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1st February - National Freedom Day (US) 2nd February - World Wetlands Day 4th February - World Cancer Day

4th February - Sri Lanka's Independence Day (67th)

5th February - Kashmir Solidarity Day

10th February - National Deworming Day

13th February - World Radio Day

19th February - 1st Day of Chinese New Year (year of the Goat)

19th February - 65th Democracy Day of Nepal

21st February - International Mother Language Day

22nd February - Twins day

22nd February - World Thinking Day 28th February - National Science Day

Ajaypal Singh Banga - Member, Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations

Amitava Roy - Judge, Supreme Court

Anish Aggarwal - Director (Pipelines), Indian Oil Corp

Arvind Kejriwal - Chief Minister, Delhi

Ashish Agrawal - Chief Technology officer (CTO), Micromax

Ashish Agrawal - Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Micromax

Ashok K Agarwal - GM, Southern Railway Ashton Carter - US Defence Secretary Balasubramaniam Venkataramani - MD & CEO, MCX (Multi Commodity Exchange)

Chrishantha de Silva - Chief, Sri Lankan Army

Damyant Singh - Brand Director (India), Adidas Group

Dr MO Garg - Director General, CSIR

Dr.Nandita Chatterjee - Secretary, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation (HUPA)

Faisal Siddiqui - President (South Asia), HTC

Gauri Shankar - MD & CEO of Punjab National Bank Jawed Usmani - Chief Information Commissioner (CIC), Uttar Pradesh

Kanagasabapathy J Sripavan - Chief Justice, Sri Lanka

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic - 1st Woman President, Croatia

Kshatrapati Shivaji - CMD, SIDBI

L.C Goyal - Home Secretary

M Ravindran - Chairman, Indraprastha Gas Ltd

MO Garg - Director General, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)

Naveen Chopra - COO (Chief Operating Officer), Vodafone India Nickolay Mladenov - U.N. envoy, Middle East

Prasanth Kumar - CEO, MindShare APAC South Asia

Punit Renjen - CEO, Deloittes global operations Ram Niwas Goel - Speaker, Delhi Assembly Rashad Hussain - US envoy and coordinator, Strategic Counter-Terrorism Communications

Ravi Chaudhary - Executive Director, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Roopa Kudva - Independent Member, Infosys

Shubhajit Sen - Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), Micromax

T. Suvarna Raju - Chairman, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)

Takahiro Hachigo - President & CEO, Honda Motor

Tapan Misra - Head, ISRO's Space Applications Centre (SAC)

Zoe Konstantopoulou - Youngest President, Greek Parliament

A Vincent - Ace cinematographer Anil Sarkar - CPI(M) leader Ashraful Haque - Bollywood Actor Atmaram Bhende - Marathi Actor Avijit Roy - Bangladeshi Author (hacked to death)

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Bob Simon - CBS 60 Minutes Correspondent (car crash)

Carl Djerassi - Creator of Birth Control Pill

D Rama Naidu - Guinness Book record holding Producer

David Carr - Media columnist, New York Times

Kassasbeh - Jordanian pilot (burned alive by ISIS)

Kayla Mueller - U.S. aid worker

Kenji Goto - Japanese Reporter (beheaded by ISIS) Kesava Reddy - Telugu novelist Leonard Nimoy - Star Treck Actor

Louis Jourdan - French Actor Louis Jourdan - French actor

Mrinalini Mukherjee - Sculptor and Artist

Nirad Naraya Mahapatra - Odia film director

R R Patil - Former Home Minister, Maharashtra R.C Sakthi - Tamil director Rajinder Puri - Veteran Journalist & Cartoonist

Richard von Weizsaecker - Former German President

Amartya Sen - Charleston-EFG John Maynard Keynes Prize

Ammu (mascot of 35th National Games) - Limca Book of Records

Anil Kumble - 77th member, ICC Cricket Hall of Fame

Bhalchandra Nemade - 50th Jnanpith Award for 2014

Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU) - Mahindra Samridhi India Agri Award 2015 Deepika Misra - 1st Woman, IAF Formation Display Team

Dr. Tessy Thomas - Nayudamma Award 2014

Dr. Zakir A. Naik - King Faisal International Prize (KFIP) 2015

Geeta Varadan - Nayudamma Award 2014

Gurpreet Singh - National Science Foundation Career award ($5,00,000)

