Current Affairs February 2014

Current Afairs February 2014

The oldest Flamingo, The Greater Flamingo, which was brought to the
Adelaide Zoo o Australia in 1!"", died at the age o #"$
%& 'resident (arac) *bama has nominated +ichael ,ogers as the -irector
o the .ational &ecurity Agency$
China has been warned by the %& against its any mo/e to declare a new
Air -eence 0denti1cation Zone o/er the &outh China &ea$
+aharashtra Chie +inister 2rith/ira3 cha/an inaugurated 0ndia4s 1rst
monorail ser/ice in +umbai$
*lym'ic torch was lit on the western 'ea) o +ount 5lbrus 67842 meters
abo/e sea le/el9, the highest 'ea) in all o 5uro'e on 1 February 2014$
0ndia4s 'roduction has gone u' by 8$7 'ercent or the year 201" as the
'roduction rose to 1200 million :g against 1128 million )g in 2012 as 'er
the re'orts o the 0TA$
*scar;winning American actor, 2hili' &eymour <ofman 648 yeras old9 was
ound dead on 2
nd
February 2014, at his =at in .ew >or)$
*n 2
nd
February 2014 the -elhi +etro was awarded with the 'restigious
Gold &tandard Foundation 6G&F9 certi1cation standard or using the energy
e?ciently$
:arnata)a lited the ,an3i Tro'hy 2014 ater deeating +aharashtra by
se/en wic)ets$
&cientists ha/e disco/ered a new method or the con/ersion o harmul
greenhouse gases into chemicals which can 'roduce synthetic uels on 2
nd

February 2014$
A bilateral transit treaty has been amended by 0ndia and .e'al on 2nd
February 2014$
A .ew online Atlas o the reshwater biodi/ersity was launched on 2!
th

@anuary 2014 and 'resents s'atial inormation and s'ecies distribution
'atterns$
0%C. has announced that it is celebrating 70 years in guiding conser/ation
action and 'olicy decisions o the 0%C. ,ed Aist o Threatened &'ecies$
<arish ,awat was a''ointed on 1
st
February 2014 as the #th Chie
+inister o %ttara)hand$
2resident 2ranab +u)her3ee has launched the .ational +ission on
Aibraries on "rd February 2014$
&il/erine &wer, the 1rst 2adma &hri awardee o +eghalaya, died at the age
o 10" at her residence$ &he had recei/ed the 2adma &hri award in 1!!0$
*n 2nd February 2014, Borld Betland -ay was celebrated$
*n 4
th
February, the Borld Cancer -ay 2014 was obser/ed with the
release o the Borld Cancer ,e'ort 2014 alonside the Borld Cancer -ay
theme C-ebun) the myths4$
The Binni'eg Binter Club *'en title was won by &Duash 'layer @oshna
China''a won on "rd February 2014$
Forward +ar)ets Commission a''ro/ed the a''ointment o +ano3 Eaish as
the +- F C5* o +CG or a 'eriod o " years$
0ndia based Ei/e) Aall was a''ointed as s'ecial ad/isor on cyber security
by the %nited .ation on " February 2014$
2oonam :hetra'al &ingh has been a''ointed as the ,egional -irector o
Borld <ealth *rganisation 6B<*9 &outh;5ast Asia ,egion$
@ustice As)ho) :umar +athur has been a''ointed as the Chairman o the
Hth 2ay Commission that will submit re'ort in 2 years$
&achin Tendul)ar and 2ro C., ,ao 6H!years9 was conerred the (harat
,atna by 2resident at the ,ashtra'ati (hawan in .ew -elhi$
+ Teresa :ho has been a''ointed as the new Country -irector Asian
-e/elo'ment (an) 6A-(94s or 0ndia
The .ational Cloud has been launched by the Go/ernment under +egh,a3
0nitiati/e
0nternet Giant +icrosot has named &atya .adella as its Chie 5Iecuti/e
*?cer$
