Yak February 2017 Electrical Current Affairs Highlights (One-Liners)
Feb 2017 Current Affairs Highlights (One-Liners)
- 11th biennial edition of International Aerospace too Defence Exhibition - Aero Republic of Republic of India 2017 was held at the Air Force Station, Yelahanka, Bangalore from Feb 14-18.
- 14th Death anniversary of 1st Indian American adult woman inward infinite Kalpana Chawla was observed on 1st Feb 2017.
- 17th session of BIMSTEC senior officials’ coming together was late held at Kathmandu. It has been announced that the 4th edition of BIMSTEC Summit-2017 volition live held inward Nepal
- 2 novel All Republic of Republic of India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) volition come upwards up inward Jharkhand too Gujarat.
- 2nd International Women's Trade Expo was late held at Kathmandu (Nepal).
- 31st Surajkund International Crafts Mela was late held. Theme province : Jharkhand. Partner land : Egypt.
- 6th Feb is observed equally 'International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation' each yr to educate too spread awareness close its dangers.
- 81st Senior National Badminton Championships. Mens Singles Winner : Sorabh Verma (by defeating Lakshya Sen), Womens Singles Winner : Rituparna Das (by defeating Reshma Karthik).
- A 2-day mega lawsuit of Global Investor Summit, branded equally "Momentum Jharkhand" was late held at Khelgaon of Ranchi.
- A famine (extreme scarcity of food) has been declared inward parts of South Sudan alongside over 1 lakh people facing starvation equally a final result of the country's three-year-long civil war.
- A colina station bike path, believed to live the showtime inward India, late opened inward Darjeeling.
- A punishment of equal amount volition live levied for whatever cash transaction of over ₹3 lakh from Apr 1.
- According to a latest study past times the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Republic of Republic of India has been the world's largest importer of major arms inward the in conclusion 5 years.
- Actor Amitabh Bachchan too industrialist Ratan Tata have got offered to fund cancer survivor Neelam Kumar's comic book. The book, which would portion stories of survivors, is going to live the showtime comic mass on cancer, which is due for publication.
- Actor too model Milind Soman successfully completed the 517.5-kilometre-long Ultraman Florida challenge, considered to live 1 of the world's toughest endurance races.
- Afghanistan all-rounder Mohammad Nabi has locomote the showtime cricketer from his province to bring together the Indian Premier League (IPL).
- Alastair Cook has resigned equally England's Test captain after a tape 59 matches inward charge.
- Amit Mishra, after picking upwards his 201st T20 wicket inward the Bengaluru T20I, became India's highest wicket taker inward T20 cricket, overtaking Ravichandran Ashwin's tape of 200 wickets.
- Andhra Pradesh's Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu inaugurated the First Model Police Station inward Republic of Republic of India at Nagarampalem,Guntur.
- Anil Ambani grouping led Reliance Defence too Engineering Limited (RDEL) has signed a Master Ship Repair Agreement (MSRA) alongside the US Navy to render repair too alteration services for ships of the Seventh Fleet.
- Arizona Senate has approved a mouth that expands law mightiness to arrest anyone involved inward a protestation that is probable to plough bad.
- As constituent of Universal Immunization Programme, the Union Health Ministry has launched a unmarried vaccine for dual protection against measles too rubella.
- As per regulations, a physician needs to denote his fees earlier the handling too non after it.
- Atlanta-based startup Greenlight has developed a debit carte du jour for children that their parents tin care alongside a smartphone app.
- Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull too Indonesian President Joko Widodo have got jointly agreed to restore total armed forces cooperation betwixt the ii countries.
- Author George RR Martin (original writer of the TV series Game of Thrones) has revealed that a novel brusque story titled 'The Sons of the Dragon' volition live published inward fantasy anthology 'The Book of Swords' on Oct 10.
- Bank of America has opened 3 completely automated branches inward the US which do non employ whatever human.
- Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie has announced his novel novel titled 'The Golden House'.
- Border Security Force is developing an all-women's motorbike stunt squad named 'Jaanbaaz' at its university inward Madhya Pradesh.
- Canada's 2d most populous metropolis Montreal has voted unanimously on a legislation to declare itself a sanctuary metropolis to allow undocumented immigrants access to city-funded services such equally shelters, housing too nutrient banks.
