📖 Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 5 February 2021
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1) The Government of India and the World Bank signed a 500-million US dollar Strengthening Teaching-Learning and Results for States Programme (STARS) to improve the quality and governance of school education in six Indian states.
👉These include Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, and Rajasthan.
▪️World Bank :-
👉Founded - 1944
👉President - David Malpass
👉Headquarters - Washington, D.C., United States

2) To provide basic diagnostic facilities to the poor for free, the government has launched pathology laboratories in Telangana, called mini-hubs, in Hyderabad.
▪️Telangana :-
👉CM - Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao
👉Governor of Telangana - Tamilisai Soundararajan (First Women Governor of Telangana)

3) Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Chauri Chaura Centenary celebrations virtually in Uttar Pradesh.
Prime Minister has also released a postal stamp dedicated to the centenary year of the Chauri Chaura incident.
👉The families of martyrs and freedom fighters has also joined celebrations for the historical event that took place on 4th February, 1922.
▪️ Recent News - Chief minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the 24th edition of the Hunar Haat, a flagship programme of the ministry of minority affairs to promote indigenous handicraft and speciality products, at Awadh Shilpgram, Lucknow.
👉Recently, Uttar Pradesh government (UP) Chief Minister (CM) Yogi Adityanath launched a 3-week ong campaign namely “Kisan Kalyan Mission” for the state’s farmer welfare and to double their income.

4) President Ram Nath Kovind launched the pulse polio programme for 2021 by administering polio drops to children less than five years of age at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.

5) Karuna Sagar, a 1991 batch IPS officer of the TN cadre, has bagged the prestigious Bharat Gaurav Award for the year 2020 under the public service category.
👉The award ceremony, held at the national capital, was presided over by Union Minister Mansukh L Mandaviya and Minister of State Faggan Singh Kulaste

6) Union Minister for Science and Technology, Earth Sciences, Dr Harsh Vardhan dedicated the new coastal research vehicle 'Sagar Anveshika' to the nation at Chennai port.

▪️Ministry of Science and Technology (India):-
👉Founded - May 1971
👉Headquarters - New Delhi
👉 Minister - Harsh Vardhan
👉 Minister of State - Y. S. Chowdary

7) The South-East Central Railways (SECR) zone in Chhattisgarh breaks its own previous record by successfully operating the longest ever freight train by amalgamating five rakes of goods trains as one unit of around 3.5 km.
👉Named as 'Vasuki', it covered the distance of 224 km between the railway stations of Bhilai and Korba and took about seven hours.

8) Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the new four-lane Thaltej-Shilaj-Rancharda railway overbridge in Ahmedabad city of Gujarat.
▪️Ministry of Home Affairs :-
👉Headquarters - New Delhi
👉Founded - 15 August 1947
👉Minister responsible
👉Minister of Home Affairs 👉Amit Shah
👉Minister of State for Home Affairs - G. Kishan Reddy, Nityanand Rai

9) The Vice President of India Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated “Aadi Mahotsav”, a National Tribal Festival being organized by TRIFED, Ministry of Tribal Affairs at Dilli Haat, INA, New Delhi.
👉Aadi Mahotsav is a Celebration of the Spirit of Tribal Culture, Crafts, Cuisine and Commerce – is a successful annual initiative that was commenced in 2017.

10) The Lucknow Metro has set another record by becoming the first metro project in the country to use ultraviolet (UV) rays to sanitise train coaches.
The UP Metro Rail Corporation (UPMRC) has taken inspiration from the New York Metro's experiment to sanitise trains with UV lamp rays.

11) The Indian military carried out a large-scale conjoint training exercise, codenamed Kavach or shield, in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal to fine-tune joint war-fighting capabilities.

▪️Ministry of Defence :-
Headquarters - New Delhi
Founded - 15 August 1947
👉The Indian Armed Forces (including Indian Army, Indian Air Force, Indian Navy) and Indian Coast Guard under the Ministry of Defence are primarily responsible for ensuring the territorial integrity of India.

12) Kerala is all set to open country’s first ‘Gender Park’, which will likely become functional.
👉Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate the premises on February 11. He will also lay the foundation of International Women's Trade and Research Centre (IWTRC).
▪️Kerala :-
Kerala: Periyar River
👉Kerala: Cherai Beach
👉Vallam Kali boat race in Kerala.
👉Kerala: Idukki Dam on Periyar River
👉Kerala :- Pamba River
👉CM :- Pinarayi Vijayan
👉GOVERNOR :- Arif Mohammad Khan

✡️Daily Current Affairs 5 February 2021✡️
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🖋S.N. Subrahmanyan appointed as Chairman of the National Safety Council
The Ministry of Labour & Employment has appointed Shri S.N. Subrahmanyan as the new Chairman of the National Safety Council (NSC) of India for a period of three years. S.N. Subrahmanyan is the CEO and Managing Director of L&T Ltd., India’s largest construction company.

📝Praveen Sinha appointed as interim Director of CBI
The Department of Personnel and Training, under Personnel Ministry has appointed Praveen Sinha, as the interim director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), with immediate effect on 03 February 2021. Praveen Sinha, a 1988-batch Gujarat cadre Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, is currently an additional director at CBI, the premier investigating agency of India.

📊India ranked 53rd in EIU’s Democracy Index, Norway Tops
India’s position has slipped by two places to be placed at 53rd spot in the 2020 Democracy Index, from among 167 countries. Democracy Index is the global ranking released by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) that provides a snapshot of the current state of democracy worldwide. The overall score of India is 6.61 in the Index, on a scale of 0-10. Norway has topped the Index.

⭕️ISRO to launch iBrazilian, Indian startup satellite in first mission of 2021
India's space agency Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is planning to launch Brazilian satellite Amazonia-1 and three Indian payloads on 28 February in its first mission of 2021. The satellites, including one built by a home-grown start-up, are slated to be launched onboard the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C-51 at 10.24 am from the Sriharikota spaceport, said K Sivan, the secretary in the Department of Space and Chairman of Bengaluru-headquartered ISRO.

📖 Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 6 February 2021
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1) RS Sharma, former chairman of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), has been appointed as the CEO of the National Health Authority (NHA).
👉He will be replacing Indu Bhushan whose three years terms comes to an end.
▪️National Health Authority:-
👉The National Health Authority or the NHA is responsible for implementing India’s flagship public health insurance/assurance scheme Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana.
👉Founded- 2018
▪️Telecom Regulatory Authority of India:-
Founded - 20 February 1997
Headquarters - New Delhi

2) Former Chief Justice of the Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) High Court, Justice Gita Mittal has been appointed Chairperson of Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC).
👉BCCC is an independent self-regulatory body set up by the Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF) in June 2011 for non-news, general entertainment channels.
👉Indian Broadcasting Foundation also known as (IBF) is a unified representative body of the television broadcasters in India. The organisation was founded in the year 1999.

3) Union Education Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ today addressed the inaugural ceremony of the ASEAN India Hackathon.
👉ASEAN was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok by the five original member countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Brunei Darussalam joined on 8 January 1984, Vietnam on 28 July 1995, Laos and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, and Cambodia on 30 April 1999.
▪️Ministry of Education :-
👉Formed :- 15 August 1947
👉Headquarters :- New Delhi

4) S Gopalakrishnan has been appointed as the next high commissioner of the India to the Republic of Malawi by the Ministry of External Affairs.
👉Malawi, a landlocked country in southeastern Africa, is defined by its topography of highlands split by the Great Rift Valley and enormous Lake Malawi.

5) Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the 125th anniversary celebrations of the ‘Prabuddha Bharata’ journal.
👉Prabuddha Bharata' is a monthly journal of the Ramakrishna Order which was started by Swami Vivekananda. It has been in publication since 1896 and carries articles on social sciences and humanities comprising historical, psychological, cultural and social sciences themes.