(iblioTech, the world4s 1rst 2a'erless 'ublic Aibrary was o'ened in the %&A
&tate o TeIas on 4th February 2014$
Tal)ing cars to become mandatory in the %nited &tates by the year 201H$
Aibya go/ernment has announced the destruction o its entire chemical
arsenal$
For the /ery 1rst time, JThe .o/el o Charlie Cha'lin FootlightsK will be
'ublished in 5nglish by an 0talian 1lm restoration institute$
Aabo, -ennis am'utee became 1rst 'erson to recei/e a bionic hand which
allowed him to eel lie li)e sensation rom the de/ice4s arti1cial 1ngers$
($.$Talu)dar has been a''ointed as the head o -G< by the %nion +inistry
o 2etroleum and .atural Gas on the 7
th
February 2014$
.orth and &outh :orea ha/e agreed to hold the 1rst reunion o the war
s'lit amilies since 2010$
0ndian;American 2roessor &an3ee/ :ul)arni was a''ointed as the -ean o
2rinceton %ni/ersity Graduate &chool on the 7
th
February 2014$
The Lueen +other o tiger dynasty, +achli was ound on the 7th February
2014 in the ,anthambhore .ational 2ar)$
+icrosot Founder (ill Gates has ado'ted the role as the Founder F
Technology Ad/isor to the C5* o +icrosot on 7th February 2014$
*n the 7th February 2014, @ohn Thom'son was a''ointed as the Chairman
o +icrosot by the (oard o -irectors at a meeting held in Bashington, %&$
&achin Tendul)ar and &hane Barne to lead a limited;o/er match to mar)
the 200th anni/ersary o Aords Cric)et Ground$
0T Com'any 0nosys has announced to o'en a new deli/ery center in
AraraDuara, (raMil on 8th February 2014$
+arco Aambertini has been a''ointed as -irector;General o the BBF
0nternational and will start with his new role on 1 +ay 2014$
&ame &eI +arriage (ill has been a''ro/ed by the &cottish 2arliament$
The negotiation with 5uro'ean %nion 65%9 has been agreed by the Google
0nc o/er the Anti;trust case on 7th February 2014$
According to the 0%C. ,ed list /ersion 201", 17 s'ecies o birds rom 0ndia
are critically endangered$
0sraeli 2resident, &himon 2eres has set a new Guinness Borld ,ecord on
8th February 2014 or deli/ering the largest online ci/ics class in the
world$
Arunima &inha has recei/ed the AmaMing 0ndian Award$
Aegendary bha3an singer, @uthi)a ,oy died on 8 February 2014 in :ol)ata$
The Telangana (ill has been cleared by the %nion Cabinet with minimum
changes, also mentioning the act that <yderabad would not get the
status o a %nion Territory$
0ndian shooter, Abhina/ (indra has won two gold medals at 0nter &hoot Tri
&eries shooting at The <ague, .etherlands$
.$ &rini/asan has been elected as the new Chairman o 0CC or a 'eriod o
2 years, succeeding Alan ,aymond 0saac$
The 'ro'osal to incor'orate amendments in the 'ro'osed ,ights o the
2ersons with -isabilities (ill 2014 has been a''ro/ed by the %nion
Cabinet$
The documentary by (angladesh4s :amar Ahmad &imonCs JAre >ou
AisteningK bagged the Golden Conch Award or the (est -ocumentary
Film$
*n 10th February 201", &ushil :oirala was elected as the 2rime +inister o
.e'al$
0ndian &hooter, Abhina/ (indra became 1rst 'erson to win three gold
medals at an e/ent at 0nter;&hoot Tri;series &hooting held at <ague,
.etherlands$
<uman oot'rints ha/e been disco/ered by &cientists on the .orol) Coast
o 5ngland, and are belie/ed to be at least # la)h years old$
*lym'ian distance runner ,an3it (hatia died on !
