BILL PASSED IN FEBRUARY 2024

* The Constitution (Jammu and Kashmir) Scheduled Caste Order (Amendment) Bill 2023 & 

The CONSTITUTION ( Jammu and Kashmir) Scheduled Tribes Order Bill (Amendment) 2023 Passed By Rajya Sabha.

( PAHARI ETHNIC Group, Gadda Brahman, Paddari Tribe And Koli Communities Will Add to Jammu and Kashmir Constitution (Schedule Tribes And Scheduled Castes) Amendments Bill 2024.) 

* Maharashtra State Government Has Approved Bill To Extend 10% Reservation To Marathas.

* Rajya Sabha Has Passed The Water ( Prevention And Control Of Pollution) Amendment Bill 2024.

* President Passed The Constitution ( Scheduled Castes And Scheduled Tribes) Amendment Bill 2024 

* Two New Entries in The List Of 62 ST Communities In Odisha  it Increases To 64. 

* New Addition To ST Communities - 

( Muka Dora, Mooka Dora, Nuka Dora, Nooka DOORA ) & 

( Konda Reddy, Kondu Reddi) 

* Two Communities Listed As SCs - Tamadia And Tamudia To Be Deleted From SC List And Included In ST List Under Bhumij) 

* Inclusion Of 4 PVGTs In ST List Of Odisha - 

* Pauri Bhuyan, Paudi Bhuyan Similar As Bhuiya, Bhuyan) 

* Chuktia Bhunjia As Bhunjia) 

* Bondo As Sub- Entry Under Bondo Paraja, Bonda Paroja, Banda Paroja) 

* Mankidia As Synonym As Mankirdia) 

* Parliament Passed The Water ( Prevention And Control Of Pollution) Amendment Bill 2024. 

* Lok Sabha Passed The Public Examination (Prevention Of Unfair Means) Bill 2024.

* Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 Bill Replaced Words Like Intellectual Disability, Mental Illness.

RENAME, LOGO CHANGED IN FEBRUARY 2024

RENAME - 

* Government Degree College Of Anantnag Of Boys, Has Been Renamed As Late Himayun Muzamil Bhat Deputy SP Degree College.

* Army Educational Corps ( AEC) To Be Renamed As Army Knowledge & Enabler Corps.

* The Saurashtra Cricket Stadium Will Be Renamed After Shri Niranjan Shah. 

* The Baramunda Bus Stand Of Bhubaneswar, Odisha Set To Rename As Dr B R Ambedkar Bus Terminal. 

* In National Film Awards, a Category Nargis Dutt Award For Best Feature Film Rename As Best Feature Film Promoting National, Social And Environmental Values 

* * The Indira Gandhi Award For Best Film Of A Director Has Been Renamed As Best Debut Film Of A Director.

* PayTM Changed Its Company Named To PAI. 

* JAMA MASJID Metro Station Has Been Renamed As Mankameshwar Metro Station, Uttar Pradesh.

*  Election Commission Approved The Nationalist Congress Part - SHARADCHANDRA PAWAR Group. 

NEWLY ADDED - 

*  Keyi Panyor And Bichom Are The Two New Districts Have Been Added To Arunachal Pradesh ( Now 28 Districts) 

WILDLIFE, NATURE, ENVIRONMENT CA IN FEBRUARY 2024

NEW ADDED - 

*  Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav Announced 5 More Wetlands Will Add To Ramsar Sites, Total 80 Ramsar Sites In India, Will Declared On The Eve Of WORLD Wetlands Day on 2nd FEBRUARY 2024.

* Magadi Kere Conservation Reserves (Karnataka)

* Ankasamudra Bird Conservation Reserves ) Karnataka) 

* Aghanashini Estuary (Karnataka) 

* Karaivetti Bird Sanctuary (Tamilnadu) 

* Longwood Shola Reserves Forest ( Tamilnadu) 

* In The First Snow Leopard Census - TOTAL 718 

477 Snow Leopards In Ladakh 

124 Snow Leopards In Uttarakhand 

51 Snow Leopards In Himachal Pradesh 

36 Snow Leopard In Arunachal Pradesh 

21 Snow Leopard In Sikkim 

09 Snow Leopard In Jammu And Kashmir 

NEW SPECIES/ RARE SPECIES - 

* DUSTED APOLLO ( Parnassius Stenosemus) a Rare High Altitude Butterfly Has Been Slighted First Time In Himachal Pradesh.

* Researchers Have Found a New Species Of Burrowing Frog Named SPHAEROTHECA VARSHAABHU At Budumanhali Bengaluru, Karnataka. 

* Researchers From KFRI Botanical Survey Of India And University Of Hyderabad Have Discovered A Fungus Species, TRICHOGLOSSUM SYAMVISWANATHII In Kerala.

* Researchers Have Discovered A New Species Of Damselfly At The Ponmudi Hills In Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (Cliffside Bamboo tail).

NEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARY - 

* Thanthai Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary is Become Tamilnadu's 18th Wildlife Sanctuary.

* Rajasthan State Government Has Notified Ramgarh Visdhari Wildlife Sanctuary As New Tiger Reserves.

OBSERVES DAY - 

* First Ever UN's International Day Of The Arabian Leopard Was Observed On 10th February 2024, 

HOST - 

* Samarkand, Uzbekistan  Host The 14th Meeting Of The Conference Of Parties COP 14 From 12th to 17th February 2024. ( Convention On Migratory Species) 

* Tamilnadu State Government Has Setting Up The FIRST of its kind Dedicated Fund for Species Conservation Fund.

AWARDS - 

* Eshwar Kavali, Amrabad Tiger Reserve, Telengana  Has Recived The Prestigious BEST ALL ROUND WILDLIFER Award By Wildlife Institute Of India ( WII). 

MOU SIGNED - 

* Arunachal Pradesh Signed MoU With National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) For Creation Of Three STPF In 3 Tiger Reserves.

TAG- 

* The Gupteswar Forest In Koraput District Of Odisha Gets The Biodiversity Heritage Tag. (350 Hectares Of Forest Consisting Of 608 Faunal Species) 

BOOKS AND AUTHOR FEBRUARY 2024

* Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik Has Released The Souvenir Book PARADIP PORT 1962-2024.

* MODI's NORTH EAST Story Book Author - Tuhin A Sinha And Aditya Pitte 

* SOUL AND SWORD Book Author - Hindol Sengupta 

* TALES OF THE PAST: The ODISHA Saga Book Author- Sibasish Mahapatra

*  MADAM COMMISSIONER : The Extraordinary Life Of A Indian Police Chief Book Author - Meeran Chadha Borwankar 

* SANATAN DHARM KYA HAI- Book Author - Pandit Dhirendra Krishna Shastri 

* An EPIC SAGA SWALLOWING THE SUN Novel Author - Lakshmi M Puri 

* AANCHAL Malhotra: The Book Of Everlasting Things - Book Author - Aanchal Malhotra 

* BIJU PATTNAIK: The Rain Maker Of Opposition Politics Book Author - Bhaskar Parichha 

* CRIME GRIME & GUMPTION: Case Files Of An IPS Officer  File  Book Author - I P SINGH 

*  AT THE PLEASURE OF MAJESTY Book Author Chander M Lall 

*  BANKER BY CHANCE LEADER BY CHOICE Book Author - Shiv V Singh 

* GURKHA BROTHERHOOD : A Memoir Of Childhood And War Book Author - Captain Kailash Limbu 

* Actress Huma Qureshi Novel - Zeba 

* SAPNO KI ROSHNI Book Author - Kailash Satyarthi 

*  Bihari Literature Book Author - Abhay K 

* AYODHYA RAM MANDIR : Bharat's Quest For Ram-Rajya Book Author - Swadesh Singh

* ASIA AFTER EUROPE Book Author - SUGATA BOSE 

* 2024: INDIA IN FREE FALL Book Author - Sanjay Jha 

* Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha Released The Col A K Raina's Book BEYOND THE FROZEN FRONTIERS.

* IF I HAVE TO BE A SOLDIER Book Author  Nikhil J Alva 

NORTH EAST CURRENT AFFAIRS FEBRUARY 2024

INAUGURATION - 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated Various Development Projects Worth RS 11,000 Crores In Assam.

* Laid Foundation Stone Of Maa Kamakshya Devi Lok Pariyojana.

* Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha Flagged Off Agartala Deoghar Train From Agartala Railway Station.

* Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha And Secretary Apurva Chandra Inaugurated The Building Of National Dental Commission 

* Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Inaugurated National Skill Training Institute For Woman In Agartala 

* Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Has Inaugurated Laid Foundation Stone Of Inland Water Transport (IWT) Of North Eastern Region, Guwahati, Assam. ( Project Worth Rs 308 Crores) 

* North East India's First API/ Bulk Drug Manufacturing Plant By Chemex GLOBAL Has Been Inaugurated In Guwahati, Assam.

*  Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma Along With Union Sport Minister Anurag Thakur Unveiled The Logo, Anthem Mascot, Jersey At The Khelo India University Games 2024 In Guwahati,Assam.

Kaji Nemu Has Been Declared As State Fruit Of Assam.

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FIRST TO - 

* Sikkim Became The FIRST North East State To Reinstate Old Pension Scheme For Employee.

* Tripura Became The First State In North East And 12th INDIAN State To Launch The Chief Minister Jan Arogya Yojana.

* Arunachal Pradesh Became The First North East State To Achieved 100% Saturation Of HAR GHAR JAL Under Jal Jeevan Mission.

* IIT Guwahati Has Launched India's Largest Drone Pilot Training Facility

* India's FIRST Gati Shakti Research Chair Has Been Established At IIM Shilong.

FESTIVALS - 

*  Three Days Poy- Lang Festival Celebrated In Assam.

* The Three Days Long TAWANGCHU TIDE International Kayaking Championship kicked Off In Tawang In Arunachal Pradesh.

* Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Attended The BUSU DIMA FESTIVAL ( DIMASA Community) of Assam. 

APPOINTMENTS - 

* Justice S Vaidyanathan Has Appointed As Chief Justice Of Meghalaya High Court.

HOST - 

* ) Sikkim To Host Khelo India University Games Boxing Championship From 25-29th February 2024.

* Nagaland And Sikkim Co Hosting The Khelo India Boxing Championship.

AWARDS - 

*  Guwahati Based Poet Madhu Raghavendra Has Been Offered Prestigious Charles Wallace Fellowship In Creative Writing For 2024 By The University Of Stirling, Scotland.

*  Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Former Chief Justice Of India Has Received Prestigious ASSAM BAIHOV Award. 

* Athlete Hima Das Has Received Prestigious ASSAM SAURAV Award. 

* ASSAM GAURAV AWARD Presented To 17 Personalities. 

LAUNCHED - 

*  Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha Launched MUKHYAMANTRI SUSTHO SAISHOB, SUSTHO KAISHORE ABHIYAN 6.0 And Adult BCG Vaccination Study.

*  Assam State Government Has Presented Rs 2.9 Lakh Crores Budget For Financial Year 2024/25.

* The Secretary Of The Department Of Land Resources (DLR) Has  Launched The Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) In Assam.

* Assam Cabinet Has Decided To Repel The British Era Assam Muslim Marriage And Divorce Registration Act Of 1935. 

FIRST IN INDIA ( FIRST MALE, FEMALE, STATE) IN FEBRUARY 2024

FIRST FEMALE IN INDIA - 

* IAS OFFICER Radha Raturi, Became The First Female Chief Secretary Of Uttarakhand And 18th Overall.

* Senior NCC Cadet, Captain Ulfat Khan From URI Jammu & Kashmir Baramulla District Has Became The First Female Cadet Selected As Parade Commander At Prime Minister's Rally In Republic Day 2024. 

* 19 Years Old Raiza Dhillon, India's First Woman Skeet Quota For Paris Olympic 2024.

*  Bhawani Devi, India's First Fencer To Qualify For Paris Olympic 2024.

*  Justice Ritu Bahri Became The First Woman Chief Justice Of Uttarakhand High Court.

*  FIRST Woman IAS Officer Of Arunachal Pradesh Indra Mallo Has Been Appointed As The Joint Secretary Of National Authority Chemical Weapon Convention.

* Colonel Sapna Rana Becomes The First Himachal Pradesh Woman To Commanding An Army Battalion.

* Professor Aditi Sen Dey Has Became the First Woman Scientist To Win G D Birla Award.

* Cmde Kavita Makkar Assumed As The Commanding Officer INDC Danteshwari & Dental Advisor Indian Navy.(First Woman Navy Officer To Do So) 

* Indian Born Geeta Batra Become The New Director At The Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) Of The World Bank's Global Environment Facility ( GEF), First Woman To Assigns).

* Jacintha Kalyan, Became Indias First Female Pitch Curator in Women Premier League.

*  Ashwin Ramaswami Has Became The First INDIAN American To Run For A State Or Federal Legislator In US.

FIRST TRANS WOMAN - 

*  Sindhu Ganapathy (37) Became The First Trans woman Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTTE) Of Southern Railway.

FIRST FEMALE IN WORLD - 

* Beloved Bisa Became (15 Years)  The Youngest Female Cricketer To Play International Cricket (In World Cricket) For Zimbabwe.

* Michelle O Neill Became The First Nationalist Leader Of Northern Ireland.

* Rubina Chhetry Became The First Nepalese Woman Cricketer To Score Hundred in T20i Cricket.

* Maryam Nawaz Became The First Female Chief Minister Of Punjab, Pakistan.

FIRST IN EDUCATION - 

*  IIT Madras Became The First IIT TO Introduce Sports Quota Admission In Under Graduate Education.

* Union Minister G Kishan Reddy Has Inaugurated The First National Museum Of Epigraphy At The Salar Jung Museum in Hyderabad.

FIRST STATE TO - 

*  Uttarakhand Became The First State Of India To Clear Uniform Civil Code Bill.

* Sikkim Became The FIRST North East State To Reinstate Old Pension Scheme For Employee.

* South India's First Sangeet Natak Akademi To Be Established In Hyderabad. 

*  Puducherry Has Launched India's FIRST Marine Spatial  Planning (MSP) Framework Under the Indo Norway Integrated Ocean Initiative.

* Cochin International Airport, Kerala And BPCL Collaborating For The First  Green Hydrogen Plant At Airport Premises.

* Coimbatore Based SODION Energy Has Launched India's First Indigenous Sodium Ion Battery For EVs.

* Maharashtra State's First Child Friendly Police Station Has Inaugurated In Dhule District. 

*  Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Inaugurated The First Skill India Centre In Sambalpur, Odisha.

* India's FIRST Gati Shakti Research Chair Has Been Established At IIM Shilong.

FIRST IN TECHNOLOGY - 

*  India's First Hypervelocity Expansion Tunnel Facility Developed By IIT Kanpur.

FIRST IN SPACE - 

* Russian Cosmonaut Oleg Kononeko Has Set A Record By Most Time Spent On Space Almost 2.5 Years 

RANKING IN FEBRUARY 2024

WORLD RANKING - 

* Somalia Ranked Most In CORRUPTION Perception  INDEX in 2024.( india 90) 

* Bengaluru Is The 6th Most Congested City In World 2023.

* London Ranked First In World Most Congested City 2023 

* Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Film 12th Fail Secured The 50th Position on IMDB GLOBAL Top 250 List.

* India Ranked 38th In World's Bank Logistics Performances Index 2023 From 139 Countries. 

* India Ranked 3rd In The US Green Building Council's ( USGBC) Annual List. 

*  The Indian School Of Business (ISB) Has Been Ranked First In India And 31st In Globally In The Financial Times GLOBAL MBA Ranking 2024.

* India Ranked 41 In World Democracy Index 2023. ( Norway Topped The Table).

* Himachal Pradesh Has Toped At The 12th Annual Travel Review Awards 2024. 

*  India Ranked 85th In World's Most Powerful Passport Index 2024. 

* India Ranked 5th In The List Of Most breached Countries With 5.3 Million Data Leaked In 2023, US Rank Top.

PRODUCTION - 

* Odisha Shared Highest Percentage in Coal Production in India. Total of 24.5% in 2022/23.

( chhattisgarh Got 20.7%, Jharkhand 17.5% And Madhya Pradesh 16. %).

* Total Production 893.19 Million in 2022/23.

STATUS -  

Indian Institute Of Mass Communication Granted Deemed To Be University Status.

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SPORTS CURRENT AFFAIRS FEBRUARY 2024

APPOINTMENTS - 

 * Jay Shah Has Been Appointed As The Chairman Of Asian Cricket Council (ACC) For Third Consecutive Term.

* Brazilian Footballer Vinicius Junior Has Been Appointed As The UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador For Education For All. 

* Switzerland Tourism Has Honour Neeraj Chopra With A Plaque At Jungfrau.

* Anush Agrawalla Became The First Indian Dressage Player To Get Entry In Paris Olympic.

* Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel Inaugurated The KHELE SANAND Sports League

* Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar And Indian Cricketer Shikhar Dhawan Flagged Off Gurugram Marathon 2024.

CRICKET - 

* Beloved Bisa Became (15 Years)  The Youngest Female Cricketer To Play International Cricket (In World Cricket) For Zimbabwe.

* Jasprit Bumrah Become The Second Fastest Asian Bowlers To Get 150 Test Wickets.

* Indian Bowler Jasprit Bumrah Became The Rank One In Test Bowling Rating In ICC. ( Became The First Bowler To Rank 1 in Across Formats) 

* Central Zone Women's Cricket Team Has Win The Senior Women's Inter Zonal One Day Trophy. 

* Pathun Nissanka Became The FIRST Srilankan Cricketer To Score Double Hundred In Odi Cricket Against Afghanistan.

*  Australia Win The Under 19 Cricket World Cup After Beating INDIA In Finals of 2024 (4th Time Win Under 19) Host- South Africa).

(  Kwena Maphaka (SOUTH AFRICA) Has Won The Player Of The Tournament In Under 19 World Cup 2024. 

*  Indian Cricketer Saurabh Tiwari Has Announced Retirement From Professional Cricket.

* Union Home Minister Amit Shah Inaugurated The Gandhinagar Lok Sabha Premier League (GPL) In Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

* Former Indian Cricketer Datta Gaekwad Passed Away At The Age Of 95.

* Rubina Chhetry Became The First Nepalese Woman Cricketer To Score Hundred in T20i Cricket.

* West Indies Cricketer Shamar Joseph Has Win ICC Player Of The Month Award For January 2024.

* Ravichandran Ashwin Became The Second Indian Bowler To Picked 500 Test Wickets, Overall 9 In World Cricket. ( Anil Kumble Became The First Indian) 

* Sintex As Associate Partners Of Women's Premier League 2024.

* Indian Cricketer Faiz fazal Announced Retirement From International Cricket.

* Former Mizoram State Captain Taruwar Sushil Kohli Announced Retirement From Professional Cricket.

* Former Indian Cricketer, Coach Lalchand Rajput Has Been Appointed As The Head Coach Of UAE Cricket Team

* Jacintha Kalyan, Became Indias First Female Pitch Curator in Women Premier League.

* New Zealand Cricketer Neil Wagner Announced Retirement From International Cricket.

* Pakistan Cricketer Babar Azam Became The Fastest To Get 10000 T20 Runs.

* Namibian Mens Cricketer Jan Nicol Loftie- Eaton Became The Fastest To Get 100 In T20i Cricket Just Off 33 Balls Against Nepal.

* INDIA Ranked 117 In FIFA Ranking.

HOST - 

* Women's FIH Pro League Is Going To Kicked off In Odisha.

* INDIA To Host Asian Weightlifting Championship In 2026.

* The 2026  World Cup Finals Of FIFA Will Played On Met life Stadium, New Jersey US.

* Mexico Set To Host Opening Match Of FIFA 2026.

* 1st BIMSTEC Aquatic Championship 2024 To Start in Delhi.

* ) Sikkim To Host Khelo India University Games Boxing Championship From 25-29th February 2024.

* Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel Has Inaugurated The Indian Supercross Racing League (ISRL) At Ahmedabad.

* ASHTALAKSHMI Is The Mascot Of Khelo India University Game 2024. 

* Nagaland And Sikkim Co Hosting The Khelo India Boxing Championship.

* 44th Chess Olympiad Will Held At Budapest, Hungary. ( FIDE COMPLETED 100 Years) 

INAUGURAL FIH HOCKEY 5S - 

* Nederland Men's Team Win The Finals Of Men's FIH Hockey 5s Trophy After Beating Malaysia in Final.

Oman Gets 3rd Spot (Bronze Medals) 

*  Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma Along With Union Sport Minister Anurag Thakur Unveiled The Logo, Anthem Mascot, Jersey At The Khelo India University Games 2024 In Guwahati,Assam.

WINNERS - 

*  Maharashtra Topped The Medal Tally In 6th India Khelo Youth Game With 158 Medals Including 57 Gold, 48 Silver And 53 Bronze Medals.

( 2ND TAMILNADU ( 38 Gold, 21 Silver And 39 Bronze - 98 Medals) 

( 3RD -Haryana - ( 35 Gold, 22 Silver And 46 Bronze - 103 Medals) 

*  India Finishes Their Campaign With 6 Medals Including 2 Gold, 1 Bronze And 3 Silver At ISSF Shooting World Championship,Cairo 2024 

* India's Sai And Krishna Have Won Iran Fajr International Challenge Title.

* India And Bangaldesh Declared Joint WINNER Of Under 19 SAFF ( Women) Championship 2024.

*  Qatar Has Won The Asian CUP Title 2023.

* Drass Warriors Has Won The 15th CEC ICE HOCKEY Cup Championship.

* Manu Bhaker Won Bronze Medal At 10m Air Pistol Event In Shooting World Cup Spain. 

*  Pranati Nayak Won Bronze Medal At The Cairo Apparatus Gymnastics WORLD CUP.

* MI Emirates Has Won The ILT T20 season Two.

*  Ram kumar And Saketh Have Won The Men's Double Title At Bengaluru Open 2024.

* India Win Their Maiden Title At Badminton Asian Test Championship After Beating Thailand in Final. ( Women Team) HOST - Malaysia 

* Facundo Diaz Acosta Wins The Buenos Aires Title 2024.

* India's Women's Junior Cycling Team Has Won FIRST Ever Gold Medal At The ASIAN Track Cycling Championship.

* India Para Badminton Team Has Won 18 Medals Including 3 Gold, 4 Silver And 11 Bronze At BWF Para Badminton World Cup, Thailand.

* Abhay Singh Has Won Good Fellow PSA Classic Challenger Tour.

* Liverpool Fc Has Clinched The Carabao Cup 2024.

* The Indian Army Has The Winner At 4th Khelo India Winter Games.

* INDIA Bagged 14 Medals Including 9 Gold In Asian Archery Cup In Bagdhad, Iraq.

AWARDS - 

*  Mitchel Marsh Has Received The Allan Border Medal & Australian Woman Cricketer Ashleigh Gardner Has Received Belinda Clark Award. 

* Australian Spinner Nathan Lyon Gets The Shane Warne Men's Test Player Of The Year 2023. 

* Mitchel Marsh Men's ODI Player Of The Year 2023. 

* Ellyse Perry Has Won Both Women's Odi And T20i Player Of The Year 2023. 

* Jashon Behrendorff Has Won Men's T20i Player Of The Year 2023.

* Asian And World Champion Archer Aditi Swami Awarded With World Archery Breakthrough Performer Of The Year 2023.

* Indian Archery Compound Coach Serigio Pagni Received The Best Coach Of The Year 2023.

* Indian Olympic Association (IOA) President P T Usha Has Been Conferred With The Lifetime Achievement Award By Sports Journalist Federation Of India (SJFI) And Delhi Sports Journalist Association (DSJA).

* The Karnataka State Lawn Tennis Association (KSLTA) Honoured Rohan Boppana.

* Olympic Gold Medalist Abhinav Bindra Has Been Selected As Torchbearer For The 2024 Paris Olympics 

* ) Bingo, Yippee Are Regional Sponsor Of Argentina Football Association (AFA).

* The Paralympic Committee Of India Has Been Suspended By Sports Ministry.

*  Bhawani Devi, India's First Fencer To Qualify For Paris Olympic 2024.

PORTALS, APP LAUNCHED IN FEBRUARY 2024

* Union Minister Prahlad Joshi Launched a Web Portal Called C CARE (To Digitize The Records And Work Processes Of Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation) 

* GHAR Portal Has Been Launched By NCPCR For Child Restoration And Repatriation. ( GHAR - GO HOME AND RE-unite) 

* Union Minister Arjun Munda Launched KRISHI RAKSHAK PORTAL, Helpline Number Sarthi Portal Under Pradhan Mantri Phasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY).

*  Department Of Science And Technology Has Launched SWATI Portal, Which helps Indian Women And Girls in STEMM ( Science Technology, Engineering, Mathematics & Medicine) 

SWATI- SCIENCE FOR A WOMEN - A TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION).

* Bihar State Disaster Management Authority ( BSDMA) Has Launched Pedant Shaped Device NITISH - That Will Alarm Before Lightning Or Flooding, Heatwaves And Cold waves. 

( NITISH - Novel Initiative Technological Intervention For Safety Of Human Lives ) 

* Goa Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant Has Inaugurated The Goa Police E-beat Book Application. 

* Uttar Pradesh State Government Has Launched The EV UPYOG Portal To Promote Electric Vehicles. 

*  NITI Ayog Launched Greening India's Wastelands With Agroforestry (GROW) Report And Portal.

*  Indian Army Launched. procurement Monitoring Application ProMo To Accentuate The Capital Procurement Process.

* Union Minister Of Fisheries Animal Husbandry And Dairying Parshottam Rupala Launched The AHIDF Portal And Release Radio Jingle In New Delhi.

( AHIDF - Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund) 

* Union Minister Anurag Thakur Unveiled

* Press Sewa Portal - Registration Of Periodical/Newspaper 

* Transparent Empanelment Media Planning And eBilling System - 

* Navigate Bharat Portal - Unified Hub For Government Videos

* National Registers For LCOs- Strengthen The Cable Sector through Centralized Repositary.

* Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar Has Launched Investors Information And Analytics Platform Developed By IIT Madras.

* Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Has Launched SWAYAM PLUS Platform. (online Courses Offered) 

EXERCISE IN FEBRUARY 2024

*  Indian Air Force Exercise VAYU SHAKTI 2024 Kicked Off At Pokharan.

* 12th Edition Of Exercise MILAN 2024 Is Going To Kicked Off At Vishakapatanam, Andhra Pradesh. ( 51 Countries Take Participates) 

Theme 2024 - Forging Naval Alliances For a Secure Maritime Future).

* Trilateral Exercise DOSTI-16 Is Kicked Off Between India- Maldives And Srilanka 

* 5th Edition Of Joint Military Exercise Between India And Japan Ground Force Is Conducting In Rajasthan. DHARMA GUARDIAN)).

* INS Tiranga Participate In Exercise Cutlass Express 24 At Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

* ICGS Samarth And ICGS Abhinav Are Arrives Galle To Conduct Joint Exercise With Srilanka Navy.

BANKING & FINANCE FEBRUARY 2024

APPOINTMENTS - 

* Former Expenditure Secretary Ajay Narayan Jha & SBI Group Chief Economic Advisor Soumya Kanti Ghosh Have Been Appointed As Full Time Members Of 16th Finance Commission.

* Former Special Secretary, Expenditure Dr. Annie George Mathew & Executive Director, Artha Global Dr. Niranjan Rajadhyaksha Have Been Appointed As Full Time Member. 

* Shri Pawan Kumar Assume As Charge Of Chief Advisor (Cost) In Department Of Expenditure Under Ministry Of Finance.

* Suresh Venkatachari Has Been Appointed As The CEO Of Secure KLOUD.

* Mio Oka Has Been Appointed As The New Country Director For India By Asian Development Bank ( ADB). 

* Ravi Kumar Jha Has Been Appointed As The MD & CEO Of LIC Mutual Fund Asset Management Limited. 

* H Venkatachalam Iyer Has Been Appointed As The MD & CEO Of TATA AIA Life. 

* Naveen Tahilyani Has Been Appointed As The MD & CEO Of Tata Digital. 

* Mukesh Kumar Agarwal Has Taken Charge Of Director( Finance) COAL INDIA LIMITED ( COL). 

*  Ajay Kumar Chaudhary Has Been Appointed As Non Executive Chairman Of NPCI.

*  2002 Batch IAS Officer Krishan Kumar Has Been Appointed As Managing Director Of National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited ( NHIDCL). 

*  Ranjeet Kumar Agarwal Has Been Appointed As The President Of Institute Of Charted Accountant Of India (ICAI).

*  1988 Batch IRS SANJAY Kumar Has Been Appointed As The Member Of Central Board Of Taxes (Audit & Judicial).

* Carepal Money Appoints Sahil Lakshmanan As Chief Business Officer.

* IES Bhumika Verma Has Been Appointed As The Director In The Department Of Expenditure Under The Ministry Of Finance.

* Wencai Zhang Has Been Appointed As The MD & Chief Adminstrative Officer Of World Bank Group.

AWARDS - 

* REC Wins Best Green Bond- Corporate Award At The Asset Triple A Awards For Sustainable Finance 2024.

* Defense Minister Rajnath Singh Honoured Dr. Bina Modi With Outstanding Business Woman Of The Year 2023 Award.

* Best Agrolife Clinched Most Innovation Campaign And Product Development Award At PMFAI SML Agchem Awards 2024.

