February 2024 Current Affairs
February 2024 Current Affairs
February 2024 Current Affairs
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In India, it came into force on 1st February 1982, under which wetlands of international
importance are declared as Ramsar sites.
The theme of World Wetland Day, 2024 is ‘Wetlands and Human Wellbeing’ which underscores the
critical role wetlands play in enhancing our lives.
• Tamil Nadu has the highest number of Ramsar Sites in India with 16 Ramsar Sites
• Indian Navy has declared 2024 as 'Year of Naval Civilians' to improve administration, efficiency
• Bangladesh PM's daughter Saima Wazed takes charge as WHO's Southeast Asia regional director
• The Lakhpati Didi program, implemented by the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of
India, aims to catalyze economic empowerment and financial independence among women in
rural areas
• PM-JANMAN programme targeted towards the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups saw an
allocation of 240 crore under the transfers to States head, with a 25 crore allocation for the
Central sector component of it under the Tribal Affairs Ministry.
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• Mandya is the host to 87th Kannada Sahitya Sammelan, yet to decide the president, President
of the 86th 87th Kannada Sahitya Sammelan in Haveri headed by Dr. Doddarange Gowda
• The Hon'ble President of India, Smt Droupadi Murmu inaugurated the 37th Surajkund
International Crafts Mela at Surajkund, Haryana.
• GHAR Portal', recently seen in the news The GHAR (Go Home and Re-Unite) Portal, developed
by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), facilitates the digital
monitoring and repatriation of children under the Juvenile Justice Ac.
• INS Sandhayak (Yard 3025), the first Survey Vessel Large (SVL) ship, was commissioned into the
Indian Navy in the presence of Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh at an impressive ceremony
held at the Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam on February -2024
• Uttarakhand becomes first state to pass landmark Uniform Civil Code bill,
• Digital India Startup Hub through the Software Technology Parks of India shall set up India's
first Centre of Excellence in Online Gaming at Shillong
• India suspends Free Movement Regime with Myanmar, The FMR was established in 2018 as
part of India's Act East policy, promoting cross-border movement up to 16 km without a visa
• Bharat Ratna for Chaudhary Charan Singh, PV Narasimha Rao Garu and M S Swaminathan, L. K
Adwani, Karpoori Thakur, The recommendations for the Bharat Ratna are made by the Prime
Minister to the President, with a maximum of three nominees being awarded per year (This
Year (2024) the Government of India Conferred Bharat Ratna on 5 personalities)
• 'Jigarthanda', sometimes in news, is India’s first Hypervelocity Expansion Tunnel Test Facility
launched by IIT Kanpur
India's Unified Payments Interface goes International with launches in Sri Lanka and Mauritius!
7 countries now accept UPI payment, (Sri Lanka, Mauritius, France, UAE, Singapore, Bhutan,
Nepal)
• Bengaluru gears up to participate in world's biggest annual bird counting exercise. the event is
being coordinated in India by Bengaluru-based Bird Count India, an umbrella group comprising
birding, nature and conservation organisations across India.
• The High level Committee on Simultaneous Elections constituted under the Chairmanship of
Shri Ram Nath Kovind, former President of India, met the Hon’ble President of India, Shrimati
Droupadi Murmu, and submitted its Report. The other members of the Committee were Shri
Amit Shah, Union Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Cooperation, Shri Ghulam Nabi
Azad, former Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha, Shri N.K. Singh, former Chairman, 15th
Finance Commission, Dr. Subhash C. Kashyap, former Secretary General, Lok Sabha, Shri Harish
Salve, Senior Advocate, and Shri Sanjay Kothari, former Chief Vigilance Commissioner. Shri
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Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Law and Justice was a
Special Invitee and Dr. Niten Chandra was the Secretary of the HLC.
