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Page-11 of Current Affairs - February, 2015

Arvind Kejriwal sworn in as 8th CM of Delhi

Arvind Kejriwal was sworn-in as 8th Chief Minister of Delhi. Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung administered the oath of office and secrecy to him at oath taking ceremony...

February 14, 2015

Balasubramaniam Venkataramani appointed as MD & CEO of Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX)

Balasubramaniam Venkataramani has been appointed as new MD & CEO of Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX). He will replace then MD & CEO Manoj Vaish. Prior to this appointment...

February 14, 2015

Cipla wins Rs 1170 cr tender from Global Fund to supply HIV drugs

Indian pharmaceutical giant, Cipla has been awarded $188.95 million (around Rs. 1,172 crore) Contract by Global Fund to supply ARV (anti-retroviral) drugs. Cipla has been selected as a...

February 13, 2015

Ashish Agrawal appointed as Chief Technology Officer of Micromax Informatics

Micromax Informatics has appointed Ashish Agrawal as its new Chief Technology Officer (CTO). As CTO of Micromax, he will be responsible for defining the vision and the direction...

February 13, 2015

Fourth river festival begins in Madhya Pradesh

Fourth River festival has begun at Bandrabhan bank of Narmada River in Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh. Three day festival was inaugurated by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan....

February 13, 2015

Union Home Ministry forms three-member SIT to probe 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has constituted a three-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) for re-investigation of the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases mainly in Delhi and other States. Members: Three-member SIT...

February 13, 2015

Telugu novelist Kesava Reddy passes away

Renowned Telugu novelist Kesava Reddy has passed away in Nizamabad district of Telangana. He was 68. He was well known for his writings that had addressed many important...

February 13, 2015

India ranks 136 in World Press Freedom Index (WPFI) 2015

In recently released World Press Freedom Index (WPFI), India was placed at 136th rank out of 180 nations surveyed worldwide in terms of press freedom in 2015. In...

February 13, 2015

Indian-origin scientist Gurpreet Singh wins $500,000 National Science Foundation CAREER  award

An Indian-origin scientist Gurpreet Singh has won prestigious $500,000 National Science Foundation CAREER award. He has won this award  for his research on Scalable liquid exfoliation processing of ultrathin...

February 13, 2015

Himachal Pradesh government launches Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System Project

Himachal Pradesh government has launched Crime and Criminal Tracking Network System (CCTNS) Project in the state. This project will enable the State Police to raise the benchmark of...

February 12, 2015

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