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1st February
Harish Rawat was sworn in as the chief minister of Uttarakhand on 1st February 2014.
Australian actor Maximilian Schell, who won Oscar for best actor in 1961, was died on 1st February 2014. He was 83.
Meghalaya’s oldest voter and the first Padma Shri award from the state, was died on 1st February 2014. She was 103.
2nd February
Karnataka won the Ranji Trophy for the first time since 1999 and defeated two time champion Maharashtra at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Hyderabad on 2nd February 2014.
H. S. Prannoy and P. V. Sindhu won the men’s and women’s singles title in Manorama Indian Open National ranking badminton tournament on 2nd February 2014.
Aparna Balan and Sikki Reddy won the women’s doubles in Manorama Indian Open National ranking badminton tournament on 2nd February 2014.
Akshay Dewalkar and Pranaav Jerry Chopra won the men’s doubles in Manorama Indian Open National ranking badminton tournament on 2nd February 2014.
3rd February
Janet Yellen is the first woman to lead the Federal Reserve in its 100 years history. She took the oath on 3rd february 2014 as Fed chairman.
The Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India’s new President is J. Prithviraj and it was announced on 3rd february 2014.
Joshna Chinappa won the WSA tour squash event and defeating Heba Ei Torkey. This is her 8th WSA tour squash event.
4th February
Satya Nadella, new CEO of U. S Software giant Microsoft. He is from Hyderabad.
Renowned Scientist C. N. R. Rao and former Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar was coffered the Bharat Ratna on 4th February 2014.
6th February
Vasil Bilak, a
former communist leader of Czechoslovakia, has died on 6th February
2014. He was 96.
Ajay Sharma, head
of the smartphone division, Micromax quits from the company.
Wrestling Coach Satvir
Singh was suspended by Sports Authority of India (SAI).
7th February
Union Cabinet cleared the Telangana Bill on 7th
February 2014. The bill will be
introduced on 11th or 12th February 2014.
The GDP growth for this fiscal year 2013-2014 is 4.9%
according to advanced estimates released on 7th February 2014 by
central statistics office (CSO).
R. Sridharan was elected
as the new president of Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) on 7th
February 2014.
Bharat Electronics
Limited (BEL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Textron Systems Corporation on 7th
February 2014 for enhancing border security, surveillance and enhancing
protection of critical infrastructure.
Nitin Rakesh is the new CEO and President of Software firm Syntel
with effect from 21st April 2014.
Kaneswaran Avili was
appointed as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of SpiceJet from 1st
April 2014.
Dinesh K Sarraf is appointed as the new Head of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation on 26th February 2014. and defeated Klara Zakopalova.
8th February
Yuki Bhambri won
the P. L. Reddy Memorial ATP $50,000 challenger Singles title and defeated
Alexander Kudryavtsev. Yuki Bhambri and Michael Venus won the doubles and
defeated Sriram Balaji and Blaz Rola.
Anup Sridhar and Tanvi Lad won Men’s and Women’s titles at
the Canara Bank all India Senior ranking Badminton Tournment.
9th February
N. Ramachandran is
elected as the new President of Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on 9th
February 2014.
10th February
Sushil Koirala is
the new President of Nepali Congress and he was elected by the PM of Nepal on
10th February 2014.
Vinod Sawhny is
the CEO of Reliance Communications. Before joining in RCom, He worked in
Bharati Group for more than 10 years.
11th February
E. K. Parthasarathy, industrialist
and chairman of Madras Engineering Industries, died on 11th February
2014. He was 77.
Shirley Temple Black,
fame as Hollywood child star,
died on 11th February 2014. She was 85.
Lakshmi Swaminthan, elected
as the President of The Adminstrative Tribunal of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
She is the first Indian to head the Tribunal.
12th February
Moin Khan is appointed as the Head coach of the Pakistan and
replacing Australian Dav Whatmore whose 2 year contract expired last month. Moin
Khan is the former captain of Pakistan team.
Karnataka, with
its innings victory against the rest of India, became the first Ranji Trophy
Champion in the last eight seasons to win the Irani Cup.
