Current Affairs
February 7-8, 2022
Important Days & Events
February 8
- Safer Internet Day.
- Theme – Together for a better Internet.
New Appointments
- New Director of VSSC – Dr. S. Unnikrishnan Nair.
- Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
- Established – 1963 November 21.
- Headquarters – Thiruvananthapuram.
- New Director of NCERT – Prof. Dinesh Prasad Saklani.
- National Council of Educational Research and Training
- Established – 1961.
- Headquarters – Delhi.
- First Woman Vice-Chancellor of JNU – Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit.
- Newly Appointed Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of Power System Operation Corporation Limited – S. R. Narasimhan (additional charge).
- Brand Ambassador of Uttarakhand – Akshay Kumar.
- Brand Ambassador of Bata – Disha Patani.
National & International
- Name the cyclone that hit Madagascar – Batsirai.
- From February 7 to 8, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and the Ministry of External Affairs virtually held a two-day High Level Conference on Renewable Energy in India. Which foreign body collaborated with India to organise this event? ASEAN.
- Theme – Experience and Innovations for Integrated Renewables Market.
- The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India & the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE), Indonesia.
- Which country agreed to buy 420 broad-gauge railway carriages from India's HEIL for Rs. 200 crores? Bangladesh.
- Capital – Dhaka.
- Currency – Bangladeshi Taka.
- President – Abdul Hamid.
- Prime Minister – Sheikh Hasina.
- HEIL – Hindusthan Engineering & Industries Limited.
- The world’s second-largest statue in a sitting position was unveiled at – Hyderabad (Telangana).
- Statue of Equality.
- Statue of 11th-century social reformer and saint, Ramanujacharya (216 ft).
- made up of 'panchaloha,' a combination of five metals comprising gold, silver, copper, brass & zinc.
- Built by – Aerosun Corporation.
- The first hydrogen mixing station (mixing hydrogen to natural gas) is being set up at – Indore (Madhya Pradesh).
- pilot project Under National Hydrogen Mission.
- Is being set up by GAIL.
- Gas Authority of India Limited.
- Founded in – 1984.
- Headquarters – New Delhi.
- CEO – Manoj Jain.
- Which organizations collaborated to demonstrate real-time quantum entanglement-based Quantum Key Distribution (QKD)? ISRO's Space Applications Centre (SAC) & Physical Research Laboratory (PRL).
- Name the communication satellite decommissioned by ISRO on successful completion of its mission – INSAT-4B.
- 21st Indian Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) satellite launched on March 12, 2007.
- launched from French Guiana on an Ariane5 launch vehicle.
- What is the name of India's first AI-powered job platform for people with disabilities? Swarajability.
- Launched by – Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-Hyderabad).
- Determine which country was the first to administer the COVID-19 DNA vaccine – India.
- Name the first plasmid DNA vaccination in the world – ZyCoV-D.
- Company – Zydus Cadila.
- According to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, India is executing the world's largest immunization effort, with over 3 crore pregnant women and 2.6 crore children being vaccinated each year. What is this mission's name? Universal Immunisation Programme.
- Name the initiative that Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya virtually launched on February 7, 2022, with the goal of protecting infants and pregnant women from life-threatening illnesses – Intensified Mission Indradhanush 4.0 (IMI 4.0).
- Name the Indian Railway Protection Force's (RPF) national anti-human trafficking campaign – Operation AAHT.
- What is the name of the Maharashtra government's initiative on the energy and environmental components of sustainable development? Majhi Vasundhara campaign.
- Which international organization has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Maharashtra government to assist its 'Majhi Vasundhara' campaign? United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
- Which state has the most number of journalist attacks in India according to the India Press Freedom Report 2021? Jammu & Kashmir.
- Released by – the Rights and Risks Analysis Group.
- 2nd – Uttar Pradesh, 3rd – Madhya Pradesh.
- The maximum number of attacks by non-state actors – Tripura.
- Jammu & Kashmir.
- Union territory – 2019 October 31.
- Lieutenant Governor – Manoj Sinha.
- Age-old Kanchoth Festival, a symbol of ancient Nag tradition of the people of Bhaderwah, is held in which Indian state? Jammu & Kashmir.
- A 3-day festival celebrated by married women to pray for the long life of their husbands,
- In February 2022, a new Hindi Web series based on the lives of Vikram Sarabhai and Homi. J. Bhabha will be launched on SonyLIV. What is its name? Rocket Boys.
- Vikram Sarabhai – Father of Indian Space Programme.
- Homi. J. Bhabha – Father of Indian Nuclear Programme.
- Which state has launched an open-air classroom initiative for primary and pre-primary students called 'Paray Shikshalaya' (Neighborhood Schools)? West Bengal.
- In February 2022, how much money was given to the Government of India by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in the form of a sovereign loan? 4.6 billion USD.
- Asian Development Bank
- Established – 1966 December 19.
- Headquarters – Manila, Philippines.
- Which Khadi institution's certification, 'Khadi Certificate' was recently revoked by KVIC for selling bogus Khadi products? Mumbai Khadi & Village Industries Association (MKVIA, 'Khadi Emporium').
- KVIC – Khadi and Village Industries Commission.
- Established – 1956.
- Headquarters – Mumbai.
- Under Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises.
- Which insurance provider has partnered with Policybazaar.com to offer a comprehensive selection of Life Insurance and investment products digitally? Life Insurance Corporation (LIC).
- Established – 1956 September 1.
- Headquarters – Mumbai.
- Chairperson – M. R. Kumar.
- Which insurance business recently announced a partnership with Airtel Payments Bank to provide cyber security insurance? ICICI Lombard General Insurance.
- Which General Insurance Company has an agreement with Cars24 Financial Services Private Limited? Kotak Mahindra General Insurance.
- On January 28, 2022, the Government of India completed a conversion switch transaction of its securities with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for how much money? Rs. 1,19,701 crores.
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Kerala
- Where has monkey fever first been recorded in Kerala in 2022? Panavally (Wayanad).
- Monkey fever is also known as ________ – Kyasanur Forest Disease (KFD).
- First reported in the Kyasanur Forest in the Western Ghats of Karnataka in the 1957.
- Causative agent – Kyasanur Forest Disease Virus.
- Name the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) project, which will connect heritage trees around the Palakkad district with ethnic traditions and folklore from the surrounding areas – Marangalum Nattile Kathakalum.
- How many water testing labs are being established by the Kerala Water Authority under the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) by April 2022? Seven.
Sports
- The first team in International Cricket history to play 1000 One-Day Internationals (ODIs) – India.
- The world's third-largest cricket stadium will be built at – Jaipur.
- Winners of AFC Women’s Asian Cup India 2022 – China.
- beat South Korea (3-2).
- Venue – D.Y. Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.
Obituaries
- Name the recently deceased astronomer who led Project Kalki, the first survey of asteroids, comets, and the elusive tenth planet of the solar system in independent India – R. Rajamohan.
- worked at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) in Bengaluru
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