Hindol Sengupta - Hayek Prize (shortlisted) Indira Gandhi International Airport - Annual Airport Service Quality (ASQ) award

Madhya Pradesh - 10th National Award for excellent work in MGNREGA

Masih Alinejad - Human Rights Award (Geneva)

Mithileshwar - Shrilal Shukla Sahitya IFFCO Award 2014

Purnendu Dasgupta - J. Calvin Giddings Award 2015

Ratan Tata - Honorary Doctorate from Clemson University

Vinod Mehta - Yash Bharti Samman

60th Filmfare Awards Winners List

Best Actor (Male) : Shahid Kapoor for Haider.

Best Actor (Female) : Kangana Ranaut for Queen.

Best Film : Queen.

Best Director: Vikas Bahl for Queen.

Best Film (Critics): Ankhon Dekhi.

Best Actor (Critics): Sanjay Mishra for Ankhon Dekhi.

Best Actress (Critics): Alia Bhatt for Highway.

Best Supporting Actor (Male): Kay Kay Menon for Haider.

Best Supporting Actor (Female): Tabu for Haider.

Best Story: Rajat Kapoor for Ankhon Dekhi.

Best Dialogue: Rajkumar Hirani and Abhijat Joshi for PK.

Best Screenplay: Rajkumar Hirani and Abhijat Joshi for PK.

Best Debutant (Female): Kriti Sanon for Heropanti.

Best Debutant (Male): Fawad Khan for Khoobsurat.

Best Music Director: Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy for 2 States.

Best Lyrics: Rashmi Singh for Muskurane Ki Wajah (CityLights).

Best Playback Singer (Male): Ankit Tiwari for Galliyan (Ek Villain).

Best Playback Singer (Female): Kanika Kapoor for Baby Doll(Ragini MMS 2).

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Best Choreography: Ahmed Khan for Jumme Ki Raat for Kick.

Best Action: Sham Kaushal for Gunday.

Best Cinematography: Bobby Singh and Siddharth Diwan for Queen.

Best Background Score: Amit Trivedi for Queen.

Best Editing: Abhijit Kokate and Anurag Kashyap for Queen.

Best Production Design: Subrata Chakraborty and Amit Ray for Haider.

Best Sound Design: Anilkumar Konakandla and Prabal Pradhan for Mardaani. Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award: Kamini Kaushal.

Yash Bharti Awards Winners List (important names to remember)

Cricketer Suresh Raina.

Classical singer Shubha Mudgal.

Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui. Journalist Vinod Mehta. Sufi singer Rahat Ali Khan Sabri. Wrestler Alka Tomar. Playback singer Kailash Kher.

Urdu poet Bekal Utsahi.

Music director Ravindra Jain. Bhajan singer Anup Jalota

List of 65th Berlin Int'l Film Festival

Winners

Golden Bear for best film : Taxi, Jafar Panahi, Iran

Jury Grand Prix Silver Bear : El Club (The Club), Pablo Larrain, Chile

Silver Bear for best director : Radu Jude for Aferim!, Romania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic and Malgorzata Szumowska for Body, Poland

Silver Bear for best actress : Charlotte Rampling in 45 Years, Britain Silver Bear for best actor : Tom Courtenay in 45 Years, Britain

Silver Bear for outstanding artistic contribution (camera) : Sturla Brandth Grovlen for Victoria, Germany; and Evgeniy Privin and Sergei Mikhalchuk for Pod electricheskimi oblakami (Under Electric Clouds), Russia, Ukraine, PolandSilver Bear for best script : Patricio Guzman for El Boton de Nacar (The Pearl Button), France, Chile, Spain

Alfred Bauer Prize for work of particular innovation : Ixcanul (Ixcanul Volcano) by Jayro Bustamante, Guatemala Best first feature film : 600 Millas (600 Miles) by Gabriel Ripstein, Mexico

Golden Bear for best short film : Hosanna by Na Young-kil, South Korea

Teddy for best feature film with gay or lesbian context: Nasty Baby by Sebastian Silva, United States Teddy for best documentary film with gay or lesbian context : El hombre nuevo (The New Man) by Aldo Garay, Uruguay, Chile

