Daily Important Current Affairs In English
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Why is it important to read current affairs?
Current Affairs refer to the events of national and international importance relevant from competitive exams perspective like Civil Services Exam, Bank exam, etc. With the change in the pattern of examinations, questions related to current events and news have assumed a major role in deciding the fate of students
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1) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will receive the CERAWeek global energy and environment leadership award in recognition of his commitment to sustainability in the energy and the environment.
👉Prime Minister Modi will participate in a special plenary with Daniel Yergin, vice chairman of IHS Markit and conference chair on March 5.
2) Serbia’s Novak Djokovic holds the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup as he celebrates his win over Russia’s Daniil Medvedev in the finals of the Australian Open 2021 championship, in Melbourne. He won his 9th Australian Open Title.
👉Novak Djokovic’s Australian Open dominance is intact — nine finals, nine championships.
3) The Defense 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.
▪️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.
👉Chief of Defence Staff (CDS):- General Bipin Rawat
👉Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) :- General Manoj Mukund Naravane
👉 Chief of the Navy Staff - Admiral Karambir Singh
👉Chief Of The Air Force Staff - Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria
4) A total of 25 cities have been shortlisted for the 'Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge' cohort under the government's Smart Cities Mission in collaboration with the Bernard van Leer Foundation (BvLF) and technical partner WRI India.
👉This challenge is a three-year initiative which aims at supporting early childhood-friendly neighbourhoods under the Smart Cities Mission.
5) The Bangalore International Airport Limited's (BIAL) has bagged global recognition from the Airports Council International World's 'Voice of the Customer' award.
👉The 'Voice of the Customer' recognises airports that continued to prioritise their customers and remained committed to ensuring that their voice was heard during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
▪️ Recent News :- The Horticulture Department of Karnataka, in collaboration with the International Flower Auction Bangalore (IFAB), is setting up a flower processing centre to convert unsold flowers into various useful products.
▪️Karnataka:-
CM :- Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa
Governor :- Vajubhai Vala
Formation :- 1 November 1956
Language :- Kannada
Port :- New Mangalore Port
6) Amazon is setting up its first device manufacturing line in India to make Fire TV sticks locally and has partnered with Cloud Network Technology, a subsidiary of Foxconn, to begin producing the device at its Chennai plant later this year.
▪️Amazon :-
CEO - Jeff Bezos
Founder - Jeff Bezos
Founded - 5 July 1994
Headquarters - Seattle, Washington, United States
7) In a first for India, a female forest officer from Odisha, Sasmita Lenka has been felicitated with United Nation's Asia Environmental Enforcement Award.
👉Sasmita Lanka received the award under the 'Gender Leadership and Impact' category for her work in busting pangolin smuggling rackets in the state.
▪️ Recent News - Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the famous Toshali National Crafts Mela 2021.
👉Odisha CM - Naveen Patnaik
👉 Governor - Ganeshi Lal
👉Shree Jagannath Temple
👉Lingaraja Temple
👉Bramheswara Temple
👉Maa Samaleswari Temple
8) The Skyroot Aerospace has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bellatrix Aerospace to make use the Orbital Transfer Vehicle, being developed by Bellatrix Aerospace.
9) "By Many a Happy Accident: Recollections of a Life" is a book authored by M Hamid Ansari, the former Vice President of India.
10) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s annual interaction with students 'Pariksha Pe Charcha' will be held online in this year in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.
👉The interaction with students from classes 9 to 12 ahead of their exams will be held in March.
▪️Ministry of Education :-
👉Formed :- 15 August 1947
👉Headquarters :- New Delhi
👉India had the Ministry of Education since 1947. In 1985, Rajiv Gandhi government changed its name to Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and with the public announcement of newly drafted "National Education Policy 2020" by the Narendra Modi government, Ministry of Human Resource Development was renamed back to Ministry of Education.
11) The International Solar Alliance
(ISA) have planned to launch the
World Solar Bank (WSB) at the
United Nations Climate Change
Conference in Glasgow that is
scheduled for November 2021.
▪️ Recent News :- India's Ajay Mathur was elected as the next director general of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) at a special virtual assembly. Mathur succeeds Upendra Tripathy, who has served as director general since 2017.
▪️International Solar Alliance (ISA) :-
Headquarters - Gurugram
Founded - 30 November 2015
Leader - Upendra Tripathy
Founded at - Paris, France
Founders - François Hollande, Narendra Modi
12) The Tamil Nadu government increased the retirement age of government employees, including PSU Staff and teachers, to 60 years.
▪️ Recent News :- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the satellite campus of the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras coming up at Thaiyur in Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu.
▪️Tamil Nadu :-
👉CM - Edappadi K. Palaniswami
👉Governor - Banwarilal Purohit
👉Sathyamangalam tiger reserve (STR)
👉Kalakkad Mundanthurai tiger reserve (KMTR)
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