● The US novelist and author of the masterpiece To Kill a Mockingbird, who passed away recently – Harper Lee
● The finance minister of West Bengal who is the new chairman of the GST Panel – Amit Mitra
● The new vice-chancellor of Delhi University – Yogesh Kumar Tyagi
● The person who has been conferred the Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honour), France’s highest civilian honour – Manish Arora
● Winner of the men’s singles title of the Argentina Open 2016 – Dominic Thiem
● India’s lightest revolver ever which weighs as less as 250 grams – Nidar
● The first missile to be developed by the DRDO under India’s Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme – Prithvi-II
● The cleanest city of the country in Swachh Sarvekshan- 2016 – Mysuru
● The present MD and CEO of Bank of Baroda – PS Jayakumar
● The country funding 80% of the `17,750-cr trans-harbour project connecting Mumbai and Navi Mumbai – Japan
● The Jnanpith winner and most celebrated contemporary poet of Malayalam who died recently – ONV Kurup
● The size of the electronic development fund (EDF) launched by the govt – `10,000-cr
● The SEBI chairman who was given an extension till 2017 – UK Sinha
● The central university which turned 100 years on 13 Feb 2016 – Banaras Hindu University (BHU)
● The firm named manufacturing innovator of the year at the inaugural TIME India awards – Hero MotoCorp
● India’s present ambassador to Tajikistan who died recently – Biraja Prasad
● The newly appointed Prime Minister of Chad – Albert Pahimi Padacke
● The joint military exercise held between India and Seychelles recently – Lamitye 2016
● Winner of the Best Film award at the 69th BAFTA Awards 2016 – The Revenant
● The new President of Institute of Chartered Accountants
of India (ICAI) – M Devaraja Reddy
● The person awarded with the Pride of Kerala Award from the World Malayalee Council recently – Vidya Balan
● The venue of the first Mega Food Park (MFP) in Madhya Pradesh – Panwa village (Khargone district)
● The new Director of Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad – Vilas Tonapi
● The venue of the Make in India week – Mumbai
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