57th Grammy Award Winners List

2015

Record of the Year - "Stay with Me," Sam Smith

Song of the Year - "Stay with Me" (Darkchild Version)

Album of the Year - Morning Phase, Beck

Best Country Album - Platinum, Miranda Lambert Best R&B Performance - "Drunk in Love," Beyonc Best Rock Album - Morning Phase, Beck

Best Pop Vocal Album - In the Lonely Hour, Sam Smith

Best Pop Solo Performance - "Happy," Pharrell Williams

Best New Artist - Sam Smith

Best Rap/Sung Collaboration - "Monster," by Rihanna and Eminem

Best Rap Album - The Marshall Mathers LP2, Eminem

Best Urban Contemporary Album - Girl, Pharrell

Best R&B Album - Love, Marriage & Divorce, Toni Braxton and Babyface

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Best Rock Song - "Ain't It Fun," Paramore

Best Alternative Music Album - St. Vincent, St. Vincent

Best Music Video - "Happy", Pharrell Williams

Best New Age Album - Winds Of Samsara, Ricky Kej & Wouter Kellerman

Best Children's Album - I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up For Education And Changed The World (Malala Yousafzai) [narrated by Neela Vaswani]

Bafta Film Awards 2015 Winners List

Best Film : Boyhood

Leading Actor : Eddie Redmayne, The Theory of Everything

Leading Actress : Julianne Moore, Still Alice Director : Richard Linklater, Boyhood Supporting Actor : J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

Supporting Actress : Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

Outstanding British Film : The Theory of Everything

Original Music : The Grand Budapest Hotel

British Short Animation : The Bigger Picture

British Short Film : ?Boogaloo And Graham Documentary : ?Citizenfour Editing : Whiplash

Production Design : ?The Grand Budapest Hotel Makeup & Hair : ?The Grand Budapest Hotel

Sound : Whiplash

Best Animated Film : The Lego Movie Special Visual Effects : Interstellar Cinematography : Birdman

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer : Stephen Beresford and David Livingstone, Pride Original Screenplay : The Grand Budapest Hotel

Film Not in the English Language : Ida

Adapted Screenplay : The Theory of Everything? Costume Design : The Grand Budapest Hotel? The EE Rising Star Award : Jack O'Connell

Original Music : The Grand Budapest Hotel Complete Winners List of 87th Academy

Awards / Oscars 2015

Best Picture - Birdman

Best Actress in a Leading Role - Julianne Moore for Still Alice

Best Actor in a Leading Role - Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything.

Best Director - Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for Birdman

Best Adapted Screenplay - Graham Moore for 'The Imitation Game' Best original screenplay - Alejandro G. Irritu, Nicols Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. & Armando Bo for Birdman

Best original score - Alexandre Desplat - The Grand Budapest Hotel

Documentary Feature - CitizenFour by Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky

Film Editing - Tom Cross - Whiplash

Best Cinematography - Emmanuel Lubezki for Birdman

Best Production Design - The Grand Budapest Hotel

Animated Feature Film - Big Hero 6 Best Animated Short film - Feast Special Effects - Paul Franklin, Andrew Lockley, Ian Hunter and Scott Fisher for Interstellar

Best Sound Editing - American Sniper - Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman

Sound mixing and Sound Editing Oscar - Whiplash - Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins, Thomas Curley

Best documentary short film - Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 - Ellen Goosenberg Kent, Dana Perry Best live-action short film - The Phone Call Mat Kirkby, James Lucas

Achievement in makeup and hairstyling - The Grand Budapest Hotel Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier

Best Foreign Film - Ida by Pawel Pawlikowski

Best costume design - The Grand Budapest Hotel

Milena Canonero

Best Supporting Actor - JK Simmons for Whiplash

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Best Supporting Actress - Patricia Arquette - Boyhood

Forbes magazine's Top 50 'Powerful Businesswomen' from Asia

Arundhati Bhattacharya - Head, State Bank of India

Chanda Kochchar - CEO, ICICI

Akhila Srinivasan - MD/Non-Executive Director of Shriram Life Insurance/Shriram Capital

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw - Founding Chairman and MD of Biocon

Shikha Sharma - CEO and MD of Axis Bank

Usha Sangwan - MD of LIC

Winners List of Australian Open 2015

Men's Singles - Novak Djokovic (Serbia) by beating Andy Murray

Women's Singles - Serena Williams (US) by beating Maria Sharapova

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has presented the Narendra Modi-led BJP government's first full year Rail Budget on 26th February 2015.

The Key Themes of the Budget were in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiatives - Swachch Bharat Mission, Make in India and Digital India.

Here are the highlights of the Rail Budget 2015

There is no increase in passenger rail fares No new trains announced. Plan Outlay proposed Rs. 1,00,011 crore, increased by 52%

Allocation for passenger amenities up by 67%

Rs.8.5 lakh crore will be invested in Railways in next 5 years.

'Operation 5 mins', wherein passengers travellling unreserved can purchase a ticket in 5 minutes. Men's Doubles - Simone Bolelli (Italy) and Fabio Fognini (Italy) by beating Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut

Women's Doubles - Bethanie Mattek-Sands (US) and Lucie afov (Czech Republic) by beating

Chan Yung-jan and Zheng Jie

Mixed Doubles - Leander Paes (India) and Martina Hingis (Switzerland) by beating French-Canadian pair of Kristina Mladenovic and Daniel Nestor

Dubai ATP Tennis Championship 2015

Winners List

Men's Singles : Roger Federer (Switzerland) Women's Singles : Simona Halep (Romania) Men's Doubles : Rohan Bopanna (India) / Daniel Nestor (Canada)

Women's Doubles : Tmea Babos (Hungary) / Kristina Mladenovic (France)

Bio toilets and airplane-type vaccum toilets in trains.

Rs 1,000 Nirbhaya Fund, which was lying idle so far, will finally board a train to provide women's safety

Surveillance cameras in select coaches and ladies compartments for women's safety without compromising on privacy. Rail tickets can now be booked 120 days in advance.

The speed of nine railway corridors will be increased to 160 and 200 kmph

200 more stations to come under Adarsh Station scheme

In 400 stations wi-fi facility will be provided

Facility of online booking of wheelchair for senior citizens.

Satellite railway terminals in major cities.

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Centrally managed Rail Display Network is expected to be introduced in over 2K stations over the next 2 years.

All india 24/7 helpline - 138 from March 2015 ; Toll free No.182 for security.

917 road under-bridges and over-bridges to be constructed to replace 3,438 railway crossings; at a cost of Rs. 6,581 crore. Four Railway Research Centres to start in four universities.

A mobile application to address complaints of people is also being developed

SMS alert services for passengers to inform them about arrival and departure of trains

The facility of e-ticketing to go paper less

24 to 26 coaches in certain identified trains, more general class coaches, ladders to be replaced

Introduction of integrated ticketing will be done, a Defence travel system has been developed to make travel easier Satellite railway terminals in 10 major cities

Railways to become prime mover of Indian Economy, Five years action plan proposed

Thrust on measurable and sustainable improvement in passenger experience and to make Rail a safer means of travel

More General class coaches will be added in identified trains.

Train Protection Warning System and Train Collision Avoidance System to be installed on select routes Investment 84% higher, 77 new projects covering 9,400 km of doubling/tripling/quadrupling works proposed

Cleanliness in Railways highest priority under Swachh Rail Swachh Bharat

A new department for keeping stations and trains clean under Swachh Rail Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

inance Minister Arun Jaitley on 28th February F2015 presented the Union Budget for the year 2015-16. Being termed as 'make or break', this is Arun Jaitley and the NDA Government's first full-year

Budget. Here are the key highlights of the Budget.

Important Numbers to Note

Non-Plan expenditure : Rs 13,12,200 crore.

Plan expenditure: Rs Rs 4,65,277 crore. Total expenditure: Rs 17,77,477 crore. Gross Tax receipts : Rs 14,49,490 crore.

Devolution to the States : Rs 5,23,958 crore. Share of Central Government : Rs 9,19,842 crore.

Non Tax Revenues : Rs 2,21,733 crore.

Fiscal deficit : 3.9% of GDP and Revenue Deficit: 2.8% of GDP

Sector-wise Highlights of Union

Budget 2015

Taxation

Abolition of Wealth Tax.

