Imogen storm
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1. New Zealand on 8 February 2016 won the
three-match Chappell-Hadlee Trophy of cricket against
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- Australia, 2-1
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2. Storm that on 8 February 2016 battered
parts of southern Britain by heavy rain and winds up to 96miles per hour
(mph)
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Imogen
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3. Noted Urdu Poet and well known
Bollywood lyricist who died due to heart attack in Mumbai on 8 February 2016
at the age of 78 was
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Nida Fazli
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4. The squash player who won the gold in
women's individual squash after beating Maria Toorpaki Wazir of Pakistan at
the South Asian Games is
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Joshna Chinappa
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5. The President of Wrestling Federation
of India who was appointed as the President of the South Asian Wrestling
Federation is
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- Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh
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6. The type of saree that won the India
Handloom tag for its unique designs and identity in the first week on
February 2016 is
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Chettinad cotton saree
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7. The former chief of Bureau of Energy
Efficiency appointed as the Director General of TERI is
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Ajay Mathur
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8. The New Zealand cricketer who retired
from One-Day Internationals (ODIs) on 8 February 2016
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- Brendon Barrie McCullum
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9. Union government launched the 24x7
Toll Free Tourist Infoline on 8 February 2016 in
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12 International Languages
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10. Haryana government will start celebrating
the birthday of girl students across all state-run schools by launching a
programme called
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- Kanya Janamdin Utsav
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11. The first machine harvestable chickpea
variety, NBeG 47 was released in
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- Andhra Pradesh
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12. Two cities that topped the National Air
Quality Indices (NAQI) with 409 points each for having the ‘severe’ pollution
are
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Varanasi and Muzzafarpur
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13. The name of NASA’s new rocket that will be
launched in 2018 and carry 13 CubeSats and an uncrewed Orion Spacecraft
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– Space Launch System (SLS)
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14. The Army on 7 February 2016 observed 68th
'Nowshera Day' to commemorate the sacrifice of jawans who laid down their
lives while fighting cross-border intruders in the frontier town of Nowshera
of
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Jammu and Kashmir in 1947
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15. International Cricket Council (ICC) on 7
February 2016 suspended Pakistan’s leg-spinner Yasir Shah for three months
after he tested positive for a banned substance
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Chlortalidone
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16. Padma Shri awardee Cartoonist who died on
6 February 2016 due to brain tumor in Gurgaon
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- Sudhir Tailang
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17. Five common type of cancer that would be
diagnosed with the help of a simple blood test due to identification of a
striking signature in tumour DNA by researchers from National Institute of
Health in US
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Lung, breast, intestine, stomach and the womb
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18. This firm was in news as it has been
developing OX513A mosquito strain to check the growth of Aedes mosquito that
transmit Dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus
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Gangabishan Bhikulal Investment and Trading Ltd
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19. This country launched the Kwangmyongsong-4
satellite on 7 February 2016
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North Korea
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20. The first Indo-China joint tactical
military exercise Sino-India 2016 was held at
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Chusul-Moldo area in Ladakh
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