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Current Affairs of 1-15 February 2016

1. Former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag was appointed as mentor of the Kings XI Punjab
team for season 9 of Indian Premier League (IPL) on 1 February 2016.
2. Senior IFS officer Muktesh Kumar Pardeshi was appointed as Indias Ambassador to Mexico.
3. Ace Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth won the Men's Singles title of the Syed Modi
International Badminton Championships 2016. In the final played at Babu Banarasi Das Indoor
Stadium in Lucknow, Srikanth defeated China's Huang Yuxiang, 21-13, 14-21, 21-14.
4. The International Swimming Federation (FINA) announced that the Japanese city of Fukuoka
will host the 2021 World Aquatics Championships.
5. Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) of Union Government has given its
final approval to Kerala Governments approval to set up Indias first Defence Industrial Park at
Ottappalam.
6. World Number One tennis player Novak Djokovic from Serbia has won the 2016 Australian
Open Title in the mens singles category. In the final match played at Melbourne, Australia he
defeated Andy Murray of Britain in 7 straight sets by 6-1, 7-5, 7-6 score.
7. Veteran British TV and radio presenter Sir Terry Wogan passed away in London after long
battle with cancer. He was 77. In Britain, he was one of the most popular personalities on both
radio and television for several decades and often described his profession as jobbing
broadcaster.
8. Vice Admiral Sunil Lanba took over as Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C) of
Mumbai headquartered Western Naval Command (WNC) at a ceremonial parade held at INS
Shikra. He took the charge from Vice Admiral SPS Cheema who retired after completing nearly
four decades of service to the nation and the Indian Navy.
9. Senior IPS officer Datta Padsalgikar has been appointed as the Commissioner of Police of
Mumbai. He will be 40th Police Commissioner of Mumbai.
10. Brazilian racing driver Pietro Fittipaldi has won the 2015 MRF Challenge Formula 2000 by
winning two of the four races. The racing event was held at Madras Motor Racing Track in
Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu. The winning race helped him to earn total 244 points to top among
the other racers.
11. The Union Government appointed Jai Kumar Garg as Managing Director (MD) and Chief
Executive Officer (CEO) of Corporation Bank for a period of three years.
12. Tamil Nadu Cadre IPS officer Archana Ramasundramwas appointed as the Director General
of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) that guards India's frontiers with Nepal and Bhutan.With this

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appointment, Ramasundram became the first woman to head a paramilitary force. 58-year-old
Ramasundram is currently the Director of National Crime Records Bureau.
13. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared an international public health
emergency over the explosive spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus. It was announced after
WHOs emergency meeting of independent experts headed by WHO Director-General Margaret
Chan.
14. Repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF): unchanged at 6.75 per cent. Reverse
repo rate under the LAF: unchanged at 5.75 per cent. Marginal standing facility (MSF) rate and
the Bank Rate has unchanged at 7.75 per cent.
15. Union Government has appointed senior IPS officer K Durga Prasad has Director General
(DG) of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). Decision in this regard was taken by
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in
New Delhi.
16. In order to prevent leakages in the flagship rural job programme, all wage payments to
MGNREGA workers will be made through Direct Benefit Transfer to bank accounts of the
beneficiaries from April this year .
17. Justice Ramayyagari Subhash Reddy was appointed as Chief Justice of the Gujarat high
Court with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office.
18. Major General Jai Shanker Menon of India was appointed as the Head of Mission and Force
Commander of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF). His appointment
was announced by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon .
19. Maharashtra Cabinet announced Bharatratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Special Collective
Incentive Scheme for the economically backward Dalit entrepreneurs.The scheme was launched
to celebrate the 125th birth anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar.
20. Kerala won the 61st National School Athletics championship. The national School Athletics
championship was held at Olympian Rahman Stadium in Kozhikode, Kerala from 29 January
2016 to 2 February 2016.
21. India and Bruneisigned 3 Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) to deepen bilateral
cooperation. The MoUs were signed in Brunei capital Bandar Seri Begawan during the Vice
President Hamid Ansaris 3-day visit to the country.
22. Supreme Court appointed a committee under former Chief Justice RM Lodha to sell assets
of Pearls Agrotech Corporation Ltd (PACL) and refund 49 thousand crore rupees to the
investors.
23. S.S. Tarapore, former Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), passed away in
Mumbai. He was 80.

