Sunday 25 February 2024

WEEKLY CURRENT AFFAIRS 19TH to 25th February 2024

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

2) 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) 

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

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

5) Prabowo Subianto Has Elected As The President Of Indonesia.

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

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

8) Acharya Shri 108 Vidyasagar Ji Maharaj Passed Away.

9) Delhi LG Vinai Kumar Saxena Inaugurated The All Women Police Post AT Khan Market, Delhi.

10) 12th Edition Of Exercise MILAN 2024 Is Going To Kicked Off At Vishakapatanam, Andhra Pradesh.

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

11) 20 Days in Mariupol Has Won The Best Documentary At 77th BAFTA Award.

12) 1988 Batch IRS SANJAY Kumar Has Been Appointed As The Member Of Central Board Of Taxes (Audit & Judicial).

* 394th Birth Anniversary Of Shivaji Maharaj - 19th February 

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

2) Himachal Pradesh Has Topped At The 12th Annual Travel Review Awards 2024. 

3) UAE Has Linked Their AANI Platform With India's UPI Platform 

4) 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. 

5) The CMS COP 14 Elected India As a Member Representing Asia Region To The Sessional Committee Of The Scientific Council Of CMS. 

6) Indian Cricketer Faiz fazal Announced Retirement From International Cricket.

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

8) Ankit Dhyani Has Won Silver Medal At Asian Indoor Athletic Championship in Women's 3000 Meter.

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

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

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

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

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

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

14) Tata Group And Karnataka State Government Has Signed An Agreement To Invest Rs 2300 Crores.

15) President Droupadi Murmu Conferred RPSF Constable Shasikant Kumar With JEEVAN RAKSHA PADAK.

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

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

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

19) Facundo Diaz Acosta Wins The Buenos Aires Title 2024.

20) 7th INDIA-Japan Act East Forum Held In New Delhi.

( Aim To Develop North East Region) 

21) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Virtually Inaugurated The Mahabharat Based Theme Jyotisar Anubhav Kendra Museum In Kurukshetra, Haryana.

22) Indian Cricketer Subhman Gill Has Designated As State Icon For Lok Sabha Election In Punjab.

23) Gulveer Singh Won Gold Medal In 3000m Men's Race At Asian Indoor Athletic Championship.

24) 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.

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

26) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Laid Foundation Stone Of Shri Kalki Dham Temple In Uttar Pradesh.

27) Anush Agrawalla Became The First Indian Dressage Player To Get Entry In Paris Olympic.
38th Statehood Day Of Arunachal Pradesh - 20th February 

World Day Of Social Justice - 20th February

Theme 2024 - Bridging Gaps, Building Alliances  

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

2) The INDUS-X Summit Is Scheduled To Be Held On 20-21st February 2024. 

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

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

5) INDIAN Television Actor Rituraj Singh Passed Away.

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

7) 2024: INDIA IN FREE FALL Book Author - Sanjay Jha 

8) 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) 

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

10) Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya Inaugurated The Vivekananda Cancer And Super Specialty Extension Hospital Latur, Maharashtra.

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

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

13) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated The All India Institute Of Medical Science (AIIMS JAMMU).

14) 1996 IPS Bhavna Saxena Has Been Appointed As Joint Secretary At Ministry Of AYUSH.

15) 1996 IPS OFFICER Amitabh Yash Has Been Appointed As New ADG ( Law And Order).

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

17) Dr Janak Thacker, Chairman Of Lalkar Group Has Conferred With Honorary Doctorate In Business Administration And Taxation By California Public University.

18) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Virtually Inaugurated The Permanent Campus Of The INDIAN Institute Of Management Bodhgaya (IIM BODHGAYA), Bihar.

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

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

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

22) Dr Shashi Tharoor Has Been Honoured With Chevalier de la legion d' Honneur (Knight Of The Legion Honour) By France.

23) Malta Became The 119th Members Of The International Solar Alliance.

24) Abdullah Shahid Has Been Appointed As The President Of Maladivian Democratic Party.
International Mother Language Day- 21st FEBRUARY 

Theme 2024 - Multilingual Education is A Pillar Of Intergenerational Learning

1) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated And Laid Foundation Stone Of Various Development Projects Worth Rs 32,000 Crores in Jammu and Kashmir.

* Prime Minister Narendra Flagged Off The First Electric Train Between Sangaldan Station To Baramulla Station.

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

3) Sharukh Khan Won The Best Actor Award At Dada Saheb Phalke Award 2024.

4) Constitutional Lawyer, Jurist And Former Additional Solicitor General Of India Fali S Nariman Passed Away.

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

6) 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.

8) Former UN Assistant Secretary General Laxmi Mudreshwar Puri Launched The Book SwaAllowing The Sun.

9) 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.

11) Brigadier Aman Anand Took Over Command Of Chhattisgarh And Odisha Sub AREA.

