February 2017 Current Affairs: In this chapter, information has been given about the latest current affairs based on India and the world in the month of February 2017 from the point of view of upcoming competitive examinations. Here you can find various fields of India and the world like: Appointments, Resignations, Sports and Sportsmen, Politics, Awards and Honors, Important Days, Deaths, Reports, Business, Planning, Politics, Education, Books and Authors, Economy, Accidents, Science, Technology You can get general knowledge about important current affairs related to geography, records, settlement, convention and entertainment etc.

28 February 2017 | Awards Current Affairs
Former Indian women's cricketer Shantha Rangaswamy has become the first female cricketer to be nominated for the BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award.
27 February 2017 | Awards Current Affairs
Moonlight won the best picture award at Oscars 2017 while Emma stone and Casey Affleck won the Best Actress and Best Actor awards respectively.
26 February 2017 | Business Current Affairs
The Board of state-owned ONGC has approved signing of definitive agreements for buying debt- laden GSPC's entire 80 per cent stake in KG-basin natural gas block for $ 1.2 billion.
25 February 2017 | Sports Current Affairs
South African AB de Villiers passed the 9,000-run milestone in one-day internationals in the third ODI against New Zealand in Wellington. De Villiers is the 18th player and second South African behind Jacques Kallis to reach the 9,000 mark.
24 February 2017 | Awards Current Affairs
Belgium captain and Olympic silver medallist John-John Dohmen and Netherlands' Naomi van As won the International Hockey Federation's male and female Player of the Year (2016) awards respectively.
23 February 2017 | Appointments Current Affairs
Senior British officer Cressida Dick has been appointed as the commissioner of London's Metropolitan Police, becoming the first woman to lead Scotland Yard in its 187-year history.
22 February 2017 | Awards Current Affairs
Tamil, Hindi and Sanskrit scholar and author P. Jayaraman will be awarded with the 'Sahitya Akademi Translation Award' for the year 2016 along with 22 language translators.
21 February 2017 | Appointments Current Affairs
United States President Donald Trump has appointed Lt Gen Herbert Raymond McMaster as his new national security advisor.
20 February 2017 | Indian Current Affairs
India became the 12th largest holder of US government securities in 2016. Japan is on the first place with holdings worth USD 1.09 trillion.
19 February 2017 | Technology Current Affairs
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully ground tested India’s largest indigenously developed Cryogenic Upper Stage engine for GSLV Mark III.
18 February 2017 | Awards Current Affairs
Renowned Hindi Scholar, litterateur and playwright Surendra Verma (75) was selected for the prestigious Vyas Samman 2016. He was chosen for this award for his novel Kaatna Shami Ka Vriksha : Padma Pankhuri Ki Dhar Se, published in 2010.
17 February 2017 | Appointments Current Affairs
External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup has been appointed India's High Commissioner to Canada.
16 February 2017 | Indian Current Affairs
Mumbai and New Delhi have been ranked among the world's 100 best places for students in the QS Best Student Cities ranking for the first time.
15 February 2017 | Technology Current Affairs
Indian Space Research Organisation created history with the successful launch of a record 104 satellites by a single rocket - PSLV.
14 February 2017 | Awards Current Affairs
Priyanka Chopra-produced Marathi film 'Ventilator' has won best screenplay award at the 15th Pune International Film Festival (PIFF).
13 February 2017 | Appointments Current Affairs
Former foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has been elected as the new president of Germany.
12 February 2017 | Indian Current Affairs
The National Productivity Day was observed on February 12 with a theme - 'From Waste to Profits-through Reduce, Recycle and Reuse'.
11 February 2017 | Appointments Current Affairs
The government appointed Ajay Tyagi, additional secretary in the finance ministry, as the new chairman of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi). He will take over from U K Sinha on March 01.
10 February 2017 | Awards Current Affairs
Surgeon P Raghu Ram has been awarded with the prestigious Dr B C Roy national award 2016 for outstanding service in the field of socio medical relief.
9 February 2017 | Sports Current Affairs
Sourabh Varma defeated Lakshya Sen to win the men’s singles title at the 81st Senior Badminton National Championship. 
8 February 2017 | Appointments Current Affairs
Jovenel Moise has been sworn in as Haiti's new president, opening a new chapter in the country's history after a long-running political crisis.
7 February 2017 | Sports Current Affairs
The Odisha government accorded in-principle approval to a proposal for hosting the 14th Men’s Hockey World Cup-2018 in Bhubaneswar.The event is scheduled to be held at Kalinga Stadium here from November 28 to December 16, 2018.
6 February 2017 | Sports Current Affairs
Virat Kohli becomes second Indian cricketer after Sachin Tendulkar to feature on the cover of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack. The India captain gets the honour for playing a key role in leading his team to series wins in all three formats against England.
5 February 2017 | Indian Current Affairs
The Finance Act, 2016 amended the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) to provide that 40% of the amount payable to the employee subscriber of NPS on his closure of account or his opting out of the scheme, shall be exempt from tax.
4 February 2017 | Appointments Current Affairs
Senior bureaucrat Praveen Mahajan on Thursday became the first woman President of the All India Tennis Association (AITA) till 2020, replacing veteran administrator Anil Khanna who was forced to quit by the Sports Ministry
3 February 2017 | Sports Current Affairs
The 15-year-old shuttler from Uttrakhand, Lakshya Sen, created history by becoming the number one junior singles badminton player in the world in the latest rankings of the Badminton World Federation (BWF)
2 February 2017 | Appointments Current Affairs
Former Exxon Mobil Corp chairman and chief executive, Rex Tillerson sworn in as the Foreign Minister of United States of America.
1 February 2017 | Indian Current Affairs
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the Budget 2017-18 in the Lok Sabha. This is his fourth budget as Finance Minister. It is the first time that Union and railway budget have been presented together. Government has marginally revised the GDP growth rate for 2015-16 to 7.9 per cent from the earlier estimate of 7.6 percent.

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