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24. The World Bank Board approved a 35 million US dollars credit for the Citizen Access to
Responsive Services Project. The Project will improve access to selected public services for the
people of Madhya Pradesh (MP) and particularly those belonging to deprived groups.
25. The World Wetlands Day was observed on 2nd February across the globe to mark the
adoption of the Convention on Wetlands in the city of Ramsar in Iran in 1971.
26. Alphabet Inc. became worlds most valuable company.
27. Indian film-maker Kanu Behl directorial Titli bagged the Best First Foreign Film Award
conferred by the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics 2016 (FSCC).
28. Former Lok Sabha Speaker Balram Jakhar passed away in New Delhi. He was 92.Jakhar
was elected as the Lok Sabha Speaker for two consecutive terms from 1980 to 1989. He was
elected to the Lok Sabha four times and also served as the Union Agriculture Minister in 1991 in
P. V. Narasimha Rao Ministry.
29. The Government of Odisha decided to extend the Aahar scheme to 29 districts in the State.
A decision in this regard was taken at a review meeting on the programme at the State secretariat
in Bhubaneswar.It was launched by the State Government on 1 April 2015 to mark the States
Foundation Day, Utkala Diwas.
30. Former IAS officer D J Pandian has been appointed vice-president and chief investment
officer (CIO) of Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
31. The European Union (EU) approved 3.3 billion Euros in funding to help Turkey cope with
the issue of Syrian migrants. At present, Turkey is home to around 3 million Syrians who fled
the country since the beginning of the civil war in 2011.
32. India to participate in Cobra Gold 2016 military exercise in Thailand.
33. The Union Government has constituted two new committees namely Tax Policy Research
Unit (TPRU) and Tax Policy Council (TPC) to streamline the taxation policy and administration.
These committees have been constituted based on the recommendation of the Tax
Administration Reform Commission (TARC) on taxation reform.
34. Army Lieutenant General John Nicholson was appointed as the commander of the NATO
forces in Afghanistan. His nomination to the post was confirmed by US Senate committee.
35. ICC appointed Rahul Dravid as member of newly constituted Anti-Corruption Unit
Oversight Group.
36. India through the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology signed
a Cooperation Agreement to acquire the status of the Associate Member State European
Molecular Biology Organisation (EMBO).

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37. Snapdeal has decided not to renew its contract with Aamir Khan as its brand ambassador
within months of the Bollywood actors comments on perceived intolerance in the country that
made him and the e-commerce giant target of severe criticism.
38. NASA Astronaut Edgar Mitchell, who was the sixth man to walk on the Moon, died in West
Palm Beach, Florida. The lunar module pilot on Apollo 14 died at the age of 85.
39. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer
Limited (BCPL) at Lepetkata, Assam and dedicated the facility to the nation. It is the first ever
petro-chemical plant located in the entire North-Eastern region of Indian.
40. The 12th edition of South Asian Games (SAG) has begun in Guwahati, Assam after it was
inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Indira Gandhi Athletics Stadium.
41. Sarangi maestro Pandit Ram Narayan (88) has been chosen for the prestigious Bharat Ratna
Pandit Bhimsen Joshi Classical Music Award for 2015-2016.
42. Corporation Bank has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Universal Sompo
General Insurance Co Ltd for providing accident death coverage to its savings bank account
holders under Corp Signature, Corp Super and Corp Saral category.
43. Cartoonist Sudhir Tailang, who was suffering from a brain tumour, passed away at a private
city hospital according to his family members. The artist was 55 and had been under treatment
for over two years.
44. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj inaugurated the Rise of Digital India Exhibition in
Colombo. The exhibition was a part of Sangam -The Festival of India in Sri Lanka 2015-16.
45. Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe declared a state of disaster in rural parts of the country
hit by a drought. This declaration of disaster will allow international donors to raise money
quickly to provide food aid to the nation.
46. The Revenant director Alejandro Gonzalez has received his second consecutive Directors
Guild of America award for best feature film at the 68th annual DGA Awards.
47. The Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare decided to set up the National
Organic Farming Research Institute in Sikkim.
48. To strengthen the aviation sector in Gujarat, the State government is planning to set up the
countrys first-ever Aviation Park here having a slew of facilities including an airstrip, training
school, helipad and space for setting up small manufacturing units among others.
49. For the first time, border troops of India and China have held their first joint tactical exercise
codenamed Sino-India Cooperation 2016 in Chushul-Moldo in Jammu and Kashmir. This