- Cash purchases of jewellery volition attract 1% revenue enhancement collected at source (TCS) from Apr 1 if the amount exceeds ₹2 lakh, equally against the electrical flow threshold of ₹5 lakh.
- Centre permits Tamil Nadu to growth the number of workdays nether MGNREGA scheme from 100 to 150 days.
- Chelsea too England legend Frank Lampard ended his 21-year professional person football game career by announcing his retirement.
- Chewing paste is banned inward Singapore to halt people from littering world places alongside chewing-gum litter.
- China has appointed 1.6 metre-tall self-driving robot law officers alongside electrical riot command tool to patrol the streets.
- China has started taking fingerprints of all unusual visitors, aged betwixt fourteen to 70, at the Shenzhen International Airport to meliorate border checks.
- China has successfully tested a novel version of a DF-5C missile that tin send upwards to 10 nuclear warheads.
- China has surpassed Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany to locomote the world's largest producer of solar liberate energy after nearly doubling its installed photovoltaic capacity inward 2016.
- China suspended all imports of coal from Democratic People's Republic of Korea starting 19th Feb 2017.
- Chinese smartphone maker ZTE has unveiled the 'Gigabit Phone', which it says is the world's showtime 5G network compatible smartphone.
- 'Clicktivism' (a discussion for armchair activists on social media), 'otherize' (viewing a grouping of people equally intrinsically unlike from oneself) too 'haterade' (excessive criticism) are amid the novel additions to oxforddictionaries.com.
- Cueist Pankaj Advani has won the Indian National Snooker Championship inward Pune to register his 29th national title.
- Defending champions Republic of Republic of India defeated Islamic Republic of Pakistan past times nine wickets to win the T20 Blind Cricket World Cup inward Bangalore.
- Delhi Police celebrated its 70th Raising Day on 16th Feb 2017.
- Elahiganj inward Murshidabad district has locomote the showtime hamlet inward Bengal to ban sale too consumption of alcohol too narcotics.
- Elon Musk-led electrical vehicle maker Tesla Motors dropped the discussion 'Motors' from its refer after acquiring a solar panel-making society SolarCity inward a bargain worth $2 billion in conclusion year.
- Elon Musk-led infinite exploration startup SpaceX successfully launched its Dragon spacecraft which volition deliver nearly 2,500 kg of cargo to International Space Station for NASA.
- English cricketer Joe Root has been appointed equally England's novel Test captain.
- Ethiopian runner Genzebe Dibaba broke the women's 2,000-metre world record, running the distance inward 5 minutes, 23.75 seconds, at an indoor arena inward Spain.
- Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced the launch of Swayam, an online teaching platform that volition give students access to over 350 courses, piece presenting the Union Budget today.
- Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has introduced the Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Bill 2017 inward Lok Sabha. The Bill aims at replacing the annotation ban ordinance that extinguishes the liability of the regime too the RBI on demonetised high-value notes.
- Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has presented the Union Budget for the yr 2017-18 inward the Lok Sabha on 1st Feb 2017. This is his quaternary annual budget too the showtime budget after demonetization.
- Former Argentine histrion Diego Maradona has been given an ambassadorial role past times football game governing trunk FIFA.
- Former Islamic Republic of Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi announced his retirement from T20 internationals, thereby ending his 21-year long international career.
- Former Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakkara became the Second Asian, after Mahela Jayawardene, too 16th overall to characteristic inward 1,000 matches across all forms of the game.
- French’s Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has won the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament (also known equally Rotterdam tennis) title.
- Homegrown applied scientific discipline society Smartron is laid to launch an exclusive Sachin Tendulkar-branded electrochemical cell inward April.
- ICC has approved the consistent utilisation of Decision Review System (DRS) inward all international cricket, likewise approving its utilisation inward the World T20 side past times side year.
- ICICI Bank has allowed its customers to procedure UPI transactions via Flipkart-owned digital wallet app PhonePe.
- In a showtime inward India, the Kerala regime has decided to prepare a registry of sexual practice offenders. The publically available registry volition incorporate the names too details of people who commit crimes against women.
- In it's fifth Bi-Monthly monetary policy review, the Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) kept the Repo charge per unit of measurement unchanged at 6.25%.
- In gild to choose transparency inward political funding too curbing dark money, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced that maximum cash funding to parties volition live express to ₹2,000 per donor.