13th February
Balu Mahendra, National
award winning Filmmaker died on 13th February 2014. He was 75.
U. S comedy Pioneer Sid
Caesar died and best known for the TV Programme “ Your Show of Shows”. He was
91.
K. Raghu is the
new President of institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and Manoj
Fadnis is the Vice-President of ICAI for 2014-15.
14th February
Ecofirst Servuces Limited signs an MOU with Amsterdam ArenA
International to provide detailed project reports and design works for Sports
infrastructure.
15th February
Rakesh Maria, the
head of Maharashtra’s anti terrorism squard, was selected as Mumbai Police
Commissioner on 15th February 2014.
Y. S. P. Thorat,
the chairman and Forward markets Commission nominee independent director of
National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Ltd had resigned on 15th
February 2014.
Tom Finney, great
England football player has died and he was 91.
16th February
The Chinese film ‘Bai
Ri Yan Huo’ won the golden Bear for best picture at the 64th
Berlin international film festival.
Veteran congress leader Parasram
Maderna died on 15th February 2014. He was 88.
18th February
Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. Kiran Kumar Reddy
submitted his resignation to Governor E. S. L. Narasimhan on 18th
February 2014.
19th February
President Pranab Mukherjee has been conferred the Rotary international
highest Award from Rotary president Ron Burton on 19th February
2014. This is for India’s victory over Polio.
India and Bahrain signed three agreements to expand
cooperation in Key areas including trade and business on 19th February
2014.
20th February
Rajya Sabha gave its seal of approval on the Bill for
creating Telangana State on 20th February 2014, this is the 29th
state of India.
S. Vijay Kumar and
Ramya Kannan, reporters of The Hindu won the prestigious The National
Laadli Media and Advertising Awards for Gender sensitivity 2012-13.
Yaduvendra Mathur appointed
as the chairman and Managing Director of the Exim bank (Export Import Bank of India).
Facebook will buy
the fast-growing mobile messaging startup WhatsApp
for $19 billion in cash and stock in a landmark deal.
21st February
Archana Bhargava, CMD
of United Bank of India, quits from the bank on 21st February 2014.
Nandan Nilekani, chairman
of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) said on 21st
February 2014 that he would quit the organization by March end.
22nd February
Matteo Renzi was
sworn in as Prime Minister of Italy on
22nd February 2014. He is the youngest Prime Minister of Italy.
Sukumar Rajagopal, Chief
Information Officer of IT firm Cognizant,
has decided to quit from the company on the end of next month.
23rd February
Jayant Vishnu
Narlikar has been choosen for Dr. Y. Nayudamma Memorial Award for the
year 2013. The Award would be conferred on 1st March 2014 by
former Union Home Secretary K. Padmanabhaiah at Tenali.
Maria Franziska Von
Trapp, one of the original members of the Trapp family singers group, died.
She was 99.
Oleksandr Turchynov is
appointed as Interim President of Ukraine on 23rd February 2014.
24th February
Rafael Nadal won
the men’s Rio Open title and defeated Alexandr Dolgopolov.
Kurumi Nara won
the women’s Rio Open title and defeated Klara Zakopalova.
Horold Ramis, the
American Actor, Writer and Director of Classic Comedy Films, was died on 24th
February 2014. He was 69.
25th February
Ibrahim Mahlab is
the new Prime Minister of Egypt and he was appointed on 25th February
2014.
26th February
Dinesh K Sarraf is appointed as the new Head of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation on 26th February 2014. and defeated Klara Zakopalova.
27th February
Shankar Mahadevan’s song “Mujhse Hogi Shuruvaat” nominated
for Honesty Oscars 2014.
28th February
Janumaddi Hanumath
Sastry, Founder secretary of C. P. Brown memeorial library, was died on 28th
February 2014. He was 88.
Chandi Prasad Bhatt, Eminent
Gandhian and environmentalist, selected for the Gandhi Peace Prize 2013.
Arvind Saxena is
the new president and managing director of General Motors for its India
Operations with effect from 1st March 2014.
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