th
February 2014$
. ,amachandran was elected 2resident o 0ndian *lym'ic Association
60*A9 on ! February 2014$
A new s'ecies o dol'hin named JAraguaian (otoK ha/e been disco/ered
by scientists disco/ered in AmaMon ,i/er system ma)ing it the 1rst
disco/ery in almost 100 years$
*n !th February 2014, &i))im became the 1rst 0ndian state to achie/e
100N sanitation co/erage under the .irmal (harat Abhiyaan &cheme$
A +emorandum o %nderstanding 6+o%9 has been signed between 0ndia
and .etherland to intensiy coo'eration on renewable energy
Central (oard o -irect TaIes 6C(-T9 has a''ointed ,$:$Tiwari as the new
chairman on !th February 2014$
For the 1rst time new eye cells using in)3et 'rinting technology ha/e been
successully 'rinted by Cambridge scientists on 10th February 2014$
0ndian boIers 1nished ourth at the 7#th (ocs)ai 0nternational Tournament
which concluded in <ungary
,eliance Communications ha/e named Einod &awhny as the Chie
5Iecuti/e *?cer 6C5*9$
The ban im'osed on 0*A has been er/o)ed by the 0*C thereby 'a/ing the
way or 0ndia4s return to the *lym'ic old ater 0*A held elections as 'er
the directi/es o 0*C$
2resident 2ranab +u)her3ee has been conerred the Award o <onour$
The oldest )nown star in the %ni/erse has been disco/ered by the
Astronomers o Australian .ational %ni/ersity on 11th February 2014$
Founder and C5* o Faceboo), +ar) Zuc)erberg became the youngest and
the most generous 'hilanthro'ist o America in the year 201"$
+ahindra &outh Arica has declared 201" as the year or the annual sales
in decade o its being o'erational in the country$
The 0ndia;China >ear o Friendly 5Ichanges was launched by the Eice
2resident o 0ndia +$ <amid Ansari on 11th February 2014$
&onia Gandhi and ,ahul Gandhi named as the Chair'erson and Co;
Chairman res'ecti/ely o the 'arty4s 70;member Cam'aign Committee or
the u'coming 2014 elections$
Asian -e/elo'ment (an) 6A-(9 and Go/ernment o 0ndia signed a O2H7
million loan or im'ro/ing rural road connecti/ity$
According to Accenture released re'ort, 0ndia has been ran)ed #th in the
list o 10 countries in terms o digital go/ernance
*n 11th February 2014, China and Taiwan began their 1rst o?cial;le/el
tal)s since the end o the brutal Chinese ci/il war in 1!4!$
*n 1"th February 2014, Borld ,adio -ay was celebrated all o/er the
world$
:arnata)a lited the 0rani Tro'hy or the 7th time against the ,est o 0ndia
in (angalore$
Assam became the 1rst 0ndian state to legally ban the consum'tion o all
orms o smo)eless tobacco including 'an masala containing tobacco and
nicotine too$
A third;line drug thera'y has been launched by the %nion +inistry o
<ealth and Family Belare or 'eo'le li/ing with <0EPA0-& on 12
th
February
2014$
A commemorati/e sil/er stam' o .elson +andela has been launched by
&outh Arica on 11
th
February 2014$
The -elhi .agar &wara3 (ill has been a''ro/ed by the -elhi go/ernment$
The (elgium 2arliament, legalised mercy )illing to all terminally ill children
o any age, des'ite o strict o''osition rom the Church and many
'aediatricians$
Ater rumbling or se/eral wee)s, Eolcano +ount :elud o 0ndonesia
eru'ted with the go/ernment as)ing /illagers within 10 )m o the crater to
e/acuate$
Award winning 1lm director and cinematogra'her, (alu +ahendra died at
the age o H7 due to a cardiac arrest in Chennai$
A huge snow storm dubbed as the &nowmaggedon has blan)eted %&
lea/ing nearly H70000 homes without 'ower$
0ndia and :yrgyM ,e'ublic ha/e signed two agreements during the state
/isit o Foreign +inister o :yrgyM to 0ndia$
Chie +inister o -elhi, Ar/ind :e3riwal resigned ater his go/ernment aced
ailure to introduce its ambitious @an Ao)'al (ill due to lac) o ma3ority$