- India too Republic of Croatia have got signed an understanding to boost bilateral merchandise too elevate economical cooperation.
- India too Nepal have got agreed to build novel cross-border mightiness transmission lines during their quaternary bilateral coming together on mightiness cooperation.
- India too Rwanda signed 3 MoUs for promoting innovation, easing visa requirements too boosting air connectivity betwixt the ii countries.
- India too Sri Lanka have got signed an MOU to create a novel multi-ethnic tri-lingual secondary schoolhouse inward Polonnaruwa District of Sri Lanka.
- India continues to remain the largest contributor to cancer deaths at 22 lakh every year, out of the global figure of 88 lakh.
- India has sanctioned a soft loan of 340 1000000 US dollars to Nepal for diverse infrastructure evolution programmes.
- India has won it's 1st Gold medal of ISSF World Cup inward Delhi inward 10m Pistol Mixed squad event.
- India held a total wealth of $6.2 trillion (over ₹415 lakh crore) equally of Dec 2016, a New World Wealth study has revealed.
- India is going to host a conference on counter-radicalisation alongside the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) inward Oct 2017.
- India ranked depression 43rd amid the surveyed 45 nations inward 2017 International Intellectual Property Index (IIPI). United States of America of America topped the list.
- India today successfully test-fired its Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor missile dubbed equally Ashwin from launching complex-IV of Dhamara Abdul Kalam defence forcefulness base of operations off Odisha coast.
- India was ranked 143rd out of 186 economies inward the annual Index of Economic Freedom 2017 which measures the flat of economical liberty inward the countries of the world. Hong Knong topped the list.
- India volition allow non-state mining companies to mine too sell coal for the showtime fourth dimension inward to a greater extent than than 4 decades,
- India volition host FIBA Women’s Asia Cup basketball game tournament inward July.
- India won all 3 medals inward the 12.8 Kilometre Individual Time Trial at the sixth Asian Para-Road Cycling Championship held inward Bahrain.
- India won the men's Roll Ball World Cup Championship equally they shell Islamic Republic of Iran 8-7 inward the finals.
- Indian Coast Guard Ship ICGS AYUSH was commissioned at Kochi, Kerala past times Vice Admiral AR Karwe, Flag Officer Commanding-in- Chief, Southern Naval Command.
- Indian information technology services major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has been ranked the world's 3rd most valuable create inward information technology services manufacture past times create valuation work solid Brand Finance.
- Indian Navy's aircraft carrier INS Viraat volition live decommissioned from service on March 6. This is the oldest surviving aircraft carrier inward the world, too holds a Guinness world tape for the same.
- Indian Railways has unveiled Antyodaya Express, a novel educate for the unreserved passengers. The showtime Antyodaya Express is slated to start betwixt Bombay (Maharashtra) too Tatanagar (Jharkhand) too 2d betwixt Ernakulam too Howrah.
- Indian shooter Ankur Mittal won silverish inward the men's Double Trap lawsuit at the ISSF World Cup inward New Delhi.
- Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal, who became a fellow member of the International Olympic Committee's Athletes' Commission (IOC AC) in conclusion year, would live representing the panel inward the Badminton World Federation (BWF).
- Indian shuttlers Tarun Kona too Alwin Francis have got won the Men's doubles entitle (Gold) at the 2017 Republic of Uganda International Series.
- Indian skipper Virat Kohli features on Cover Page of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.
- Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully Earth tested its indigenously developed Cryogenic Upper Stage engine for GSLV Mark III at its Liquid Propulsion Complex at Mahendragiri inward Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu today.
- Indian Women’s squad has won Silver medal at the Asian Rugby Sevens Trophy tournament held at Vientiane, Laos.
- Indian women's cricket squad captain Mithali Raj has locomote the 2d adult woman histrion to cross 5,500 runs inward ODIs.
- India's showtime always floating simple schoolhouse has opened on Loktak Lake, the freshwater lake inward the country, inward Manipur.
- India's Pooja Ghatkar has won bronze inward the Women's 10-metre air rifle on the opening twenty-four hr flow of the International Shooting Sports Federation World Cup at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Ranges inward Delhi today.
- India's women's cricket squad have got qualified for the 2017 women's cricket World Cup to live held inward June inward England.
- Indonesian President Joko Widodo was on his showtime see to Australia.
