February 2017

1st February 2017
 Union Budget 2017 presented in Loksabha by - Union Finance Minister Arun
Jaitley
 MP who died in the Parliament, while attending the speech given by president on
1st Feb 2017 - Former Union Minister and IUML Chief E Ahmed
 Which authority will re-measure Mt.Everest peak - Survey of India


2nd February 2017
 Who has been appointed as DGP of Karnataka - Rupak Kumar Dutta
 Who has been appointed as MD-India of BAE Systems on 1st Feb 2017 - Nik
Khanna
 Asim Basu passed away, he was an - Eminent theatre personality
 Where did 19th Bharat Rang Mahotsav begin - New Delhi
 Which country aims to Launch Its First Ever Mars Mission in 2020 - UAE
 Who will collaborate with UN for a music album - Neeti Mohan


3rd February 2017
 India inked MoU to construct a multi-ethnic secondary school with - Sri Lanka
 Name of two toxins discovered in Lychee fruit which are harmful for children -
Hypoglycin A and methylenecyclopropyl-glycine (MCPG)
 53rd SAARC programming committee meeting held in - Kathmandu, Nepal
 3-day VisakhaUtsav in Visakhapatnamon was inaugurated by - Union Minister M.
Venkaiah Naidu
 Where was existence of lost continent confirmed by the Scientists/Researchers –
Under the Indian Ocean


4th February 2017
 World Cancer Day is observed on – 4th Feb
 World Wetlands Day observed on - 2nd February
 When did Indian Institutes of Information Technology Bill (amendment) approve -


4th Feb 2017
 Who has been appointed as Pakistan's new Foreign Secretary on 4th Feb 2017 -
Abdul Basit


5th February 2017
 Who launched India Innovation Index - NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant
 Who quit Trump's Economic Advisory Council - Uber CEO Travis Kalanick
 First Smart Police Station Inaugurated in – Andhra Pradesh
 17th session of BIMSTEC senior officials meeting begins in Kathmandu on – 7th
February 2017


6th February 2017
 International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
observed on - 6th February
 Name of former CBI Director, who passed away - Joginder Singh
 Bano Qudsia passed away, he was a - Renowned Urdu Author
 Who has been appointed as a leader of AIADMK Legislative Party - Sasikala
Natarajan
 Who discovered World's earliest emoji - Slovakian Curators
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7th February 2017
 Alastair Cook resigns as England Test captain on – 6th Feb 2017
 Veteran freedom fighter passed away on 6th Feb 2017, her name was –
Racharla Samrajyam
 Union Government launches measles-rubella vaccination drive in Bengaluru on –


8th February 2017
 Name of spacecraft which completed fourth flyby of Jupiter - Juno
 Who has been awarded with Genesis Prize of Israel - Anish Kapoor
 Payment of Wages (Amendment) Bill passed in - LokSabha
 Which day celebrated on 7th Feb 2017 - Safer Internet Day
 National Badminton Championship winner are - Sourabh Verma (Men) and
Rituparna Das (Women)
 In 2017 census, Irrawaddy dolphins count in Odisha is - 181
 Underwater Harbor Defense and Surveillance System was launched in - Mumbai


9th February 2017
 Which state becomes first North-East state to implement e-Cabinet Solution -
Arunanchal Pradesh
 First State for establishing cashless system for distribution of food grains -
Gujarat
 For which plant scientists have identified evolutionary pathway recently – Pitcher
plants
 Which Bill is passed by UK’s House of Commonslately - Brexit Bill
 Who has been appointed as Somali’s new President - Mohamed Abdullahi
Farmajo
 Which satellite of NASA detected distinct X- Ray signals - Chandra Satellite
 Which authorities approved Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan -
Union Cabinet
 What is the Rank of India in 5th Annual International IP Index of USCC - 43rd
Rank


10th February 2017
 Which association tied up with Welspun India Ltd. to promote cotton products
across the world - Egypt Association
 Which state has started with its first National Women's Parliament - Andhra
Pradesh
 When is National Deworming Day observed in India - 10th February
 Sir Peter Mansfield passed away, he was a - Nobel laureate


11th February 2017
 Which day is celebrated on 11th Feb 2017 globally - International Day of Women
and Girls in Science
 Where was mass stranding of whales done recently - New Zealand Beach


12th February 2017
 Name of Indian Sand Artist who created Guinness World Record by sand castle -
Sudarsan Pattnaik
 Paris to erect wall of bulletproof glass around - Eiffel Tower
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13th February 2017
 National Productivity Day observed in India on - 12 February 2017
 Which Automaker bought Ambassador Car from Hindustan Motors - Peugeot SA,
a French automaker
 Who has been elected as a new President of Germany - Frank-Walter Steinmeier
 Which missile test fired by India successfully - Interceptor Missile of Ballistic
Missile Shield
 World Radio Day observed on - 13th February 2017
 Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Karnataka Amendment) Bill, 2017 passed by -
Legislative Assembly of Karnataka


