General - Current Affairs for February, 2015

Medicinal uses of Panchagavya and its individual ingredients including cow urine are mentioned in the authoritative books of Ayurveda listed in the First Schedule of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940. Its therapeutic uses in Ayurveda include Krimi Roga, Kushtha, Kandu, Shoola, Gulma, Udara Roga, Anaha, Shotha, Pandu, Kamala, Vasti Roga, Kasa, Shavasa, Atisara, Mutraroga etc.

The Apex court's judgment came on a plea by a petitioner challenging the Kerala High Court verdict. The petitioner was born a Christian, as his grandfather had embraced the religion after leaving Hinduism, and he became a Hindu again. He was granted an SC certificate of a Hindu caste, to which his ancestors belonged.

Under the full MNP programme, a subscriber will be able to retain the same mobile number across the length and breadth of the country while selecting a service provider. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on 25th Feb’15 issued 6th Amendment to the Telecommunication Mobile Number Portability Regulation, 2009.

Pachauri was elected to the first of two terms as Chair of the IPCC in April 2002 and had been scheduled to complete his second term in October 2015.

Minister of State for Textiles (I/C), Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar, laid the foundation stone for Apparel & Garment Making Centre at Dimapur, Nagaland on 24th Feb’15. He inaugurated a Weavers’ Service Centre at Toluvi, Nagaland as well.

The National Pension System Trust has been set-up and constituted by Pension Fund Regulatory Development Authority (PFRDA) for taking care of the assets and funds under the National Pension System (NPS) in the interest of the beneficiaries (subscribers).

Oseltamivir INN, marketed under the trade name Tamiflu, is an antiviral medication used to prevent and treat influenza A and influenza B. The medication is taken orally. Tamil Nadu Health Minister Dr.Vijay Bhaskar told the State Assembly that the Government has purchased four lakh TAMIFLU tablets to tackle H1N1 virus.

The compulsion to watch television, play games on mobile phones or spend long hours on Internet has played havoc especially on our younger generation. Those obsessed with technology are in need of professional help and NIMHANS in Bengaluru has opened a weekend clinic for such people.

This train was flagged off from which Naharlagun Station of Arunachal Pradesh. This weekly train namely Train No. 22411 Naharlagun-New Delhi AC Express will cover the 2142 km in about 38 hours.

The sweet dish ‘Halwa’ is served to the whole staff in the finance ministry. Halwa ceremony marks the beginning of quarantine period during which no one associated with making and printing process of budget is allowed to interact with the outside world, including the family till the budget is finally presented.

Supreme Court had set up the three-member KS Radhakrishnan panel on road safety in April 2014 to scrutinize and monitor enforcement of statutory provisions including the Motor Vehicles Act for making road safer.

The budget of the state would be present on 11th March’15.

The name of Indian people are Ritika Singh, Shradha Prasad and Taranjeet Singh Bhatia. Fifty men and fifty women have been selected from over 2 lakh candidates globally to take this trip to Mars in 2024.

At midnight on 18th Feb’15, hundreds of millions of people will celebrate the end of the year of the horse and the dawn of the year of the sheep.

Using the help desk, holders of the inoperative accounts can trace their accounts and go in for either settlement or transfer of PF to their present accounts. The inoperative accounts are those accounts wherein the contribution has not been received for 36 months.

The Cabinet presided by Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi also decided to hike MLA development fund from the existing 2 crore rupees in a year to 3 crore rupees from the next financial year.

The Indian Coast Guard on 17th Feb’15 intercepted a Russian vessel around 110 nautical miles from the Mumbai coast. MV Sevastopol was intercepted when it was trying to cross the Indian waters in the wee hours.

A Division Bench comprising Justice Iqbal Ahmad Ansari and Justice Samrendra Pratap Singh on 16th feb’15 passed the order on a petition filed by JD(U) Member of Legislative Council Neearaj Kumar who had pleaded for a blanket ban on Manjhi Government for taking any policy decisions.

Under 3rd National Lok Adalat cases were taken up in the Supreme Court, High Courts, district-level courts and taluka-level courts across the country (except Assam and Uttar Pradesh). The first edition of National Lok Adalat was held in 2013 and disposed around 71.50 lakh cases. In its second edition in 2014 a record of sorts was made with the disposal of around 1.25 crore cases on a single day.

In this accident, 9 people were killed are more than 40 people were injured.

The Supreme Court on 11th Feb’15 upheld a Delhi High Court verdict which dismissed a petition seeking quashing of the appointment of former Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma as Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), saying it cannot meddle with the constitutional procedure. A bench headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu said there is no good ground, while dismissing the appeal against the High Court judgement which had held as valid the appointment of Sharma as the CAG.

He is the grandson of Princess Gayatri Devi and son of Tripurasundari Devi and Swaraup Gopal Raj Urs. He will continue the Dasara traditions of the Wadiyar dynasty and carry forward the protracted legal battle over the acquisition of palace with the State Government.

This Exercise will further underscore the nation’s capabilities in being the ‘first responder’ in the region during times of humanitarian crises.

Goa ranked 6th position. Dublin has been ranked No.1 followed by Belgrade, La Paz.

The development came four days after a CBI court granted him bail in the fake encounter case of Ishrat Jahan and 3 others. He was Additional Director General of Police CID (Crime) when he was arrested by the CBI in July 2013 after he surrendered before a court. He was the city's Joint Commissioner of Police when the encounter took place.

Bengaluru, Chennai and Surat are chosen among the 67 cities selected so far.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee did not attend the first governing council meeting of NITI Aayog.

Inaugurating the 9th edition of Plast India 2015 at Gandhinagar, Gujarat CM said that Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation-GIDC will offer 40 acre land at concessional rate to set up this university at Vapi in South Gujarat.

Transfer of Shri Justice Vineet Saran, Judge of the Allahabad High Court, as a Judge of the Karnataka High Court will assume charge of his office in the Karnataka High Court on or before 18th February, 2015.