Events of Feb 01-07,
2015
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Feb 01
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Maharashtra
approved field trials for GM food
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Gujarat
Technological University launched e-Raksha Research Centre to fight
cybercrime
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PETA
announced to create India's first fenced elephant sanctuary near Bengaluru
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India
successfully test-fired canister-based ICBM Agni V missile
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India's
Leander Paes won Australian Open 2015 (Mixed Doubles) title along with
Martina Hingis; it is 15th Grand Slam title for Leander Paes
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Serbia's
Novak Djokovic won Australian Open 2015 (Men's Singles) title; he defeated
Britain's Andy Murray in the final
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10th
century sculpture of Buddha discovered in Thanjavur
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Japan
successfully launched the Information Gathering Satellite
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Mithileshwar
awarded with Shrilal Shukla Sahitya IFFCO Award 2014
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Paul
van Ass appointed as coach of National Men’s Hockey team
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Feb 02
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India
and China jointly launched Visit India Year in China
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13th
meet of the Foreign Ministers of India, Russia and China was held in Beijing;
Joint Communiqué of tri-nation was released
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SC
sought response from Union Government on making Moral Science a compulsory
subject in Schools
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Madhya
Pradesh won the 10th National Award for excellent work in MGNREGA
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Pakistan
successfully test-fired indigenously developed Air Launched Cruise Missile
(ALCM) Ra’ad
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Committee
on Infrastructure Development approved development of no-frill airports at
Ajmer, Belgaum
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Renowned
Photo journalist Krishna Murari Kishan passed away
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Bangladesh
Cabinet approved National ICT Draft Policy 2015
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Maharashtra
Netball player Mayuresh Pawar died during the 35th National Games
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World
Wetland Day (Theme: "Wetlands For
Our Future")
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Feb 03
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Reserve
Bank holds repo rate unchanged at 7.75 per cent; cuts statutory liquidity
ratio by 50 basis points to boost liquidity
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Saloni
Dalal (12 year), a school girl of Karnataka became the youngest medal winner
(1 Silver + 1 Bronze) in the 35th National Games in Kerala
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Sergio
Mattarella sworn-in as the President of Italy
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Union
Government constituted Anil Baijal Panel to suggest a framework to assess CSR
activities
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Two
algal species Ulva paschima Bast, Cladophora goensis Bast discovered off
India’s west coast
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SMAP:
NASA’s first satellite to collect global soil moisture
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British
House of Commons voted to allow creation of babies with DNA from three people
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International
Court of Justice ruled Neither Croatia nor Serbia committed genocide during
Balkan War
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Haryana
Government launched e-registration of properties in all tehsils of the State
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Bihar
Government decided to provide free education to SC, ST and girl students till
PG
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Feb 04
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World
Cancer Day; Theme: 'Not Beyond Us'
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Union
Government sacked Home Secretary Anil Goswami
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Goyal
is the new Union Home Secretary
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Indian
(Gagan Panjbai) on UN Mission among 16 killed in Congo
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26
people were killed when a TransAsia Plane clipped an overpass soon after take
off in Taiwan
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India
agreed to share data on nuclear material with US
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Micromax
became India's biggest and world's third largest smartphone vendor
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Odisha
Government appointed Justice MM Das as Chairman of Commission of Inquiry
probing Chit Fund Scam
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Union
Government announced 850 crore rupees development package for Andhra Pradesh
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Gujarat
Handloom Corporation signed MoU with E-commerce firm eBay
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The
President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented Visitor’s Awards for
Central Universities in the categories of ‘Best University’, ‘Innovation’ and
‘Research’ for the year 2015 at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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Feb 05
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UN:
ISIS is buring kids alive in Iraq
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Jordan
begins bombing ISIS targets
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Ban
beauty shows in colleges - Madras High Court
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Religious
intolerance would have shocked Mahatma Gandhi - Barack Obama
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Twitter,
Google signed a deal to make tweets searchable
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Jharkhand
Government decided to provide tablets to all girls student studying in class
9, 10, 11 and 12 in government Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV).
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Dr.
Zakir A. Naik, the founder and President of the Islamic Research Foundation
of India won the King Faisal International Prize (KFIP) for the year 2015.
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Indian
Railways Conclude First Bilateral Power Purchase Agreement
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Feb 06
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Madras
HC directed Tamil Nadu government to ban beauty contests in colleges
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Tata
Communications Ltd signed 20 million US dollars deal with KION Group
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Four
SAARC Countries (India, Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh) Move to Finalize Motor
Vehicles Agreement
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India
invites entrepreneurs from Lebanon to invest in Mega Food Parks and Cold
Chain
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The
tenth India Mongolia Joint Training Exercise culminated with a grand closing
ceremony held at Gwalior Military Cantonment
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Despite
high maternal mortality, India records drop in fertility
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Will
not allow Thiruvananthapuram airport to lose its 'International Status' - Mr.
Sashi Tharoor
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Feb 07
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PM
meets the Head of Indian Missions in New Delhi; He urged the IFS officers to
use the current global environment to position India in leading role
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Government
decided to infuse Rs. 6990 crore in 9 Public Sector Banks in the current year
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Majuli
Island will be declared as "Water Heritage Island" - Ms. Uma
Bharati
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67.08%
of votes polled in Delhi Assembly Elections
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Ukraine:
German chancellor Merkel pushes for peace
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Need
to make defence products locally: Manohar Parrikar
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Vizhinjam
project in Kerala gets Centre's approval
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Change
of Guard likely in Bihar
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