Test: February 2022 Weekly Current Affair - 2 - UPSC MCQ

Surat will be the first station to be constructed between Mumbai- Ahmedabad route, set for the country s first bullet train, informed an official privy to the developments.

The Bangladesh railways will procure 420 broad-gauge wagons from India. The agreement was signed in Dhaka between the project director of Bangladesh railways Mizanur Rahmanand the Hindustan Engineering and Industries Limited.

Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has cancelled the Khadi Certification of Mumbai s 68-year-old and famed Khadi Emporium , and banned it from sale of khadi products henceforth.

Professor R Rajamohan, who was an astronomer at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bengaluru, for decades, passed away.

Professor of history, Dinesh Prasad Saklani has been appointed as the new director of National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) for a period of five years or till he attains the age of 65 years.

Sadio Mane made up for missing from the spot in normal time to score the decisive penalty as Senegal overcame Mohamed Salah s Egypt 4-2 in a shoot-out to win their first Africa Cup of Nations title after final finished goalless at the end of extra time.

The Union Minister of State for food processing industries and Jal Shakti, Prahalad Singh Patel said that during the current year, a target of providing tap water to 3.8 crore households has been set and an allocation of 60 thousand crore rupees has been made this year budget for Jal Jeevan Mission to provide every household with tap water.

Pfizer India appointed Pradip Shah as the chairman of its board following the resignation of R A Shah on February 3.

Instagram has announced a new campaign called Take a Break in various countries including India.

ReNew Power said that it has set up Gujarat s first wind-solar hybrid project at the Chlor-Alkali unit of Grasim Industries in Vilayat, Bharuch, in southern Gujarat.

RBL Bank has partnered with Creditas Solutions for its Neo Collections platform.

The government has released around 28,414 crore rupees for 100 Smart Cities, out of which nearly 23,669 crore rupees have been utilized till 21st of last month.

The Jammu and Kashmir government signed a pact with New Zealand for the transformation of the sheep farming sector in the Union territory, officials said.

India is among the top five easiest places to start a new business, a global consortium of over 500 researchers said in its latest report, putting the country on top amongst low-income economies on different entrepreneurial framework conditions.

At age 19, Zara Rutherford became the youngest female pilot to circumvent the globe, traveling across five continents in five months while flying in a single-seater sport plane.

The book titled “India-Africa Relations: Changing Horizons” written by Rajiv Bhatia has been launched recently.

Indias dashing keeper-batter Rishabh Pant won top Test batting prize for his series-winning knock of 89 against Australia in Brisbane last year while New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson was adjudged Captain of the Year at the 15th Annual ESPNcricinfo awards. The Test bowling award went to Kyle Jamieson for his 5 for 31, which helped New Zealand become the first World Test champions. England fast bowler Ollie Robinson was named Debutant of the Year for his 37 wickets at 21.16 in eight Tests, which made him Englands second highest wicket-taker in Tests in 2021.

Capital markets regulator SEBI has restructured its advisory committee on Investor Protection and Education Fund (IPEF). The eight-member committee will now be chaired by G Mahalingam, former Whole Time Member of SEBI.The panel was earlier headed by Abraham Koshy, former professor of IIM-Ahmedabad.

Indias Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan won the doubles title of the Bengaluru Open ATP Challenger after dominating their French rivals Hugo Grenier and Alexandre Muller in the final held at the KSLTA Stadium.

A 44 member contingent of Indian Air Force, IAF reached Changi International Airport Singapore to participate in the Singapore Air Show-2022. IAF will be pitching the indigenous Tejas MK-I alongside participants from across the world.

The foundation stone of the world s third largest cricket stadium was laid on the Jaipur-Delhi bypass . Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and BCCI president Sourav Ganguly laid the foundation stone of the project virtually.

Footwear maker Bata India Limited has on-boarded Bollywood actor Disha Patani as the new brand ambassador, the company said.

Leading digital healthcare platform MediBuddy said it has roped in Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan as its brand ambassador.

DBS Bank India announced that it has partnered with Stellapps, a leading dairy-tech startup, as its banking partner to promote digitisation amongst small dairies across India.

A first-of-its kind two-day global summit on Reimagining Museums in India will be organised by the Ministry of Culture on February 15-16.