Page-14 of 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 ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2015
Indian Navy conducted HADR Exercise in Lakshadweep Islands
Indian Navy had conducted Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster relief (HADR) exercise in Lakshadweep Islands (Kavaratti, Aggatti, Kalpeni and Androth). HADR was Indian Navy’s large scale exercise to test its readiness for handling a tsunami like disasters in order to provide ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2015
SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket successfully launched from Florida
Unmanned SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has been successfully launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida on its third attempt. It was carrying unmanned Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite. This satellite will be used by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric ..