February 2021 Monthly Current Affairs Saga

February 2021 Monthly Current Affairs Saga

pendulumedu.com MONTHLY CURRENT AFFAIRS SAGA FEBRUARY 2021 PREPARE ONLINE FOR SSC,RAILWAYS, BANKING, DEFENCE, TEACHING, STATE PCS EXAMS COPYRIGHT3. One of © PENDULUMEDUthe farthest star galaxies in 1 the Universe has been detected by Indian Astronomers. Astrosat, India’s first multi-wavelength pendulumedu.com CONTENTS Government Schemes and Initiatives ............................................................................................................. 4 National News ............................................................................................................................................... 16 International News ........................................................................................................................................ 24 State News/ Uts ............................................................................................................................................. 28 Assam ......................................................................................................................................................... 28 Arunachal pradesh ..................................................................................................................................... 30 Bihar ........................................................................................................................................................... 30 Himachal pradesh ...................................................................................................................................... 31 Karnataka ................................................................................................................................................... 31 Kerala .......................................................................................................................................................... 32 Madhya Pradesh ........................................................................................................................................ 34 Mizoram ..................................................................................................................................................... 35 Odisha ......................................................................................................................................................... 35 Puducherry ................................................................................................................................................. 36 Rajasthan .................................................................................................................................................... 36 Sikkim ......................................................................................................................................................... 37 Uttar Pradesh ............................................................................................................................................. 37 West Bengal ............................................................................................................................................... 39 India and its neighbourhood ......................................................................................................................... 40 Defence .......................................................................................................................................................... 42 Science and Technology ................................................................................................................................ 46 Space and IT ............................................................................................................................................... 46 Biotechnology And Diseases ...................................................................................................................... 49 New Developments .................................................................................................................................... 50 Indian Polity ................................................................................................................................................... 51 Art and Culture .............................................................................................................................................. 53 Economy/Banking/Finance ........................................................................................................................... 55 Indian economy.......................................................................................................................................... 55 Union Budget 2021-22 ............................................................................................................................... 56 Infrastructure and Energy .......................................................................................................................... 62 Corporates/Companies .............................................................................................................................. 65 Banking/Finance ........................................................................................................................................ 67 COPYRIGHT3. One of © PENDULUMEDUthe farthest star galaxies in 2 the Universe has been detected by Indian Astronomers. Astrosat, India’s first multi-wavelength pendulumedu.com Geography ...................................................................................................................................................... 68 Environment and Ecology .............................................................................................................................. 69 MoUs/Agreements ........................................................................................................................................ 71 Summits/ Conferences/ Meetings ................................................................................................................ 77 Reports and Indices/Rankings ....................................................................................................................... 82 Books and Authors ........................................................................................................................................ 87 Awards and Prizes ......................................................................................................................................... 89 Personality in News ....................................................................................................................................... 93 Appointments ................................................................................................................................................ 96 Sports ........................................................................................................................................................... 101 Committees/ Commissions/Taskforces ...................................................................................................... 108 Important Days ............................................................................................................................................ 108 Miscellaneous .............................................................................................................................................. 114 COPYRIGHT3. One of © PENDULUMEDUthe farthest star galaxies in 3 the Universe has been detected by Indian Astronomers. Astrosat, India’s first multi-wavelength pendulumedu.com GOVERNMENT SCHEMES AND INITIATIVES Unified web portal for monitoring progress of GOBARDHAN activities launched. Unified web portal for monitoring progress of GOBARDHAN activities has been jointly launched by union ministers of Agriculture, Petroleum, Animal Husbandry and Jal Shakti. GOBARDHAN activities form a key component of Swachh Bharat Mission Phase-2 for organic solid waste management. GOBARDHAN programme will provide people a way for proper disposal of dung and achieve the goal of ODF Plus. Petroleum Minister said that through scheme of GOBARDHAN, people would get ethanol, bio- diesel and compressed bio-fuel in future. Agriculture Minister said that ODF Plus goal in Phase 2 of Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) will depend on GOBARDHAN scheme. As per Drinking Water and Sanitation Secretary, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation under Ministry of Jal Shakti will work to implement GOBARDHAN scheme. GOBARDHAN scheme is being operationalized as a programme under Swachch Bharat Mission Grameen-Phase 2. Swachch Bharat Mission Grameen-Phase 2: o Phase 2 of the Swachh Bharat Mission (Grameen) was approved by Cabinet one year ago in February 2020. o Swachch Bharat Mission Grameen-Phase 2 focuses on Open Defecation Free Plus (ODF Plus). ODF sustainability and Solid and Liquid Waste Management (SLWM) are two components of ODF Plus. Government had launched ‘KAPILA’ program for Intellectual Property Literacy and Awareness. Union Education Minister has launched the Kalam Program for Intellectual Property Literacy and Awareness (KAPILA) campaign on 15 October 2020. Its main objective is to raise awareness about the importance of patenting and inventions. Under this program, students and faculties of higher educational institutions will get information about the process of patenting their inventions.

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