Daily Current Affairs Updates

Senior IRS officer Jayant Misra has been appointed as Director General (DG) of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI).

The famous Odissa singer Bhubaneshwari Mishra passed away following a sudden cardiac arrest in New Delhi. She was 67.

Indian Railway Officer Vinay Kumar Singh has been appointed as Managing Director of National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC).

• Current Affairs weekly bullets is the collections of weekly current affairs in the form of bullet points so you can grab it in easily. Here, we have brought the bullet points of current affairs from 15th to 21st February, 2016.

• Italian writer and philosopher Umberto Eco passes away.
• Brendon McCullum hits fastest Test century.
• The Railways deciding to introduce train hostesses on soon to be launched Delhi-Agra Gatiman Express.

Italian writer and philosopher Umberto Eco passed away in Milan, Italy at the age of 84 years.

New Zealand Skipper Brendon McCullum has smashed the fastest ever Test century off only 54 balls.

The Railways deciding to introduce train hostesses on soon to be launched Delhi-Agra Gatiman Express, the first train in India to run at a speed of 160 kmph.

In a bid to attract more international talent, the prestigious IITs for the first time are planning to hold their entrance tests in Singapore, UAE, Ethiopia and SAARC nations next year to select foreign students for undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

Budget 2016-17 could penalise voluntary investments over Rs 1.5 lakh into Employees' PF and General PF accounts, in a bid to prod people into investing their savings in other alternatives such as the National Pension System.

• Five hot Jupiter like planets discovered
• MP, Rajasthan set up SPVs for implementation of Smart City Plans
• Swachh Himachal Padhai bhi, Safai bhi campaign launched

Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan Government have set up Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV) for the implementation of Smart City Plans. SPVs have been set up for five cities – Jabalpur, Indore and Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh and Jaipur and Udaipur in Rajasthan.