Current Affairs 4th March 2014

Shri Krishna Chaudhary has been appointed as the Director General of Railway Protection Force. 

An Agreement between Bharti Infratel and Reliance Jio

RBI extendes the deadline for exchanging pre-2005 notes to January 1, 2015 from the earlier March 31, 2014. 
 

Two Long Power Purchase Agreements Signed by Karnataka Government


USAID grant $ 2, 00,000 to SELCO Foundation


New Guidelines for treating Rape victims

New CFO of Spice Jet Ltd is Neelakantan

 

Corporation Bank wins the awards for lending to MSE (micro and small enterprises) and to micro enterprises from the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) for the year 2012-13
 

Wealth of billionaires in India dropped to $ 191.5 billion

Current Affairs 2nd March 2014

New CFO of Tata Power is Padmanabhan


AIIMS had started issuing Unique Health Identification numbers


5 Largest Group of billionaires of the world is in India: Report

Indians lost crores of Rupees in Bitcoins

India should at 2nd place in cyber attack on mobiles


Jet Fuel price hiked by margin of 1%: LPG rates cut by Rs.53.5


Senior Citizen career Mela

Current Affairs 1st March 2014

President Rule in Andhra Pradesh. President Pranab Mukherjee gave an assent regarding this. On 20th February 2014



VK Singh, Former Army Chief General, Joined in BJP


1st woman to head blue chip PSU HPCL is Nishi Vasudeva


New Secretary to Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas is Saurab Chandra 


Arseniy Yatsenyuk to be the new Prime Minister of Ukraine.  


Nation's first post office savings bank ATM comes up in Chennai.  


The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approves Rs. 975 crore for 'River Basin Management' (RBM) scheme of the Ministry of Water Resources during 12th Plan Period.

Current Affairs 28th February 2014

Arseniy Yatsenyuk (Arseniy Yatsenyuk is the former opposition leader and a close ally of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. He was backed by 371 of 417 participating deputies in the Parliament.



New President and Managing Director of General Motors India is Arvind Saxena


National Science Day observed across India


Fali S. Nariman (Nariman informed the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) that the process to select Lokpal was such that most competent and most independent would get overlooked.


Acclaimed Telugu writer 'Janamaddhi Hanamachhaastri' dies aged 90.   


Subrata Roy has Surrendered to UP Police


Noted environmentalist Chandi Prasad Bhatt has been honoured with the Gandhi Peace Prize 2013.  


Government approves the Mission document on the National Mission for Sustaining the Himalayan Ecosystem (NMSHE).   


The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approves Rs. 975 crore for 'River Basin Management' (RBM) scheme of the Ministry of Water Resources during 12th Plan Period.

Current Affairs 25th February 2014

PowerGrid Corporation (With the exit of PowerGrid Corporation the CPSE ETF would now consist of 10 PSU firms. These 10 PSUs are – ONGC, Coal India Limited, GAIL, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Rural Electrification Corporation (REC), Oil India Limited (OIL), Container Corporation of India Limited (CCIL), Power Finance Corporation (PFC), Engineers India Limited (EIL) and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL).



MtGox (MtGox’s website was down on 25 February and its founder was unaccounted-for during the day. MtGox is a Tokyo-based exchange which allowed users to trade Bitcoins for US Dollars and several other currencies. MtGox was going through some serious problems after news surfaced that almost 750,000 bitcoin


Bihar to get 1320 MW (2 X 660 MW) Thermal Power Project at Kajra (Lakhisarai).   


Government revises NCR development plan to allow construction activities in eco- sensitive zones of Aravali.   


A 12-year-old Indian American boy Shubham Banerjee developes a low cost Braille Printer named 'Braigo'.   


Nokia to launch new series of handset with Android Use


Karnataka Government Released Rs.16.8 crores towards pending subsidy to SSI


Cost of flying from Rajiv Gandhi International Airport will become cheaper from 1st April


Somdev Devvarman captures his 3rd ATP men's singles tennis title demolishing Aleksandr Nedovyesov 6-3, 6-1 in the final held in Delhi. 

Current Affairs 24th February 2014

Y Nayudamma Memorial Award will be given to Jayant Narlikar



Sochi Winter Olympics 2014: Host Russia tops medals tally with 13 golds, 11 silver and 9 bronze.   



Best Bank Award achieve by Indian Bank




Benito Mussolini, who came to power in 1922 (Renzi, the 39-year-old leader of the Centre-Left Democratic Party, unveiled his government on 21 February and said the broad coalition will bring hope to the economically stagnant country.


Kerala Tourism Website won National tourism award


Indian Railways (IRCTC) launches E-Wallet Scheme to make payment process fast and hassle-free.  


Number of voters grow over 4.7 times since independence in the country. The sample compares the electorate size of 1951-52 with 2014.



