Barry Knowles appointed as head of Youth Development Programme of Bharat FCPublished on: 19-FEB-2015Important for Exam:0 people agreed

Knowles carries coaching experience with Blackpool FC and Chester City FC and he was head coach at Burnley College Football Academy.

RBI issued Guidelines on Import of Gold by Nominated Banks and AgenciesPublished on: 19-FEB-2015Important for Exam:1 people agreed

RBI permitted the nominated banks to import gold on consignment basis, whereas, all sale of gold domestically will be against upfront payments.

EPFO launched Online Help Desk to trace Inoperative AccountsPublished on: 19-FEB-2015Important for Exam:4 people agreed

It was set up for settlement of EPF Inoperative Accounts having 27000 crore rupees as balance. There are about 8.15 crore inoperative provident fund accounts.

India and Bangladesh decided to step up Joint Border PatrollingPublished on: 19-FEB-2015Important for Exam:3 people agreed

The coordinated border management plan will also help in enhancing cooperation between the two nations.

India’s first air quality checking Mobile App SAFAR-Air launchedPublished on: 19-FEB-2015Important for Exam:6 people agreed

SAFAR is an acronym for System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research which was first launched in Delhi in 2010 during the Commonwealth Games.

Bihar Government decided to grant 35% reservation for women in Non-Gazetted jobsPublished on: 19-FEB-2015Important for Exam:3 people agreed

Government also hiked the MLA development fund from the existing 2 crore rupees in a year to 3 crore rupees from financial year 2016.

Bharti Airtel Ltd tied-up with UNICEF to provide education content in 17 African countriesPublished on: 19-FEB-2015Important for Exam:3 people agreed

Their partnership is aimed at improving African population’s access to health and education-related information from various innovative projects supported by UNICEF.

Producer Daggubati Ramanaidu diedPublished on: 19-FEB-2015Important for Exam:0 people agreed

Ramanaidu was a recipient of Dada Saheb Phalke and Padma Bhushan awards.

Rahul Kaiche became first cardiac surgeon in Maharashtra to use titanium plates for coronary surgeryPublished on: 18-FEB-2015Important for Exam:18 people agreed

He used the titanium plates instead of the traditionally used wires for sternal closure in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) surgery.

Lupin signed an agreement with Celon Pharma for developing generic version of asthma drugPublished on: 18-FEB-2015Important for Exam:2 people agreed

The collaboration is an important milestone in Lupin’s efforts to evolve its global inhalation pipeline.

RUAG Aerostructures, Tata Group signed a pact to supply components for Airbus 320Published on: 18-FEB-2015Important for Exam:5 people agreed

As part of the contract, TAL will manufacture and supply over 550 sheet metal components, machined parts and sub-assemblies to RUAG for Airbus A320 programme.

Bollywood Actor Ashraful Haque passed awayPublished on: 18-FEB-2015Important for Exam:7 people agreed

Bollywood actor Ashraful Haque passed away on 17 February 2015 at a private hospital in Andheri East, Mumbai after suffering from Myelodysplastic Syndrome.

Bihar State Cabinet approved the inclusion of Dusadh caste in Mahadalit categoryPublished on: 18-FEB-2015Important for Exam:6 people agreed

The approval was granted on the proposal of state SC/ST welfare department which demanded categorisation of Dusadh (Dhari and Dhadi) caste in the Mahadalit category.

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic sworn-in as President of CroatiaPublished on: 18-FEB-2015Important for Exam:23 people agreed

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic is Croatia’s first female President and overall fourth President since Croatia gained independence from Yugoslavia in 1991.

First Renewable Energy Global Investors Meet & Expo, RE-Invest 2015, held in New DelhiPublished on: 18-FEB-2015Important for Exam:6 people agreed

The central theme of RE-Invest is to attract large scale investments for the renewable energy sector in India. The aim of the meet is to evolve innovative financial models for funding and to ensure the partnership of states and the Centre in harnessing renewable energy.