* South Indian Bank Has Won The Best Technology Bank Of The Year Award At 19th IBA Annual banking Technology Conference.

* REC Limited, a Maharatna Company Has Been Honoured With The Innovative Technology Development Award At The Building India 2047: Technology For Better Tomorrow.

*  Government Of India Collected 1,72,129 Lakh Crores GST Collected In JANUARY 2024.

* Reserve Bank Of India ( RBI) Declared Paytm Payment Bank Debarred From The Financial Services. 

* 10.4% Growth On GST Collection According 2023 As Of 2024 January.

* International Monetary Fund (IMF) Forecast India's GDP Will Be 6.5% in 2024.

* UPI Transaction Records 12.20 Billion In January 2024.

* In Union Budget 2024/25 Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Announced Free Cervical Cancer Treatment For Age Between 9-15 Girls.

* RBI Approved HDFC Bank's Proposal To Acquire 9.5% In Indusland Bank And Other 5 Banks. 

* Reserve Bank Of India Canceled The Licence Of Jai Prakash Narayan Nagari Sahakari Bank In Maharashtra. 

*  Tata Group Becomes The First Indian Conglomerate To Cross Rs. 30 Lakhs Crores Market Cap. 

* Reserve Bank Of India ( RBI) Keep Rep Rate Unchanged For The Sixth Straight Quarter for 6.5%. 

* MSF And Bank Rate Are 6.75%. 

* Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency ( IREDA) Has Received Approval From RBI To Set Up In GIFT City, Gujarat. 

* Gujarat State Government Presented 3,32,465 Crores Budget For Financial Year 2024/25/. 

*  Telengana State Government Has Presented Its Budgets Worth RS 2,75,891 Crores.

* EPFO Has Increases The Interest Rate On Deposit From 8.15% To 8.25%.

* India's Index Of Industrial Production Grows By 3.8% In December 2023.

*  India's Retail Inflation Declined From 5.7% To 5.1% In January 2024.

* Reliance Industries Became The First Indian Company To Hit The Market Cap Of 20 Lakh Crores.

* Paytm E-commerce Has Rebranded Itself As PAI Platform. 

* Germany Overtaken Japan As World's Third Largest Economy.

* The Ministry Of Defense Has Achieved a Milestone Becoming The Only Ministry To Cross The 1 Lakh Crores Gross Merchandise Value Of Procurement Through The Government E Market place Since 2016.

* Supreme Court Has Declared Electoral Bonds Are Unconstitutional. 

*  UAE Has Linked Their AANI Platform With India's UPI Platform 

* Reliance Topped As Most Valued Indian Company At The 2023 Burgundy Private Hurun India 500 List. 

* RBI Imposes Penalties On SBI, Canada Bank And Ocean Capital Market Limited For Non-compliance

LAUNCHED - 

*  Japanese Third Largest Bank Mizuhu Financial Service Has Established A Global Capability Centre In Chennai.

* India Launched The Unified Payment  Interface (UPI) At The Eiffel Tower, Paris.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Of Srilanka Ranil Wickremesinghe AND Prime Minister Of Mauritius Pravindh Jugnauth Witnessed The Launch Of UPI Service In Srilanka And Mauritius.

* Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Launched AIIMS-SBI Smart Payment Card In AIIMS New Delhi.

*  Prime Minister Narendra Modi and UAE Signed Agreement On Interlinking Domestic Debit, Credit Card, Rupay Card With JAYWAN (UAE).

* Phone Pe Launched Indus App store, an Indigenous App Store.

MOU SIGNED - 

*  Government Of India And Asian Development Bank( ADB) Signed $ 200 million Loan To Tackle Flood And Erosion Risk Along Brahmaputra River. 

* Terms Of Reference Signed Between Reserves Bank Of India (RBI) And Nepal Rasthra Bank On Integration Of Unified Payment Interface (UPI) Of India-With National Payment interface (NPI) Of Nepal For Cross Border Remittance.

* IREDA And Punjab national Bank Have Signed MoU To Establish Finance Projects On Green Energy.

*  Department Of Fisheries Have Signed MoU With Open Network For Digital Commerce ( For Digital Marketing) 

*  IEPFA And DBS Bank Has Signed MoU To Spread Awareness On Investment And Fraudulent Schemes.

* Uber Signed MoU With Open Network For Digital Commerce (ONDC) For Multiple Ranges Of Mobility Offers.

RANKING - 

* Mukesh Ambani, Chairman And Managing Director Of Reliance Industries Limited Has Been Ranked FIRST Among Indians And Second Globally In The Brand Guardianship Index 2024.

UNION BUDGET - 

*  India's Defense Budget For 2024-25 Grows By 26000 Crores To 6.2 Lakh Crores In 2024 Union Budget Given By Finance Ministry.

*  Introduction Of Updated Income Tax Returns, a New Form 26AS And Prefilling Of Tax Returns. 

* Uttar Pradesh State Announced Budget For 2024/25 Rs 736,438 Crores.

* Uttar Pradesh State Government Delivered The Budget  For 2024/25 

* 22000 Crores For Jal Jeevan Mission 

* 2881 Crores For State Highways 

* 2057 Crores For Ganga Expressway 

* 3000 Crores For Noida Airport 

* 914 Crores For Delhi Meerut RRTS 

* 395 Crores For Kanpur Metro 

* 150 Crores For Ayodhya Airport Phase 2 

* 346 Crores For Agra Metro 

* 1750 Crores For Religious Corridor 

* 2500 Crores For Mahakumbh 

* 100 Crores For NLU, Prayagraj 

* 575 Crores For Purvanchal Vikas Nidhi 

* 425 Crores For Bundelkhand Vikas Nidhi 

* 1000 Crores For Airstrips 

* 800 Crores For Green Road 

* 100 Crores For Agri University 

* 400 Crores For New Medical Colleges 

* 500 Crores For New Link Expressway 

* West Bengal Has Presented The Budget Of Rs. 3,66 Lakh Crores For Financial Year 2024/25. 

* Karnataka Chief Minister Siddharamaih Presented The State Budget Of Rs 3,71,383 Crores.

* Himachal Pradesh CM Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu Has Presented The State Budget Worth Rs 58,444 Crores For 2024/25.

* Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Presented The Budget Of 1,89,876 Crores For FY 2024/25.

* Uttarakhand Finance Minister Presented The State Budget Worth Rs 89,230 Crores.

* The Jharkhand State Government Has Presented Rs 1,28 Lakh Crores Budget For FY 2024/25.

* Maharastra Finance Minister Ajit Pawar Presented Rs 6,00,522 Crores For FY 2024/25.

HOST/ SUMMIT IN FEBRUARY 2024

* President Droupadi Murmu Attend The Commonwealth Attorney And Solicitor Conference At Vigyan Bhaban, Delhi.

* Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla Inaugurates The MEWA 2024.

* 28th Edition Of Muscat International Book Fair Has Been Organised.

* Indian Institute Of Corporate Affairs Host The Inaugural The Great INDIAN Board Reboot Road Show Mumbai 2024.

* 17th INDIAN Navy (IN)- French Navy (FN) Staffs Talk Held In New Delhi.

* 10th Edition Of Kalinga Literary Festival Kicked Off In Bhubaneswar, Odisha. 

* The 3rd Edition Of India Energy Week 2025 Will Held At Yashobhumi New Delhi.

* 6th Edition Of India Boat And Marine Show ( IBMS) Held In Kochi, Kerala. 

* To Commemorate 300th Birth Anniversary Of Swami Dayanand Saraswati, The Founder Of Arya Samaj A 3 Days Celebration Kicked Off At Morbi District in Gujarat.

