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                                               Current Affairs FEBUARY -  13 The  Pakistan Army  conducted a successful test-firing of a short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile  ‘Babar’  on February 11, 2021. Indian Govt   and   Chhattisgarh Govt   has signed a   $100 million   for   CHIRAAG (Chhattisgarh Inclusive Rural and Accelerated Agriculture Growth)   project with the   World bank. In order to recognize the sacrifice and services rendered by the  Covid warriors  who lost their lives fighting the pandemic, the government has decided to construct a  Covid Warrior Memorial in Odisha. The state government of  Madhya Pradesh   has launched a water conservation campaign called   ‘Jalabhishekam’,   under which more than  57,000 water structures   has b...

                                               Current Affairs FEBUARY -  12 A  memorandum of understanding (MoU)   was signed between the   Meghalaya police   and the   State Bank of India   for implementation of the e-Challan within the jurisdiction of the  Shillong Traffic Police (STP). Aegon Life Insurance,  India’s first digital-only life insurance company, elevated S atishwar Balakrishnan  to be the  Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer.  The  Reserve Bank of India (RBI)  has launched the  Financial Literacy Week (FLW)  from February 8-12, 2021, to propagate financial education.   The theme for 2021 FLW is  ”Credit Discipline and Credit from Formal Institutions”. The  New Development Bank (NDB)  has committed to invest  USD 100 million  (...

                                      Current Affairs FEBUARY -  11 The  United Arab Emirates (UAE)   has put a probe called Hope in the orbit around the   MARS. Reserve Bank of India (RBI)   has announced that it will purchase four government securities (G-Secs) that amount to  ₹20,000 crores. The  State Bank of India’s (SBI) Economic Research Department  has revised GDP estimates of India for FY21 to  contract 7.0%.  Earlier this was estimated GDP at  -7.4%. India’s growth  would bounce back to  10.4%  in the upcoming fiscal according to  India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra). Digital payments platform,  PhonePe  has announced that it has partnered with  Axis Bank  on a  Unified Payments Interface (UPI)  multi-bank model. Prime Minister  Narendra Modi  has inaugurated the...

                                             Current Affairs FEBUARY -  10 The  Central government   has given its approval for the creation of a   fifth tiger reserve   in   Tamil Nadu   that will encompass the  Meghamalai and Srivilliputhur Grizzled Squirrel Wildlife Sanctuaries.   It will be the   51st Tiger Sanctuary of India. India and Afghanistan   have signed a   Memorandum of Understanding MoU  over video-teleconferencing (VTC), for the construction of the   Shahtoot Dam (Lalander Dam)   on a tributary of the   Kabul river in Afghanistan. The  Delhi cabinet  has approved  “Mukhyamantri Vigyan Pratibha Pariksha”  in which Rs  5,000  will be provided to  1,000  meritorious students of  Class 9  in schools of Delhi as a science scholarship. ...

                                              Current Affairs FEBUARY -  9 The  14th International Children’s Film Festival   of   Bangladesh (ICFFB)  came to an end in Dhaka. A total of  12 awards  were presented to the winners at the concluding ceremony. The health department in  Madhya Pradesh   has launched the   Social Awareness and Action to Neutralise Pneumonia Successfully (‘SAANS’) campaign. Uttar Pradesh government   has introduced a system of issuing a unique   16-digit Unicode   to mark all kinds of landholdings in the state. The  defence ministry   has signed a contract with   Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)   to procure a   software-defined radio tactical (SDR-Tac) ship-borne system   worth over   Rs 1,000 crore.  India’s first-ever  geothermal p...

                                          Current Affairs FEBUARY -  8 President  Moon Jae-in-led,  South Korea Government has approved a plan to build the world’s largest  wind power plant  in the country by  2030.    It will have a maximum capacity of  8.2 gigawatts. Prime Minister  Narendra Modi   has launched the   ‘Asom Mala’ programme   in Dhekiajuli of   Sonitpur district, Assam to   boost the state’s road infrastructure and contribute to Assam’s economic progress and improve connectivity. Google Cloud   has appointed   Bikram Singh Bedi   as the new   Managing Director   for its India Business. He will succeed  Karan Bajwa,   who has been elevated as  Vice president for the Asia Pacific (APAC) region   cloud operations at Google Cloud. Nigerian eco...

                                          Current Affairs FEBUARY - 6 The  Government of Denmark  has approved a project to build the world’s first energy island, in the North Sea that will produce and store enough green energy to meet the electricity needs of three million households in  European countries. Federal Bank  has announced the launch of  “FedFirst”,  a special  savings account scheme  for children below  18 years of age.  The account helps children develop healthy saving and spending habits, thereby giving them the freedom  to save, spend and earn. The six-member  Monetary Policy Committee  of the  Reserve Bank of India (RBI),  headed by Governor  Shaktikanta Das,  has decided to maintain the status quo on policy rate amid sticky rate of inflation. The key decisions taken in the Mon...