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exercise is complement to the Hand-in-Hand series of India-China Joint Exercises and the
recently conducted joint exercise in Sikkim.
50. Renowned American singer-songwriter Dan Hicks passed away after a two-year long battle
with throat and liver cancer. He was 74.
51. Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated Indian Oil Corporations (IOCs) new state of the
art refinery at Paradip in Odisha to the nation. It is overall IOCs 11th refinery to be set up and
has installed capacity of 15 million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA).
52. Indian economy is estimated to grow 7.6 per cent this fiscal, the Central Statistics Office
(CSO) said.
53. The French Senate unanimously passed a law to ban large food stores from throwing away
food that is approaching its expiration date. The National Assembly, France's other legislative
chamber, had unanimously voted on the same measures in December 2015.With this, France has
become the first country in the world to ban supermarkets from throwing away or destroying
unsold food, forcing them instead to donate it to charities and food banks.
54. Former Prime Minister of Nepal and Nepali Congress (NC) President Sushil Koirala passed
away due to Pneumonia in capital city Kathmandu. He was 79.
55. Former Director General of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) Rajendra Kumar
Pachauri was appointed as the Executive Vice-Chairman of the organisation with the immediate
effect.
56. The South Asian Wrestling Federation announced the appointment of Brij Bhushan Sharan
Singh as its President.
57. Joshna Chinappa clinched the gold in women's individual squash after beating Maria
Toorpaki Wazir of Pakistan at the South Asian Games.
58. New Zealand won the three-match Chappell-Hadlee Trophy of cricket against Australia, 2-1.
In the third and final match played at Seddon Park, Hamilton, the Black Caps defeated Australia
by 55 runs.
59. The 9th edition of India-Nepal Combined Military Exercise Surya Kiran IX has commenced
at Pithoragarh district of Uttarakhand. It will culminate on February 21, 2015. The 14-day-long
combined battalion Level exercise is being conducted under the aegis of Panchshul Brigade of
Central Command.
60. Renowned Urdu Poet and well known Bollywood lyricist Nida Fazli passed away in
Mumbai, Maharashtra following a heart attack. He was 78 years old. He was best known among
singers and fans for his elegant presentation of ghazals, nazm and dohaas.

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61. Indias Sapna Devi has won gold for India in the women Wushu Taulu (Changquan)
Competition at the 12th South Asian Games (SAG).
62. he Reserve Bank of India (RBI) released the Report of the Working Group on Introduction
of Interest Rate Options in India. The report was prepared by RBI committee chaired by Prof PG
Apte.
63. India on 10 February 2016 observed the first National Deworming Day in schools and
preschools (anganwadis). The day is observed to combat parasitic worm infections among
preschool (anganwadi) and school-age children.
64. Worlds largest concentrated solar plant opened in Morocco.
65. Uttar Pradesh Panchayati Raj Minister Kailash Yadav passed away in Gurgaon after
reportedly suffering a brain stroke. He was 65.
66. Intellectual Property Index (IPI) by United States Chamber of Commerce (USCC), India was
ranked 37th among the surveyed 38 countries
67. Australia announced the appointment of Indian-origin Harinder Sidhu as the countrys next
High Commissioner to India.
68. Union Government has sanctioned about 580 crore rupees for Agartala-Akhaura railway link
Project to connect Kolkata (West Bengal) with Tripura via Bangladesh. The sanctioned fund will
be used for the laying of the five km railway track up to Bangladesh border from Agartala.
69. Veteran film director Aurobindo Mukherjee passed away in Kolkata, West Bengal after
ailing from geriatric problems. He was 97.
70. Amazon acquires 26% in Tatas publishing firm Westland.
71. IndiaFirst Life Insurance has appointed Satishwar Balakrishnan as its Chief Financial
Officer (CFO).
72.Private lender Federal has partnered with National Australia Bank to provide its NRI
customers in Australia inward remittance facility at a discounted rate.
73. State Bank of India (SBI) introduced SBI FlexiPay Home Loan, whose repayment terms
lower EMIs in initial years, followed by higher EMIs appear similar to teaser loans introduced
by the bank in February 2009.
74. 10 New EDs Appointed in Public Sector Banks. Mayank K Mehta (working in Union Bank
of India to Bank Of Baroda), Dina Bandhu Mohapatra (Bank of India to Canara Bank), Vinod
Kumar Kathuria and R Subramania Kumar (Punjab National Bank to Union Bank of India and
Indian Bank, respectively), and Rajkiran Rai G (Central Bank of India to Oriental bank of
Commerce).