- INS Viraat, the 2d aircraft carrier inward the Indian naval fleet, volition live decommissioned on March 6, Vice Admiral Girish Luthra announced today.
- International Day of Women too Girls inward Science is observed on Feb 11th each yr to promote gender equality too encourage to a greater extent than women too girls to larn involved inward scientific discipline too research.
- International Mother Language Day was observed on 21st Feb 2017 alongside the Theme "Towards Sustainable Futures through Multilingual Education"
- Japanese electronics society Sony has announced the world's fastest SD carte du jour alongside a maximum write speed of 299 MB per second.
- Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito marked his 57th birthday on 24th Feb 2017 past times announcing that he is cook to locomote emperor after the expected abdication of his father, Emperor Akihito.
- Justine Clark became the showtime Australian adult woman inward a wheelchair to compete inward the Miss World Commonwealth of Australia contest.
- Lakshya Sen, a 15-year-old shuttler from Dehradun, is badminton's top-ranked junior histrion inward the world.
- Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has inaugurated the 2-day South Asian Speakers' Summit on 'Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)' at Indore.
- NASA discovers 7 Earth-like planets orbiting a star only xl light-years away.
- National productivity calendar week was observed from twelfth to 18th Feb 2017. Theme of National Productivity Week 2017 : “From Waste to Profits-through Reduce, Recycle too Reuse”
- National Science Day was observed on 28th Feb 2017 alongside the Theme ‘Science too Technology for Specially Abled Persons’ .
- Navy's survey-class vessel INS Sarvekshak has locomote India's showtime warship to install solar panels on board.
- Netherlands' Germaine de Randamie became the 1st winner of the UFC women's featherweight championship.
- On the occasion of its 75th Foundation Day, the Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) has launched of mobile wallet ‘Oriental Batuaa’.
- One of the meaning biodiversity mega events of India, the National Biodiversity Congress (NBC) 2017 was late held at Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala). Theme of National Biodiversity Congress (NBC) 2017 : “Mainstreaming Biodiversity for Sustainable Development”.
- Pakistan has signed 10 Agreements alongside Turkey to elevate bilateral cooperation inward diverse fields.
- Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has lifted the ban on screening of Bollywood films inward the country.
- Pakistan's top Shariat courtroom has legalised using 'test tube baby' method of conceiving for married couples alongside medical complications.
- Paytm's e-commerce arm has launched 'Paytm Mall', a novel mobile app too online shopping portal.
- PM Narendra Modi has locomote the most followed world leader on Facebook, alongside nearly xl 1000000 followers, according to PR work solid Burson-Marsteller which studied world's 169 governments.
- PM Narendra Modi unveiled a 112-foot tall Lord Shiva statue inward Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, on the occasion of Mahashivratri.
- Punjab Government has banned the manufacture, storage, sale or distribution of gutkha, pan masala, processed/flavoured/scented chewing tobacco too whatever other nutrient products containing tobacco or nicotine equally ingredients for a flow of 1 year.
- Queen Elizabeth II, the world's longest-reigning living monarch, has completed 65 years on the British throne on sixth Feb 2017.
- Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu was on 3 twenty-four hr flow see to Nepal. During his stay, he delivered key annotation address at the opening session of Nepal Infrastructure Summit 2017 organised past times Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI).
- Rare Disease Day was observed on 28th Feb 2017 alongside the Theme "research"
- Russia has imposed a temporary ban on imports of beef too beef products from New Zealan.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved an amendment that decriminalizes domestic violence across Russia.
- Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir has made a rare see to Iraq, coming together PM Haider al-Abadi. It is the showtime see of a senior Saudi government minister since the US overthrew Saddam Hussein inward 2003.
- Science Express Climate Action Special, a Science Express educate was flagged off today past times Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on a seven-month journeying that volition encompass 68 stations across the country.
- Sikkim became 22nd province inward the province to bring together Union Government’s Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY).
- South Africa's AB de Villiers scored his 9,000th ODI run inward his 205th innings, breaking an all-time tape of to the lowest degree matches played to achieve the milestone.
- South Asian Speakers’ Summit was late held inward Indore. This summit was attended past times presiding officers too delegates from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Republic of the Maldives too Nepal.
- Sri Lanka celebrated it's Independence Day on 4th Feb 2017.
- Sunil Bharti Mittal-led India's largest telecom operator, Bharti Airtel has announced it is buying Norwegian telecom society Telenor's Republic of Republic of India operations.
