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RATES % W.E.F Bank Rate 8.50% w.e.f. 04/03/2015 Cash Reserve Ratio 4.00% wef 09/02/2013 (CRR) Statutory Liquidity Ratio 21.50% w.e.f. 07/02/2015 (SLR) Repo Rate 7.50% w.e.f. 04/03/2015 Reverse Repo Rate 6.50% w.e.f. 04/03/2015 Marginal Standing 8.50% w.e.f. 04/03/2015 Facility (MSF)

 Arun Jaithley presented Economic Survey for FY 2015-16, the growth forecast is 8.1-8.5%.  Sun Pharma's founder and MD, Dilip Shanghvi overtook Mukesh Ambani as the richest Indian, (Mr. Shanghvi moved up to the 37th position by FORBES magazine.  26 January 2015 posthumously awarded with the highest peacetime military honour the Ashok Chakra by President Pranab to Major Mukund Varadarajan and Naik .  Government will soon infuse Rs 6,990 crore in nine public sector banks including SBI, Bank of Baroda (BoB), Punjab National Bank (PNB) for enhancing their capital and meeting global risk norms (SBI leads the pack with a capitalization of Rs 2,970 ).  Union Government in the recently decided to launch Operation “ All Out” against Bodo militants in Assam  Maharashtra government, launched online Right to Information (RTI) application filing facility.  YES Bank has succeeded in floating the country's maiden green infrastructure bond issue for Rs 500 crore.  Union Government recently launched Madan Mohan Malviya National Mission for Teachers and Teaching.

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 Larry Page was named as the Business person of the Year for 2014 on 6 January 2015 by Fortune magazine.  The theme of the ISC was “Science and Technology for Human Development”, 102nd Indian Science Congress (ISC) was recently held @ Mumbai.

APPOINTMENT APPOINTMENT PERSON POST

Kolinda grabar-kitarovic President (croatia's ) Dr. S jaishankar Foreign secretary Alexis tsipras Prime minister (greece) Kanagasabapathy j sripavan Chief justice of sri lanka Justice surendra kumar sinha Chief justice of bangledesh Beji caid essebsi President of tunisia Arun singh Ambassador to us Sergio mattarella President of italy

Arvind kejriwal Eighth chief minister of Shekhar sen Chairman of the sangeet natak akademi Balasubramaniam venkataramani Md & ceo (mcx sx) Anil kumar sinha Cbi director Tapan mishra Isro chief Alur seelin kiran kumar Isro chairman Hari shankar bramha Cec chief election commissioner dalmiya President bcci Mufti md sayeed Cm j&k Nirmal singh Dupty cm j&k Kshatrapati shivaji Chairman & md (sidbi)

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 ICICI Bank launched 'Pockets', a digital banking service, enabling users to instantly send money to any e-mail id, mobile number, friends on Facebook and bank account (The limit for transaction is of worth Rs.10,000, if it is not linked to a savings account of ICICI Bank).  The U.S. government has confirmed that effective May 26, 2015, some holders of the H-4 visa, who are spouses of high-skilled workers on the H- 1B visa, will be eligible for work authorization.  Indian citizens living abroad will now be able to file consular grievances online as the government launched an e-portal “Madad” to address such complaints promptly with a high degree of "accountability".  In order to facilitate 'Ease of Doing Business', the Government has launched a single window government-to-business (G2B) portal “eBiz”.  Baba Ramdev was appointed as state brand ambassador of Haryana recently.  European Union (EU) decided to lift a seven-month-long ban on the import of Mangoes.  proposed merger deal of Rs 15,000-crore between Kotak Mahindra Bank and ING Vysya Bank got final approval by CCI.  The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) amended the mobile number portability (MNP) regulations yesterday to allow users to change their service provider in any part of the country while retaining the number.  Malaysian government officially declared the disappearance of MH370 flight as an accident.  “East Delhi Hub Project” agreemt for developing the first smart sub-city in east delhi was signed between National Building Construction Corporation Ltd (NBCC) and DDA Recently.  A Documentary Filt “INDIA’S DAUGHTER” BBC under director LESLEE UDWIN has been banned in the country.  NERPAP (National Electoral Roll Purificatin and Authentication Pragramme) launched by Election commission with the aim of Bringing a totally error free and authenticated electoral by linking AADHAR data of UIDAI.