• MODERATO is the nucleus of the integrated traffic control systems, and is the core of the
universal traffic management systems (UTMS). This system is making a great contribution
to the traffic safety and smoothness by using its advanced signal control technology. Trial
run begins in Bengaluru of traffic control system aided by Japanese MODERATO technology
• The 'Indira Gandhi Award for Best Debut Film of a Di- rector' and the 'Nargis Dutt Award
for Best Feature Film on National Integra- tion', which are part of the National Film
Awards, have been renamed on the re- commendation of the Committee for
Rationalisation of Film Awards.
• ISRO to launch INSAT-3DS on Feb WIII improve Weather forecasts. The 'INSAT-3DS' is a
continuation to the Third Generation Meteorological Satellite series from the
geostationary orbit. Presently, meteorologists make extensive use of data generated by
satellites like the INSAT-3D and INSAT-3DR (launched in September, 2016, still operational).
• The Australian government is hoping to pass a Bill that will institute a "right to disconnect,
The "Right to Disconnect" is a proposed human right where a person will have a right to
disconnect from his/her work or one can say no to engagement in work-related
communications i.e. emails, calls, and messages during non-working hours.
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• The GROW report and portal was launched by a Member of NITI Aayog: The "Greening and
Restoration of Wasteland with Agroforestry (GROW)- Suitability Mapping" portal allows
universal access to state and district-level data.
• The GROW initiative aligns with national commitments, aiming to restore 26 million
hectares of degraded land by 2030 and create an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion
tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.
• The Fourteenth Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the
Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (COP14) is happening in Samarkand,
Uzbekistan. Theme: "Nature knows no borders"
• Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will stand ahead in the list of those who have
presented the highest number of 23 budgets in Karnataka. Ramakrishna
Hegde – 13, Yeddyurappa – 08,
• The story takes place around Victory City, Hampi and Vijayanagar written
by international famous novelist Salman Rashi.
• ISRO Announces Young Scientist Programme 2024 (YUVIKA)- Those who have finished class
8 and are currently studying in class 9 can apply for the programme.
• Urdu poet Gulzar and Sanskrit scholar Jagadguru Rambhadracharya have been selected for
the 58th Jnanpith Award, considered by many to be the country's highest literary honour,
The Jnanpith Award is presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith, which was established in 1944.
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• Krnataka government is building a Knowledge, Healthcare, Innovation, and Research
(KHIR) City on the outskirts of Bengaluru, close to the airport. The idea behind this project
is to attract investments from leading global and national hospitals, research institutions,
universities, private companies, etc.
• The Union Minister of Ports, Shipping & Waterways and Ayush, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal
launched ‘Sagar Aankalan’ guidelines for Indian Port Performance Index
• NTPC has commissioned a commercial green coal project in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.-
India’s first green coal project
• the 'Ullala Veerarani Abbakka Award' for the year 2024, International sportsperson, Padma
Shri Malathi Holla and veteran writer Pramila Madhav have been selected.
• Tamil Nadu government has decided to celebrate every year the birth anniversary of
reformist leader E V Ramasamy Periyar on September 17 as “Social Justice Day". on the
same lines, ILO celebrates World Day of Social Justice on November 26, 2005, and first
celebrated on February 20, 2007.
• ASATs are space weapons designed to incapacitate or destroy satellites for strategic or
tactical purposes, They have been developed by a few countries, including the United
States, Russia, China, and India.
• France's highest honor for, Shashi Tharoor has been awarded France's highest civilian
award. He received the Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur (The Legion of Honor) from the
President of the French Senate, Gérard Larcher.
• Country's first Skill India Centre in Odisha, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan
inaugurated India's first Skill India Centre (SIC) in Sambalpur.
• BharatGPT, a consortium backed by Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries and India's top
engineering schools, aims to launch its first ChatGPT-style service 'Hanooman' in March.
an Al bot in his native language Tamil, and a banker conversing with it in Hindi
• The world's second-largest road network is found in India, India possesses the world's
second-largest road network, after the United States ,The Network National Highway is
1,44,000 km long overall
• Kerala government announced the India's first Graphene Innovation Centre: Graphene is
an incredibly thin sheet of carbon arranged in a honeycomb pattern.