6) The Karnataka Chief Minister, BS Yediyurappa recently launched Avalokana software to access data on expenditures and sanctions incurred on 1,800 programmes.
▪️Karnataka:-
CM :- Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa
Governor :- Vajubhai Vala
Formation :- 1 November 1956
Language :- Kannada
Port :- New Mangalore Port

7) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh virtually kicked off a state-wide scheme for allotment of 7,219 fair price shops (FPS) under his government's flagship 'Ghar Ghar Rozgar te Karobaar Mission'.
▪️Punjab :-
👉Heart of India’s Sikh community
👉CM :- Captain Amarinder Singh
👉GOVERNOR :- VP Singh Badnore
👉Major steel manufacturer.
👉A major producer of essential crops.

8) India inked a strategic partnership agreement with the International Energy Agency (IEA) to strengthen cooperation in global energy security, stability and sustainability.
▪️International Energy Agency:-
👉Headquarters - Paris, France
👉Founded - November 1974

09) The theme of National Voters Day 2021 is, 'Making Our Voters Empowered, Vigilant, Safe and Informed'.

10) Border Security Force (BSF) has launched operation ‘Sard Hawa’ at the western international border of Rajasthan, under which vigil will be beefed-up to check the instances of infilteration due to the dense fog in the area.
▪️Border Security Force (BSF):-
👉Formed - 1 December, 1965
👉Governing body - Ministry of Home Affairs (India)
👉Constituting instrument- Border Security Force Act, 1968
👉Headquarters - New Delhi, India
👉Minister of Home Affairs- Amit Shah,
👉Director General, BSF - Rakesh Asthana

11) The Andaman and Nicobar Islands has become the first state or Union territory in India to be officially rid of the Covid-19 infection, at least for now, with active cases falling to zero in the islands.
▪️Andaman and Nicobar Islands:-
👉Established - 1 November 1956
👉Capital - Port Blair
👉Lieutenant Governor - Admiral (ret.) Devendra Kumar Joshi
👉Chief Secretary - Chetan Bhushan Sanghi, IAS
👉Lok Sabha constituencies - 1
👉High Court - Calcutta High Court - Port Blair Bench

12) Bhavya Lal, the Indian-American scientist who oversaw NASA’s transition under President Joe Biden’s administration, has been appointed as the Acting Chief of Staff of the U.S. space agency.
👉According to NASA, Ms. Lal brings “extensive experience” in engineering and space technology, serving as a member of the research staff at the Institute for Defence Analyses Science and Technology Policy Institute (STPI) from 2005 to 2020.

13) Rajendra Kumar Bhandari has been selected for the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2021 in an individual category along with Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS) in the institutional category for the invaluable contribution and selfless service in India in the field of Disaster Management.

14) According to the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) , Global tourism suffered its 'worst year on record' in 2020, with international arrivals dropping by 74 per cent and destinations worldwide welcomed 1 billion fewer international arrivals than in the previous year (2019).
▪️World Tourism Organization :-
👉Headquarters - Madrid, Spain
👉Head - Zurab Pololikashvili
👉Founded - 1 November 1975
👉Parent organization - United Nations Economic and Social Council
👉Formation - 1 November 1975

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🌀Daily Current Affairs: 6 February 2021🌀
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🔹International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation is observed on February 6
International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation is a United Nations-sponsored annual awareness day that takes place on February 6 as part of the UN's efforts to eradicate female genital mutilation. It was first introduced in 2003. It was first held in 2003. Theme for 2021 is- No time for global inaction: unite, fund and act to end FGM/C.

🔘MSME wing of GoI to cooperate in setting up industries up to 20 crore rupees in Dhanbad
In Jharkhand, the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, MSME wing of the Government of India will cooperate in setting up industries up to 20 crore rupees in Dhanbad. Addressing a meeting with the industrialists and members of Dhanbad Chamber and Industrial Organizations, MSME Director Dr. SK Sahu said that the central government will give 70 percent amount, while the remaining 30 percent is to be borne by the state government and industrialists.

▶️Union Finance Minister attends third phase of Chah Bagicha Dhan Puraskar mela in Guwahati
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman attended the third phase of Chah Bagicha Dhan Puraskar mela in Guwahati . In the event, the Assam government is to distribute financial assistance of 3 thousand rupees each to nearly 7.5 lakh people belonging to tea garden areas. Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries, Rameshwar Teli and state Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma also attended the event.

