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Friends.. Here is the persons in News for February 2015. Useful for all upcoming competitive Exams..Download as PDF: Click Here * Novak Djokovic - He defeated Andy Murray to winAustralian Open 2015.* Leander Paes and Martina Hingis - They wonAustralian Open mixed doubles 2015.* Carl Djerassi - Father of birth control pill, he passedaway.* K Sripavan - Appointed as the new Chief Justice ofSrilanka.* Kangana Ranaut & Shahid Kapoor: They bagged thebest actor awards at 60th Filmfare Awards.* Dr.Nandita Chatterjee - She took over as new Secretary(Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation).* Nicol David - World squash champion Nicol David (Malaysia) has set a new record for topping the worldrankings when she secured top spot for the 106th month.* Angelina Jolie - She was named the most admired woman in the world, as per a poll over 23 countriesconducted by YouGov.* Usha Thorat - She will chair the External Advisory Committee (EAC) to evaluate applications received for smallfinance banks.* Nachiket Mor - He will chair the External Advisory Committee (EAC) for payment banks.* Saloni Dalal - She became youngest medal winner in National Games 2015 held in Kerala.* Mrinalini Mukherjee - Noted sculptor, she passed away.* LC Goyal - He was appointed as new home secretary.* Roopa Kudva - Infosys appointed CRISIL MD Roopa Kudva as independent board member.* Pragyan Ojha - BCCI has cleared suspended left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha's action.* Cyrus S Poonawalla - He was named EY entrepreneur of the year.* RK Gupta - Project director of nuclear-capable Agni-V missile programme R.K. Gupta has been moved out bygovernment.* M O Garg - He has assumed charge as director general of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research(CSIR).* Cristiano Ronaldo - He was voted the best player in the English Premier League.* Bhalchandra Nemade - He was selected for the 50th Jnanpith Award for 2014.* Zoe Konstantopoulou - She was appointed as the youngest President of Greek Parliament.* Shubhajit Sen - Micromax has appointed Shubhajit Sen as its chief marketing officer (CMO).* Atmaram Bhende - Veteran Marathi theatre artiste and film actor, he passed away.* Anirban Lahiri - Indian golfer, he won Malaysian Open 2015. He also won Best Professional golfer of the yearaward during Feb 2015.* Naveen Chopra - New chief operating officer (COO) of Vodafone India.* Ricky Kej, Neela Vaswani - Musician Ricky Kej and activist Neela Vaswani won at the 57th Grammy awards.Both are Indian origin.* Tony Tan - Singapore president Tony Tan arrived in India on 4-day visit during February 2015.Prepared by: www.currentaffairs4examz.com* Vinod Mehta - Acclaimed Journalist Vinod Mehta was awarded the Yash Bharti Samman 2015 by thegovernment of Uttar Pradesh.* Amartya Sen - Economist and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has won the newly instituted Charleston-EFG JohnMaynard Keynes Prize.* Narendra Modi - He crossed 10 million follower mark on Twitter.* Krishna Chaudhary - Senior IPS officer Krishna Chaudhary took charge as the Director General (DG) of Indo-

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Tibetan Border Police (ITBP).* Pramod Asthana - Head of special investigation team (SIT) formed to re-open and re-investigate seriouscriminal cases relating to 1984 anti-Sikh riots.* Brendon McCullum - He was named the New Zealand's Sportsman of the Year. He also recorded the fastest-ever World Cup fifty.* Mads Nissen - He won World Press Photo of the year 2014.* Yaduveer Gopal Raj Urs - He is new heir of Mysuru Royal Family.* Ashton Carter - He was confirmed as new US defence secretary.* Balasubramaniam Venkataramani - He was appointed as new MD & CEO of Multi Commodity Exchange(MCX).* Ashish Agrawal - Micromax Informatics named Ashish Agrawal as Chief Technology Officer.* Kesava Reddy - Telugu novelist Kesava Reddy passed away.* Arvind Kejriwal - He was sworn in as the eighth Chief Minister of Delhi.* Steven Finn - England player, he took the first hat-trick of ICC 2015 Cricket World Cup.* Sunil Chhetri and Bala Devi - They were presented with 2014 AIFF Player of the Year award.* Virat Kohli - He became the first Indian to score a century against Pakistan at World Cup.* Dr. Tessy Thomas & Geeta Varadan - They were jointly named for Nayudamma Award 2014.* Maithripala Sirisena - New Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena arrived in India on a 4-Day visit duringFebruary 2015.* Yogaraj CP - Indian yoga teacher, he sets Guinness record in Hong Kong for performing Yoga continuously for40 hours non-stop.* Yuvraj Singh - He was bought by Delhi Daredevils for a whopping sum of Rs 16 crores in the IPL 2015 auction.* Punit Renjen - India-born Punit Renjen was appointed the chief executive of US-based accounting giantDeloitte's global operations.* Rajinder Puri - Veteran cartoonist, columnist and political activist Rajinder Puri died.* Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic - Sworn in as the first female president of Croatia.* Jawed Usmani - He took oath as UP Chief Information Commissioner.* Faisal Siddiqui - HTC appointed Faisal Siddiqui as South Asia President.* Sourav Ganguly - He was made Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) honorary life member.* Daggubati Ramanaidu - Legendary film producer Daggubati Ramanaidu passed away.* Anil Kumble - He was inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.* Jitan Ram Manjhi - He resigned as the Chief Minister of Bihar.* Chrishantha de Silva - He was appointed Sri Lanka Army chief.* Nitish Kumar - He took oath as Bihar's CM for the fourth time.* Dilip Shanghvi - Sun Pharma's founder and MD, he overtook Mukesh Ambani as the richest Indian.* Somdev Devvarman - He retained the Delhi Open title.* Purnendu Dasgupta - Indian-American, Purnendu Dasgupta, won prestigious chemistry award.* Rana Bhagwandas - The first Hindu chief justice of Pakistan Rana Bhagwandas passed away.* Ram Niwas Goel - He was elected Speaker of Delhi Assembly.* Chris Gayle - He hit the first double century in World Cup history.* R. K. Pachauri - He resigned as Chief of UN panel on climate change.* AB De Villiers - He scored the fastest 150 in one-day internationals during World Cup match against WestIndies.* Justice Amitava Roy - Former chief justice of Orissa high court, he has sworn in as a judge of the SupremeCourt.* Boris Nemtsov - Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov shot dead in Moscow.* Kshatrapati Shivaji - He took over as new CMD of SIDBI.* Arun K Singh - He is set to be Indias next ambassador to the US.* Kannan Ramesh - Indian-origin lawyer, he was appointed as a Judicial Commissioner to Singapores SupremeCourt bench.

Persons in News: February 2015 (PDF Download)