Page-11 of Current Affairs - February, 2015
Arvind Kejriwal sworn in as 8th CM of Delhi
Arvind Kejriwal was sworn-in as 8th Chief Minister of Delhi. Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung administered the oath of office and secrecy to him at oath taking ceremony held at Ramlila Maidan, Delhi. Along with Arvind Kejriwal following 6 Cabinet ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2015
Balasubramaniam Venkataramani appointed as MD & CEO of Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX)
Balasubramaniam Venkataramani has been appointed as new MD & CEO of Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX). He will replace then MD & CEO Manoj Vaish. Prior to this appointment B Venkataramani was Chief Business Officer of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). The ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2015
Cipla wins Rs 1170 cr tender from Global Fund to supply HIV drugs
Indian pharmaceutical giant, Cipla has been awarded $188.95 million (around Rs. 1,172 crore) Contract by Global Fund to supply ARV (anti-retroviral) drugs. Cipla has been selected as a Panel Supplier for a supplier partnership agreement. This contract is effective from ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2015
Ashish Agrawal appointed as Chief Technology Officer of Micromax Informatics
Micromax Informatics has appointed Ashish Agrawal as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). As CTO of Micromax, he will be responsible for defining the vision and the direction of company’s software services and driving new initiatives to provide a strong ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2015
Fourth river festival begins in Madhya Pradesh
Fourth River festival has begun at Bandrabhan bank of Narmada River in Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh. Three day festival was inaugurated by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Theme of this year’s river festival is River, its catchment area, chemicals ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2015
Union Home Ministry forms three-member SIT to probe 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has constituted a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) for re-investigation of the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases mainly in Delhi and other States. Members: Three-member SIT will be headed by Pramod Asthana, an IPS officer of 1986 batch. ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2015
Telugu novelist Kesava Reddy passes away
Renowned Telugu novelist Kesava Reddy has passed away in Nizamabad district of Telangana. He was 68. He was well known for his writings that had addressed many important social problems in India like poverty, prejudices and superstitions. About Kesava Reddy ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2015
India ranks 136 in World Press Freedom Index (WPFI) 2015
In recently released World Press Freedom Index (WPFI), India was placed at 136th rank out of 180 nations surveyed worldwide in terms of press freedom in 2015. In WPFI 2015, India has shown improvement from its rank of 140 in ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2015
Indian-origin scientist Gurpreet Singh wins $500,000 National Science Foundation CAREER award
An Indian-origin scientist Gurpreet Singh has won prestigious $500,000 National Science Foundation CAREER award. He has won this award for his research on Scalable liquid exfoliation processing of ultrathin two-dimensional metal dichalcogenides nanosheets for energy storage devices. This CAREER award will ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2015
Himachal Pradesh government launches Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System Project
Himachal Pradesh government has launched Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS) Project in the state. This project will enable the State Police to raise the benchmark of professional efficiency besides catching interstate criminals more quickly. It was launched by ..