Current Affairs of the day.--27 th Feb.& 28 th Feb. •Importance of the day-27th FEB. 1937 - sir Don Bradman scores 169 in 5th Test Cricket v England in 223 minutes.,1992 - Tiger Woods, 16, becomes youngest PGA golfer in 35 years,2002 - Godhra train burning, a Muslim Mob kills 59 Hindu pilgrims returning from Ayodhya. •Importance of the day-28th FEB. 1984 - 26th Grammy Awards: Michael Jackson wins 8 Grammys, 2013 - The brains of two rats have been successfully connected so that they share information. current events:- 27th Feb. •Indian Navy Chief Adm. D.K. Joshi has resigned, claiming “moral responsibility”for the Feb. 26 fire of a Russian-made Kilo-class submarine, INS Sindhuratna. The Vice Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral R.K. Dhowan will take over the command. •Dinesh Sarraf appointed as next Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). •Ibrahim Mahlab was sworn in as new Egypt Prime Minister on 25 February 2014. He is a former member of Hosni Mubaraks political party. •The largest 130-MW Solar Power Plant of India Welspun Solar MP Project was launched at Bhagwanpur in Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh. It is also the Asias Largest Solar Power Plant. •South Africa play against Pakistan in the ICC Under 19 Cricket world cup final in Dubai. •ICICI Bank today launched ’branch on wheels’ in Odisha as part its financial inclusion plan to provide banking services in remote villages in the state which are devoid of banking facilities. •Mahatma Gandhis grandson and noted academic, Rajmohan Gandhi, will be the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) candidate from East Delhi Lok Sabha constituency, a seat currently held by Sandeep Dikshit, son of the former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikhsit. 28th Feb. •Govt approves Rs 1,000 min monthly pension under EPS-95 scheme that would immediately benefit 28 lakh pensioners. •Ukraines parliament has approved Arseniy Yatsenyuk as the countrys new prime minister. •Government on Friday raised dearness allowance to 100%, from 90%, benefiting its 50 lakh employees and 30 lakh pensioners. •Cabinet approves Presidents Rule in Andhra Pradesh. •India’s 1st post office savings bank ATM inaugurated in Chennai •Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd launched electric car e2o in Thimphu, Bhutan. •Hanumath Shastry, the eminent Telugu litterateur died. •Sahara Chief Subrata Roy was arrested in Lucknow on Friday, after evading for two days a non-bailable warrant issued by the Supreme Court for his failure to appear before it in a case of non-refund of Rs 20,000 crore to investors. •Lt Gen P R Kumar will on Saturday take over as Director General Military Operations (DGMO) from Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia, who is retiring today. •Countrys First Electric Bus Launched in Bangalore.(first electric zero-emission bus ).
Posted on: Sun, 02 Mar 2014 01:21:36 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015