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Today Current Affairs for Competitive Exams - Current Affairs 2021 Online JNCASR scientists develop a new molecule The platform, Airtel Ads, allows brands to curate consent-based and safe campaigns for Scientists have developed a small molecule subscribers of the telco. that disrupts the mechanism through which Airtel has over 320 million customers across neurons become dysfunctional in Alzheimer’s businesses - mobile, direct-to-home (DTH) disease (AD). and homes The molecule could be a potential drug Airtel Ads has already collaborated with candidate to halt or cure the leading cause of PepsiCo, Zomato, CRED, Tata AIG dementia (70-80%) worldwide. Insurance, Lenskart, Apollo 24.7, Gameskraft, A team of scientists at Jawaharlal Nehru etc. Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) have designed and synthesized Levi's appoints Deepika as brand ambassador the molecules. Levi's has appointed Deepika Padukone as its PM-Kisan scheme completes two years global brand ambassador. The association will help attract a new The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi generation of women consumers as it looks to (PM-Kisan) scheme, launched with an aim to expand the women's wear category. ensure a life of dignity for farmers completed Deepika is the first female celebrity to become two years on 24 Feb 2021. the face of the brand in India. It is a central sector scheme with 100% She will be seen spearheading the new funding from the govt of India. campaign focused on a new range of fashion Under this, income support of Rs.6000/- per fits from Levi’s. year is provided to all farmer families across the country in 3 equal instalments of India: 2nd most targeted by cyberattacks Rs.2000/- each every 4 months. ICICI Bank launches ‘Namma Chennai Smart Card’ India faced the second-highest number of cyberattacks in the Asia Pacific in ICICI Bank has announced the launch of a 2020 after Japan, accounting for 7% of Common Payment Card System (CPCS) in all attacks in the region. partnership with the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) and Chennai Smart City Finance and insurance were the most Limited (CSCL). targeted sectors. Called ‘Namma Chennai Smart Card’, the According to IBM s 2021 X-Force Threat Rupay powered co-branded, contactless Intelligence Index, published on 24 February prepaid card, will facilitate various digital 2021, ransomware was the most widely used payments like tax and utility bill payments at attack, accounting for roughly 40% of all the GCC centres. attacks detected in India. Airtel enters advertising business 1st team of LSA flagged off Bharti Airtel Ltd has launched an advertising In Ladakh, the 1st team of the Ladakh Sqay platform. Association was flagged off on 23 Feb 2021 1 | Page by Kargil Deputy Commissioner Santosh building in Mauritius in the presence of Prime Sukhdeve. Minister of Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth and The team led by Coach Mohammad Hassan Foreign Minister Alan Ganoo, on 23 February and Manager Zaheer Abbas Khan left for 2021. Jaipur to participate in the National Sqay He also reviewed the Dagotiere Social Championship starting from 25 February Housing Project in Mauritius. 2021. The 956 housing units built with Indian The team comprises 12 players out of which support will be occupied soon. two are from the Leh district. Nepal's Supreme Court reinstates Parliament Citation given to security forces: Manipur The Supreme Court of Nepal reinstated the In Manipur, Governor Dr Najma Heptulla dissolved House of Representatives on 24 handed over citation and Certificate of Feb 2021. Appreciation for the year 2020 to different A five-member constitutional bench led by units of Assam Rifles, State Police, and Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher Rana individuals on 23 Feb 2021. annulled the government's decision to The function was organized to appreciate and dissolve the House of Representatives on the encourage the security forces who are 20th of December 2020. contributing to bringing peace and tranquillity Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari had in the state including the campaign against dissolved Parliament and announced midterm drug menace and trafficking. elections in April-May 2021. Bihar to create micro-containment zones Prakash Javadekar addresses UNSC Open debate The Bihar government has decided to create Union Minister of Environment, Forest, and micro-containment zones in the areas of the Climate Change Prakash Javadekar state where fresh Covid cases are spiking. addressed the UN Security Council Open Everyone in such areas will be tested. Debate on 23 Feb 2021. Meanwhile, a total of 59 thousand 402 It was held on the theme Climate and healthcare workers took the second dose of Security: Maintenance of international peace the Covid-19 vaccine on 23 Feb 2021. and security. So far, 5 lakh 92 thousand 286 beneficiaries He informed that India is the only country on have been inoculated with vaccine doses. track