12) The 21st Round Of India-China Corps Commander Level Meeting Was Held At Chushul- Moldo Border.

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

14) Veteran Ameen Sayani Passed Away.

15) Swedish Photographer Alex Dawson Has Been Awarded Underwater Photographer Of The Year Award 2024.

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

17) Pradeep Kumar Sinha Has Been Appointed As The Part Time Non Executive Chairman Of ICICI Bank.

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

19) Uttarakhand State Launched HIMALAYAN Basket.

1) NTPC Green Energy Has Signed Land Lease Agreement With Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation For Setting Up India's Largest Green Hydrogen Production Facility In Vishakapatanam.

2) Phone Pe Launched Indus App store, an Indigenous App Store.

3) 2012 IPS Batch Llakkiya Karunagaran Has Been Appointed As Senior Superintendent Of Police (SSP) Of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).

4) Chief Justice Of India DY Chandrachud Has Inaugurated The AYUSH HOLISTIC Wellness Center At Premises Of Supreme Court Of India.

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

6) Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) Signed MoU With Indian Air Force For Integration Of Futuristic Weapons And Sensors For LCA Tejas Aircraft.

7) 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.

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

9) INDIA Finishes At Position 5 In Asian Indoor Athletic Championship 2024.

6) Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Has Inaugurated And Laid Foundation Stone For 18 National Highway Projects Worth Rs 7290 Crores In Belgavi, Karnataka.

7) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Attend The Silver Jubilee Celebration Of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation.

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

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

10) The Institute Of Astrophysics Will Celebrate National Science Day As IIA Open Day On 25th February.

11) Hyderabad Is Hosting URDU KITAB MELA At The Abul Kalam Azad Oriental Research Institute.

12) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Commissioned Two New Pressurized Heavy Water Reactors ( PHWRs) With The Capacity Of 1400 Megawatt At Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS) In Surat, Gujarat.

13) Indian Shooter Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar Has Won Gold in 10m Air Rifle Event In 4th Khelo India University Games, Guwahati.

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

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

16) Cabinet Committee On Security (CCS) Has Approved RS 13000 Crores Projects For The Procurement Of High Power Radar (HPR) And Close In Weapon System (CIWS).

11) Former Chief Minister Of Maharastra Manohar Joshi Passed Away.

2) INDIA And Greece Have Won Agreed to Deal On Weapons System.

3) Veteran Playback Singer Suresh Wadekar Has Received GANSAMRAGINI Lata Mangeskar Award.

4) Former Samajbadi Party Leader Swami Prasad Maurya Launched His New Political Party The RASHTRIYA SHOSHIT SAMAJ PARTY (RSSP).

5) Carepal Money Appoints Sahil Lakshmanan As Chief Business Officer.

6) Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar Has Inaugurated International Maritime Seminar As Part Of MILAN 2024.

7) 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) 

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

9) Former Indian Female Cricketer Mithali Raj HAS been Appointed As The Brand Ambassador Of Batery.

10) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Unveiled The First Cable Car, Gondola, In Kashi.

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

12) 11th Bilateral Consular Dialogue Between India And US Held At Delhi.

13) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated Various Development Projects Worth RS 13000 Crores in Kashi, Uttar Pradesh.

14) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Unveiled The Statue Of Sant Ravi Das In Kashi On His 647th Birth Anniversary.

15) Wreckage Of Pakistan Army Submarine PNS GAZI Which Sank In 1971 Found At Vizag.

16) President Of India Appoints A S Rajeev As Vigilance Commissioner.

17) A spacecraft Built And Flown By Texas Based Company Intuitive Machines Landed Near South Pole Of Moon.

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

19) The holy Relics Of Lord Buddha Have Been Enshrined At The Royal Ground Sanam Luang, In Bangkok, Thailand.

20) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Inaugurated The Women Industrial Training Institute (ITI) At Madanpur.

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

22) Seema Sashastra Bal (SSB) Has Signed MoU With Bengaluru Institute To Provide High Class Education For Troops.
Central Excise Day - 24th FEBRUARY 

1) Germany Football World Cup Winner Player Andreas Brehme Passed Away.

2) Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh Is Organised International Tourism Expo.

3) The Central Government Has Modified The Surrogacy ( Regulations) Rule 2022 And Notified That Both Gamete Need Not Come From Married Couple.

4) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Virtually Inaugurated The NTPC 1600 MW Super Thermal Power Station Stage 1.

5) Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel Inaugurated The KHELE SANAND Sports League.

6) Neeraj Chopra Named Times of India Sports Person Of The Year 2023.

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

8) Prime Minister Narendra Modi Inaugurated Pilot Project Of World's Largest Grain Storage Scheme In Cooperative Sectors.

9) Renowned Vocalist D Sesachary Passed Away.

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









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