consumer price inflation to a 24-month low of 8.79 percent in January
The IPL 7 auction takes place. Yuvraj Singh drew the biggest bid with Royal Challengers
Bangalore clinching his services for Rs 14 crore.
Karnataka wins the Irani Trophy final with an innings and 222 runs.
11th February:
103 people kill when a military plane crashed in eastern Algeria.
Talks between Vodafone and Indian Govt fails after the government decided to withdraw its
conciliation proposal to sort out the tax dispute due to which Vodafone may now have to pay
Rs.20,000 crore as tax dues.
IOC lifted the ban on the Indian Olympic association.
BCCI announced the cricket teams for the Asia Cup and T20 World Cup.
10th February:
Nepal's parliament elected Sushil Koirala as the next Prime Minister.
Gurunath Meiyappan has been indicted for illegal betting in last year's Indian Premier League in
a report submitted by retired judge Mukul Mudgal.
9th February:
According to a report of the drinking water and sanitation ministry, Sikkim become India's first
state with 100 percent sanitation coverage.
Indian shooter Abhinav Bindra became the first individual to win three gold medals in Inter
Shoot Tri series being held at Hague, Netherlands.
World Squash Federation president N. Ramachandran elected unopposed as president of Indian
Olympic Association.
8th February:
Maruti Suzuki India has stopped production of Maruti 800.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) board announced that BCCI president N. Srinivasan will
be the Chairman of the ICC board from July.
7th February:
The Union Cabinet approved the Telangana bill.
Winter Olympics starts in Sochi, Russia.
Three Indian athletes Shiva Keshavan, Himanshu Thakur and Nadeem Iqbal are competing as
independent athletes in Winter Olympics due to IOA's (Indian Olympic Association) suspension
by the International Olympic Committee.
6th February:
Delhi Government ask anti-corruption officials file an FIR against former Delhi Chief Minister
Sheila Dikshit for an alleged Rs. 31-crore scam crafted around expensive street-lighting for the
Commonwealth Games in 2010.
Sony Company announces that it will sell its personal computer (PC) unit and cut 5,000 jobs.
5th February:
The last session of 15th Lok Sabha started from today.
4th February:
World Cancer Day is celebrated to deepen the understanding of this killer disease.
Microsoft Corp named 46 year old, Hyderabad born Satya Nadella as its next chief executive
officer.
Sachin Tendulkar and CNR Rao conferred with Bharat Ratna by the President of India Pranab
Mukherjee.
Justice Askhok Kumar Mathur has been appointed as the Chairman of the 7th Pay Commission.
3rd February:
AIADMK and CPI (M) entered into an alliance in Tamil Nadu for Lok Sabha polls 2014.
The Delhi cabinet cleared the Jan Lokpal Bill, which will be pass at a special assembly session at
the Indira Gandhi stadium in New Delhi according to Delhi Govt.
2nd February:
Founder member of Aam Admi Party Madhu Bhaduri quits party.
Karnataka wins their seventh Ranji Trophy cricket title after beating Maharashtra by seven
wickets in the final in Hyderabad.
1st February:
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan inaugurated India's first monorail in Mumbai.
Harish Rawat sworn in as Uttarakhand's eighth Chief Minister after resignation of Vijay
Bahuguna.

Current Affairs, January 2014
31st January:
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna resigns from his post.
The Supreme Court stayed the execution of Khalistani terrorist Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar on
1993 Delhi bomb blast case.
New Zealand wins the 5 match home ODI series by 4-0 against India.
30th January:
India paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 66th death anniversary.
The Andhra Pradesh assembly by a voice vote rejected the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill
2013 on creating a separate Telangana state.
Union Govt hikes the subsidised LPG cylinder quota to 12 per year from 9.
29th January:
Beating the Retreat event celebrated near the Rashtrapati Bhavan marking the end of the
Republic Day celebrations.
In a report by the Global Intellectual Property Center (GIPC) of the US Chamber of Commerce,
for the second consecutive year India has been ranked at the bottom of 25 countries in terms of
protection and enforcement of intellectual property practices.
28th January:
Founder of Super30 classes and Leading mathematician Anand Kumar was conferred this year's
prestigious Ramanujan Mathematics Award.
