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Current Affairs of February 2021 CONTENT National…………………………………………….…………………….2 International……………………………………………………………..12 Defence………………………………………………………………….16 Appointments or Resign/Retired…………………………….…………..18 Honours/ Awards……………………………………………….……….25 Sports……………………………………………..……………..………27 Obituaries………………………………………………..…….….….….30 Important Days with theme………………………………….…….…...31 www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs National India to emerge as 2nd most Resilient Economy in Maharashtra CM unveiled the 1st indegenous 2021, Germany tops the list: PHDCCI IER Metro racks at Charkop Metro Depot Rankings Uddhav Thackeray, Chief Minister of Maharashtra According to the PHD unveiled the first Chamber of indegeneous metro Commerce and racks for the new Industry (PHDCCI) Metro line of Mumbai International – Metro 2A and 7 at Economic Resilience (IER) India is set to emerge as the Charkop Metro Depot, Mumbai, Maharashtra. the 2nd Most Resilience Economy in 2021 among top- 10 leading economies showcasing the strong recovery Metro line 2A will run from Dahisar to D N of Indian Economy in the Post COVID-19 era. Nagar & it is an 18.58-km-long elevated Germany took the top spot & South Korea took the 3rd corridor built at an estimated cost of Rs spot. 6,410 crore, the metro line 7 from Andheri i.Indicators – It is based on 5 Macroeconomic (East) to Dahisar (East) is an 16.47-km-long indicators such as Real GDP growth rate, Merchandise built at an estimated cost of Rs 6,208 crore. export growth rate, Current Account Balance (as The rake was manufactured by Bharat Earth percentage of GDP), General Government net Movers Limited (BEML) and delivered the lending/borrowing (as percentage of GDP), Gross first ‘Made in India’ rake from the Debt-to-GDP ratio. Bengaluru facility of BEML. This metro line will become functional from Pavan C. Lall Authored Book Titled “Yes Man: June 2021. The Untold Story of Rana Kapoor” Released The trail run will begin in March 2021 and Pavan C.Lall’s new book titled “Yes Man: The will continue for a period of 1 month and the Untold Story of Rana Kapoor” provides the details commercial operations will commence from about the rise and fall of one of the India’s promising May 2021. bankers Rana Kapoor and it also questions the banking Reliance Jio Becomes World’s 5th Strongest system, its regulators and the business environment Brand; Wechat Tops: Brand Finance’s Global 500 that led to the fall of YES Bank. 2021 i.As per the Global 500 2021, an annual report The book was published by HarperCollins. on the most valuable and strongest global brands About the book: of Brand Finance, Reliance Jio has been ranked i.The book features the birth of YES Bank in 2004 and in 5th position as world’s strongest brand with a its rise as the 4th largest private bank in India, with Brand Strength Index (BSI) score of 91.7 out of 100 approved permission to operate in Singapore, London and AAA+ brand strength rating. and Dubai. ii.The book also points out the reckless lending, Reliance Jio enters the ranking for the 1st time. allegations of bribery and corruption which led to the ii.The list is topped by WeChat with a BSI score of fall of the bank. 95.4 followed by Ferrari with 93.9 BSI score. About Pavan C.Lall: iii.Russian bank Sber is spotted in 3rd rank with 92.0 i.Pavan C.Lall hails from Calcutta, West Bengal who BSI score followed by Coca-Cola with 91.7 BSI score. pursued his writing in the United States. ii.He worked as the associate editor at the Business Standard. has contributed to Fortune India, the www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs Telegraph, the Dallas Business Journal and other literary prize, in 1999 for his contributions to literature publications and theatre. iii.He is the author of “Flawed: The Rise and Fall of India’s Diamond Mogul Nirav Modi”. Dalai Lama’s New Book Titled “The Little Book of Encouragement” Released His “This Life at Play: A Memoir by Girish Karnad” Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama authored a new book Memoir of Girish Karnad Translated From titled “The Little Book of Encouragement”. The Kannada into English book edited by Renuka Singh is published The English translation by Penguin Random House is set to be released. of the “This Life at Play: About the book: A Memoir by Girish i.The book is a compilation of Dalai Lama’s quotes Karnad” the Kannada and ideas to deal with the new realities of the post book authored by Girish pandemic world along with how to combat rising Karnad is set to be extremism, polarity and climate change and his views released on the 83rd birth anniversary of Girish on Tibet. Karnad, on 19th May 2021 by Fourth Estate, an ii.The book also promotes human values, talks about imprint of HarperCollins Publisher. the key to happiness and comments on Sino-India ties. About Dalai Lama: The Kannada book is translated into English by i.The Dalai Lamas are believed by Tibetan Buddhists writer and translator Srinath to be manifestations of Avalokiteshvara or Chenrezig, Perur and Girish Karnad. the Bodhisattva of Compassion and the patron saint of The book is published by HarperCollins India Tibet. Publisher. ii.He was Born as Lhamo Thondup on 6th July 1935 About the book: and was officially installed as the 14th Dalai Lama in i.The kannada book was first published in 2011. 