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Current Affairs February 2021 Descriptive Mar 21' | Issue :02 Current Affairs TOPICS with COVERED National Govt. Schemes Static gk International India & Its Neibourhood February - 2021 States & UTs Summits & Conferrence Banking Defence Your Schedule Appointments Our Assistance MOUs & Agreements Awards & Recognitions Ranks & Reports Important Days Books & Authors Obituaries History Geography Polity Economy For more update and free materials Science & Tech Join our social media handles Arts & Culture Selfxpert_Official Subjective Current Selfxpert Affairs Included FOR ALL COMPETITIVE EXAMS special focous on WBCS-Prelims,Mains Feb| 2021 Current Affairs NATIONAL 7. The Union Minister for 'Social Justice and 1. 8th India International Silk Fair inaugurated by Union Empowerment' Thaawarchand Gehlot released the “3rd edition of the 'Indian Sign Language (ISL) Minister for Textiles, Smriti Irani. ● India is the only country in the world which Dictionary', with a total of 10,000 terms. produces all the four major varieties of silk, which ● These 10,000 terms include the 6000 terms of the are Mulberry, Eri, Tassar, and Muga. first and second edition of the dictionary. ● Karnataka, West Bengal, Jammu & Kashmir, Tamil ● The terms are of everyday use from academic Nadu and Andhra Pradesh produce 90% of raw silk terms, legal & administrative terms, medical produced in India. terms, technical terms and agricultural terms. ● Silk is obtained from silkworms (larvae of Bombyx ● The 1st editiion launched: 23rd March 2018 with mori). 3000 terms. ● Cultivation of silkworms is called sericulture. ● The 2nd edition launched : 27th February 2019, with 3000(prev) + 3000(new)= 6000 terms. 2. The Ministry of Education launched ASEAN India Hackathon 2021. 8. 25-year-old Kashmiri woman, Ayesha Aziz, has ● Inaugural ceremony addressed by : The Union become India's youngest female pilot in the country. Education Minister, Ramesh Pokhriyal. ● She became the youngest student pilot to get a ● The 10 ASEAN countries are : Malaysia, Indonesia, license at the age of 15 in 2011. Singapore, Philippines, Brunei, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. 9. Mukesh Ambani-owned Reliance Industries Ltd ● This unique hackathon presents opportunities to received the world’s first consignment of ‘carbon-neutral improve and strengthen their economic and oil' from the United States. cultural ties through cooperation in science and ● Consignment received from : Oxy Low Carbon technology and education. Ventures (OLCV), a division of United State Oil major Occidental. 3. India's first dedicated Centre for Wetland Conservation Reliance and Management established at the National Centre for ● Operates : the world’s largest single-location oil Sustainable Coastal Management (NCSCM), Chennai. refining complex at Jamnagar in Gujarat. ● This was announced by Minister of State for ● Capacity : 68.2 million tonnes a year. Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Babul Supriyo on the occasion of the World Wetland Day 10. 4 more states completed the reforms in the ‘Ease of on 2nd February 2021. Doing Business’, as stipulated by the Department of NCSCM Expenditure, Ministry of Finance. ● an institution under the Ministry of Environment, ● Data provided by : Department for Promotion of Forest and Climate Change. Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT). ● The four states are: Assam, Haryana, Himachal 4. IIT Bombay has launched its first-ever annual Pradesh and Punjab. fundraising campaign in India, Cherish IIT Bombay 2021. ● These states become eligible to mobilise ● The funds will be used for the creation of world- additional financial resources to the tune of Rs class laboratory complexes, modernization of 5,034 crore through open market borrowings. lecture halls and continuation of awards to attract ● Total 12 states undertaken the reforms to promote and retain faculty. Ease of Doing Business till now . ● Other States : Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, 5. The world’s leading dictionary publisher, Oxford Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu named ‘Aatmanirbharta’ as the Hindi word of the year and Telangana. 2020. ● ‘Aatmanirbharta’ means self-reliance. 