RBI hiked key policy interest rates by 0.25 percent.
27th January:
India lifts ban on Airbus A380s planes to land at the country's four main airports.
56th Annual Grammy Award given at Los Angeles.
26th January:
India celebrates 65th Republic Day.
Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attend as the Chief Guest of Republic Day.
Tata Motors Managing Director Karl Slym died after falling from a high floor of a five-star hotel
in Bangkok.
21 kills as a tourist boat has sunk off India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal.
Stanislas Wawrinka wins the Australian Open final after defeating Rafael Nadal by a 63, 62,
36, 63.
Saina Nehwal wins the Syed Modi International India Grand Prix title 2014.
25th January:
Indian Govt announce 2 Padma Vibhushan, 24 Padma Bhushan and 101 Padma Shri Awardees.
27 of the Awardees are women.
Dr. Raghunath A. Mashelkar and BKS Iyengar awarded with Padma Vibhushan.
Bangalore became the first city in India to offer free Wi-Fi spots for the public.
China's Li Na defeat Dominika Cibulkova by 7-6 (7-3) 6-0 victory to win her first Australian Open
title and become the oldest woman ever to win the Australian Open at the age of 31.
24th January:
National Girl Child Day observed across India.
Supreme Court issued notice to Centre and Delhi government over Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal's recent agitation in Delhi.
The DMK temporarily suspended its chief M Karunanidhis son and former Union minister MK
Alagiri from the partys primary membership.
The pair of India's Sania Mirza and Romania's Horia Tecau reaches the Australian Open mixed
doubles final after beating defending champions Matthew Ebden and Jarmila Gajdosova.
23rd January:
Indian-origin professor Rakesh Khurana has been appointed Dean of the prestigious Harvard
College.
22nd January:
The Reserve Bank decided to withdraw all currency notes issued prior to 2005 after March 31.
Legendary Telegu actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao died in Hyderabad at the age of 90.
21st January:
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal called off his dharna against Delhi Police.
Government has appointed senior IPS Aruna Bahuguna as the new chief of the Hyderabad-based
National Police Academy. She is the first woman to be appointed chief of National Police
Academy.
20th January:
India tested 4,000 km long range nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Agni-IV missile from a
military base in Odisha.
19th January:
Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the first Indian wicketkeeper and the fourth
overall to effect 300 dismissals in One Day Internationals.
Kenya's Evans Ruto and Dinknesh Mekash of Ethiopia win the 11th Standard Chartered Mumbai
Marathon on Men and Women category respectively.
Virat Kohli becomes the fastest batsman in the world to reach 18 ODI tons in 119 innings.
18th January:
18 people died and nearly 50 were injured in a stampede in Mumbai as thousands of mourners
gathered following the death of Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin, the spiritual leader of the
Dawoodi Bohra Muslim community.
17th January:
Famous actress Suchitra Sen died in Kolkota at the age of 82.
The seventh edition of the Jaipur Literature Festival started in Jaipur.
Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor wife of Minister of state for Human Resource Development Shashi
Tharoor, found dead in the Leela Palaces Hotel in Chanakyapuri, Delhi.
A two-day voting was held in Egypt on 14 and 15 January 2014 for referendum on a new
constitution.
BCCI announced India's list of 30 probable for the World Twenty20 to be played in March and
April of this year.
16th January:
Oscar nominations were announced today.
Jet Airways CEO Gary Kenneth Toomey quits from his post.
15th January:
Indian Army celebrates 66th Army Day.
India's current account deficit (CAD) this fiscal will be contained to around $50 billion as
announced by Finance Minister P.Chidambaram.
Famous poet and founder of Dalit Panthers Party Namdeo Dhasaldied at the age of 64.
14th January:
India celebrates Makar Sankranti, Pongal, Magh Bihu and Lohri.
British Prime Minister David Cameron has directed his Cabinet Secretary to probe alleged
involment of Margaret Thatcher's government in planning Operation Bluestar in 1984.
Anju Bobby George became the first Indian track and field athlete to win a gold medal in a major
world event after IAAF upgraded her second place finish at the 2005 Monaco World Athletics
Final to the top spot, following a dope violation by Russian competitor Tatyana Kotova.