*  The National Anti Doping Agency ( NADA) Hosted The Road To Paris 2024 Conference. 

*  Guwahati, Assam Host The India's First Future Skills Summit. 

* The INDUS-X Summit Is Scheduled To Be Held On 20-21st February 2024. ( Ind-US) 

SUMMIT - 

*  First India-Iran Joint Working Group Meeting On Agriculture Held In Delhi. 

*  Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Addressed The 37th Board Meeting Of STOP TB Partnership In Brazil. 

* India's Tri Series Woman Represent At the World Defense Expo 2024 In Riyadh.

( THEME 2024 - Equipped For Tomorrow)

* Perth, Australia To Host The 7th Indian Ocean Conference 2024.

( THEME 2024 - Towards a Stable And Sustainable Indian Ocean) 

* 28th International Conference And Exhibition On Broadcast And Media Technology Starts In New Delhi.

*  11th International Puppet Festival Kicked Off At Chandigarh, Punjab.

* World Neem Organisation (WNO) Neem Summit 2024 Held At New Delhi.

(Theme 2024 : Neem For Sustainable Agriculture, Health And Environment) 

* The 19th Working Party On Data Collection And Statistics ( WPDCS19) Of The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission ( IOTC) Organised In Mumbai.

* 7th INDIA-Japan Act East Forum Held In New Delhi.

( Aim To Develop North East Region) 

* 11th Bilateral Consular Dialogue Between India And US Held At Delhi

* Colombo, Srilanka To Host Three Day International Gita Mahostav 2024.

* The 2nd Capacity Building Programme For The Civil Servants Of The Socialist Republic of Srilanka Commences At Mussorie.

FESTIVALS - 

* The Three Days Long TAWANGCHU TIDE International Kayaking Championship kicked Off In Tawang In Arunachal Pradesh.

* The Inaugural Edition Of The Kolkata French Film Festival Has Been Organised From 16th To 24th February At Kolkata. 

SCHEME LAUNCHED IN FEBRUARY 2024

APPROVAL - 

* DGCA Has Issued Licence To Four Airport Of Uttar Pradesh.

( Moradabad, Aligarh, Azamgarh, Chitrakoot).

* Union Home Minister Amit Shah Launched ORF Foreign Policy Survey In Delhi.

* Cabinet Approved PRADHAN MANTRI MATSYA KISAN SAMRIDHI SAH- Yojana Under The Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada For The Fisheries Sector Micro And Small Enterprise An Investment Of 6000 Crores For Next 4 Years. 

* Cabinet Approved The 6 Multi Tracking Projects Across Indian Railways Estimated Cost Rs. 12,343 Crores, It Covers 18 Districts In 6 States Including Rajasthan, Assam, Telengana, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Nagaland. 

( Characteristics - Reduce Oil Import And Lower CO2 Emissions) 

* Chennai Metro Rail Limited Has Launched The PINK SQAUD In Metro train.

It Will Provide Safety And Security To Females).

* Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Launched EdCIL Vidyanjali Scholarship Programme In New Delhi. 

* Union Minister Of State For Health And Family Welfare Prof. S P Singh Baghel And Dr. Bharti Pravin Launched Mobile Health Service KILKARI And Mobile Academy In  Maharashtra And Gujarat. 

* Union Minister Pashupati Paras Inaugurated The SUFALAM Scheme - Start Up Conclave For Food Processing Entrepreneur.

* Cabinet Approved The Fair And Remmunative Price (FRP) Price Of Sugarcane Payble By Sugar Factories For Sugar Session 2024/25.

7) India Approved 100% Foreign Direct Investment In Space Sector

* The Union Cabinet Has Approved The Proposal Of MHA To Continuation Of implementation Of Umbrella Scheme On Safety Of Woman At A Total Cost Of 1179.72 Crores.

10) Union Cabinet Approved The Proposal Of Department Of Water Resources For The Continuation Of Flood Management And Border Area Management Programme ( FMBAP) With An Outlays Of 4100 Crores.

* Central Government Hikes Death Compensation Of Fisherman To RS 5 Lakh.

* The Central Government Has Approved a 10,000 Rupees Interest Free Loan To The Flue Cured Virginia (FCV) Tobacco Growers in Andhra Pradesh.

STATES - 

*  Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami Has Launched DHAMI AGAINST DRUG CAMPAIGN.

* Haryana State Government Has Approved 800MW Deenabandhu Chhotu Ram Thermal Power Plants In Yamunanagar.

* Maharashtra State Government Has Launched MUKHYAMANTRI VAYOSHRI YOJANA , Will Provide Financial Assistance Of Rs 3000 Per Month To Eligible Senior Citizens ( above 65 Age) 

*  West Bengal State Government Has Announced An Increase In Financial Assistance In LAKSHMIR BHANDAR SCHEME TO Over 2.14 Crores Woman Beneficiaries In State, 1000 To Provide General Women And 1200 To SC/ST Woman.

*  Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha Launched MUKHYAMANTRI SUSTHO SAISHOB, SUSTHO KAISHORE ABHIYAN 6.0 And Adult BCG Vaccination Study. 

* Punjab Chief Minister Bhagawant Mann And Arvind Kejriwal Launched GHAR GHAR RATION Scheme.

* Tripura Became The First State In North East And 12th INDIAN State To Launch The Chief Minister Jan Arogya Yojana.

* Arunachal Pradesh Became The First North East State To Achieved 100% Saturation Of HAR GHAR JAL Under Jal Jeevan Mission.

* The Secretary Of The Department Of Land Resources (DLR) Has  Launched The Unique Land Parcel Identification Number (ULPIN) In Assam.

* Odisha Cabinet Approved Payment Of Rs. 1000 Each For 70 Lakh Self Help Group Members Towards Uniforms And Blazers. 

* Rajasthan State Government Has Launched Chief Minister Vishwakarma Pension Scheme. (for Labourers And Street Vendors) 

* Karnataka Chief Minister Siddharamaih Has Launched The ASHA KIRAN EYE Care Scheme.

* Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Launched SAVERA Program For Screening And Detecting Pre Breast Cancer.

ODISHA CURRENT AFFAIRS FEBRUARY 2024

AWARDS - 

* Prominent Linguistics Dr Devi Prasanna Pattnaik Has Received First BISWA ODIA BHASA SAMMAN, At Inaugural BISWA ODIA BHASA SAMMILANI In Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

* Balasore District Clinched The First Position In The State For MUKHYAMANTRI SIKSHA PURASHKAR. 

* Chief Secretary Odisha Pradeep Jena Recived TOP CHANGEMAKER Of 2022 by Bureaucrats India. ( Disaster Management) 

*  Odisha Police Has Conferred With Award Of Excellence For Its Cyber Safety Campaign in 2023.

*  The Healthcare Scheme Of Odisha Biju Swasthya Kalyan Yojana Has Received SKOCH Award In Gold Category For 2023.

*  Pranati Nayak Won Bronze Medal At The Cairo Apparatus Gymnastics WORLD CUP.

*  Odisha's Anugul District Declared As The Most Polluted Urban Area In The India By Central Pollution Control Board ( CPCB). 

PRODUCTION - 

* Odisha Shared Highest Percentage in Coal Production in India. Total of 24.5% in 2022/23.

( chhattisgarh Got 20.7%, Jharkhand 17.5% And Madhya Pradesh 16. %).

PERSON DIED - 

* Veteran Odia Actor And Film Director Sadhu Meher Passed Away.