 Vadodara, Gujarat (The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) achieved the feat on April 7, 2013 on the occasion of the World Health Day. A team of 227 doctors were part of the exercise in which blood pressure of 8,368 people was counted in eight hours.

Current Affairs 23rd February 2014

23rd Winter Olympics of 2018 would be held at – Pyeongchang, South Korea



 England defeated India in the quarter-finals of U-19 Cricket World Cup on 22 February 2014 to oust it out of the tournament



Bidi (USFDA for the first time have banned the sale and import of “bidi” products made by an Indian company as they did not meet regulatory standards



World's longest free Wi-Fi zone :  A 20 Km long stretch of road in Bihar's capital city Patna has been declared as free Wi-Fi zone making it World's longest. 



First Indian to become ADB Admin Tribunal President is Lakshmi Swaminathan



Rishang Keishing, Oldest Parliamentarian of India at 94, retires after 70 active years in politics.



Following Presidential assent, Maharashtra Housing (Regulation and Development) Act 2012 , now provides for a Real State Regulator in Maharashtra.



Unclaimed Employees Provident Fund Increased to Rs.3000 Crores




American University offered Indian Doctors access to its Medical expertise

Current Affairs 22nd February 2014

LPG dealers across the country will go on strike 

Sale and import of Bidi products Banned by US  

First list of BJP candidates will announce on 27th February

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) during February 2014 constituted a committee to examine the recommendations of the Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission (FSLRC) relating to capacity building in the banking sector.

Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited (TRIFED) – Main objective of developing this portal is to create a niche market for indigenous artisans and to provide branding, source certification and developing standards for tribal products)

Maharashtra (Bor Sancturay is situated near Hingni in Wardha district. With this total number of tiger reserves in Maharashtra have gone up to six. Four new wildlife sanctuaries of Umred-Karandla, new Nagzira, new Bor and new Navegaon were also created by the state Wildlife Board)

Current Affairs 21st February 2014

Online Bus Ticketing Portal Launched Android and iOS mobile app  

65 Coin Vending Machines installed in Banks in Chennai

Without Aadhaar Card Account Consumers can get LPG Cylinder 

International Mother Language Day Celebrated

Telengana will be the 29th state of India following passage of bill in Rajya Sabha. Presidential 

assent will complete the process of bifurcating Andhra Pradesh. 

Archana Bhargava resigns as CMD of Kolkata based United Bank of India (UBI) following an RBI investigation

The Union Cabinet on 20 February 2014 cleared a proposal for setting up the much-awaited Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC)

The National Mission for Green India (NMGI) received approval from the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on 20 February 2014 as a Centrally-sponsored scheme

Government constitutes M.P. Bezbaruah Committee to look into the "Concerns" (Racism, discrimination, security ) of the Persons from North Eastern States of India living in Different Parts of country

IBPS Exams: Current Affairs 16th February 2014

15th Lok Sabha created a Record

Purushottam Express to become first train in India to have Braille embedded AC Coach

make stations and trains friendlier towards especially abled passengers this coach is designed.

India’s Peak deficit in electricity is 4%

Odisha state government became the first to enact the Lokayukta Bill within the three-month deadline following the passage of the Lokpal Bill by Parliament in December 2013

Rs.2000 crores withdrawn from Indian equities by FII’s in fortnight


Manoj Vaish, CEO of MCX, gets Rs.3 crores of salary


US Scientists have grown human lungs in the lab

Sameer Kochhar is the author of the book ‘ModiNomics’

IBPS Exmas: Current Affairs 15th February 2014

Nirbhaya Keralam Surakshita Keralam programme launched by Sonia

 

 Afghanistan-India ties: Joint inauguration of Afghan National Agricultural Science & Technology University

 

Sixty one 24*7 Self Service E Branches Opened by ICICI Bank


New Additional Director of Crisil in Vinita Bali

AAP is contesting for Lok Sabha under the leadership of Arvind Kejriwal

 

L-G recommends President's rule in Delhi

After Volcanic Eruption, 7 airports closed in Indonesia


Sonia Rejects to pass Women’s Quota Bill in Lok Sabha

Nominated Agencies should not import gold in excess of their limit: RBI


Javed Miandad resigned as Director General of Countries Cricket

IBPS Exams: Current Affairs 14th February 2014

New Chief of BCCC (Broadcast Content Complaints Council) is Mukul Mudgal

New Helpline number for North Eastern People of Delhi is 1093

Second Country to allow Mercy Killing for Children is Belgium

SEBI approved the new Corporate Governance norms

Justice Mudgal named chairman of Broadcasting Content Complaints Council
 

Inflation cools to 5.05 per cent in January

Arvind Kerjriwal, CM of Delhi, Resigned to his position


New CIO of Tata AIA Life Insurance is Harshad Patil


New Global review of data on Women empowerment launched by Hillary R Clinton


Government launched a portal to provide Government to Business Services

IBPS Exams: Current Affairs 13th February 2014`

World Radio Day Celebrated

Balu Mahendra, Film Maker, Passes away


18 Andhra MP’s suspended from Lok Sabha


Delhi Nagar Swaraj Bill approved by Delhi Government

NCML tie up with Canara Bank

 

