Current Affairs February 2015 – Sports AB de Villiers of South Africa scores fastest 150 runs in ODI format. against West Indies in World Cup 2015 at Sydney, Australia. He took 64 deliveries to reach 150 runs. He beat the previous record of Australian Shane Watson by 19 balls. He struck 162 not out in just 66 balls. New-zealand Cricketing Legend Martin David Crowe inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. Ranchi RaysRead More
Category: February 2015
All the Current Affairs News in February 2015 of India and the World
Current Affairs February 2015 – World Boris Nemtsov, the Russian opposition politician, shot dead in Moscow. Jamaica passed a law in Jamaican Parliament to decriminalise marijuana for personal use. 3 million US dollar award announced by FBI for information on Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev. Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev was allegedly involved in a major Cyber- crime in which he played a role of administrator for the GameOver Zeus botnet. Forbes recently released Asia’s 50 most PowerfulRead More
Current Affairs February 2015 – National 10th Aero India show held in Bengaluru. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches Soil Health Card Scheme. The scheme will help farmers in improving productivity by appropriate use of nutrients/fertilizers. 14 crore Soil Health Cards will be issued to farmer of the country in a span of 3 years. Around 3 crore farmers will be covered in financial year 2014-15. Basic Feature of the Soil Health Card:Read More
Current Affairs February 2015 – Obituaries Famous Sociologist Meera Kosambi died. Haryana Ex- Chief Minister Hukam Singh died. Veteran Tamil film director RC Sakthi passed away. Rana Bhagwandas who was the first Hindu Chief Justice of Pakistan dies. Eminent filmmaker Nirad Mahapatra died. Legendary Urdu Poet Dr. Kalim Ahmed Ajiz passed away. Film Producer Daggubati Ramanaidu died. Bollywood Actor Ashraful Haque died. Eminent cartoonist Rajinder Puri passed away. French actor Louis Jourdan died. Noted journalistRead More
Awards Current Affairs January 2015 Arundhathi Subramaniam won Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize for Poetry She won the inaugural Khushwant Singh Memorial Prize at Jaipur Literature Festival. Arundhati was awarded for her book When God is a Traveller. Major Mukund Varadarajan, Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh were posthumously awarded with Ashok Chakra. Padma Awards 2015 were given on the Republic Day. Some notable recipients: Padma Vibhushan- Lal Krishna Advani Prakash Singh Badal Dr. DRead More