Current Affairs
Current Affairs
FEBUARY - 16
- The International Solar Alliance (ISA) has announced Dr Ajay Mathur as its new Director-General following his election at the first special assembly of ISA members.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Maharaja Suheldev Memorial virtually on February 16, 2021 in Uttar Pradesh.
- The Indian Navy received its third Scorpene Submarine under the Project P-75 on February 15, 2021. The submarine will be commissioned as INS Karanj in March.
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh recently launched an online portal ‘e-Chhawani’ and mobile app, to facilitate ‘ease of living’ and ‘ease of doing’ for the residents of the Cantonment Boards across the country.
- The Rashtrapati Bhawan informed on February 16, 2021, that Kiran Bedi has been removed from her position as the Governor of Puducherry.
- The Pilot Pey Jal Survekshan was launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs under the Jal Jeevan Mission- Urban on February 16, 2021.
- The Reserve Bank of India constituted a committee to strengthen and consolidate urban co-operative banks on February 15, 2021. The Committee will comprise eight members and will be headed by former Deputy Governor of the RBI NS Vishwanathan.
Other members
- Harsh Kumar Bhanwala: Former Chairman of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) ,
- Mukund Chitale: Chartered Accountant
- NC Muniyappa and RN Joshi: retired Indian Administrative Service officers
- MS Sriram: IIM Bengaluru Professor
- Jyotindra Mehta: President of the National Federation of Urban Cooperative Banks and Credit Societies
- Neeraj Nigam: Chief General Manager-in-Charge, Department of Regulation, RBI
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