• The Tamil Nadu government banned the sale and production of cotton candy in the state
after it was found that the chemical Rhodamine-B was being used for making it, which is
harmful for health.
• DURGA-2 (Directionally Unrestricted Ray Gun Array), the Indian laser weapon holds the
promise of altering the dynamics of modern warfare, Directed energy weapons like
DURGA-2 operate by focusing energy, whether laser, microwave, or particle beams, to
disable or destroy targets.
• MP govt has decided to observe 'bag less school' once in a week for school students from
session 2024-25 in the state
• US' Odysseus becomes first-ever private spacecraft to land on Moon, The spacecraft,
Odysseus, touched down near the South Pole of the Moon on Thursday night. This is also
the first successful lunar landing by a US spacecraft since the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.
• NaViGate Bharat Portal: National Video Gateway of Bharat, It has developed by developed
by the New Media Wing of the Ministry of IB. It empowers citizens by providing a single
platform with an interactive user interface to search, stream, share, and download videos
related to various Government schemes, initiatives, and campaigns, with filter-based
advanced search option
• India’s First Gati Shakti Research Chair established at IIM Shillong Union Minister
• 37th African Union Summit, 2024 in Ethiopia, African heads of state unanimously agreed to
a historic ban on the trade of donkey skin, thereby prohibiting the killing of donkeys across
the continent for their hides.
• Bird fest(hakki habba), 10th edition 2024- Bagalkote, Mascot: Greater Flamingo
• The 5th edition of military exercise 'DHARMA GUARDIAN' between the Indian Army and
Japan Ground Self Defence Force has commenced in Rajasthan.
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• The four astronaut-designates selected for the #Gaganyaan mission are Group Captain
Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, Group Captain Ajit Krishnan, Group Captain Angad Pratap and
Wing Commander Shubhanshu Shukla., Among this 3 will be sent to the Gaganyan mission
• GSLV Mk III, also called the LVM-3 (Launch Vehicle Mark-3,) the three-stage
heavy lift launch vehicle, will be used to launch Gaganyaan as it has the necessary
payload capability
• PRITHvi VIgyan (PRITHVI)" by the Ministry of Earth Sciences: This initiative spans five sub-
schemes, aiming to enhance Earth System Sciences and provide crucial services for
societal, environmental, and economic well-being.
• Global Innovation Index 2023, India retains 40th rank out of 132 economies in the Global
Innovation Index 2023 rankings published by the World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO), Switzerland is the most innovative economy in 2023 followed by Sweden, the
United States, the United Kingdom and Singapore
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off India’s first indigenously built hydrogen fuel cell
ferry boat in virtual mode. The vessel has been built at the Cochin Shipyard
• Karnataka re-launches free sanitary pad scheme for school, college girls, Shuchi scheme for
menstrual hygiene by supplying sanitary napkins to around 19 lakh adolescent girls at the
school and college levels that had been stalled for four years
• Vimarsh 2023: 5G Hackathon for Law Enforcement Agencies, The Telecom Centres of
Excellence (TCoE) India of the SRI unit of Department of Telecommunication
• PANCHAMITRA - Rural development and panchayat Raj (RDPR) Departments Portal for
grievances
• kyasanur disease: alled monkey fever, as monkey also get infected, caused by bite of an
infective trick, named after kyasanur forest (shivamogga , Karnataka), where it was first
notice.
• Article 142 in news: - it provides the supreme Court power to do complete justice
&also power to punish for its contempt
cases when it was used :
(a) bhopal gas tragedy case.
(b) in ayodhya case .
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(c) recently use this power to quash results of chandigarh mayoral election.
• NATO
formed in 1949 with the signing of washington treaty .
a security alliance of countries from North America and europe.
to safeguard the allies freedom and security by political and military means.
Article 5 of Washington treaty: state that attack against one ally is an attack against all.
• NATO PLUS
• grouping of North Atlantic treaty org. & five countries including australia, Newzealand,
Japan , Israel, & south korea, to boost global defense cooperation
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