QUICK REVIEW ON FEBRUARY MONTH CURRENT AFFAIRS

Feb Month Current Affairs

APPOINTMENTS

1. UK Sinha – SEBI Chairman ( Re Appointed ) .

2. Visal Sikka – Infosys CEO ( Re Appointed ).

3. Christiana Lagarde – Managing Director of IMF ( Re Appointed ).

4. Vinod Rai – Chairman of Bank Board Bureau ( BBB ).

5. DJ Pandian – Vice President of AIIB.

6. HL Dattu –Chairperson of National Human Rights Commission ( NHRC ).

7. Kalikho Pul – 9th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh.

8. Sri Srinivasan – First Indian American Judge of US Supreme Court.

9. Archana Ramasundaram – Director General of Sahastra Seema Bal ( First Woman to Head Paramilitary Force ).

10. Aruna Sethi – First Woman to Head Indian Cost Accounting Service ( ICAS ).

OBITUARY

1. Nida Fazli– Hindu & Urdu Poet.

2. ONV Kurup – Malayalam Poet.

3. Harper Lee – Novelist.

4. Umberto Eco – Novelist.

5. Dan Hicks – American Song Writer & Singer.

6. Akbar Kakkatil – Malayalam Writer.

7. Abdul Rashid – Vocalist .

8.Rajamani – Music Composer.

9.SS Tarapore – Former RBI Deputy Governor.

10. Sushil Koirala – Former Prime Minister of Nepal.

AWARDS

1. Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar Award – Ranaveer Singh & Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

2. Knight Legion of Honour ( France Highest Civilian Award) – Manish Arora ( Indian Fashion Designer ).

3. Pride of Kerala – Vidya Balan.

4. World Press Photo Prize 2015 – Warren Richardson ( Australian Photographer ).

5. Israel Prize – David Shulman ( Renowned Indologist ).

6. Bhimsen Joshi Award – Ramnarayan ( Sarangi Maestro ).

7.K Veeramani Award– Nitish Kumar ( Bihar Chief Minister ).

8. Aryabhatta Award – Avinash Chander ( Ex DRDO Chairman ).

9. Shanataraman Lifetime Achievement Award – Naresh Bedi.

10. Times Magazine Best Manufacturing Indian Company – Tata Steel.

AWARDS – MOVIES

BAFTA AWARDS /GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS / OSCAR AWARDS

1. Best Picture – The Revenant.

2. Best Director – Alzandro Gonzalez ( The Revenant ).

3. Best Actor – Leonardo Dicaprio ( The Revenant ).

4. Best Actress – Brie Larson ( Room ).

Above Awards Winners are Same for All BAFTA/GOLDEN GLOBE /OSCAR Except

1. Oscar Best Picture – Spot Light.

2. Oscar Best Foreign Film –Son of Saul ( Hungary ).

Other Awards

1. Resul Pookutty – First Asian to Win Golden Reel Award For his Indian Daughter Documentary Film in the Category of Best Sound & Music Editing.

2. Titli – First Indian Film to Win Best Foreign Film Award by French Syndicate of Cinema Critics ( FSCC ).

3. Ottal Malayalam Film won Best Children Film in 66th Berlin International Film Festival.

4.Kanavu Variyam Tamil Film Won Remi Award in United States.

5.Phum Shang Manipuri Documentary Film Won Gold Conch Award in Mumbai International Film Festival.

6. 58th Grammy Award – Best Album of the Year – Taylor Swift (1989 ).

Brand Ambassador

1. Rohit Sharma Became Brand Ambassador of Nissan( Japanese Car Maker ) along with West Indies All rounder Andrew Russel & New Zealand Skipper Suzie Bates.
2. Mushrafe Mortaza Goodwill Ambassador of United Nation Development Programme ( UNDP ) ( Head Quarters – Newyork ).
3. Sharukh Khan – Brand Ambassador of Reliance Jio.
4. Amar Singh ( Indian Origin Sikh )– Kualalmpur Police Commissioner.

BANKING/ECONOMIC NEWS

1.RBI Extended $2bn Currency Swap Agreement with SAARC Nations till Mid Novemeber 2017.

2.SBI Launches SBI E Smart – To Provide Working Capital Loan For E-Commerce Companies.( tiesup With Snap Deal ).

SBI INCUBE – For Startup Companies in Bengaluru.

SBI Exclusif – Wealth management.

JAPAN DESK – Japan Inbound Transactions.

FLEXIPAY – Homeloan EMI Varies depends On Salary.

3.Indian Post Payment Bank got Approval with 800 Crore Capital to Setup Paymemt Bank from Public Investment Board ( PIB ). Starts Operations From March 2017.

4. Aditya Birla Nuvo Tiesup With Idea Cellular to Setup Payment Banks ( Previously Airtel MCommerces With Kotak Mahindra Bank , Reliance with SBI ).