* Queen Of Khalikote And 10 times MLA Of Ganjam, Odisha  V Sugnana Kumari Deo Passed Away. 

* Eminent Literature And President Of Odisha Sahitya Academy Shri Satakadi Hota Passed Away.

* Veteran Odia Actor Chakradhar Jena Passed Away. 

* 

INAUGURATION - 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated And Laid Foundation Stone Of Various Development Projects Worth RS 68,000 Crores In Sambalpur District, Odisha. ( 18 PROJECTS) 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Flagged Off Puri-Sonepur-Puri Weekly Express Train.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated Permanent Campus Of INDIAN Institute Of Management (IIM) At Sambalpur, Odisha.

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Laid Foundation Stone Of Talabira Thermal Power Project Of NLC Limited In Odisha.

* Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik Has Inaugurated The ICONIC ODISHA  ADARSH VIDYALAYA At Bhubaneswar. 

* Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik Flagged Off a Trip Of Senior Citizen Pilgrims Under BARISTHA NAGARIKA TIRTHA YATRA YOJANA ( BNTYY) From Bhubaneswar Railway Station. 

* Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik Has Inaugurated The IT Hub Cognizant In Bhubaneswar.

* Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Inaugurated 2 Days 100 Cube StartUp Conclave At IIT Bhubaneswar, Odisha. 

* Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik Has Inaugurated Bagchi Shri Shankara Cancer Center And Research Institute At Info Valley, Bhubaneswar.

*  Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik Inaugurated The New Food Park And Laid The Foundation Stone For The Industrial Park At Kalibeti, Khurda. 

* Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Has Inaugurated And Laid Foundation Stone Of 28 National Highways Projects Worth Rs 6000 Crores In Odisha. 

* Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik Inaugurated The Green Ammonia And Fertilizers Industry In paradip, Odisha 

( JSW Utkal GROUP Built At Cost 65000 Crores Investment) 

* Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik Has Laid Foundation Stone For Rs 65000 Crores Integrated Steel Plant Of 13.2 MTPA By JSW Steel At Dhinkia, Near Paradip. 

*  Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik Has Inaugurated A Two Day NUA ODISHA GLOBAL SUMMIT 2024 On Growth And Employment At Bhubaneswar.

* Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik Has Laid Foundation Stone For Transformation Of Dr. Harekrushna Mahatab Library In Bhubaneswar.

* Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik Has Inaugurated The gangadhar Meher Irrigation Project In Bargarh District, By Investing 1677 Crores.

*  Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Inaugurated The First Skill India Centre In Sambalpur, Odisha.

* Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Inaugurated The Skill India Centre, Dhenkanal, Odisha.

* Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan Has Unveiled The Statue Of Odia Freedom Fighter Shaheed Madhu Gartia In Sambalpur District.

* Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik Inaugurated And Laid Foundation Stone For District Science Center And Planetarium Centres 11 Districts Of Odisha On The Occasion Of National Science Day.

* Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik Unveiled The Statue Of St Mother Teresa Near Satyanagar Church.

HOST - 

* Women's FIH Pro League Is Going To Kicked off In Odisha.

* 10th Edition Of Kalinga Literary Festival Kicked Off In Bhubaneswar, Odisha. 

* 

LAUNCHED - 

* Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik Has Released The Souvenir Book PARADIP PORT 1962-2024.

* 57 Station Across Odisha Will Be Redevelop Under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme.

* On The Occasion Of First Odia Language Conference Chief Minister Of Odisha Unveiled A Book Named BHASA AAIN.

( 96 Prominent person Got Awarded) 

* Odisha Chief Minister Has Increases The Pensions An Increment Of 500 To Beneficiaries Under Madhu Babu Pension Scheme in Odisha.

*  The Odisha State Government Has Announced An Annual Scholarship Of Approximately 4,50,000 Undergraduate And 32,000 Postgraduate Students In The State. 

* Odisha Cabinet Approved Payment Of Rs. 1000 Each For 70 Lakh Self Help Group Members Towards Uniforms And Blazers. 

ANNOUNCEMENT - 

*  Odisha State Government Has Announced Rs 1000 Will Provided To Ration Card Holder's In The State.

* Odisha State Government Has Announced Rs 10000 To Provide As Loan To Youth With Out Interest Under SWAYAM Scheme.

* Under MAMATA Scheme An Increment Of Rs 5000 To Provide Females ( Will Provide 10000 Rs) 

* Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik Announced Withdrawal Of 48,018 Minor Cases Pending Against Tribal Under State's Forest And Environment.

BILL PASSED - 

* President Passed The Constitution ( Scheduled Castes And Scheduled Tribes) Amendment Bill 2024 

* Two New Entries in The List Of 62 ST Communities In Odisha  it Increases To 64. 

* New Addition To ST Communities - 

( Muka Dora, Mooka Dora, Nuka Dora, Nooka DOORA ) & 

( Konda Reddy, Kondu Reddi) 

* Two Communities Listed As SCs - Tamadia And Tamudia To Be Deleted From SC List And Included In ST List Under Bhumij) 

* Inclusion Of 4 PVGTs In ST List Of Odisha - 

* Pauri Bhuyan, Paudi Bhuyan Similar As Bhuiya, Bhuyan) 

* Chuktia Bhunjia As Bhunjia) 

* Bondo As Sub- Entry Under Bondo Paraja, Bonda Paroja, Banda Paroja) 

* Mankidia As Synonym As Mankirdia) 

* ODISHA Cabinet Has Approved Amendment To Odisha Semiconductor Manufacturing & Fabless Policy 2023.

APPOINTMENTS - 

*  Chakradhari Sharan Singh Has Been Appointed As The Chief Justice Of Odisha High Court. 

* Dr Shailesh Kumar Has Been Appointed As The New Director Of AIIMS Bhubaneswar.

* 2005 Batch IPS Rajesh Prabhakar Patil Has Been Appointed As The New Commission Of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation.

BOOKS & AUTHOR - 

* TALES OF THE PAST: The ODISHA Saga Book Author- Sibasish Mahapatra 

*  Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Pattnaik Released Shree Jagannatha, Lord Of The Universe, a Coffee Table Book By The Hindu Group At World Odia Language Conference. 

* BIJU PATTNAIK: The Rain Maker Of Opposition Politics Book Author - Bhaskar Parichha 

TAG - 

* * The Gupteswar Forest In Koraput District Of Odisha Gets The Biodiversity Heritage Tag. (350 Hectares Of Forest Consisting Of 608 Faunal Species) 

MOU SIGNED - 

* Odisha State Government And Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Have Signed MoU To Set Up Biju Pattnaik Special Center For Odia Studies In JNU.

*  Odisha State Government Has Signed MoU With JSW Group To Establish State's First EV Battery Industries In Odisha By Investing 40,000 Crores. 

* IREDA And IIT Bhubaneswar Have Signed MoU For Clean Energy Innovation.

* Odisha State Government Has Signed MoU With Kalyani Steel For Establishment Of A Titanium Metal And Aerospace Components Manufacturing And Integrated Advanced Specialty Steel Complex in Odisha. (By Investment Of 11,700 Crores) 

RENAME - 

* The Baramunda Bus Stand Of Bhubaneswar, Odisha Set To Rename As Dr B R Ambedkar Bus Terminal. 

