Indian Panorama Film Festival begins in  Port Blair


  • The Indian Panorama Film Festival has begunat Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islandson 15 February 2017 and will continue till 19th Feb.
  •  Anindo Majumdar, Chief Secretary of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands inaugurated the festival.

Merger of 5 associate banks with SBI is approved by  Union Cabinet


  • Union Cabinet has approved the merger of 5 associative banks to SBI. It was proposed in May 2016 and was scheduled for Mar 2017.
  • These five associative banks are - State Bank of Patiala, State Bank of Mysore,State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur,State Bank of Hyderabad and State Bank of Travancore.

Air Services Agreement (ASA) between India and Rwanda is approved by  Union Cabinet


  • Union Cabinet approved the Air Services Agreement (ASA) between India and Rwanda. Indian Prime Minister, NarendraModi .
  • The ASA will provide commercial opportunities for the carriers belonging to both Rwanda and India.

Piyush Goyal launched TAMRA Portal for transparent Mining Clearances  


  • The Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines,PiyushGoyal launched the Transparency, Auction Monitoring and Resource Augmentation (TAMRA) Portal and Mobile Applicationon 15 February 2017.
  • This portal, developed by the Ministry of Mines, was launched across 12 mineral-rich states.


Justice Vikramajit Sen took charge of  Delhi and Districts Cricket Association


  • Justice VikramajitSen, a former Supreme Court judge took charge of Delhi and Districts Cricket Association (DDCA) from JusticMukulMudgal on 15th February 2017.

The ReNew Power Ventures Pvt Ltd sold its 10% stake to  JERA


  • JERA, A Japanese firm has bought 10% of ReNew Power Ventures Pvt Ltd shares for USD $200 millionon.
  • ReNew Power Ventures Pvt Ltd, founded by Sumant Sinha in 2011, is an independent power producer (IPP) company.

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