11. President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated a museum, dedicated to the life of former Army Chief General 6. Dharmendra Pradhan Participates in 11th IEA, IEF, Kodandera Subayya Thimayya, in Karnataka. OPEC Symposium on Energy Outlooks, under the ● The ancestral house of General Thimayya patronage of Saudi Arabia Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al called “Sunny Side” at Madikeri in Kodagu district Saud. of Karnataka has been renovated and converted ● Dharmendra Pradhan : Minister of Energy of From into a museum. India, the Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural ● Key attractions : war memorial include a battle Gas & Steel. tank, one of those used by the Army during the war with Pakistan in 1971. selfxpert©2021 F e b ’ 21 P a g e 1 | 29 Feb| 2021 Current Affairs Jammu & Kashmir, has organised the first-ever Mahila 12. The Indian Army has laid the foundation stone of the Jan Sunwai Programme in Jammu. tallest ‘Iconic National Flag’ at the famous ski-resort In this Programme, cases related to women were of Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir. disposed and Chairman collected information ● The flag will be on a 100 feet-high pole, the about the problems faced by the women. highest Tricolour in the Valley. ● The 'Iconic National Flag' will install by The Indian Army in collaboration with the Solar Industry India. Govt. SCHEMES & INITIATIVES 13. Union road transport and highways minister, Nitin 1. Government of India ATIONALlaunched a unified web portal for Gadkari has launched India’s first-ever Compressed monitoring progress of GOBARDHAN activities. Natural Gass (CNG) tractor. ● Gobardhan aims to positively impact village ● The diesel tractor, converted into a much cleanliness and generate wealth and energy from cleaner CNG variant. cattle and organic waste. ● With this, farmers will be able to save more ● Focus: Managing and Converting cattle dung and than ₹1 trillion annually on fuel cost, which will solid waste in farms to useful compost, biogas and help them to improve their livelihood. bio-CNG. 14. Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh 2. ‘Nai Roshni’ scheme was launched by the Ministry of Shekhawat has inaugurated the International Commission Minority Affairs in 2012-13 is being implemented across on Large Dams (ICOLD) Symposium in New Delhi. india. ● Theme : “Sustainable Development of Dams & It is a Leadership Development Programme for River Basins”. Minority Women. International Commission on Large Dams Main Objective : to empower minority women by ● President: Michael Rogers. providing them knowledge, tools and techniques ● Founded: 1928. for interacting with Government systems, banks ● Headquarters : Paris, France. and other institutions. The Seekho Aur Kamao Scheme and Nai Manzil 15. The under-construction Kushinagar Airport in Uttar scheme are also helping in the economic Pradesh has received the necessary clearances from empowerment of Minority women. aviation regulator “Directorate General of Civil Aviation” (DGCA) to operate international flights. 3. The National Informatics Centre (NIC), under Once operational, Kushinagar airport will become the Ministry of Electronics and Information the third functional international facility in the Technology, has launched an instant messaging platform state. called “Sandes”. ● Currently, the two international airports ● 'Sandes' App is Similar to WhatsApp. functional in Uttar Pradesh are Chaudhary Charan ● The Sandes app is also a part of the government Singh International Airport at Lucknow and Lal strategy to encourage the use of India-made Bahadur Shastri International Airport at Varanasi. software so as to build an ecosystem of DGCA indigenously developed products. ● HQ : New Delhi; National Informatics Centre ● Founded : Jan 1978. ● Founded: 1976. ● Headquarters: New Delhi. 16. PM Modi virtually addressed 2nd edition of Khelo ● Director-General: Neeta Verma. India National Winter Games. ● organised at : the world-famous ski- resort Gulmarg in the Baramulla district 4. A new Scheme titled “Formation and Promotion of of Jammu and Kashmir. 10,000 Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs)” has been ● Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports: Kiren launched by the Ministry of Agriculture. Rijiju. This scheme will help the government vision of ‘Doubling of Farmer’s Income’ by 2022 17. Rashtrapati Bhavan Krida Sthal in President’s Estate Main Objective : to help small and marginal inaugurated by President Ram Nath Kovind, on 16th farmers through Farmer Producer Organizations. February which includes Football Ground and Basketball It will help them in accessing new technology, Court. credit, and markets for improving the productivity of their produce . 18. The National Commission for Women (NCW), in association with the Social Welfare Department of selfxpert©2021 F e b ’ 21 P a g e 2 | 29 Feb| 2021 Current Affairs 5. Around 110 lakh hectares area treated with Micro- This campaign will promote cost-effective, nutrients and Bio-fertilizers under National Food Security environment-friendly and domestically made Mission in the last five years. electric products. It will reduce dependency on The National Food Security Mission was launched imported fossil fuels. to increase the production of rice, wheat and pulses. 9. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has National Food Security Mission: launched the 'Pilot Pey Jal Survekshan' under 'Jal Jeevan It was launched in October 2007, under 11th five Mission- Urban' in
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