Titanic 2
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1. Anirban Lahiri
wins Hilton Asian Tour Golfer of the Year award
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2. Lionel Messi
win his first "Player of the Month" Award
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3. Pachauri
proceeds on leave, Ashok Chawla is chairman of TERI
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4. Harinder Sidhu
appointed as Australia Envoy to India
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5. Indian-origin
Davinder Singh named vice-chair of ICC Commission on Corporate Responsibility
and Anti-corruption
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6. RBI to inject
more cash into banks in March
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7. Goa may term
national bird peacock as 'vermin'
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8. Titanic 2 to
set sail in 2018
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9. ISRO to launch
cryogenic engine satellite
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10. Gujarat to
get India's first disabled-friendly beach
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11. SC allows
states to suspend internet services
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12. Nidar: India
launches 'lightest gun' weighing 250g
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13. India, UAE
signed nine agreements including renewable energy and finance.
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14. Microsoft
releases app to identify dog breeds
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15. Kavita Raut
qualifies for 2016 Rio Olympics
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16. India wins 100th
South Asian Games gold medal
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17. Pulitzer
winning composer Leslie Bassett passes away.
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18. UAE named women ministers for
happiness, tolerance
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19. Book titled A Kingdom for his Love
launched by Amar Chitra Katha
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20. Soviet football legend Anatoli Ilyin
passed away
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21. The Asian
Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) announced the appointment of India’s
nominee, Dr. D.J. Pandian, as the Vice-President, Chief Investment Officer of
the newly formed USD 100 billion multilateral development bank.
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22. Australia
announced the appointment of Indian-origin Harinder Sidhu as the country’s
next High Commissioner to India. She will replace the outgoing High
Commissioner Patrick Suckling.
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23. Shri Suresh
Prabhu, Union Minister of Railways launched three IT enabled projects through
Video-Conferencing which included (i) Paperless unreserved ticketing through
mobile phone in suburban section of South Central Railway (ii) Pilot Project
of hand Held Terminals for TTEs on Northern Railway and (iii) E-booking of
disposable linen on trains at New Delhi Railway Station and Nizamuddin
Railway Station.
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24. Acclaimed
film director Aurobindo Mukherjee passed away. He was Ninety Seven Years Old.
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25. A top
Indian-origin lawyer in Singapore Devendra Singh has been named as
vice-chairman of the Paris-based ‘International Chamber of Commerce
Commission’. International Chamber of Commerce Commission is a private sector
world business organisation with a central role in global trade and commerce.
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26. Ministry of
Railways and Governments of Telangana signed Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) for Formation of Joint Venture Companies for Development of Railway
Infrastructure in Telangana State.
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27. The Ministry
of Women and Child Development has expanded Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao scheme
in additional 61 district (covering 11 states). Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
(BBBP) Scheme was launched on 22nd January, 2015 at Panipat in Haryana.
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28. West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee laid the foundation stone of an integrated
consumer goods manufacturing unit by ITC at Panchla in Howrah.
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29. The National
Research Development Corporation (NRDC) entered into a Memorandum of
Understand (MOU) with Indian Institute of Chemical Biology to promote
entrepreneurship.
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30 SBI to auction
Kingfisher House on March 17.
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31 Runkeeper
Acquired by Japanese Sportswear Company Asics
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32 PM Modi To
Attend Dayanand Saraswati’s Birth Anniversary Event on 14th Feb.
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33 Origin Access
Now Available In India.
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34. LPG subsidy
cap: OilMin to first target rich in 10 metros, small towns later.
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35 Pulitzer
Prize-winning Composer Leslie Bassett died.
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36 Union Health
Minister launched National Framework for Elimination of Malaria 2016-2030.
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37 Tamar Hahn of
Israel took charge of Director of United Nations Information Centre ¡n Buenos
Aires.
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38 Ramesh
Abhishek appointed DIPP Secretary.
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39 Mccullum Plays Record 100th
Consecutive Test
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40 BCCI banned Pakistan umpire Asad Rauf
for 5 years for involvement in 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal
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41 Vilas Tonapi appointed as Director of
Indian Institute of Millets Research
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42 India ranked 37 in USSC’s 2016
Intellectual Property Index
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43 Karnataka Mobile One project won 2016
Best m-Government Service Award at World Government Summit
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43 States can clampdown mobile internet
access under Section 144 of CrPC: Supreme Court
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44 UP Land Revenue Act, 2015 came into
effect
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45 Four Indian-Americans elected to
National Academy of Engineering of USA
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