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Chingari inks deal with 2 music labels International World's 'Voice of the Customer' award.  Short video platform Chingari has partnered  The 'Voice of the Customer' initiative with two independent, non-film music labels recognises airports that continued to prioritise TM Music and ii Music to strengthen the their customers during the novel coronavirus catalogue available for its content creators to pandemic in 2020. engage with.  Under the #WeAreHereForYou umbrella of  Owned by Tech4Billion Media Pvt Ltd, the BIAL, various campaigns were launched app has got more than 46 million users in to rebuild passenger confidence. .  It also has an alliance with T-Series, Merchant IDFC Floating Rate Fund launched Records and international record label  IDFC Mutual Fund has announced the launch company Thrace Music. of IDFC Floating Rate Fund. Nagraj Kashyap to join SoftBank Vision Fund  It is an open-ended debt scheme predominantly investing in floating rate  SoftBank Group Corp.’s Vision Fund is hiring instruments. Nagraj Kashyap as its Managing Partner.  IDFC Floating Rate Fund aims to invest a  Nagraj Kashyap is the outgoing global head of minimum of 65% of its corpus in floating rate Microsoft’s M12 fund. securities issued by corporates or the  He was previously head of ventures at government. Qualcomm Inc. before joining Microsoft in  The New Fund Offer (NFO) will open on 10 2016. February and close on 16 February 2021.  Managing Partner Colin Fan is leaving his role to become an adviser to SoftBank Investment India to see largest increase in energy demand Advisers.  India will experience the largest increase in Wipro names new heads for Japan, Germany energy demand among countries worldwide over the next 20 years as its economy  Wipro Limited has appointed Tomoaki continues to develop. Takeuchi as the country head and Managing  This was stated by the International Energy Director for Japan. Agency (IEA) in the report - "The India Energy  Prior to joining Wipro, he headed the Japan Outlook 2021". operations for Cognizant.  India’s combined import bill for fossil fuels is  Wipro also announced the appointment of projected to triple over the next two decades, Michael Seiger as the country head and with oil by far the largest component. MD for Germany and Austria.  Prior to joining Wipro, Seiger was the global National Horticulture Fair inaugurated head of application management at Atos SE.  A National Horticulture Fair was inaugurated Bengaluru airport bags a global recognition by Sri Ravi Shankar Guruji of Art of Living Foundation on 8 Feb 2021.  The Bangalore International Airport Limited (BIAL) has won the Airports Council

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 It was organised by the Indian Institute of have granted a conditional exemption to the Horticulture Research in its campus near Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for Bengaluru. the deployment of drones for live aerial  The fair to be organised till February 12, cinematography of the India Cricket Season in 2021, with a theme of 'Start up and Stand up 2021. India' is aimed at making farmers successful  The Drone Rules 2021 are in the final stages entrepreneurs. of discussion with the Law Ministry and approval is expected by March 2021. HP govt proposes outlay of Rs 9,405.41 crores Hardeep Singh Puri introduces a bill in RS  Himachal Pradesh government has proposed an outlay of 9,405.41 crore rupees under the  Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs developmental budget for the year 2021-22. Hardeep Singh Puri introduced the National  This was announced by Chief Minister Jai Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Ram Thakur while presiding over Provisions) Second (Amendment) Bill, 2021 in MLA's meeting on 8 Feb 2021. the Rajya Sabha on 8 Feb 2021.  Out of this amount, Rs 565.52 cr has been  It will replace the National Capital Territory of provided for roads and bridges while Rs Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second 360.72 crore has been provided for minor (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 which was irrigation and drinking water schemes. promulgated by President Ram Nath Kovind on 30th December 2020. Maharashtra: 6th in terms of COVID cases Dr Zakir Hussain's birth anniversary: 8 Feb  Maharashtra is ranked 6th in the country in terms of COVID cases and deaths reported  8 February marks the birth anniversary of per million. former President Dr. Zakir Hussain.  According to Maharashtra’s Public Health  Born on 8 February 1897, he served as the Dept, the state ranks below Delhi, Goa, third President of the country from 13 May Pondicherry, Kerala, and Chandigarh in terms 1967 till his death on 3 May 1969. of new infections and the resultant mortality  He previously served as Governor of Bihar rate per million. from 1957 to 1962 and as Vice President of  As of 3 Feb'21, Kerala recorded a growth rate India from 1962 to 1967. of 0.6% while Maharashtra's rate stood at just Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2021 0.10%.  Rajya Sabha has passed The Jammu and Uttar Pradesh to set up state control room Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill,  UP government has sent a team of 4 officials 2021. to Joshimath in Chamoli and will set up a  It will replace Jammu and Kashmir state control room at Haridwar to coordinate Reorganisation (Amendment) Ordinance of with the Uttarakhand govt the rescue and 2021 which merged the Jammu and Kashmir relief operations. cadre of the IAS, IPS, and IFS with the  It will also set up district control rooms. Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram, and Union  1070 and WhatsApp no. 9454441036 has Territory cadre, also known as AGMUT cadre. been established for people of the state  The President had promulgated the ordinance where they can share the details of any in January 2021. missing person in the calamity. NCAP to be implemented in 122 cities BCCI can use drones for aerial cinematography  The Ministry of Environment will  Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and implement National Clean Air Programme Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) (NCAP) across 122 cities in the country to reduce air pollution. 2 | Page