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 Rating Agency MOODY’s recently downgraded the rating of two PSB “cental Bank of India and Indian Overseas Bank.  Speaker Sumitra Mahajan’s name was included in the LIMCA book of records. Her name was included for being the only woman of the country to represent the same Lok Sabha constituency on the same party ticket for eight times in a row.  The 14th has recommended a record increase of 10 per cent in the devolution of the divisible pool of resources to states. The states share will now be 42 per cent of the entire kitty as compared to 32 per cent previously.

PADMA AWARDS 104 (9:20:75)

Padma Vibhushan 9 1 LK Advani 2 3 Prakash Singh Badal 4 Dr D (Social Work 5 6 Jagadguru others 7 Prof Malur Ramaswamy Srinivasan (Science and Engg 8 Kottayan K Venugopal (Public Affairs), 9 Karim Al Hussaini Aga Khan Trade and Industry

Padma Bhushan 20 art (Social Work), USA (Literature and Education), Delhi Melinda Gates (Social Work), USA (Others), USA Satpal (Sports), Delhi Swami Satyamitranand Giri (Others),

Padma Shri 75

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 Former bihar CM jitam ram manjhi launch a new political party named “HINDUSTI AWAM MORCHA- HAM.  RBS Royal Bank of Scotlant decided to close its banking operation in India recently.  Ban on slaughter of COWS and sale of BEEF has recently been imposed in Maharashtra.  Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar completed his SAARC Yatra of four nations @ Afganistan, , & Bhutan.  World’s largest and tallest Indian national flag was unfurled at Town Park in Faridabad, Haryana at high of 250 feet (75 meters), dimension of 96 feet by 64 feet and weighs 48 kilograms.  Madhya Pradesh won the 10th National Award for excellent work in National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGNREGA).  YouTube will remain blocked in Pakistan.  Apple Inc recorded the highest-ever profit of 18 billion US dollars in corporate history worldwide recently.  was felicitated for emerging as one of the best performing states in the renewable energy segment.  World Radio Day was observed globally on 13 February 2015 with the theme “Youth and Radio”.  India was ranked 136 out of 180 nations worldwide in terms of press freedom in 2015.  SpiceJet announced the launch of the ‘Cheaper Than Train Fares’ sale offer with one-way fares pegged at a starting price of just Rs 599.  Himachal Pradesh is set to become the country's first state to present a 'paperless' budget.  Modi flagged off the first express train from Naharlagun in Arunachal Pradesh to .

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 The Election Commission (CHIEF H S Brahma) has come out with its latest publication on Indian polls, 'India Votes' comprehensive review of 2014 election.  Indo- Battalion level combined military training - 'Exercise Surya Kiran-VIII in Nepal.

AWARDS AWARDS

Miss universe 2014 Paulina vega, miss colombia Mo ibrahim award “hifikepunye pohamba”.

Berlin international film festival. Film dhanak

Dr. Y nayudamma memorial award Scientists dr. Tessy thomas and geeta varadan ‘Lifetime achievement award’ Dilip kumar Jnanpith AWARD Bhalchandra Nemade Charleston-efg john maynard keynes prize Grammy awards and activist Neela Vaswani Yash bharti samman Vinod mehta Sahitya akademi award Prabhu nath dwivedi

87th“OSCAR AWARDS”, Best picture Birdman Director Alejandro gonzalez inarritu, birdman Actor: Eddie redmayne, the theory of everything Actress Julianne moore, still alice Documentary feature Citizen four Animated feature film Big hero 6l

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 Chief Minister Raman Singh in Chhattisgarh has officially declared Valentine’s Day as Matru-Pitru Divas (Parents’ Day)  HDFC bank (45th ranked) in India was recently named among 50 most valuable banks in 2014 with a market capitalisation of 41.58 billion US dollar.  India, Indonesian troops conduct joint training exercises named GARUDA SHAKTI-III @ Mizorem.  India's longest running movie - 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge' - ends its marathon run at Mumbai's Maratha Mandir cinema after almost 20 years.  The Reserve Bank RBI of India lifted ban on import of gold coins andmedallions by banks and trading houses.  Qantas (It is Australia’s national airline) was named as the world’s safest airline by AirlineRatings.com.  PM inaugurated a state-of-the-art museum Dandi Kutir at Gandhinagar, Gujarat.  Union Petroleum Minister Pradhan launched the sale of subsidised 5 kg cooking gas cylinders for BPL families under Free Trade LPG (FTL).  Tencent Holdings launched China's first online bank named “WeBank” to boost small businesses.  “Idukki” district in became first District of India to have Complete Rural Broadband Coverage, as Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology linked this district to the National Optic Fiber Network (NOFN).  Senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Yogendra Yadav declared that a “Jai Kisan Abhiyan” would be launched in Hariyana Soon.  A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the and State Bank of India (SBI) on the Defence Salary Package.  The government has added 38 more products to the list of commodities exempt from commodity transaction tax (CTT) & exempted 38 more commodities from the levy.