Additional 2% surcharge for the super rich with income of over Rs. 1 crore. Rate of corporate tax to be reduced to 25% over next four years. Total exemption of up to Rs. 4,44,200 can be achieved. 100% exemption for contribution to Swachch Bharat, apart from CSR. Service tax increased to14 per cent.

Agriculture

Rs. 25,000 crore for Rural Infrastructure Development Bank. Rs. 5,300 crore to support Micro Irrigation Programme.

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3. Farmers credit - target of 8.5 lakh crore.

Infrastructure

Rs. 70,000 crores to Infrastructure sector.

Tax-free bonds for projects in rail road and irrigation PPP model for infrastructure development to be revitalised and govt. to bear majority of the risk. Rs. 150 crore allocated for Research & Development NITI to be established and involvement of entrepreneurs, researchers to foster scientific innovations. Govt. proposes to set up 5 ultra mega power projects, each of 4000MW.

Education

AIIMS in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar and Assam. IIT in Karnataka; Indian Institute of Mines in Dhanbad to be upgraded to IIT. PG institute of Horticulture in Armtisar.

Kerala to have University of Disability Studies Centre of film production, animation and gaming to come up in Arunachal Pradesh. IIM for Jammu and Kashmir and Andhra Pradesh.

Defence

Rs. 2,46,726 crore for Defence.

Focus on Make in India for quick manufacturing of Defence equipment.

Welfare Schemes

The 35th National Games of India were held from 31st January 2015 to 14th February 2015 at Seven districts in Kerala (Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Alapuzha, Ernakulam, Kozhikode, Trissur, Kannur). This was for the second time Kerala hosted National games after 27th National Games in the year 1987. Services Sports Control Board topped the medal tally with 159 medals followed by Kerala (162) and 50,000 toilets constructed under Swachh Bharath Abhiyan. Two other programmes to be introduced- GST & JAM Trinity. GST will be implemented by April 2016. MUDRA bank will refinance micro finance orgs. to encourage first generation SC/ST entrepreneurs. Housing for all by 2020. Upgradation 80,000 secondary schools.

DBT will be further be expanded from 1 crore to 10.3 crore. For the Atal Pension Yojna, govt. will contribute 50% of the premium limited to Rs. 1000 a year. New scheme for physical aids and assisted living devices for people aged over 80 . Govt to use Rs. 9000 crore unclaimed funds in PPF/EPF for Senior Citizens Fund. Rs. 5,000 crore additional allocation for MGNREGA. Govt. to create universal social security system for all Indians.

Renewable Energy

Rs. 75 crore for electric cars production.

Renewable energy target for 2022: 100K MW in solar; 60K MW in wind; 10K MW in biomass and 5K MW in small hydro

Tourism

Develpoment schemes for churches and convents in old Goa; Hampi, Elephanta caves, Forests of Rajasthan, Leh palace, Varanasi , Jallianwala Bagh, Qutb Shahi tombs at Hyderabad to be under the new toursim scheme.

Visa on Arrival for 150 countries

Haryana (107). Here are some important points you should know about 35th National Games.

Host : Kerala

Starting Date : 31st January 2015 Last Date : 14th February 2015 Motto : Get Set Play

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Mascott : Ammu (Great Indian Hornbill, the State

Inaugurated by : Venkaiah Naidu (Union minister

bird of Kerala)

of urban development)

Goodwill Ambassador : Sachin Tendulkar

Total Sports Disciplines : 33

Top 10 Medal Winners

RankSportAthleteStateGoldSilverBronzeTotal1SwimmingSajan PrakashKerala62082Canoe & KayakRajina KiroAndaman Nicobar51063Canoe & KayakInaocha Devi MayanglambamMadhya Pradesh51064SwimmingAakanksha VoraMaharashtra51065ShootingVijay KumarServices SCB50166ShootingGurpreet SinghServices SCB50057GymnasticsDipa KarmakarTripura50058SwimmingRicha MishraMadhya Pradesh41279ShootingChain Singh ManhasServices SCB411610SwimmingDhumatkar AditiMaharashtra4105

Top 10 Medal Tally

RankTeamsGoldSilverBronzeTotal1Services SCB9133351592Kerala5448601623Haryana4040271074Maharashtra3043501235Punjab273432936Madhya Pradesh222438847Manipur181824608Tamil Nadu161620529Telangana1611113810Gujarat104620

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