Reliance Communications and Twitter partnered for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015Published on: 18-FEB-2015Important for Exam:13 people agreed

Under the partnership, Reliance customers will get a platform on twitter to follow the global commentary of the 2015 Cricket World Cup without any data charges.

3 Indians in the shortlisted 100 applicants for the one-way trip to MarsPublished on: 18-FEB-2015Important for Exam:29 people agreed

Ritika Singh, Shradha Prasad, Taranjeet Singh Bhatia are the three Indians who were chosen for third round for one-way trip to Mars under Mars One mission.

5th India-Myanmar Joint Trade Committee meet held in Nay Pyi TawPublished on: 18-FEB-2015Important for Exam:6 people agreed

India and Myanmar agreed to enhance trade and investment between the countries by removing bottlenecks like lack of good connectivity and banking arrangements.

Jawed Usmani sworn-in as Chief Information Commissioner of Uttar PradeshPublished on: 18-FEB-2015Important for Exam:7 people agreed

Jawed Usmani was appointed as UP Chief Information Commissioner in November 2014. But during this appointment, he was the Chairman of UP Board of Revenue.

Veteran cartoonist Rajinder Puri passed awayPublished on: 18-FEB-2015Important for Exam:8 people agreed

Veteran cartoonist, columnist and political activist Rajinder Puri passed away on 15 February 2015 in New Delhi following a brief illness.

Government is expected to be a responsible litigant: Central Information CommissionPublished on: 17-FEB-2015Important for Exam:12 people agreed

Central Information Commission (CIC) on 17 February 2015 ruled that the Governments, at both the Centre and State level, are expected to be a responsible litigant and not treat a citizen as opposite party or its rival.

Union Ministry of Finance imposed Anti-dumping duty on imports of graphite electrodesPublished on: 17-FEB-2015Important for Exam:27 people agreed

With this move, government aims to protect the domestic industry from below-cost shipments of graphite electrodes.

Creator of chocolate-like spread Nutella Michele Ferrero diedPublished on: 17-FEB-2015Important for Exam:15 people agreed

Michele Ferrero was Italy’s richest man and the owner of a global chocolate and confectionery empire that was built on the popular Nutella spread.

Cyclist Alberto Contador of Spain announced to retire from Cycling after 2016 seasonPublished on: 17-FEB-2015Important for Exam:6 people agreed

Before retirement, he wants to win the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia in the same year, the fete which was last achieved by Marco Pantani in 1998.

Faisal Siddiqui appointed as South Asia President of HTCPublished on: 17-FEB-2015Important for Exam:13 people agreed

Siddiqui will lead the company in the region which includes India, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and other emerging markets in Asia.

Former Home Minister of Maharashtra Raosaheb Ramrao Patil diedPublished on: 17-FEB-2015Important for Exam:4 people agreed

Raosaheb Ramrao Patil, former Home Minister of Maharashtra and NCP leader, died on 16 February 2015 at Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai after suffering from oral cancer.

Dosmoche festival celebrated in LadakhPublished on: 17-FEB-2015Important for Exam:22 people agreed

The festival was celebrated with week-long period of prayers and ritual at Liker monastery and marks the victory over evil forces.

Ministry of Urban Development partnered with Bloomberg Philanthropies for Smart Cities InitiativePublished on: 17-FEB-2015Important for Exam:14 people agreed

Under the agreement, the Bloomberg Philanthropies will provide assistance to the Ministry of Urban Development to select cities for Smart Cities Mission funding on a continuous basis.

Ancient Vishnu idol found in Punjab's Tran TaranPublished on: 17-FEB-2015Important for Exam:19 people agreed

It seems that the statue belongs to the era of King Harshvardhana (590-647AD) and is surrounded by 21 other deities on a lotus flower base.

India signed Grant Agreement of 8 million US dollars with World Bank for funding SLACC ProjectPublished on: 17-FEB-2015Important for Exam:10 people agreed

The amount will be used to implement special projects under SLACC to improve adaptive capacity of the rural poor engaged in farm-based livelihoods to climate change in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh.