Sunday 6 February 2022

WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS (1ST FEBRUARY TO 6TH FEBRUARY 2022)

WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS (1ST FEB-6TH FEB 2022) 

1) Aveta Biomics , USA And CSIR-CDRI Lucknow Announce License To Aveta Biomics For The Development And Commercialization Of First In Class Bone Health Drugs. 

2) Defense Secretary Ajay Kumar And Mohammad Bin Nasser Bin Ali AL Zaabi, Secretary General Of The Ministry Of Defence Of Oman Attend The 11th Meeting Of The India-Oman Joint Military Cooperation Committee. 

3) Saudi Arabia To Organise Their First Ever Yoga Festival On Bay La Sun Beach Near Jeddah. 

4) Indian Hockey Goal Keeper PR Sreejesh Won The Prestigious World Games Athlete Of The Year For His 2021 Performance, He Became The Only Second Indian To Received That Award. 

5) Madhya Pradesh Former CM & State Congress President Kamal Nath To Launch Party's Ghar Chalo, Ghar Ghar Chalo Campaign From Dewas. 

6) Assam Government To Launch Project Sadbhavana To Dispose Pending Files In Secretariat. 

7) Home Delivery Of Medicines To Begin Under Services E-Health Assistance & Teleconsultation (SEHAT)

SUKHNA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY - Chandigarh 

8) HAL To Made Indigenous Radio Altimeter For Dornier Aircraft. 

9) To Encourage Digital Banking To Every Citizen , 75 Digital Banking Units In 75 Districts Of The Country Will Be Launched. 

10) 400 New Generation Vande Bharat Trains With Better Energy Efficiency Will Start In 3 Years. National Ropeways Development  Programme To Be Taken Up In PPP Mode, The Aim To Improve Connectivity, And Convenience For Commuters Besides Promoting Tourism. 

11) Indian Government Collected 1,40,986 Crores Rupees GST In The January Month, Which Is Highest Since The Inception Of GST. 

12) India And Nepal Signed An MoU To Construct a Motor able Bridge Across The Mahakali River To Connect Dharchula. 

13) RBI Will Issue Digital Currency In The Form Of Digital Rupee, Finance Minister Said. 

14) India Now Operates 130 Airports , As 2016 Reports India Has Only 62 Airports. 

15) India Covered 5,5 Crores Households By The Scheme JAL JEEVAN MISSION Since 2019. 

16) 48000 Crores Allocated For Completion Of Construction Of 80lakh Houses Under PM Awas Yojana In Rural And Urban Areas In The Year 2022-23 

17) 1Lakh Crores To Assist The States To Utilize Investment Economy. 

18) Both Centres And States Government Employees Tax Deduction Limit To Be Increased From 10% to 14% To Help The Social Security Benefits Of State Government Employees . 

19) Special Economic Zones (SEZ) Act Will Be Replaced With The New Legislation For The Development Of Enterprise And Hubs, 

20) 19,500 Crores Additional Allocation For PLI For Manufacturing High Efficiency Solar Modules. 

21) 2000 Km Of Rail Network To Be Brought Under The Indigenous World-Class Technology KAWACH, For Safety And Capacity Augmentation. 

22) Implementation Of Ken Betwa Linking Project At Estimated Cost Of 44,605 Crores To Be Taken Up With Irrigation Benefits To 9 Lakh Hectare Farmland, Drinking Water to 62 Lakh People , 103 MW Hydropower, 27 MW Solar Power Generation. 

23) 68% Of The Capital Procurement Budget For Defence. 

24) Battery Swapping Policy Will Develop In Urban Areas To Reduce Fossil Fuel. 

World Wetland Day - 2nd February 

25) Government To Pay 2,37 Lakh Crores Towards Procurement Of Wheat And Paddy Under MSP Operations. 

26) Leopard Counting Census Is Being Undertaken For The First Time In Assam By The North Kamrup Forest Division. 

27) 2 New Ramsar Sites (Wetlands Of International Importance ) , Khijadia Wildlife Sanctuary Of Gujarat And Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary Of Uttar Pradesh Announced On World Wetland Day (2nd February). 

India Has Now 49 Ramsar Sites. 

28) Two Indigenous ALH Mk-III Helicopters With Modern Avionics & Systems Enhancing Capabilities Have Been Inducted into ICG In Bengaluru. 

29) Vagir Submarine To Be Added Indian Navy . 

30) Government Of India Increases Capital Budget Of BRO By 40 % . (Border )

31) Chhattisgarh Becomes 35th State/UT To Implement One Nation One Ration Card. 

32) Dr. Madan Mohan Tripathy Joins As Director General Of National Institute Of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT) 

33) India And EU (European Union ) Discuss Cooperation In Joint Naval Activities On Indo-Pacific At Second Maritime Security Dialogue . 

