Current Affairs of February 14th 2017 for IBPS CLERK,PO/MT,SO,SBI PO,SSC CGL,CHSL,MTS EXAMS

• Anil Ambani group firm Reliance Defence and Engineering Ltd(RDEL) had signed a Master Ship Repair Agreement(MSRA) with the U.S. Navy to maintain its Seventh Fleet involving 100 vessels operating in the Indian Ocean.
• Hyderabad origin doctor Vidya Kora elected as the chair of The American Medical Association Political Action Committee(AMPAC),a bipartisan political action committee based in Washington D.C.
• IndiaSoft 2017,a two-day exibition and conference of the electronics and computer software Export Promotion Council(ESC) gets underway in Hyderabad.As many as 200 companies and 50 start-ups are participating in the expo.
• I-Hub inaugurated at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics(ICRISAT),Hyderabad to extend better services to farmers.
• The National Thermal Power Corporation(NTPC) Limited Ramagundam secured the second position in the NTPC Business Excellence Model 2016-17 among all the NTPC power stations in the country.Minister for Power and Coal Piyush Goyal presented the award to NTPC Ramagundam Executive Director(ED) D.K.Dubey at NTPC's international operation and maintenance conferenceIPS-2017 in New Delhi.
• The Karnataka Legislative Assembly passed the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Karnataka Amendment Bill to the Act of 1960) Bill 2017,paving the way for the conduct of Kambala which is the Karnataka traditional buffalo race.The High Court stayed the sport following a petition by the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals(PETA).
• The 11th edition of 'Aero India 2017',India's largest aerospace and defence expo to kick start at the Indian Air Force base in Yelahanka(Bengaluru) from Tuesday.
• Engineering giant Larsen&Toubro(L&T) ties up with European defence major MBDA Missile Systems for development of missiles in India.
• Online market places offering discounts after inflating Maximum Retail Price(MRP),a new survey revealed.
• Associated Press photographer Burhan Ozbilici(Turkey) won the 2017 World Press Photo Competition.
• UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for urgent meet over North Korea's ballistic missile test.
• India beat Bangladesh by 208 runs in the test match at Hyderabad to clinch the one match test series 1-0.Virat Kohli named Man-of-the-Match.
• Jehan Daruvala becomes the first Indian to win a motorsports Grand Prix(GP) event by winning the Toyota Racing Series's New Zealand(GP).
• A docu-feature on master blaster Sachin Tendulkar titled sachin:A Billion Dreams is set to release on May 26.
• Dev Patel won the Bafta award in the best supporting actor category for Lion.
• Adele becomes the first artist to sweep the top three categories(album,record,song of the year) twice twice at Grammys.