Daily Current Affairs Updates

Malayalam film Ottal (The Trap) has been named as best feature-length and best short films in the children̢۪s category at the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival.

The Jaypee Punjab Warriors has won the fourth edition of Coal India Hockey India League (HIL) title 2016. It was their maiden title.

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.