34) Union Budget Allocated 1500 Crores For Development In North-East Region. (DevINE Plan) 

Development In North East )

35) Unnati Hooda In Women's Single And Kiran George In Men's Single Win In Odisha Open Badminton Tournament Held At Cuttack. 

36) Government Approves Sales Of PSU Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited (NINL) To TATA Steel Long Products Limited For RS 12000 Crores. 

37) Magnus Carlson Of Norway Wins Tata Steel Chess Tournament Held In Wijk aan Zee, Netherlands. 

38) India Is The World's Second Largest Steel Producing Nation In 2021 Behind China (1064,7 Matric Tonne) & India (100.3 Matric Tonne)

39) Sergio Mattarella (80) Reelected As President Of Italy. 

 World Cancer Day - February 4 

40) Manoj Kumar Mohapatra Has Been Appointed As The Ambassador Of India To The Republic Of Honduras. 

Previously He Was Ambassador Of India To Guatemala Worked. 

41) Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb In Presence Of Bangladesh Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi Laid The Foundation Stone Of Third Indo-Bangla Border Haat At Kamalpur Under Tripura's Dhalai District. 

42) Palaniswamy Subramanyam Karthigeyan Appointed As The Next High Commissioner Of India To The Kingdom Of Tonga.

Previously He Worked As High Commissioner Of India To Fiji 

43) Sumit Antil (Para Male Javelin Athlete), Bhavina Patel (Para Table Tennis Female0 And For Best Youth Athlete Avani Lekhara ( Para Shooting Female) Are Nominated For Asian Awards 2021. 

44) Tokyo Olympic Gold Medalist Neeraj Chopra (Javelin) Has Been Nominated For The Laureus 2022 World Breakthrough Of The Year Award. 

45) India To Get Its First Geological Park In Madhya Pradesh. 

46) India Merchandise Exports Grew By 23.69% To USD 34.06 Billion  In January. 

47) Prominent Actor, Director Of Bollywood Ramesh Deo Passes Away. 

48) India Got Third Place To Gain In Average Annual In Forest Area. From 2010-2020  India Adding Average Of 2,66,000 Hectares Of Additional Forests. Madhya Pradesh Leading From The Front With Adding 11% Of Total India's Forest Then Arunachal Pradesh (9%) Chhattisgarh (8%) And Odisha (7%/) Maharastra (7%) Respectively. 

49) India Male Team To Play Their 1000th One Day International Games (ODI) They Are Become The First International Teams To Play Against West Indies On 6th February.

50) India Will Organise The First Ever Global Summit On Reimagining Museums In India From 15-16 February 2022 In Hyderabad, To Preserve And Further The Cause Of Heritage Preservation. 

51) Uttar Pradesh Selected As The Best State Tableau Of Republic Day Parade 2022, Maharastra Wins In The Popular Choice Category. 

52) Indian Scientist Develop a Self Disinfecting Copper Based Nanoparticle Coated Antiviral Face Mask To Fight COVID Virus. 

53) A 104 Feet Tall National Flag At The Altitude Of 10000 Feet In Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh. 

54) Andrew McDonald Has Been Appointed As The Interim Head Coach Of Cricket Australia. 

Justin Langer Steeped Down From Head Coach. 

55) Gujarat State Forest Department To Carry Out a Two Day Bird Count At Nalasarovar & Thol Bird Sanctuaries. 

56) PM Narendra Modi To Unveil a 216 Feet Tall Statue Of Equality Of Bhakt Saint Sri Ramanujacharya In Hyderabad.

57) PM Narendra Modi To Unveil a Specially Designed LOGO Of ICRISAT And Launch a Commemorative Stamp, 

On The Occasion Of 50th Anniversary Of ICRISAT (International Crops Research Institute For Semi Arid Tropics) Campus In Patancheru, Hyderabad. 

58) ISRO Ready For Next Moon Mission Chandrayan -3 , ISRO Will Be Tying With JAXA (Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency) 

59) India Under 19 Team Beat England Under 19 By Four Wickets And For The 5th Time Lift The Under 19 World Cup Trophy. 

LIST OF INDIA U19 WINS WORLD CUP 

2000 - CAPTAIN - MOHHAMAD KAIF 

2008 - CAPTAIN - VIRAT KOHLI 

2012 - CAPTAIN - UNMUKT CHAND 

2018 - CAPTAIN - PRITHVI SHAW 

2022 - CAPTAIN - YASH DHUL 

60) Ambassador Of India To Thailand Suchitra Durai Felicitated Professor  Dr. Chirapat Prapandvidya On Government Of India Decision To Confer Padma Shri Award For 2022 For His Exceptional Service In Field Of Literature & Education. 

61) CISF Contingent Adjudged Best Marching Amongst Para Military Forces In Republic Day Parade 2022. 

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