First State to Legally Ban Smokeless Tobacco is Assam


135th birth day of Sarojini Naidu Celebrated by Google Doodle

IBPS Exams: Current Affairs 12h February 2014

72 New trains announced, to use the coaches that come out from new factories. No fare revisions.  

First Lieutenant General from North East States is Konsam Himalaya Singh


Most Generous Philanthropist of America in 2013 is Mark Zuckerberg

Medaram Jatara Started in Andhra Pradesh


An agreement between ADB and Government of India

Chairperson of Congress Campaign Committee is Sonia Gandhi


New Tax Collection Platform Launched by SBI in West Bengal

India has been ranked 140th in the list of 180 countries in the World Press Freedom Index 2014
New Chief Marketing Officer of Amway India is Sundip Shah


International famous Desert festival started in Jaisalmer

Vinod Sawhny was appointed as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Reliance Communications

IBPS Exams: Current Affairs 11h February 2014

 Kharge to present interim Railway budget in Lok Sabha tomorrow

Government will introduce Telangana Bill first in Lok Sabha

AAP’s Andhra will head by Rama Krishna Raju

Jatinder Bir Singh appointed CMD of Punjab and Sind Bank

New Co-head of Goldman’s Security Unit is Ashok Varadhan

Institutional trading platform for SME’s launched by BSE

New Managing Director of Pennar Industries is Aditya Rao

Mathew Martoma faces up to 20 years in jail over insider trading

AAP Government ordered to file criminal case against Veerapa Moily, Mukesh Ambani

Rain Forest Alliance Certificate to POABS Group

Foundation stone to first Kinfra Global Ayurveda Village

R.K.Tiwari appointed new Chairman of CBDT

IBPS Exams: Current Affairs 10th February 2014

India’s Economy to grow by 4.9 percent in 2013-14: CSO

Pakistan Cricket Board chief removed

Next Prime Minister of Nepal is Sushil Koirala


United Forum of Banks Unions (UFBU) Calls for National wide Bank Strike

 

15 yr old Russian becomes youngest Olympic figure skating gold medalist

New CEO of Reliance Communications is Vinod Sawhny


Apurvi Chandela won 4 medals in 37th edition of Intershoot Championship


Akshaya Patra Foundation achieved an award for Excellence in Financial Reporting for the year 2012-13

Meiyappan involved in betting: Mudgal report

Bindra became 1st person to win three gold medals in Tri-series shooting

Current Affairs 9th February 2014

First miniature size Leadless Cardiac Pacemaker sent into Patient’s heart

RK Tewari to be new Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes

Nabard Sanctioned Rs.348.63 crores to Karnataka under (RIDF) Rural Infrastructure Development Fund


Automatic SMS to the phone about waiting list status

 

Gujarat Government withdrawn Clearance for 9 NELP X Blocks
 

Minimum Charge for Cash Deposit at Non Home Branches of SBI increased from 10 to Rs.50


MuraliKrishna Reddy nominated as All India Vice President of Institution of Engineers India

IBPS Exams: Current Affairs 8th February 2014

 

Andhra Bank planned to raise Rs.800 crores


 

A Merger between Sterling Holiday Resorts (India) Ltd and Thomas Cook (India) Ltd

Vardhman Textiles Net Profit becomes double

First Chairman of ICC Board will be N.Srinivasan



Obama Signed an Agricultural Bill Worth of $ 950 billion

3rd Quarter net profit of J & K is Rs.321.29 crores

 

IBPS Exams: Current Affairs 7th February 2014

HCL Corp’s entry in healthcare sector

 

Vodafone had become India’s first telecom player to be fully owned by a foreign company following approval of company’s FDI proposal by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA)

 

U K Sinha: two more years as Sebi chief

Malala nominated for 'Children's Nobel'

Production of Maruthi 800 Stopped


AIMA Brand Performance Award Achieved by Amul


Majithia Wage Board Recommendations should be implemented

 

Helpline facility to Foreign Nationals by Delhi Police

 

Google Greets Sochi Games

SC directs NTPC not to cut power supply to BSES in Delhi till 26th March

IBPS Exams:Current Affairs 6th February 2014

Abu Dhabi based Etihad Airways Proposal of purchase approved by CCI


Delhi govt orders probe against Sheila Dikshit on CWG projects

First person to receive a Bionic Hand in the world is Dennis Amputee


Magnus Carlsen of Norway won the Zurich Chess Challenge 2014, which concluded at Zurich


GVK Power & Infrastructure attained loss of Rs.45.43 crores

 

New head of C& W’s hospitality biz is PR Srinivas

 

Malala Yousafzai, nominated for the World Children’s Prize in Sweden