1940 and renamed as Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang ii.The book showcases his life from early life in Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso (Tenzin Gyatso). Dharwad, engaging in local theaters to his education in iii.He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 for his Mumbai and as Rhodes scholar in Oxford. campaign of over 40 years to end the domination of iii.The book also portrays his life during his career as China in his homeland. publisher, his journey in the film industry and his Books: personal life. He has authored numerous books which include, Inner About Girish Karnad: World, The Seed of Compassion: Lessons from the i.Girish Karnad was a writer, director, actor and Life and Teachings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, activist. Some of his notable works include, The Life of My Teacher: A Biography of Kyabjé Ling Nagamandala, Tughlaq, Hayavadana, Hittina Hunja. Rinpoché and Happiness. ii.He made his debut as an actor in Samskara in 1970 and has acted in more than 90 films in Kannada, Himachal Pradesh Became the First State to Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Hindi. Implement e-Cabinet Awards: Jai Ram Thakur, Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh i.He received the Padma Shri in 1974 and Padma inaugurated the first e-cabinet at Shimla. The state Bhushan in 1992 for arts. became the first to implement e-cabinet and make the ii.He received the Jnanpith Award, India’s highest end-to-end processing of cabinets paperless. ii. The e-cabinet application for the e-cabinet was www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs developed by the Department of prosthetics, psychologists and nursing department. Information Technology, Himachal Pradesh. This is the first of its kind electronic platform in India. Benefits: iii. Around 32 cabinet memos were discussed and i.The amputee clinic will provide complete care to the processed through this application. patient in one place which will ensure a stress and iv. The entire process of cabinet that is from initiation anxiety free rehabilitation process. of the cabinet memo, approval of the memo through ii.This will also help to develop a comprehensive the concern secretary, Chief secretary, minister and database which will also provide a platform for future Chief Minister to place in cabinet were made through research. online. iii.This will also provide the essential information on the burden, long term complications and issues in PGIMER Launched India’s First Amputee Clinic rehabilitation of the amputees. in Chandigarh The Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and UP’s Shravasti Tops Niti Aayog’s Aspirational Research (PGIMER) launched India’s first Amputee Districts Ranking in December 2020 Clinic, “PGI The Shravasti district of Uttar Pradesh(UP) topped Amputee Clinic” in the Aspirational Districts Ranking of Niti Aayog in Chandigarh. The PGI December 2020, the ranking is done every month. Amputee clinic was Health and nutrition, education, agriculture and water inaugurated by resources, financial inclusion, skill development and PGIMER Director basic infrastructure were the development areas that Prof. Jagat Ram. were considered for the ranking. Purpose: The aspirational district programme was To improve the amputation patients, care by launched in January 2018 with an aim to providing collection of services in one place transform the districts with lesser progress in with significant coordination. the key social areas and have identified pockets of under development. This Amputee Clinic aims to unify all the Rankings: diverse sections in PGIMER with the required upgradation to provide appropriate Dhalai of Tripura secured the 2nd position followed by management to guide the amputees. Garhwa of Jharkhand, Baksa of Assam and Bokaro of About the Amputee Clinic: Jharkhand in 3rd, 4th and 5th position respectively. Need for the Amputee Clinic: To assess the recovery and co-morbidities of the ISRO set to launch Brazil’s Amazonia-1 on amputee with a team of occupational therapists and a February 28 psychologist. Indian Space Research Features: Organisation (ISRO) is set to i.Some modalities will be developed under this launch Brazil’s Amazonia-1 initiative to expand medical aid for medicine and through India’s Polar rehabilitation of amputees who cannot afford the cost. Satellite Launch Vehicle ii.The facility comprises specialists from various (PSLV)- C51 on February departments like orthopedics, PMR (Physical and 28, 2021. This also marks Medical Rehabilitation), occupational/ physiotherapy, ISRO’s 1st space mission in www.tarainstitute.com Current Affairs 2021.
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