- Sweden's deputy Prime Minister Isabella Lövin signed a climate mouth aimed at cutting all greenhouse gas emissions inward the province past times 2045.
- Tata Motors announced a partnership alongside applied scientific discipline major Microsoft to develop India's showtime cloud-connected smart cars.
- Technology major Google has won a bargain to prepare its showtime city-wide Wi-Fi projection called Google Station inward Pune.
- The 11th biennial edition of International Aerospace & Defence exhibition - AeroIndia 2017 late concluded inward Bengaluru.
- The 1st Amaravati Global Music too Dance Festival began today at Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh).
- The 1st heliport inward Republic of Republic of India was inaugurated past times Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju inward North Delhi.
- The 2-day coming together of SAARC Programming Committee was late held inward Kathmandu (Nepal).
- The 2-day UNESCO Natural Heritage Festival was late held at the Great Himalayan National Park inward Sai Ropa, Himachal Pradesh.
- The 2nd edition of the International Spice Conference was late held at Kovalam inward Thiruvananthapuram district.
- The 3-day Desert Festival of Jaisalmer was late held at Sam Sand Dunes.
- The 3-day National Women’s Parliament, which is beingness organised past times Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly was late held at the province upper-case missive of the alphabet part Amaravati. Theme of National Women's Parliament 2017 - ‘Empowering Women — Strengthening Democracy’
- The 44th edition of world famous Khajuraho Dance Festival was held at inward the backdrop of the famous Khajuraho temples inward Chhatrapur district, Madhya Pradesh.
- The Afghan practise of 'bacha bazi', which involves the sexual enslavement of boys, is laid to live criminalised for the showtime time.
- The Arunachal Pradesh regime has announced that it has implemented 'e-Cabinet', a paperless organisation to cutting downwards on the fourth dimension taken to grip a cabinet meeting.
- The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the enhancement of capacity from 20,000 MW to 40,000 MW of the Scheme for Development of Solar Parks too Ultra Mega Solar Power Projects.
- The fundamental regime has released 'Mission XI Million' programme, an activity project design to create football game a 'sport of choice' inward India.
- The Centre has approved an investment of Rs 1,350 crore to Andhra Pradesh for improvement of basic urban infrastructure nether the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation too Urban Transformation (AMRUT) over the side past times side 3 fiscals.
- The Centre has formed a 6-member commission to give a study on ways to meliorate India’s Haj policy too also facial expression into number of subsidy to the pilgrimage. Convener of the Committee : Afzal Amanullah (Former Consulate General of India, Jeddah).
- The Centre is going to create all ration shops nether the world distribution organisation Aadhaar-enabled past times June 30.
- The Centre is going to rename existing too time to come airports after cities instead of personalities.
- The Delhi regime has approved approximately 37% hike inward the minimum reward for unskilled, semi-skilled too skilled persons.
- The Dutch regime has announced that all votes inward it's elections volition live counted past times manus instead of electronic methods to avoid hacking.
- The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has introduced a Common Form to allow people create unlike types of money withdrawals from their PF account.
- The regime approved a 900 MW hydropower projection worth ₹5,723.72 crore to live prepare inward Nepal's Sankhuwasabha district.
- The regime has launched a QR (quick response) code-based payment solution called BharatQR to allow cashless payments without a carte du jour swiping machine.
- The regime has launched costless anti-virus softwares for smartphones too personal computers named 'Mkavach' too 'Samvid' respectively. Another software named 'USBPratirodh' has been launched to command the unauthorised usage of removable USB storage devices.
- The GST Council has approved a law to compensate states for whatever loss of revenue from the implementation of the novel nationwide indirect taxation regime.
- The Gujarat Assembly has passed Gujarat Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial too Other Subsidies, Benefits too Services) Bill, 2017. This mouth seeks to empower the province regime to utilisation Aadhaar number equally the sole identifier for the delivery of diverse subsidies too benefits inward an effective too targeted manner.
- The Haryana regime has made it mandatory for all individual schools to install solar systems.
- The Indian regime has cleared a ₹17,000-crore bargain alongside State of Israel to jointly develop a Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MR-SAM) for the Army.
- The Indian Navy's 2d sailboat 'Tarini' was inducted into service at a ceremony inward Goa.
