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                                         Current Affairs

FEBUARY -  17

• PM Modi on February 17, 2021, laid the foundation stone of oil, gas sector projects in Tamil Nadu via video conferencing.

• India has joined a two-day naval exercise of Iran and Russia, known as ‘Iran-Russia Maritime Security Belt-2021’.

• The Foreign Secretary of India, Harsh Vardhan Shringla reached Moscow on February 17, 2021, for an official visit of two-days.

• The Central government’s Jal Jeevan Mission reached a new milestone by providing tap water connections to 3 crores 53 lakh rural households.

• The first day of the spring called ‘Pahela Phagun’ was celebrated in Dhaka, Bangladesh despite the continued shadow of Corona pandemic in the country.

• Justice Puligoru Venkata Sanjay Kumar has been sworn-in as the Chief Justice of Manipur High Court at Raj Bhavan, Imphal. 

• The UN Capital Development Fund has appointed Indian-origin investment and development banker Preeti Sinha as its Executive Secretary, the highest leadership rank in the institution. She succeeds Judith Karl.

• S. Theodore Baskaran who is a writer, a historian, a naturalist and an activist has won the Sanctuary Lifetime Service Award, 2020.

• Star sprinter Hima Das has been appointed as a Deputy Superintendent of Police by the Assam government.

• The ancient Kanchoth festival, a symbol of ancient Nag culture, was observed with religious fervour and gaiety across the Chenab valley region of Jammu and Kashmir.

• The Governor of West Bengal, Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar inaugurated the 11th Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav at Cooch Behar Palace at West Bengal.