Daily Current Affairs

National: Prime Minister Dedicated Various Project to the Nation: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation the Ramanathapuram-Thoothukudi natural gas pipeline and Gasoline Desulphurisation Unit at Chennai Petroleum Corporation Limited, Manali on 17 February 2021.  He also laid the foundation stone of Cauvery Basin Refinery at Nagapattinam. It will have a capacity of

National: 26th ‘Hunar Haat’ in New Delhi: Union Ministry of Minority Affairs organised 26th ‘Hunar Haat’ of indigenous artisans and craftsmen from across the country at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi from 20th February 2021. It was formally inaugurated by Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Dharmendra Pradhan on 21 February 2021.

National: Award of Appreciation in the 18th CSI SIG E-Governance Awards 2020: The Ministry of Tribal Affairs bagged the prestigious Award of Appreciation in the Project Category-Central Government Entity- in the 18th CSI SIG eGov Awards 2020. The award has been given for their “Performance Dashboard Empowering Tribals Transforming India through various ICT initiatives”. The

National: SERB Women Excellence Award 2021 SERB announced the Women Excellence Award 2021 to four young women fellows of National Science Academies on the ‘International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2021’. The award is given by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), a statutory body of the Department of Science and Technology.

National: Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor: Work is currently underway on the Delhi-Saharanpur-Dehradun Economic Corridor. When the economic corridor will be ready, then the distance between the two cities, Delhi and Dehradun will be reduced from 235 km to 210 km and the journey duration which is 6.5 hours now will be only 2.5 hours. The entire

National: ‘Divya – Drishti’ 2021: Indian Army National Seminar-cum-Webinar, ‘Divya-Drishti 2021’ on ‘Multi-Domain Operations: Future of Conflicts’ was organised by Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS) on 11 February 2021. “Divya-Drishti 2021”, meaning divine or cognitive perception required for an informed vision, aimed to bring together national and international experts and practitioners to deliberate on

National: ‘Amazonia-1’ launched at SDSC SHAR, Andhra Pradesh: India’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C51 successfully launched ‘Amazonia-1’ along with 18 co-passenger satellites from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota, on 28 February 2021. Amazonia-1 is the first satellite designed, integrated and operated by Brazil. Amazonia-1 is the optical earth observation satellite of National Institute for

National: National Horticulture Fair 2021 A five-day national horticulture fair was held in Bengaluru by the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) – Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) from 8 February to 12 February, 2021. The national fair was organised under the theme of “Horticulture for Start-up and Stand-up India”. The fair featured with

National: Lalandar (Shatoot) Dam in Afghanistan: A signing ceremony of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the construction of the Lalandar (Shatoot) Dam in Afghanistan took place over VTC on 9 February 2021. The project is a part of the New Development Partnership between India and Afghanistan. The Lalander (Shatoot) Dam would meet the safe

National: Creation of JATP- Center of Excellence at IISc Bengaluru: DRDO today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru for creation of JATP- Center of Excellence (JATP-CoE) in the premises of IISc to expand the scope and objective of existing Joint Advanced Technology Program. Software Defined Radio Tactical (SDR-Tac):