Current Affairs - 15th Feb 2014

Delhi CM, Arvind Keriwal resigns with his cabinet

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and his whole cabinet resigned from the government after his much ambitious Jan Lokpal bill was not allowed to be presented in the legislative assembly.

The whole cabinet gave its resignation to Lt. Governor Mr. Najeeb Jung. With this, Delhi is headed for a re-election as the biggest party BJP which has 32 seats has refused to form the government citing lack of numbers in the assembly.

Belgium allows mercy killing (euthanasia) for children

After legalizing euthanasia for adults, the parliament of Belgium also gave its permission for mercy killing of children with the help and advice of doctors. Before Belgium, only Netherlands has allowed euthanasia for children.

Irani cup, 2014

Karnataka won the title of Irani cup defeating rest of India in a match held in Bangalore. Karnataka has won this title for the fifth time.

China’s second lunar probe

Chang’e-2 is the second unmanned lunar probe by China and has travelled by more than 70 million km in the space. It is the longest voyage of any Chinese lunar probe.

Bangalore is the first city to have 4G services

Bangalore, the capital of Karnataka will become the first city of the country to facilitate 4G services provided by Bharti Airtel. This service would be provided to 4G smart phones.

Post office launches electronic Indian Postal Order

The post office of India launched the e-IPO service for the payment of online fee for applying for RTI (right to information). Last year the same facility for opened for Indians living abroad.

Global Terrorism and Insurgency attack Index

HIS jane’s latest report was on the most active non-armed groups all over the world and Barisan Revolusi Nasional of Thailand was at the top position in the index whereas India’s Communist party Of India- Maoist were at the 4th position.

Acquisition of Time Warner cable of U.S. by Comcast

Comcast, USA’s biggest cable service provider is going to acquire Time Warner cable service provider in a deal worth $45 billion.

The new entity will have around 30 million subscribers in the United States and will become a cable service provider giant.