ℹ️Karnataka govt sign Memorandum of Understanding with 34 Aerospace and Defence firms
Karnataka has benefitted from the Aero India show that concluded in Bengaluru. The State Government signed Memorandum of Understanding with 34 Aerospace and Defence firms with an investment prospect of 2464 crore rupees that can generate 6462 direct employment opportunities. The minister for Large and Medium Industries Jagadish Shetter informed that the agreements signed during the Aero India Show will encourage aerospace and defence equipment manufacturers to set up bases in the state.

✳️Madhya Pradesh launches 'SAANS' campaign to reduce infant mortality
The health department in Madhya Pradesh has launched the Social Awareness and Action to Neutralise Pneumonia Successfully (‘SAANS’) campaign with the aim of reducing infant mortality due to pneumonia. To reduce the death rate due to pneumonia among infants a strategy is being chalked out under the Social awareness campaign in which medical staff is being trained. Training will be imparted at the community and primary health centres. Around 4,000 Health and Wellness Centres have been set up in Madhya Pradesh for this purpose.

🌀Centre grants permission to raise additional five thousand 34 crore rupees through Open Market Borrowings to four states
Government said that four more states Assam, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab have been granted permission to raise additional five thousand 34 crore rupees through Open Market Borrowings. The Finance Ministry said, these states have undertaken Ease of Doing Business reforms stipulated by the Department of Expenditure and have become eligible to mobilise additional financial resources.

🌀Daily Current Affairs: 6 February 2021🌀
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🌐14th International Children’s Film festival concludes in Bangladesh
The 14th International Children’s Film Festival of Bangladesh (ICFFB) came to an end in Dhaka. 179 films from 37 countries were shown at various venues during the 7-day long festival organised by the Children’s Film Society (CFS) of Bangladesh. Apart from Bangladesh, films from India, Armenia, US, UK, Ireland, Japan and China among others were shown in the course of the festival.

💠World’s First ‘Energy Island’ to be built by Denmark in North Sea
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. The first-of-its-kind giant island will be as big as 18 football pitches (120,000sq m).

🔆India's Forex reserves jump by 4.85 billion dollars to record high of 590.18 billion dollars
The country's foreign exchange reserves rose by 4.85 billion US Dollars to touch a record high of 590.18 billion dollars in the week ended January 29. Forex reserves rose on account of an increase in foreign currency assets (FCA), a major component of the overall reserves. FCA increased by 5.03 billion dollars to 547.22 billion dollars.

♻️Finance Minister holds bilateral meeting with UK's Secretary of State for International Trade
UK Secretary of State for International Trade Mary Elizabeth Truss met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi. Ms Truss congratulated India for a forward-looking modern budget with its focus on investments and recovery in the post COVID-19 world. She acknowledged India as an influential player in FinTech, Digital Economy, Start-ups, Innovation and Data. The close collaboration in the sphere of COVID vaccine, demonstrated the close and trusted partnership between the two countries.

⭕️Christopher Plummer, oldest Oscar winner in his 80s, Passed Away
Christopher Plummer, the Canadian actor who won awards for performances on stage and screen during a career that spanned six decades, has died. He was 91. Christopher Plummer acted in more than 125 films

🔰Recent Appointments in News (1st February to 7th February 2021)🔰


💠Lt General Chandi Prasad Mohanty ➨ Vice Chief, Army Staff

💠Bhavya Lal ➨ Acting chief of staff, NASA

💠Henry Moniz ➨ First Chief Compliance Officer, Facebook

💠Bikram Singh Bedi ➨ Managing Director, Google Cloud India

💠Ajay Singh ➨ President, Boxing Federation of India (BFI)

💠S.N. Subrahmanyan ➨ Chairman, National Safety Council

💠Praveen Sinha ➨ Interim Director, CBI

Current Affairs 7 February 2021


📝Kerala to gets its first human milk bank

📝Denmark to build world’s first energy island in the North Sea.

📝Paypal to shut domestic payment services in India from April 1

📝Maharashtra Cabinet approved the implementation of the Chief Minister Water Conservation Programme, costing 1,340.75 crore.