- The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) made history past times successfully launcheing 104 satellites inward 1 go. With this, ISRO has broke the world tape for the most number of satellites launched from a unmarried rocket (37 satellites past times Russian Federation inward 2014).
- The Indian women's rugby squad won a Silver medal at the Asian Women's Rugby Sevens Trophy inward Laos.
- The International Association of Athletics Federations has extended its ban on Russia, ruling them out from the World Athletics Championships inward London inward August.
- The Jammu too Kashmir regime has set a cap on the number of guests for a daughter's wedding ceremony at 500, too for a son's wedding ceremony at 400 starting Apr 1.
- The Kalimpong subdivision of the Darjeeling hills became the 21st district of West Bengal.
- The Karnataka regime passed the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Karnataka Amendment) Bill, 2017, inward the Legislative Assembly to legalise the traditional buffalo-racing sport Kambala.
- The Kerala regime is going to create a six-day anti-corruption induction grooming mandatory for regime service officials inward the state.
- The Lok Sabha passed the Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill, 2017. This mouth seeks to enable employers to pay reward to workers through cheque or direct crediting to their accounts.
- The Mexican regime has announced that it would non have got US deportees from 3rd countries nether whatever circumstances.
- The calendar month of Feb has been celebrated equally 'Black History Month' inward the US since 1976 to admit contributions of African-Americans.
- The National Institution for Transforming Republic of Republic of India (NITI) Aayog too Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) jointly launched Republic of Republic of India Innovation Index.
- The National Rail Museum inward New Delhi celebrated its 40th anniversary on 3rd Feb 2017.
- The Navapur Railway Station is located inward ii states, alongside one-half of the station beingness located inward Maharashtra too the other one-half inward Gujarat.
- The New Delhi Municipal Council renamed Central Delhi's 'Dalhousie Road' after Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's elderberry blood brother Dara Shikoh, who promoted the peace too concord betwixt the followers of Hinduism too Islam.
- The New England Patriots were crowned the Super Bowl champions after defeating Atlanta Falcons at the 51st edition of the American football game entitle today.
- The Olympic torch for the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics was unveiled past times the Games' organising commission inward PyeongChang, South Korea, 1 yr earlier the opening ceremony.
- The Islamic Republic of Pakistan Navy has kicked of its biannually-held multinational AMAN 2017 naval exercise inward Karachi, Pakistan.
- The Raj Bhawan inward Goa has turned cashless alongside all their transactions including identify expenses too tour expenditures shifting from regular to plastic money.
- The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has announced that it has non authorized dealings inward or utilisation of Bitcoin or whatever other virtual currency.
- The Right to Information (RTI) Act came into forcefulness inward Sri Lanka, a legislation aimed at restoring transparency too skillful governance inward the province that has been plagued past times corruption too misrule.
- The Sports Ministry received a hike of ₹350 crore inward the Union Budget.
- The Supreme Court directed the Central regime to link all mobile numbers to Aadhaar inside a year.
- The Supreme Court introduced Middle Income Group Scheme (MIGS) a self-supporting scheme for providing legal services to the middle too relatively lower income groups.
- The U.K. House of Commons approved legislation that would allow Prime Minister Theresa May to officially start out the Brexit process.
- The U.K. regime too the EU have got pledged £170 1000000 (around ₹1,400 crore) assistance to South Sudan next the proclamation of the world's showtime famine since 2011.
- The Union Cabinet approved signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) betwixt Republic of Republic of India too Senegal inward the champaign of Health too Medicine.
- The Union Cabinet chaired past times Prime Minister Narendra Modi was apprised of the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) of cooperation betwixt Technology Development Board (TDB), Department of Science too Technology, Government of Republic of Republic of India too Bpifrance- which is a Public Investment Bank inward France.
- The Union Cabinet chaired past times the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved 'Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan' (PMGDISHA) to create 6 crore rural households digitally literate. This is expected to live 1 of the largest digital literacy programmes inward the world.
- The Union Cabinet has been apprised of the Framework Agreement betwixt Republic of Republic of India too Vietnam on cooperation inward the exploration too uses of outer infinite for peaceful purposes.
- The Union Cabinet has given its approving for signing of an Agreement betwixt Republic of Republic of India too Poland on cooperation inward the champaign of agriculture too allied sectors.