14th February 2017
 Indian racer Jehan Daruvala won - New Zealand Grand Prix 2017
 Indian tabla player Sandeep Das won - 2017 Grammy Award for Best Music
globally
 Where International Aero India 2017 begun - Bengaluru
 Who has been appointed as Pakistan's First Woman Foreign Secretary to UN -
Tehmina Janua
 Supreme Court convicted Sasikala for - Disproportionate assets case
 RDEL and US Navy signed – Master Ship Repair Agreement
 India's first floating elementary school inaugurated - on Manipur's Loktak Lake


15th February 2017
 Indian Space Research Organization successfully launched how many satellites
in one go - 104
 Who has been appointed as a new peacekeeping chief of UN - Jean-Pierre
Lacroix
 Military Exercise Cobra Gold 2017 begins in - Thailand
 Union Government signs agreement with Croatia on – Economic Cooperation
 Who have been awarded Laureus Sportsman of the Year award - Usain Bolt and
Simone Biles


16th February 2017
 The ReNew Power Ventures Pvt Ltd sold its 10% stake to – JERA
 Justice Vikramajit Sen took charge of – Delhi and Districts Cricket Association
 First Indian to be FIBA’s Technical Delegate – Norman Issac
 Who launched TAMRA Portal for transparent Mining Clearances - Piyush Goyal
 Air Services Agreement (ASA) between India and Rwanda is approved by -
Union Cabinet
 Merger of 5 associate banks with SBI is approved by - Union Cabinet
 Indian Panorama Film Festival begins in – Port Blair


17th February 2017
 Who has been appointed as a High Commissioner of India to Canada - Vikas
Swarup
 Sea ice level hits an all-time low in – Antarctica
 Final warning to Britain, France, Germany on air pollution is issued by– European
Union
 Hindi Scholar and writer Surendra Verma selected for - Vyas Samman 2016
 Who has been appointed as a new Tamil Nadu Chief Minister - Palaniswami
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18th February 2017
 UAE announced its plan to build the first city on Mars by – March 2117
 Air India inducts which new planes recently - A320 neo plane
19th-20th February 2017
 World Day of Social Justice was observed on – 20th February 2017
 Altamas Kabir passed away, he was - Former Chief Justice of India (CJI)
 India's rank in the Index of Economic Freedom in 2017- 143
 Which volcano Of India is active again - Barren Island
 India's vaccine regulatory body NRAI has been given highest ratings by – UN's
WHO


21st February 2017
 ISRO successfully tests its Cryogenic Stage for – GSLV MkIII for the Flight
Duration
 Who is ranked as best President in Presidential Historians Survey conducted in
2017 - Abraham Lincoln
 Scientists discovered drowned Pacific Ocean continent - Zealandia
 Bill to reimburse revenue loss to States has been approved by – GST Council
 Raj Kumar Rao's 'Newton' wins – Art Cinema honor at Berlinale


22nd February 2017
 India won ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier 2017 after defeating - South Africa
 Who has been appointed as new Chairman of Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal
(CWDT) - Justice Abhay Manohar Sapre
 Milind Soman completed 517.5km long race barefoot and bagged the title of –
Ultraman
 Who has been appointed as new CM of Nagaland - Shurhozelie Liezitsu
 Who has been appointed as Vice Chairman of Asian Hockey Federation - Abhijit
Sarkar


23rd February 2017
 Canada announced to give asylum to - 1200 Yazidi Refugees
 Which tech giant released its study on Digital Payments Industry - Google
 Law protecting transgender students in America revoked by – Trump
Administration
 India and Australia signed MoU on – Cooperation in civil aviation sector
 India, Uganda agreed to cooperate in – Space Programme and atomic energy
 In which tiger reserve shoot-at-sight order was issued to curb poaching - Corbett
Tiger Reserve


24th February 2017
 New frog species discovered in- Western Ghats
 Central Excise Day celebrated on- 24th February 2017
25th February 2017
 Central Excise Day was celebrated on - 24 February 2017
 Seven Earth-like planets found orbiting - Same star
 Under HRIDAY which Circuit will be developed - Bet Dwarka Darshan Circuit
 For development of Sylhet city, India will provide assistance to - Bangladesh


26th February 2017
 112 Ft bust of 'Adiyogi' unveiled by - PM Narendra Modi
 Names of best hockey players of 2016 in FIH Hockey Stars Awards - John-John
Dohmen, Naomi Van


27th February 2017
 Martyrdom day of Revolutionary freedom fighter Chandrashekhar Azad observed
on - 27th February 2017
 RAHAT medical project launched in - Rajasthan
 Name of the oscar awardees in Oscar Academy Awards 2017
 Sex ratio monitoring dashboard for Panipat set up by - Haryana Government
 World’s first robot table tennis tutor sets- Guinness World record


28th February 2017
 Antyodaya Express and Humsafar Express inaugerated by - Railways Ministry
 India’s first Integrated Heliport inaugurated by - Civil Aviation Minister
 New Managing Director of Sapient India - Sanjay Menon
 National Science Day observed on - 28th February
 Who has been awarded the captain of the year at ESPNcricinfo awards - Virat
Kohli
 Former Union Minister P. Shiv Shankar passes away on - 27th February 2017