 NCAP targets to achieve a 20 to 30%  Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate reduction in PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations the World Sustainable Development Summit by 2024 across the country. 2021 on 10 Feb 2021.  The number of good quality air days has  The theme of the summit is ‘Redefining Our increased to 218 in 2020 against 106 in 2016, Common Future: Safe and Secure and the number of poor quality air days Environment for All’. decreased to 56 in 2020.  It will be held till 12 Feb 2021.  Energy and industry transition, climate India: Fastest to reach 6 million vaccinations finance, circular economy, clean oceans, are  Union Health Ministry informed that in the last amongst the range of topics to be discussed 24 days, India has become the fastest country during the summit. to reach six million vaccinations in the world. Tennis legend Akhtar Ali passes away  USA took 26 days to reach the mark while the UK took 46 days to reach six million  Tennis legend Akhtar Ali passed away in vaccinations. February 2021.  So far 60 lakh 35 thousand and 660  He represented India in eight ties beneficiaries have been vaccinated for against Pakistan, Malaysia, Iran, Mexico, COVID-19 since the launch of the vaccination Japan, and Monaco between 1958 and 1964. drive on 16th of January 2021.  He was the winner of the Asian mixed doubles championship. Government to launch portal  His last ATP tour outing was against Vijay  The government has proposed in the Union Amritraj in Bombay on November 11, 1974. Budget to launch a portal that will collect information on building and construction Film Karavan launches ‘Bandra Film Festival’ workers among others.  Online content distribution company Film  It will be set up by the Directorate General of Karavan has collaborated with YouTube to Labour Welfare. launch ‘Bandra Film Festival’, a digital film  It will help formulate health, housing, skill, festival. insurance, credit, and food scheme for  The festival will show more than 50 films from migrant workers. filmmakers across the country & across  The rulemaking process is already underway multiple genres, languages & formats. and likely to be completed soon.  The festival will also allow viewers to donate funds to support the films and filmmakers of 41.75 crore accounts opened under PMJDY their choice.  A total of 41.75 crore accounts have been Maersk appoints Vikash Agarwal as new MD opened so far under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) out of which 35.96  Integrated container logistics firm Maersk has crore accounts are operative. appointed Vikash Agarwal as its new  Under PMJDY, a bank account can be Managing Director for South Asia. opened with any bank branch or Business  He will take full charge of the business for the Correspondent (BC) including those of private company in South Asia, covering India, sector banks. Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Maldives,  The total number of PMJDY accounts opened from April 1, 2021. by public sector banks is 40.48 crore.  Currently, he is serving as the Managing Director of CEVA Logistics - Indian World Sustainable Development Summit 2021 subcontinent. Water birds census conducted at Pong Dam lake

