Current Affairs

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February - 17

• World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia Region (SEAR) has launched a ‘Quit Tobacco App’.

• The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has delivered the inaugural address at The Energy and Resources Institute’s (TERI) World Sustainable Development Summit.

• Bhojpuri singer and BJP MP, Manoj Tiwari will be the brand ambassador of Khadi and other handicrafts of Bihar. 

• Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has launched the ‘Waste to Wealth Creation’ programme for women in the Sundarbans in West Bengal. 

• Jio Platforms has picked up a 25% stake in US-based deep-tech startup company TWO Platforms for $15 million.

• The 4th India-Australia Energy Dialogue was co-chaired by Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy, RK Singh and Australian Energy and Emissions Reduction Minister Angus Taylor.

• The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) is organising a “Darkathon-2022” to find solutions to counter drug trafficking through the darknet. 

• A new book titled “Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War” authored by Samuel Moyn was released. 

• Legendary Bengali singer, Sandhya Mukherjee has passed away at the age of 90 years due to cardiac arrest.