Current Affairs : 22 february 2014

•  The Indian economy is much more resilient to external shocks now than was last year, a top IMF official has said, attributing this to a series of administrative decisions and policy measures taken by the Union Government.
• UIDAI Chairman Nandan Nilekani said he will resign from his job by March-end to contest Lok Sabha election on Congress ticket.
• India test-fired the indigenously developed surface-to-air Akash missile from the Integrated Test Range launch complex at Chandipur.
• A committee has been constituted under the chairmanship of M.P. Bezbaruah, Member, North Eastern Council and other members to look into the various kinds of concerns of the persons hailing from the North Eastern States who are living in different parts of the country, especially the Metropolitan areas.
• The Supreme Court agreed to hear the Aam Aadmi Party's plea seeking a direction to the Lieutenant Governor to dissolve Delhi Assembly and hold fresh polls along with Lok Sabha elections. 
• The Uttar Pradesh government tabled an Interim Budget of Rs 2,59,848.68 crore for 2014-15 fiscal with an estimated deficit of Rs 5,181.71 crore.
•  The Rajya Sabha passed a resolution to impose President's rule in Delhi.
• Eminent writer and grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, Raj Mohan Gandhi has joined the Aam Aadmi Party in New Delhi. 
• Saradha Group head Sudipto Sen was sentenced to three years in prison for defaulting on depositing the provident fund dues of his employees.
• The 2014 Laureus World Sports Awards ceremony will take place at the Istana Budaya March 26.