1) Jitan
Ram Manjhi resigned as CM of Bihar:
--> Jitan Ram Manjhi submitted his
resignation as chief minister of Bihar without taking the trust vote on 20
February 2015.
--> Nitish Kumar will return as chief
minister of Bihar for a fourth time on 22 Feb 2015.
--> Hours ahead of the trust vote,
Manjhi submitted his resignation to Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi.
2) Rs.
1.11 crore for Modi's Bandhgala suit:
--> A whopping Rs 1.11 crore bid was
made by a Gujrati NRI in an auction for the controversial pinstripe monogrammed
bandhgala suit which Prime Minister Narendra Modi wore during United States
President Barack Obama’s visit to India last month.
--> Viral Chowksi, the NRI made the
offer at the three-day auction.
3) Scientist
Tapan Misra to head ISRO's Space Application Centre:
--> Eminent scientist Tapan Misra has
been appointed the Chief of ISRO's Space Applications Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad,
the space agency on 20 February 2015.
--> Misra, Deputy Director, Microwave
Remote Sensing Area in SAC, succeeds A S Kiran Kumar, who was appointed as the
Chairman of the ISRO last month.
--> He is also heading the Office of
Innovations Management of ISRO at ISRO Headquarters, Bengaluru.
4) Brendon
McCullum hits fastest World Cup half century:
--> New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum
recorded the fastest-ever World Cup fifty when he reached the landmark off just
18 balls against England at Wellington on 20 Feb 2015.
--> The opener's whirlwind half-century
featured seven fours and four sixes as New Zealand rapidly closed in on victory
after skittling England out for just 123.
--> McCullum beat his own World Cup
record when he carved fast bowler Steven Finn for four, having made a fifty off
20 balls against Canada in 2007.
5) PM
Modi flagged off Arunachal-Delhi train:
--> Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 20
Feb 2015 flagged off the first express train from Naharlagun in Arunachal
Pradesh to New Delhi by pressing a button at a function held in Indira Gandhi
Park in Itanagar.
--> He had arrived in Arunachal Pradesh
capital Itanagar to participate in the state's 29th foundation day.
6) Prasar
Bharti can share feed with private cable operators: SC
--> Public broadcaster Doordarshan (DD)
can continue to share live feed of cricket World Cup matches with private cable
operators as the Supreme Court on 20 Feb 2015 granted a stay on the Delhi High
Court order in this regard.
--> The High Court had allowed the plea
of Star India Ltd, which holds the exclusive telecast rights of the Cricket
world cup, and had asked Prasar Bharati not to share the live feed of the
matches with private cable operators.
7) EC
presented 'India Votes' to President Pranab Mukhjerjee:
--> The Election Commission has come out
with its latest publication on Indian polls, 'India Votes', encapsulating a
comprehensive and fact-filled review of the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
--> Chief election commissioner H S
Brahma and election commissioner S Nasim Zaidi on 19 Feb 2015 presented the
first copy of the book to President Pranab Mukhjerjee.
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