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 Under SBA, The programme entails an investment of nearly Rs 2 lakh crore over the next five years to construct 12 crore toilets in India.  Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena arrived in New Delhi. India on 16 February 2015 inked a civil nuclear cooperation agreement with Sri Lanka  Three Indians, two women and one man, have made it to the list of 100 applicants, who aims to send four people on a one-way trip to Mars in 2024.  Union Government renamed the Department of Disability Affairs (Nishaktata Karya Vibhag) as “Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Viklangjan Sashaktikaran Vibhag”.  Bezbaruah committee, accepted the recommendations of the Safety of North East people.  (RBI) constituted a High Powered Committee recommend appropriate set of businesses, size, conversion and licensing terms for the Urban Cooperative Banking (UCB) Sector under R Gandhi, the Deputy Governor  14th National Theatre Festival was inaugurated by Kerala Minister for Cultural Affairs, K C Joseph at Kozhikode, "The Long March" in Bengali will be the inaugural play of the festival.  Reliance Communications (RCom), part of the Anil Ambani-led group, which is the global telecom sponsor of the ICC World Cup 2015, has partnered with to provide its customers recent updates..  Former Maharashtra home minister and senior NCP leader RR Patil passed away.  Common Man, created in 1957, Cartoonist who died on 26 January 2015 Rasipuram Krishnaswamy Laxman (RK Laxman).  Rana Bhagwandas, first Hindu chief justice of Pakistan, died.  Imfosys had signed a definitive agreement to fully acquire U.S.-based automation technology provider Panaya for an enterprise value of $200 million.

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 India has ceremonially handed over to Bangladesh a vintage Dakota aircraft, which played a crucial role in the country's 1971 liberation war.  French satirical weekly magazine “Charlie Hebdo” in Paris which was attacked by three masked gunmen.  Bannerghatta Biological Park in Karnataka will create India's first fenced elephant sanctuary according to (PETA) People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.  Shankar Prasad (Minister for Communications & Information Technology) launched commemorative Postage stamps on the theme of Swachh Bharat Mission.  India successfully test-fired indigenously developed canister-based inter- continental ballistic missile (ICBM) Agni-5 from Odisha.  Telecom regulator TRAI removed charges on interconnection usage charges (IUC) that a landline service provider has to pay to the other service providers.  PM inaugurated two units each of 600 MW of Shree Singaji Thermal Power Plant at Khandwa (MP) recently.  BSE Sensex Rose all time high of 30,024 record after RBI Reduce Rate by 25 BPS on 4th of March.  The First World Ocean Science Congress (WOSC) was held in Kochi, Kerala.  Standard & Poor S&P raised India forecast to 7.9 percent from 6.2 percent for the year ending March 2016.  Mo Ibrahim Award for African Leadership, which is considered the world most valuable individual award given to NAMIBIAN President “HIFIKEPUNYE POHAMBA”.  BATTLEFIELD MGT SYS (BMS) is believed to be indian ARMY biggest Project ever, Tata Power & BEL are leading co. in these consortia. Fm  Film Dhanak directed by Nagesh Kukunoor won two awards at the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.

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 Women scientists Dr. Tessy Thomas and Geeta Varadan were jointly named for Dr. Y Nayudamma Memorial Award 2014.  Veteran actor Dilip Kumar was conferred ‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ for his contribution to Indian cinema.  Musician Ricky Kej and activist Neela Vaswani won at the 57th Grammy awards for their work in album 'Winds of Samsara' and the documentary on Malala Yousafzai, respectively.  Eminent Marathi writer Bhalchandra Nemade on was chosen for the Jnanpith Award 2014 by the Jnanpith Selection Board.  Madhya Pradesh won the 10th National Award for excellent work in Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGNREGA).  Union Government divested 10% percent of its stake in Maharatna Coal India Limited (CIL).  China has opened a new embassy in Pakistan, its "largest overseas" diplomatic mission..  Yogaraj CP Indian yoga teacher in set a Guinness World Record for performing Yoga continuously for 40 hours non-stop, demonstrating more than 1,500 'asanas.  A new conservation project aimed management of human-elephant conflict, Kerala-based business conglomerate Muthoot Group has launched the 'Friends for Life' project.  Microsoft announced acquired Sunrise Atelier, the New York City-based calendar app for iOS and Android.  The Navy is learnt to have taken the call to retire the decrepit warhorse INS Viraat After 56 years.  Facebook announced a tie-up with Reliance Communications to launch Internet.org in India, that will allow users access to basic mobile internet services.  world’s biggest solar telescope based in Maui, Hawaii.  Nitish Kumar took oath as Bihar's CM for the fourth time.

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 Adani Enterprises to set up country's largest 10000 MW solar plant in .  Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the nationwide Soil Health Card Scheme in Suratgarh town, Sriganganagar district, Rajasthan.  State Bank of India, India’s largest bank, launched a massive, customer friendly initiative, Tech Learning Centres (TLCs) across the country.  ICICI Bank launched Digital Village Project in Akodara Village of Gujarat.  Haryana Government is set to roll out Information Technology Mass Literacy Scheme or “Digital Saksharta Abhiyaan”, to make the people of the state digitally literate.  New Jersey will host International Hindi Conference in April 2015.  Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a commemorative coin to mark the 175th birth anniversary of Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata.  Vice presented the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Awards 2015 to sixteen personalities on 9 January 2015.  The First World Ocean Science Congress (WOSC) was held in Kochi, the theme was ” Protect Oceans for Posterity and Blue Economy”.  Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad re-elected as a member from Jammu and Kashmir  Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled “Transformation", a memorial in commemoration of those Indian government officers and personnel who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty while serving abroad.  Seventh Vibrant Gujarat Summit was held from 11 Gandhinagar, Gujarat  Sukanya Samridhi Yojana a small deposit scheme for girl child launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi under the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) campaign  Tejas Indigenously-built Light Combat Aircraft which was handed over to the Indian Air Force (IAF) recently.  World Thinking Day was celebrated annually on 22 February by all Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.

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 Former Prime Minister adopted Panchyat under Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna (SAGY) is Pachim Bekeli Gaon.  Periyar Tiger Reserve (Kerala) won the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) biennial award.  Hyderabad will host the World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) in 2018, as announced recently.  Saraswathi Menon appointed in the UN peace-building panel recently.  Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)mission of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) was won the 2015 Space Pioneer Award in the Science and Engineering category.  Amitabh Bachchan won the Social Media Person of the Year Award 2015 by the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI).  The Red Sari, an unauthorized biography of Congress Party President , written by Javier Moro

GAMES  Yuvraj Singh was bought by Delhi Daredevils for a whopping sum of Rs 16 crores in the IPL 2015 auction held recently.  Former Indian captain Anil Kumble is all set to become the 77th member of the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.  India will host ICC Twenty20 World Cup in 2016 as announced recently.  SA AB de Villiers hit the fastest century in One-Day International (ODI) cricket in 31 balls.  Pankaj Advani won the National Billiards Championship at the Rowing Club in .  Debutants Ranchi Rays won the third edition of the Hockey India League (HIL) defeating Punjab Warriors.  Bhakti Sharma Indian open water swimmer who set a worldrecord by swimming 1.4 miles in 52 minutes in one degree temperature in the Antarctic Ocean.

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and her partner Bethanie Mattek-Sands of which country won the women’s doubles title of the Sydney International Tennis Tournament @ USA.  The 11th Edition of Cricket World Cup officially known as the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, opened on 12 February 2015 @ at Christchurch, New Zealand. 

Australia Open Female- Serena Williams (US) defeated Maria Sharapova (RUSSIA) Female Double- Bethanie Mattek-Sands (USA) & Lucie Šafářová (Czech Republic Male single-Novak Djokovic (Serbia) defeated Andy Murray (UK) Male Double- Simone Bolelli (Italy) & Fabio Fognini (Italy)

 Anirban Lahiri, who recently won the Malaysian Open, bagged theBest Professional golfer of the year award.  Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has been awarded an honorary life membership to the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).  won the women’s singles of Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold Badminton Tournament 2015.  Misbah-ul-Haq Pakistan cricket player recently announced his retirement from One Day International (ODI) and T20 after the Cricket World Cup 2015.  Paul van Ass appointed as coach of National Men’s Hockey team recently.  Steve Smith won the Allan Border Medal for the Australian Player of the Year.

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 Sunil Chhetri from Secunderabad and Bala Devi from Manipur were awarded the All India Football Federation (AIFF) 2014 Player of the Year - Male and Female trophy, respectively.  35th National Games in Kerla ended (National Games mascot Ammu, the Great Hornbill, has immortalised itself by finding a mention in the Limca Book of Records.) next is scheduled in GOA.  India's Anirban Lahiri claimed a maiden European Tour victory with a one- stroke victory at the Malaysian Open.

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