Page-13 of Current Affairs - February, 2015
PM Narendra Modi inaugurates Permanent Judicial Museum at Bombay High Court
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a Permanent Judicial Museum at Bombay High Court located on the ground floor of the heritage building of court. This museum is conceived and set up as part of the Sesquicentennial Celebration (150th year) of the ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2015
India successfully test-fires BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from INS Kolkata
India has successfully test-fired its 290-km range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from the Navy’s indigenously built destroyer INS Kolkata. The successful test fire of missile took place off the Goa coast after it met all its designed test parameters. Thus, ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2015
India signs $8 million loan agreement with World Bank for SLACC Project
India signed a loan grant agreement worth US $8 million with World Bank for Sustainable Livelihoods and Adaption to Climate change (SLACC) Project. The agreement was signed by Joint Secretary in Union Ministry of Finance Tarun Bajaj and World Bank’s ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2015
23rd edition of New Delhi World Book Fair begins
The 23rd edition of the New Delhi World Book Fair began at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. This year the theme of fair is Suryodaya: Emerging Voices from Northeast India. Singapore has been accorded the Guest of Honour Country status for ..
Month: 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 ..