13th January:
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh laid the foundation stone of country's largest 2800 mw nuclear
power plant at Gorakhpur village in Fatehabad district, Haryana.
Union minister Sachin Pilot appointed as the Congress chief in Rajasthan.
India complete three years without any polio case, a feat that is expected to prompt the World
Health Organisation (WHO) to declare the country polio-free in March.
Cristiano Ronaldo wins 2013 Ballon d'Or award.
Golden Globe Awards, 2014 announced.
Australian Open starts from today.
12th January:
Sheikh Hasina sworn in as Bangladesh's Prime Minister for a third spell.
11th January:
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon died in hospital near Tel Aviv Saturday at the age of
85.
Bangladesh authorities allowed opposition leader Begum Khaleda Zia to leave her home after
house arrest of two weeks.
Kapil Dev honoured with the CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award and Off-spinner
Ravichandran Ashwin was given the Polly Umrigar Award by the BCCI at its seventh annual
awards ceremony.
10th January:
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurated the Terminal 2 at Chhatrapati Shivaji International
Airport in Mumbai.
Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade arrives in New Delhi Airport from New York following Indo-
US diplomatic row.
Bhawanipur Football Club wins the 62nd Bordoloi Trophy, 2014 in Guwahati.
9th January:
Former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa joins BJP.
The Election Commission aborts proposed tie-up with Google over security concerns.
8th January:
Nine passengers killed in a fire that broke out on the Bandra-Dehradun Express near Dahanu
Road Railway station in Thane district.
Social networking site Facebook buy Bangalore-based Little Eye Labs as its first take over in
India.
7th January:
US Senate confirmed Janet Yellen to be first woman to lead the Federal Reserve in its 100-year
history.
India test-fires nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile from Chandipur near Balasore.
6th January:
Former Supreme Court judge Justice A K Ganguly has resigned from the post of the chairman of
the West Bengal Human Rights Commission.
Aditya Joshi from Madhya Pradesh has become the first male junior badminton player from
India to be ranked top in the world.
Telugu actor Uday Kiran has allegedly committed suicide at his home in Hyderabad.
5th January:
Indian GSLV-D5 with indigenous cryogenic engine successfully places GSAT-14 communication
satellite on orbit from Sriharikota.
11 workers were killed and many feared trapped when a half-built apartment block collapsed in
Goa.
Danielle Steel receive Frances highest award, the Legion of Honor.
Portugal football legend Eusebio has died from a heart attack at the age of 71.
Australia wins the Ashes Series by 5-0 against England.
Rafael Nadal wins the Qatar Open in Doha after defeating Gael Monfils, French.
4th January:
Gujarati poet Chinu Modi has been conferred the Sahitya Akademi Award for the year 2013 for
his poetry book "Khara Zaran".
INS Vikramaditya arrives in India from Russia.
India Cricket team beats Pakistan by 40 run to wins the Under-19 Asia Cup.
3rd January:
Aam Aadmi Party's MS Dhir elected as Speaker of the Delhi Assembly.
Petrol price hiked by 75 paise and diesel by 50 paise a liter.
2nd January:
Aam Aadmi Party wins the trust vote in the Delhi State Legislature.
Former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa formally rejoined the BJP.
Maharashtra Cabinet partially accepts Adarsh scam report indicting three former CMs.
27 passengers were killed when a bus fell into a 400 feet deep ravine in the Malshej Ghats,
Maharastra.
1st January:
The Rs 3,600 crore VVIP chopper deal between the Indian government and AgustaWestland has
been cancelled in the wake of allegations of corruption.
India and Pakistan exchanged lists of their nuclear facilities as part of a 1988 pact that bars them
from attacking each other's nuclear installations.
President Pranab Mukherjee giving assent to the anti-corruption Lokpal Bill for setting up of an
ombudsman.
Corey Anderson of New Zealand scores the fastest century in ODI history from 36 balls breaking
the record of Shahid Afridi.
Non-subsidized LPG cylinder to cost Rs. 220 more as announced by Oil companies.
Delhi govt ordered an audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General of private power
companies.