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Events of Feb 22-28,
2015
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Feb 22
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Indian scriptures mention Gravity 1500 years before Isaac
Newton: Former ISRO Chief G Madhavan Nair
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Parliament of Thailand passed a law to ban commercial surrogacy
for foreigners
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Anirban Lahiri won the Indian Open 2015 (Golf)
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Ranchi Rays won the Hockey India League (HIL) - 2015 title
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Alex Prem Kumar (a preist) from India who was abducted by
Taliban in Afghanistan was released after 8 months
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Somdev Devvarman retained the Delhi Open title of Tennis
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Yaduveer Raj Urs adopted as heir to Wadiyar dynasty
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WHO approved ReEBOV Antigen rapid test kit to identify
Ebola-infected patients
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Oscar Awards 2015: best film is 'Birdman'
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Nitish Kumar took oath as Chief Minister of Bihar
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Former President of Maldives Mohamed Nasheed arrested in Male
under anti-terror law
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Feb 23
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Union Ministry of Youth Affairs revised the National Sports
Awards Schemes
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Indo-Nepal joint military exercise Surya Kiran VIII started in
Nepal
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Indian Army and State Bank of India inked MoU on Defence Salary
Package
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Anil Kumble and Betty Wilson inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of
Fame
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Union Government accepted 14th Finance Commission
recommendations
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House of Lords of UK passed a legislation allowing creation of
babies using DNA of three people
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US announced to allow work permits to spouses of H-1B visa
holders from May 2015
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No recognition for schools without toilets – Rajasthan HC
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Andhra Pradesh signed MoU with Wipro for building and
implementing APSEA (AP State Enterprise Architecture)
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Feb 24
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Chris Gayle, the Cricketer of West Indies became the first
person to make double century in any Cricket World Cup. He struck 202 off 138
balls in a match against Zimbabwe in World Cup 2015
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Delhi Government launched mLiquorSaleCheck Mobile App to put cap
on sale of illicit liquor
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Google acquired Facebook mobile marketing startup Toro
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World Bank report Building Resilience for Sustainable
Development of the Sundarbans
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Rajendra K Pachauri resigned as Chairperson of Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change
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Foreign Secretary Jaishankar will begin his “SAARC yatra” with a
visit to Thimphu on March 1st and Dhaka on March 2nd, followed by a visit to
Islamabad, where he will resume India-Pakistan foreign secretary-level talks
that were cancelled last year
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Feb 25
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Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, gave its approval
for establishing the New Development Bank (NDB) and the BRICS Contingent
Reserve Arrangement (CRA)
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Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, gave its approval
for the implementation of the scheme for setting up of 15,000 MW of
Grid-connected Solar PV Power projects under the National Solar Mission
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Unit 3 and 4 of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project under
preparation for launch in 2015-16
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Nuclear power generation in India has grown from 14927 Million
Units (MU) of electricity in 2008-09 to 35333 MU in 2013-14
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Union Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers Ananth Kumar launched “2015 – Year of
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients”
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TRAI issued the Telecommunication Mobile Number Portability
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Internet Safety Campaign to be Launched in India in
Collaboration with Cert-In and Google
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The State Government of Delhi has proposed UNESCO to include
‘Delhi’s Imperial Capital Cities’ among the World Heritage Cities
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Centre sanctions Rs.460 cr to 10 states under Swachh Bharat
Mission
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Feb 26
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Railway Budget 2015-16 presented in Parliament
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Forbes on 26 February 2015 released Asia’s 50 Power
Businesswomen 2015 list. The list features six Indian women CEO and Managing
Director (MD).
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The Hindu’s website (www.thehindu.com) has won the Website of
the Year (WOTY) India award for 2014 in the News and Information category.
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Researchers from Australia unveiled world's first 3D printed jet
engine
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Gopinath Pillai appointed as Special Envoy to Andhra Pradesh by
Singapore government
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Parliament of Jamaica passed a law to decriminalise marijuana
for personal use
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Veteran cinematographer Aloysius Vincent passed away
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NSE signed MoU with GIFT to establish an international exchange
in Gujarat
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Former Haryana Chief Minister Hukam Singh passed away
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AB de Villiers of South Africa hit the fastest 150 runs in ODI
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Feb 27
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Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely presented Economic Survey of
India 2014-15 in the Parliament
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National Food Security Act Implemented in Eleven States
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The Indian Navy concluded its annual Theatre Level Readiness and
Operational Exercise (TROPEX)
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Union Government blocked private email network for official work
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Words "Ride-share", "unboxing" added to
Oxford Dictionary
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Feb 28
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National Science Day [Theme: "Science for Nation
Building"]
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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the Union Budget 2015-16
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Martin David Crowe inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame
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Roger Federer won the Dubai Open 2015 title; while Men's Doubles
was won by India's Rohan Bopanna for the third time
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PM accepts resignation of Dr. R.K. Pachauri from PM's Council on
Climate Change
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Physics Utsav-2015 at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
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Self Employment and Talent Utilisation (SETU) to be Established
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If it is NITI Aayog - Narendra Modi; NAC - Sonia Gandhi then DDC
(Delhi Dialogue Commission) - Aravind Kejriwal
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February 2015 Events
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