📝Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Zomato for empowering street food vendors with new digital technology and to provide greater income-earning opportunities on the food delivery platform.

📝Ayesha Aziz, the 25-year-old from Kashmir who is the youngest female pilot in the country

📝1st meeting of the Joint Working Group in the field of Renewable Energy between India and the Kingdom of Bahrain held in virtual format.

📖 Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 9 February 2021
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1) Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan has launched Vedhik Erudite Foundation’s ambitious scheme to provide free coaching for civil services and other competitive examinations to 10,000 meritorious but financially weak students across the State.
▪️Kerala :-
Kerala: Periyar River
👉Kerala: Cherai Beach
👉Vallam Kali boat race in Kerala.
👉Kerala: Idukki Dam on Periyar River
👉Kerala :- Pamba River
👉CM :- Pinarayi Vijayan
👉GOVERNOR :- Arif Mohammad Khan

2) By educating over 30,000 illiterates within five months under Padho Doon Badho Doon campaign, the Dehradun has became the first district in Uttarakhand to achieve the 100 percent literacy rate.
▪️Uttarakhand CM :- Trivendra Singh Rawat 
Governor :- Baby Rani Maurya
👉Asan Conservation Reserve
👉Country's first moss garden
👉Country's first Pollinator Park
👉Integrated Model Agriculture Village Scheme

3) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed a tighter regulatory framework for non-banking financial companies (NBFCs).
Reserve Bank of India:-
👉Headquarters:- Mumbai, Maharashtra, 
👉Established:- 1 April 1935
👉Governor:- Shaktikanta Das

4) In the Global Climate Risk Index 2021, between 2000-2019 Puerto Rico, Myanmar and Haiti were the countries most affected by the impacts of weather events.
👉As per the index, India has been ranked 7th Global Climate Risk Report Index 2021.

5) Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has launched Ayushman Bharat Mahatma Gandhi Rajasthan Swasthya Bima Yojana to provide free treatment to the poor of the state at government as well as private hospitals.
▪️ Recent News - The 16th edition of Indo-U.S. joint military exercise ‘Yudh Abhyas’ will be held in Rajasthan between February 8 and 21.
▪️ Rajasthan:-
CM - Ashok Gehlot
Governor - Kalraj Mishra
👉Amber Palace, Hawa Mahal, Ranthambore National Park, City Palace, Keoladeo Ghana National Park, Sariska National Park.

6) Ministry of Coal launched Single Window Clearance Portal, a unified platform that facilitates grant of clearances and approvals required for starting a coal mine in India.
👉Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah launched the portal in presence of Union Minister of Coal & Mines Shri Pralhad Joshi.

7) Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the famous Toshali National Crafts Mela 2021. 
👉Patnaik inaugurated the 15th edition of the mela, which is the biggest fair in the Eastern India.

👉Odisha CM - Naveen Patnaik
👉 Governor - Ganeshi Lal
👉Shree Jagannath Temple
👉Lingaraja Temple
👉Bramheswara Temple
👉Maa Samaleswari Temple

8)Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar and French Minister for Ecological Transition Barbara Pompili launched the Indo-French Year of the Environment, under which the two countries will engage in discussions on critical areas of collaboration relating to environment and allied areas
▪️ Ministry Of Environment, Forest And Climate Change :-
Founded: 1985
Headquarters: New Delhi
Cabinet Minister - Prakash Javadekar
Minister of State - Babul Supriyo

9) From modest beginnings in 1996, Aero India has come a long way to become Asia’s largest defence and aerospace air show over the years. In its 25th year, the government is using it to further geopolitical goals with strategic events.

👉For the first time, the 13th edition will see an Indian Ocean Region (IOR) defence minister’s conclave as India seeks a bigger role in this volatile hub of global geopolitical rivalry.
👉Bengaluru has hosted all 13 editions of the show.
▪️ Recent News - The Chief Minister of Karnataka, B.S. Yediyurappa launched "Krishi Sanjeevani Vans" in Bengaluru. 

▪️Karnataka:-
CM :- Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa
Governor :- Vajubhai Vala
Formation :- 1 November 1956
Language :- Kannada
Port :- New Mangalore Port