5.MasterCard Payment Gateway launches Mobile Technologies Online Payments Through Selfies & Finger Prints.

6. ICICI Academy aims to impart Skills training to 1 Lakh Youth by 2017.

7. Corporation Bank tiesup with Sompo General Insurance Company to provide Accidental Death Packages Namely Corp Signature ( Provides 10 Lakhs ) , Corp Super ( Provides 5 lakhs ).

NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL

1. As Per Quality Mercer of Life World Best City to Live – Vienna , Austria, World Worst City to Live – Bhagdad ,

India Best City – Hyderabad ( 139th rank ).

2. As Per Economic Intelligence Unit World Best City to Live Melbourne,Australia , World

Worst City – Damascus, Syria

3. As Per Trip Advisor World Best Hotel 2016 – Umaid Bhawan,Jodhpur,Rajasthan .

Asia Travellor Choice Awards – Goa ( Agonda Beach -4th Rank ,Palolam Beach -8th Rank ) ,Radhanagar Beach – 10th .

4. World Largest Arm Importer – India . Largest Arm Supplier – Russia.

5. World Most Valubale Company – Alphabet ( $547.1bn ) overtakes Apple ( $529.3 bn )

6. Apple will Launch its First Technology Centre in Hyderabad ,Telangana.

7. World Most Powerful Company Brand In IT Services – TCS ( CEO N.Chandrasekaran )

8. TCS named UK Biggest Employer with 11,000 Employees across 30 Locations.

9. World First Parliament To Completely Run on Solar Power – National Assembly,Pakistan.

10. Worl Longest Non-Stop Scheduled Commercial Flight – Airbus A380 ( From Dubai to Auckland Covering 14,200 KM ).

11. World First Fast Acting Anti Rabies Medicine launched in India – RMAb ( Rabies Human Monoclonal Antibody ).

12. World Cheapest Phone – Freedom 251 launched by Noida Company Ringing Bells.

13. First Silk Road Train Route – Zhejiang (China ) to Tehran ( Iran ).

14. India First Ever Robot – Tata Brabo manufactured by Tata Group ( Comes Before May 2016 )

15. India Lightest Gun – Nidar ( Weight 250 gms ,Cost -35000 Rupees ) developed by Rifle Factory,Ishapore,West Bengal.

16.India First Aviation Park – Bagodara Village,Ahmedabad,Gujurat.

17. India First Gender Park – Kozhikode,Kerala. Inaugurated by President Pranab Mukharjee

18.India First Aquifier Mapping State – Haryana

19. India Cleansest Smart City – Bhubaneshwar ( Capital City – Bengaluru , City – Mysuru ).

20. India Longest Railway Bridge is Going to Comeup in Katni,MadhyaPradesh With 21 Km ( 5 Years to Take Completion ).

21. Banaras Hindu University ,Varanasi Turns 100 Years on Feb 13 ,2016 . Founder – Pandit Madan Mohan Malavya.

22. Maharashtra Topped in the List of Internet Readiness Index as Per IAMAI.( Internet And Mobile Association of India ).

AGREEMENTS

1.India With Srilanka – School Renovation & Health.

Armenia- Agriculture Cooperation.

Sweden– Technical Cooperation on Railways.

UK – Research in Crop Science.

2.Prasara Bharati with Empressa de Brazil Communication ( EBC ) to ExchangeNews,Programme.

3.Punjab with British Pig Association ( BPA )to Develop & Promotee Piggery in the State.

4.Haryana with Ontario( Canada) to Enhance Commercial & Cultural ties.

5.Chattisgrah with Indian railways For Railway infrastructure Development in th State.

6.Uber with Maharashtra to skil development Entrepreneurship to Create 75000 Jobs.

7.Ola with Uttarpradesh to Create 50000 Entrepreneurs Across the State.

FESTIVALS & SUMMITS

1. Mahamagam festival ( Holy Dip Festival ) – Kumbakonam,Tamilnadu.( Every 12 Years ).

2. Taj Literature Festival – Agra,Uttarpradesh.

3.Vision Conclave Global Ayurveda Festival – Kozhikode,Kerala.

4.National Science festival – Mumbai.

5.National Homeopathic Congress,Homeovision 2016- Nagpur.

6.Vibrant North East Event – Guwhati

7. 30th Surajkand International Crafts Mela- Faridabad,Haryana ( Theme State- Telangana )

8.International Radio Fair – Bhubaneswar

9.India Going to Host First Ever Global Maritime Summit in April 2016.

10. US ASEAN Special Leaders Summit – California,US.

SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY/DEFENCE

1.SuryaKiran IX 2016 –Military Exercise between India & Nepal in Uttharakand.

2. Lamitye 2016 – Military Exercise between India & Seychelles in Victoria.

3. CobraGold 2016 – Military Exercise between India & Thailand.

4. IMCOR – India Myanamar Coordinated Patrolling.

5. Prithvi II – India Ballastic Missile from Odis