- The Union Government has singed Financing Agreement for IDA credit of $201.50 1000000 alongside World Bank for the ‘Third Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme’ (TEQIP III).
- The Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has constituted a sub-committee of Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE) to facial expression into issues of girl’s education. Head of this Committee : Kadiyam Srihari (Deputy Chief Minister too Education Minister of Telangana)
- The Union Minister for Science & Technology too globe Sciences Dr. Harsh Vardhan released the Special Edition of “Atlas for Visually Impaired (India)” inward English linguistic communication Braille inward New Delhi.
- The Union Ministry of Commerce too Industry has launched airplane pilot Revenue Insurance Scheme for Plantation Crops (RISPC) for protecting the growers from the risks such equally pest attacks, yield loss too income reject caused past times autumn inward prices.
- The Union Ministry of Health too Family Welfare has launched SAATHIYA Resource Kit too SAATHIYA SALAH mobile app for adolescents equally constituent of the Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK) programme. The kit too app volition assist Peer Educators (Saathiyas) who are introduced nether the RKSK programme.
- The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRB) volition shortly prepare a subdivision – National Testing Agency (NTA) to demeanor examinations for higher too secondary education.
- The Union Ministry of Railways too Italy’s world sector track society Ferrovie Dello Stato Italiane Group (FS Group) has signed MoU for technical cooperation inward track sector peculiarly inward the surface area of security too modernisation.
- The Union Ministry of Textiles too Ministry of Social Justice too Empowerment have got signed an MoU to prepare interventions for the welfare too economical evolution of scheduled caste artisans.
- The week-long Brahan Natyanjali, a trip the low-cal fantastic obeisance to Lord Bragadeesvarar, was late held hivarathri at the Big Temple inward Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu.
- Thiruvananthapuram has been ranked showtime amid the 21 Indian cities that were tested on urban governance parameters, according to the latest survey past times Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship too Democracy.
- To regulate marriages of minority Hindus inward the country, the Pakistani Senate unanimously passed the Hindu Marriage Bill. It volition assist Hindus to larn a documentary proof of their matrimony too also discourage forced conversions to Islam.
- To shore upwards bilateral ties, the 1st Strategic Dialogue betwixt Republic of Republic of India too mainland People's Republic of China was late held at Beijing (capital of China).
- Top seeds Republic of Republic of India defeated Malaysia to win the Gold medal inward the Boys' squad lawsuit at the Asian Junior Squash Championships inward Hong Kong today.
- Turkey's regular army is lifting a historic ban on woman soul officers wearing the Islamic headscarf inward the officially secular country.
- US-based scientists have got developed a method that uses ultraviolet low-cal too rhodium nanoparticles to convert carbon dioxide into methane, a key ingredient for fuel.
- US-based scientists have got laid a novel tape of information transfer via superdense coding, a procedure past times which the properties of particles similar photons, protons, too electrons are used to store information.
- Venezuela too Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya were suspended from voting inward the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) inward the 2016-17 session for non paying dues to the world body.
- Vice President too Prime Minister of the UAE Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid today announced the 'Mars 2117' project design to build the 1st metropolis on Mars inward 100 years.
- Vice President Hamid Ansari was on a 5-day see to Rwanda too Uganda. During this visit, he held bilateral talks alongside the leadership of the ii East African nations likewise attention a host of events. This is the showtime high-level see from Republic of Republic of India to Rwanda.
- Virat Kohli has locomote the showtime Indian athlete to sign a bargain worth over ₹100 crore alongside a brand, after signing upwards alongside Puma.
- Virat Kohli has locomote the alone histrion to score 4 double centuries inward 4 consecutive Test series.
- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced a "cremation/burial allowance" of ₹2,000 for people of Below Poverty Line (BPL) families inward the state.
- World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva equally on the official see to India. This is her showtime official visit.
- World Cancer Day was observed on 4th Feb 2017 alongside the Theme 'We can. I can'.
- World Day of Social Justice was observed on 20th Feb 2017 alongside the Theme "Preventing conflict too sustaining peace through decent work”.
- World Radio Day was observed on 13th Feb 2017 alongside the Theme “Radio is You”.
- World Wetlands Day was observed on 2nd Feb 2017 alongside the Theme "Wetlands for Disaster Risk Reduction".
- Young Indian racer Jehan Daruvala made history past times winning New Zealand Grand Prix 2017 at Manfeild (New Zealand).
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