Wednesday 9 March 2022

Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 26 February 2022



1) India and Japan will conduct the annual joint military exercise "Dharma Guardian 2022" in Belgaum, Karnataka, from February 27 to March 10.
➨This exercise with Japan is crucial and significant in terms of security challenges faced by both nations in the backdrop of current global situation.

2) The signature tune for "Vande Bharatam" composed by Grammy Award winner Ricky Kej and Oscar contender Bickram Ghosh was released by Minister of State for Culture & External Affairs Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi

3) National War Memorial's 3rd anniversary was observed on February 25, 2022. 
➨The National War Memorial in India is a national monument built to honour and remember soldiers of the Indian military who fought in armed conflicts of independent India.
➨ The Chiefs of the Indian Army, the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force laid wreaths at the National War Memorial to commemorate the occasion.

4) IKEA, the Swedish home furnishings retailer, has appointed Susanne Pulverer as its new and first woman chief executive officer (CEO) and chief sustainability officer (CSO), for its India business.

5) Recognizing the contribution of farmers towards strengthening the entire ecosystem of organic farming, Organic India Private Limited felicitated the top 5 organic farmers with Dharti Mitr Awards.

6) A joint team of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT)-Delhi scientists, demonstrated the Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) link between Prayagraj and Vindhyachal, Uttar Pradesh, a distance of more than 100 kilometres.
▪️Defence Research and Development Organisation( DRDO) :- 
➠ Founded - 1958
➠ HeadQuarter  - New Delhi
➠ Chairman - G. Satheesh Reddy

7) The Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians was awarded to Professor Neena Gupta, a mathematician of the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata, West Bengal.
▪️West Bengal :- 
➠CM - Mamata Banerjee
➠GOVERNOR - Jagdeep Dhankhar
➠Folk Dances - Lathi, Gambhira, Dhali, Jatra, Baul, Chhau, Santhali Dance
➠Kalighat Temple


8) The Second Bangladesh Film Festival was inaugurated by the Chief Minister of Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb in Agartala.
▪️Tripura :-
➨CM - Biplab Kumar Deb
➨Governor - Satyadev Narayan Arya
➨Bison (Rajbari) National Park 
➨Clouded Leopard National Park

9) Defence Accounts Department (DAD) of Ministry of Defence has signed an MoU with CSC e-Governance Services India Limited to onboard pension services under the System for Pension Administration (SPARSH) initiative across more than 4 lakh Common Service Centres (CSCs) all over the country.

10) Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai released the first set of five documentaries related to the latest guidelines of GST issued by the Commercial Taxes Department.
▪️Karnataka:- 
CM :- Basavaraj Bommai
Governor :- Thawarchand Gehlot
Formation :- 1 November 1956
Language :- Kannada
Port :- New Mangalore Port

11) Union Minister for Ports, Shipping and Waterways and AYUSH Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated Nikarshan Sadan” – The DCI (Dredging Corporation of India) Dredging Museum at DCI campus in Visakhapatnam.

12) Union Minister for MSME, Narayan Rane announced the establishment of the MSME-technology center at Sindhudurg in Maharashtra and also launched MSME RuPay Credit Card.
▪️ Maharashtra :-
➨ Sanjay Gandhi (Borivali) National Park
➨ Tadoba National Park
➨Nawegaon National Park
➨Gugamal National Park
➨Chandoli National Park


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