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 The annual waterbird count at Pong Dam  Himachal Pradesh CM Jai Ram Thakur has Lake Wildlife Sanctuary was conducted in the inaugurated a Golden Jubilee Nutrition first week of February 2021. Garden at Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar  Thousands of migratory birds from all over the Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University world visit the wetlands located at Pong Dam Palampur. in Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh.  It has been built under a Rs 19  As many as 1,08,578 birds of 96 species were cr environment sustainability plan. counted this year.  This environment sustainability plan concept  Of them 1,01,431 birds are classified as of Centre of Advanced Agricultural Science & water-dependent migratory birds. Technology (CAAST) is entitled ‘Protected Agriculture and Natural Farming’. NTPC to install early warning system : 5th to feature in  NTPC will install early warning systems in its projects located in hill states prone to natural  Ankita Raina on 7 Feb 2021, qualified for the disasters like avalanches. doubles event of the Australian Open and  This was decided after an avalanche took became the fifth Indian woman to secure a place near Rishiganga Power Project at place in the main draw of a Grand Slam. Chamoli district of Uttarakhand.  Ankita along with her Romanian partner  The NTPC's Tapovan-Vishnugad hydel Mihaela Buzarnecu earned a direct entry for project also suffered major damage. the doubles event.  This announcement was made by the Union  Nirupama Mankad, Nirupama Power Minister R K Singh. Vaidyanathan, and Shikha Uberoi have competed in the Grand Slam NHAI inks MoU with 200 technical institutes main draws earlier.  National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has ICC announces BYJU'S as global partner inked initial pacts with 200 technical institutes to encourage them for voluntary adoption of  The International Cricket Council (ICC) has highway stretches for research etc. announced edu-tech company BYJU'S as its  So far, 18 IITs, 27 NITs and 207 other reputed global partner from 2021 to 2023. engineering colleges have consented for the  The three-year agreement will see BYJU'S MoU. partner all ICC events over the period,  Out of over 250 institutes which have including the forthcoming men's T20 World consented for the MoU, 200 have become Cup in India and the women's World Cup in signatories. New Zealand.  In August 2019, the company became the Ministry Of Defence, BEL sign contract official jersey partners of the Indian cricket  Ministry of Defence (MoD) and Bharat team. Electronics Limited (BEL) have signed a Ishant: 3rd Indian to take 300 Test wickets contract for procurement of Software Defined Radio Tactical (SDR-Tac) worth over ₹1,000  Ishant Sharma has become the sixth Indian crores. and third pacer from the country to take 300  The SDR-Tac has been designed and wickets in Test cricket, joining former India developed by the Defence Electronics captains Kapil Dev and Anil Kumble. Applications Laboratory (DEAL) of DRDO.  Ishant reached the landmark on 8 February  The delivery will take place within three 2021. years.  Ravichandran Ashwin (377 before this game), Harbhajan Singh (417), and Zaheer Khan Nutrition garden inaugurated at Palampur (311) are the other bowlers from the country who have reached the landmark. 4 | Page

Gen. Thimayya Memorial Museum inaugurated Denmark to create world's first energy island  President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated  Denmark has approved a plan to build the General Thimayya Memorial Museum at world's first energy island in the North Sea. Madikeri in Kodagu district, Karnataka on 6  It will produce and store enough green energy Feb 2021. to cover the electricity needs of 3 million  General K.S. Thimayya served as the Chief of European households. Army Staff from 1957 to 1961 and his  The artificial island will be linked to hundreds ancestral house ‘Sunny Side’ has been of offshore wind turbines and will supply both renovated and converted into a museum. powers to households and green hydrogen for  The museum showcases weapons and use in shipping, aviation, industry and heavy military uniforms and houses a battle tank at transport. the entrance. Madhya Pradesh launches 'SAANS' campaign Tamil Nadu to get its fifth tiger reserve  The Health Department in Madhya Pradesh  Tamil Nadu will now have a new tiger reserve, has launched the Social Awareness and encompassing over 1 lakh hectares of land Action to Neutralise Pneumonia Successfully that falls under the Meghamalai Wildlife (‘SAANS’) campaign. Sanctuary and Srivilliputhur Grizzled Squirrel  The aim is to reduce infant mortality due to Wildlife Sanctuary. pneumonia.  The Union government granted approval for  A strategy is being chalked out under it in the state’s fifth tiger reserve. which medical staff is being trained.  Meghamalai has a large population of spotted  Around 4,000 health and wellness centres deers, Indian gaurs, wild boars and other have been set up in Madhya Pradesh for this carnivores. purpose. Square Kilometre Array Observatory launched Safer Internet Day: 9 February  An intergovernmental organisation called the  Safer Internet Day (SID) is celebrated around Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Observatory the world in February of each year, with Safer has been launched in order to give a push to Internet Centres, SID Committees and other radio astronomy. supporters in each of the countries coming  Under the organisation, two radio telescope together to plan and organise events. networks would be set up, and they would not  SID celebration for 2021 took place on 9 be a single telescope but an array of February with the slogan "Together for a antennas and dishes of radio telescopes. better internet".  The two networks will be based in South  The day was first celebrated in the year 2012. Africa and Australia.

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