FEW STEPS TAKEN IN WORLD ODIA LANGUAGE CONFERENCE 2024 - 

a) Proposed a Digital Odia Summit Annually To Encourage Language 

b) Set UP A Committee To Work On Odia Computer Keyboards And Fonts 

c) Appointments Of Odia Teachers In High Schools ( 1500 Appointed) 

d) Announcement For Research And Development Of Education Government Allocated 10 Cr Funds For Odi Language In National And International Platform. 

e) Provide 1 Crs To 100 or 100+ Years Schools And Colleges And 2 Crs Provide To Pre Independent Colleges And Schools. 

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IN FEBRUARY 2024

* IIT BOMBAY Emerged As Champion In Electric Vehicle Category In Formula Bharat 2024.

* For The First A Cancer Patient Declared Cancer Free By Using Indigenous CAR-T Cell Therapy in India.

*  C-DOT And Indian Institute Of Technology, Kharagpur Signed An Agreement For Developing Prototype For 10 Gigabit Capable Symmetric Passive Optical Network (XGS-PON) Optical Line Terminal (OLT) And Optical Network Unit (ONU).

* India's First Tablet With Bharat GPT Launched By EPIC Foundation. 

* Coimbatore Based SODION Energy Has Launched India's First Indigenous Sodium Ion Battery For EVs.

* The Department Of Biotechnology (DBT) Has Announced The Completion Of 10000 Genome Project In India.

* US-India Business Council Has Launched Artificial Intelligence Task Force.

DEVELOPED - 

*  India's First Hypervelocity Expansion Tunnel Facility Developed By IIT Kanpur.

* A Research Group From Raman Research Institute ( RRI) Have Designed a New Image Correction Technique ( Algorithm) Capable Of Taking Better Image During Study Of Cold Atoms Or Atoms At Absolute Zero Temperature. 

* Researchers From IIT Pallakad Have Introduced A Method Where Energy Can Generate Through Urine.

*  Department Of Computer Science, Punjabi University Has Launched PURAN, An Innovative System Designed For Typing Experience Of GURMUKHI Script.

* The Food And Drug Administration ( FDA) In US Has Granted Approval Of The World's First Vaccine For Chikungunya, Known As IXCHIQ. ( Developed By Europe's Valneva) 

*  Hyderabad Based International Crops Research Institute For Semi Arid Tropics ( ICRISAT) Announced The World's FIRST Pigeonpea Speed Breeding Protocol. 

* Scientists At IISC Bengaluru Have Developed A Synthetic Human Antibody That Can Neutralize A Potent Neurotoxin Produced By The Elapidae Family Of Toxin Snakes.

DISEASE - 

* The Oregon State Of United States Reported Its First Human Case Of Bubonic  Plague After a Decade.

AWARDS- 

* India Wins The 9th GovTech Prize For AI Powered Government Services At World Government Summit 2024. 

* Professor Aditi Sen Dey Has Became the First Woman Scientist To Win G D Birla Award.

DISCOVERED - 

* Allied Forces During World War 2 A cave Was Discovered By Few Visitors In Arunachal Pradesh.

* Large Deposit Of Iron Ore Found In Karauli In Rajasthan.

* 4000 BCE Mesolithic Painting Uncovered In Guntur, Andhra Pradesh.

WORLD CURRENT AFFAIRS FEBRUARY 2024

LAUNCHED - 

* Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Has Inaugurated The Amar Ekushey Book Fair In Dhaka.

* France Became The FIRST European Country To Issue Digital Schengen VISA.

* Deepika Padukone Will Join The BAFTA Awards 2024 As Presenter Along With Dua Lipa.

* Saudi Arabia Has Named GUEST FOR HONOUR At The New Delhi World Book Fair 2024. 

* PNG Prime Minister James Marape Became The First Pacific Leader To Address Australian Parliament.

* In Last 20 Years, For The First Time Mexico Has Surpassed China In Goods Imported To US.

* Brazil Has Declared Health Emergency To Control The Cases Of Dengue. 

* Trinidad And Tobago Declaring National Emergency Over A Huge Oil Spill From A Ship. 

* The Oregon State Of United States Reported Its First Human Case Of Bubonic  Plague After a Decade.

*  Indian High Commission In  Srilanka Announces Scholarships For Undergraduate, Postgraduate And PhD Programs In Over 120 Indian Universities. 

*  UAE Launched Falcon Foundation, a Non-Profit Organization Dedicated To Advancing Open Source Generative AI Models. 

*  First Of Kind Death Reports By Alaska pox Virus.

* India Sent Medical And Materials Assistance To Zambia For Cholera Outbreak.

* Greece Has Legalized The Same Sex Marriage.

*  Ashwin Ramaswami Has Became The First INDIAN American To Run For A State Or Federal Legislator In US.

* India Contributed 1 million US Dollar To Poverty And Hunger Alleviation Fund.

* Malta Became The 119th Members Of The International Solar Alliance.

* Philippines Became The First Asian Country To Ratify The ILO Convention, To Eliminate The Workplace Violence And Commitments.

* Indian Born Geeta Batra Become The New Director At The Independent Evaluation Office (IEO) Of The World Bank's Global Environment Facility ( GEF), First Woman To Assigns).

* UAE Has Been Removed From FATF List.

* Saudi Arabia Has Banned Iftar Parties In Mosques.

INAUGURATION - 

* Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated The BOCHASANWASI AKSHAR PURUSOTTAM SWAMINARAYAN SANSTHA (BAPS) Mandir In Abu Dhabi.

* The U Tirot Singh Memorial Was Inaugurated In Dhaka, Bangladesh.

HOST - 

* Perth, Australia To Host The 7th Indian Ocean Conference 2024.

( THEME 2024 - Towards a Stable And Sustainable Indian Ocean) 

* Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Host The World Defence Expo 2024 

( Theme 2024 - Equipped For Tomorrow) 

* Samarkand, Uzbekistan  Host The 14th Meeting Of The Conference Of Parties COP 14 From 12th to 17th February 2024. ( Convention On Migratory Species) 

UNESCO - 

* Brazilian Footballer Vinicius Junior Has Been Appointed As The UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador For Education For All. 

FIRST IN - 

* First Ever UN's International Day Of The Arabian Leopard Was Observed On 10th February 2024, 

* The Food And Drug Administration ( FDA) In US Has Granted Approval Of The World's First Vaccine For Chikungunya, Known As IXCHIQ. ( Developed By Europe's Valneva) 

G20 SUMMIT BRAZIL - 

*  India Participated In First Education Working GROUP Meeting In G20 Summit Held At Brazil.

MOU SIGNED - 

* Thailand And Srilanka Have Signed An Agreement For Free Trade Agreement.

PERSON DIED - 

*  Namibia's President Hage Geingob Passed Away At The Age Of 88.

* Two Time Former President Sebastian Pinera Of Chile, Has died In A Plane Crashed.

* Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia And The UAE Are The Confirmed New Members Of The BRICS. 

* Michelle O Neill Became The First Nationalist Leader Of Northern Ireland.

*  Kenya Recently Discovered The First Reserves Of Valuable Mineral COLTAN.

*  India To Fence The Entire 1643 Km Indo- Myanmar Border. 

*  Iranian Government Has Approved Free VISA To INDIAN Tourists.

AWARDS - 

* Taylor Swift Gets Her 13th Grammy Awards, And 4th Album Of The Year Award At Grammy 2024.

SPACE - 

* Russian Cosmonaut Oleg Kononeko Has Set A Record By Most Time Spent On Space Almost 2.5 Years 

* US Space Agency NASA Has Discovered a Super Earth a Planet Capable Of Supporting Life Situated 137 Light Years Away. ( Planet Named - TOI-715b) 

*  Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Has Successfully Launched H3 Rocket For The First Time.