0talian 2rime +inister 5nrico Aetta has resigned rom the 'ost$
The 2urushottam 5I'ress will become the 1rst train in 0ndia to be attached
with a (raille;embedded AC coach or /isually;challenged 'assengers$
The 2resident o 0ndia awarded Guocheng Zhang and Ei3ay)umar Einaya)
-ongre with the 0nternational Gandhi Award or the year 201"$
For the 1rst time 0ndia will host the Borld (ridge Cham'ionshi' or
(ermuda (owl 6men9 and Eenice Cu' 6women9 in *ctober 2017$
Following the acce'tance o the resignation by -elhi C+ Ar/ind :e3riwal,
2resident ,ule has been im'osed on -elhi$
Aegendary reedom 1ghter (hagat &ingh4s ancestral house, school and
/illage will get a restoration o a 'ro3ect o Q #0 million$
:illa, a +arathi 1lm directed by A/inash Arun won the Crystal (ear or the
best 1lm at the 84th (erlin 0nternational Film Festi/al$
Abdul (asit has been a''ointed as 2a)istan4s high commissioner to 0ndia
on 1Hth February 2014$
+adras <igh Court Ad/ocates Association in Tamil .adu launched the 1rst
'ro;<indi 'olitical 'arty o Tamil .adu on 1H
th
February 2014$
&an3ay Aggarwal, Chie 5Iecuti/e *?cer 6C5*9 o :ing1sher Airlines has
resigned rom the 'ost on 1H
th
February 2014$
Ai .a ran)ed number 2 in the Bomen4s Tennis Association singles ran)ing
Chinese tennis 'layer 2eng &huai has been ran)ed number 1 in the
Bomen4s Tennis Association -oubles ran)ing$
Eirendra &ehwag and &achin Tendul)ar were named amongst the
nominees or the 5&2.cricinoR20 Cric)eter o the Generation award$
American 'roessional goler (ubba Batson won the .orthern Trust *'en
at the ,i/iera Country Club$
Carnatic music, Eocalist ,udra &h$:rishna &ri)antan, died at the age o !4
years due to chest congestion in (angalore$
The 21 year old 'ole;/ault world record o &ergey (ub)a was bro)en by
French *lym'ic cham'ion ,enaud Aa/illenie at -onets) in %)raine$
,enowned <indi writer, Amar :ant 'assed away at the age o ## due to ill
health in %ttar 2radesh
TE comedian &id Caesar died at !1 on 14th February 2014$
0ndira Gandhi Zoological 2ar) has been selected or creation o 1rst Moo in
the country to ha/e a conser/ation breeding centre or endangered
-holes$
&i))im was awarded with the .ational Tourism Award 2012;1"$ The award
was handed o/er to (him -hungel, &i))im4s Tourism +inister by &hashi
Tharoor in .ew -elhi$
Luadricycle; A new category o our;wheelers will be allowed to run in
cities rom 1
st
*ctober 2014$
Former .ational &ecurity Agency contractor 5dward &nowden was elected
as the new ,ector o the %ni/ersity o Glasgow on 1#th February 2014$
&u'reme Court has commuted the death sentence to the three con/icts in
,a3i/ Gandhi assassination case to lie im'risonment$
A new system named 5mail +iles with the hel' o Global 2ositioning
&ystem 6G2&9 technology can be used to calculate the number o miles an
email has tra/elled$
Andhra 2radesh Chie +inister :iran :umar ,eddy, resigned rom the C+
2ost$
Three +o%s including trade and business$were signed by 0ndia and (ahrain
in .ew -elhi during the state /isit o :ing o :ingdom o (ahrain to 0ndia$
&ocial media site Faceboo) 0nc has acDuired BhatsA'' or O1! billion in a
cash and stoc) deal on the 1!th February 2014$
The &u'reme Court o 0ndia has ruled that 'eo'le are ree to ado't
children irres'ecti/e o their religious bac)ground, 'a/ing a way or
ado'tion o a child by 'eo'le$
%nion Cabinet has gi/en a nod thereby classiying *dia as a classical
language, gi/ing im'etus to scholarshi's in the language$
2utting gra'hic warning on cigarette 'ac)s has been made mandatory
ater the law was 'assed by the &ri Aan)an 2arliament$
*n 20th February 2014, nearly 100 metric tons o radioacti/e water lea)ed
rom a holding tan) at @a'an4s Fu)ushima -aiichi nuclear 'ower 'lant$