among G20 countries in meeting its climate change commitments. Bangladesh receives 2 mn COVID vaccine doses GST share disbursed to Maharashtra Bangladesh received 2 mn doses of the COVID 19 vaccine from the Serum Institute of The Union Finance Ministry has disbursed a India (SII) on 23 Feb 2021. GST share of 11,519 crore rupees to This is the2nd consignment from the SII as Maharashtra. part of the tripartite deal with Beximco This was informed by Maharashtra BJP Pharmaceuticals Ltd. and the govt of President Chandrakant Patil. Bangladesh to supply 30 mn doses of the He also pointed out that in 2019-20 the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID 19 vaccine. Centre had disbursed as much as 19 Earlier, 5 mn doses were received by thousand 2 hundred and 33 crore rupees to Bangladesh on 25 January 2021 from the SII. Maharashtra. Indian HC building inaugurated in Mauritius Tarun Sobti takes command of Eastern Fleet External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar Rear Admiral Tarun Sobti, took over the inaugurated the new Indian High Commission Command of the Eastern Fleet, the sword 2 | Page arm of the Eastern Naval Command at for the Civil Services Examination, in Leh for Eastern Naval Command, Visakhapatnam, on the candidates from Ladakh. 23 Feb 2021. The preliminary exam will be held on 27 June He has taken over the Command from Rear 2021. Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan. Leh will be the 73rd center in the country to Rear Admiral Tarun Sobti was commissioned hold the preliminary exam for Civil Services. into the Indian Navy on 1 July 1988 and is a Leh Deputy Commissioner will be the specialist in Navigation and Direction. Coordinating Supervisor for the Leh center. Nearly 29,000 children vaccinated during IMI World's largest stadium at Motera in Ahmedabad Nearly 29,000 children and 5000 pregnant President Ram Nath Kovind formally women were vaccinated on the first day of inaugurated the world's largest stadium Intensified Mission Indradhanush 3.0 on 22 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Cricket Stadium at Feb 21. Motera in Ahmedabad Gujarat on 24 Feb Its first phase will be carried out for 15 days. 2021. The campaign is being conducted in pre- The newly built stadium is equipped with all identified 250 districts and urban areas across modern technologies and facilities necessary 29 states and Union Territories in the country. for present-day cricket. It aims to accelerate the full immunization of It has four dressing rooms, which are children and pregnant women. necessary to host back to back twenty twenty matches. NUDM launched in New Delhi India commences vaccines supply to Africa The National Urban Digital Mission (NUDM) and other initiatives were launched in New India on 23 February'21 commenced the Delhi on 23 February 2021. supply of 'Made in India' Covid-19 vaccines to The NUDM will institutionalize a citizen-centric Africa under the Covax facility. and ecosystem-driven approach to urban In Jan'21, the MEA announced to supply 1 governance and service delivery by 2022. crore or 10 million vaccine doses to Africa and Several other digital initiatives including India 10 lakh to United Nations health workers Urban Data Exchange (IUDX), SmartCode, under GAVI's COVAX facility. and the Smart Cities 2.0 website were also India has supplied a total of 229.7 lakh doses launched. of coronavirus vaccine to the global community as of mid-Feb 2021. 184th Meeting of ESIC held Dr Shakti Gupta: First Director of Jammu AIIMS Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) has taken several significant decisions Dr Shakti Kumar Gupta has been appointed to improve its service delivery mechanism. as the first Director of the upcoming AIIMS at The decisions were taken during the 184th Vijaypur in Samba district of Jammu and Meeting of ESIC which was held under the Kashmir. chairmanship of Minister of Labour and He is serving as a Medical Superintendent Employment Santosh Kumar Gangwar. at Dr RP Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences ESI Corporation has decided to construct 300 in AIIMS-New Delhi. bedded ESIC Hospital including 50 super PM Modi laid the foundation of AIIMS-Jammu speciality beds. in February 2019, which will be completed in 2023. UPSC adds Leh as exam center CDPQ set to acquire 2% stake in PharmEasy In a first of its kind the Union Public Service Commission UPSC has opened a new center 3 | Page Canada's second-largest pension fund, The Centre on 23 Feb'21 signed an CDPQ has received the Competition agreement with Asian Infrastructure Commission of India’s (CCI) approval to Investment Bank (AIIB) for borrowing $304 acquire a 2% stake in PharmEasy. million (over ₹2,200 crore) to improve power CDPQ had also participated in PharmEasy’s transmission network in Assam. $220 million funding round in November 2019. The fund will be utilized for the 'Assam Intra- In 2020, PharmEasy had merged with Medlife State Transmission System Enhancement to create a combined entity that was valued at Project'.