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75. RBI gives nod to B Swaminathan's appointment as Non-Executive Chairman of Karur Vysya
Bank.
76. Indian-origin lawyer Davinder Singh in the second week of February 2016 was appointed as
a vice-chair of the International Chamber of Commerces Commission on Corporate
Responsibility and Anti-corruption.
77. A fiction book titled A Kingdom For His Love was launched in February 2016 by Amar
Chitra Katha (ACK). The book is co-authored by Vani Mahesh and Shinie Antony.
78. Karnatakas Mobile One project won 2016 Best m-Government Service Award at the 4th
World Government Summit in Dubai, the UAE.
79. Soviet football legend Anatoli Ilyin passed away in Moscow, Russia. He was 84.
80. India and United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed 9 bilateral agreements covering
cooperation in the various sectors. These agreements were signed during the second day of
Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi official visit to India.
81. Leslie Bassett, a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, passed away in Oakwood, Georgia. He
was 93.
82. Indias third largest IT exporter Wipro Limited has acquired US based healthcare technology
firm HealthPlan Services for US 460 million dollars. This acquisition was part of the Wipros
traditional string of pearls acquisition strategy and it shall help company to strengthen its
position in the US health insurance market.
83. The Disciplinary Committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) banned
Pakistan umpire Asad Rauf for 5 years on charges of corruption and misconduct.
84. The CA Institute has a new President in M Devaraja Reddy.Reddy, a resident of Hyderabad
is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) with more than 28
years of professional standing.
85. The RBI signed a pact with the Central Bank of the UAE to enter into a Currency Swap
Agreement, which is aimed at strengthening economic ties with the Gulf nation.
86. 1st Mega Food Park (MFP) of Madhya Pradesh was inaugurated at Panwa village in
Kasarwad tehsil of Khargone district.
87. .World Radio Day was observed globally on 13 February 2016 with the theme Radio in
Times of Emergency and Disaster.

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88. Ashok Chawla has been appointed as Chairman of The Energy and Resources Institute
(TERI). He was selected by the Governing Council of TERI and succeed noted scientist B V
Sreekantan.
89.T he 3-day long annual World Government Summit (WGS) concluded in Dubai, the UAE.
The summit was 4th in the series since the launch of WGS in 2013 by the UAE Government.
90. The West Indies lifted their maiden ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup title. In the final
played at Mirpur, West Indies defeated three time champions India by five wickets.
91. President Pranab Mukherjee conferred Infosys Prize 2015 on six winners in New Delhi. The
awards were received by Prof Umesh Waghmare, Prof Jonardon Ganeri, Dr Amit Sharma, Prof
Mahan Mj, Prof G Ravindra Kumar and Dr Srinath Raghavan.
92. Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis won the 2016 St. Petersburg Ladies
Trophy in St. Petersburg, Russia.
To win the title, the top-seeded Indo-Swiss pair defeated the Russian-Czech team of Vera
Dushevina and Barbora Krejcikova by 6-3 6-1 in the womens doubles final.
93. LAMITYE 2016, the 7th joint military training exercise between the Indian Army and the
Seychelles Peoples Defence Forces (SPDF) began on 15 February 2016.
94. Nagaland is changing, But..., a film on conservation efforts by villagers, won the Golden
Beaver Best Film Award in the institutional category at the 6th National Science Film Festival
and Competition in Mumbai.
95. anada, United States (US) and Mexico have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
on Climate Change and Energy Collaboration to tap into energy cooperation among three
countries.
96. Mysuru has topped the sanitation survey 'Swachh Survekshan 2016' under the Swachh Bharat
Mission. While Chandigarh is second in the ranking, Tiruchirapalli has come in third.
97. Pakistans Sindh Assembly today passed the Hindu Marriage Bill making the province the
first in the country to allow the minority community to register their marriages, amid calls from a
leading Hindu group to remove a controversial clause in the landmark bill.
98. Bollywood actress Vidya Balan has been awarded with the Pride of Kerala Award by the
World Malayalee Council and Kairali TV. National award-winning actress hails from Kerala and
had made her debut in Bollywood in 2005 in Parineeta.
99. Indias Ambassador to Tajikistan Biraja Prasad passed away following a massive cardiac
arrest. He was the youngest Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer to be appointed as Indias
Ambassador to any country.
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