.,0 -r$ <emant Thatte de/elo'ed a 21;chemical solution named &*+A<
&olution on 20 February 2014$
A)ash, an indigenously de/elo'ed surace;to;air +issile was successully
test;1red rom the 0T, launch com'leI;" at Chandi'ur in *disha coast$
2E &indhu was ran)ed !th in the (adminton Borld Federation 6(BF9
women4s singles ran)ing$
Google and the Archaelogical &ur/ey o 0ndia 6A&09 ha/e 3oined hands with
to launch a "80 degree online /iew o the 0ndian heritage sites on 20th
February 2014$
The %nion Aegislature 'assed the Bhistleblower 2rotection (ill on 21st
February 2014$
Cheteshwar 2u3ara has been a''ointed as the brand ambassador o the
Gu3arat &tate 5lection Commission$
The oldest 2arliamentarian o 0ndia, ,ishang :eishing retired on 21
st

February 2014$
Following Ei)tor >anu)o/ych4s im'eachment as the 2resident by the
2arliament, *le)sandr Turchyno/ was named as the interim 2resident o
%)raine$
+atteo ,enMi has been a''ointed as 0taly4s 2rime +inister at the
2residential 'alace$
&hubham (aner3ee, a 12 year old boy o 0ndian *rigin has de/elo'ed a low
cost (raille 2rinter on 2"rd February 2014$
" +o%s were signed between 0ndia and Canada or the coo'eration in
audio;/isual co;'roduction, health sector and s)ill de/elo'ment$
0ndian tennis star &omde/ -e//arman won his third AT2 Challenge Tennis
title ater o/ercoming to' seed Ale)sandr .edo/yeso/ 8;", 8;1 in the 1nal
in .ew -elhi$
<aMem 5l;(eblawi, the 0nterim 2rime +inister o 5gy't announced
resignation which was later acce'ted by the 0nterim 2resident$
Aalit :ala A)ademi .ational Award winner 'ainter 2ro)ash :arma)ar, died
at the age o #1 due to age;related illness$
&angeeta (hatia, an 0ndian;American scientist on 24th February 2014, has
de/elo'ed a chea', sim'le, 'a'er test that can detect cancer$
A O1$7;billion ta)eo/er bid by the ,uia (rothers was re3ected by 5ssar
5nergy on 27th February 2014$
2rime +inister, +anmohan &ingh inaugurated the 0ndira 2arya/aran
(hawan on @orbagh ,oad which will house the +inistry o 5n/ironment and
Forest$
%gandan 2resident >oweri;+use/eni signed anti;gay bill, im'osing tough
'enalties or homoseIual acts$
.o)ia has announced to launch a new series o handset with the Android
o'erating system on 27th February 2014$
The world4s astest car Eenom GT, with a to' s'eed o a s'eed o 4"7 )m
'er hour, has been de/elo'ed by the %& 1rm <ennessey4s engineers$
0sraeli 2resident &himon 2eres has awarded Angela +er)el with 0srael4s
highest ci/ilian honour +edal o -istinction in @erusalem$
Ain)ed0n announced to launch the Chinese /ersion o its site on 27th
February 2014$
0ndian scientist +adan (abu, won the 2rotein &ociety4s 2rotein &cience
>oung 0n/estigator Award or 2014 at Cambridge$
Chandi 2rasad (hatt, a Gandhian en/ironmentalist and social acti/ist, was
selected or the Gandhi 2eace 2riMe or 201"$
The %nion Cabinet has a''ro/ed the +ission document on the .ational
+ission or sustaining the <imalayan 5cosystem which will be co/ering 12
<imalayan states$
The 1eld trials or genetically modi1ed 6G+9 cro's ha/e been cleared by
the +inistry o 5n/ironment F Forest$
+ahindra has launched an electric car named e2o in (hutan and entered
and also signed a +o% with country4s go/ernment to 'romote electric
cars$
,enowned Telugu writer, @anamaddhi <anamachhaastri 'assed away at
the age o !0 in :a'ada town o Andhra 2radesh$
A music album entitled ,aunaD, com'osed by A, ,ahman and written by
:a'il &ibal was launched by &alman :han$
%nion +inister o ,oad Trans'ort F <ighways ,$ ,amalinga ,eddy
inaugurated an electric 'assenger bus with Mero emission le/el in
(angalore$
0ndia and 0srael ha/e signed an agreement on coo'eration in the
<omeland security agreement and legal assistance$