DAILY GK: 25, 26 FEB 2021
1. ASIA’S CATTLE PARK
IN SALEM
• Tamil Nadu Chief Minister(CM) Edappadi K
Palaniswami inaugurated Asia’s biggest cattle park, Advanced Institute for
Integrated Research on Livestock and Animal Sciences (AIIRLAS) in Thalaivasal,
Salem district.
• It was constructed at a cost of Rs 1,023
crore.
2. 2ND ANNIVERSARY OF
PM KISAN
• 24th February, 2021 is the 2nd Anniversary
of the starting of the Central Sector Scheme ‘Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi
(PM KISAN)’.
• It was launched by 24th February, 2019 by
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.
• It is 100% Funded by the Central
Government
3. BIOASIA 2021
• BioAsia 2021 was conducted virtually from
Hyderabad during the dates of February 22-23, 2021.
• Organized by the Telangana Government,
BioAsia is Asia’s Largest Life Sciences & healthcare forum.
• It is also a flagship event of the
Telangana Government.
• Theme – Move the Needle
• The Genome Valley Excellence Award for the
year 2021 was awarded to ‘Bharat Biotech’ for its commitment to development of
India’s 1st Indigenous vaccine for COVID-19 called ‘COVAXIN’.
• Also Special Award of the Federation of
Asian Biotech Associations (FABA) was presented to Balram Bhargava,
Director-General of ICMR.
4. WORLDS LARGEST
CRICKET STADIUM NAMED AFTER NARENDRA MODI
• President of India, Ram Nath Kovind
inaugurated the World’s Largest Cricket Stadium, the refurbished Sardar Patel
Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, which was renamed as Narendra Modi Cricket Stadium .
• The stadium has been built at an estimated
cost of Rs 800 crore and has an accommodation capacity of 1.32 lakh spectators.
• It has taken the top spot from Melbourne
Cricket Ground in Australia which can accommodate 90,000 to become the largest
cricket stadium in the world.
5. STELLAPPS SIGNS MOU
WITH IPPB TO DIGITISE MILK PROCUREMENT
• Stellapps, an IIT(Indian Institute of
Technology) Madras incubated dairy-tech startup signed a Memorandum of
Understanding(MoU) with India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) to digitize the dairy
milk procurement value chain and improve
banking facilities at milk collection centres.
• Purpose: To expand access to a range of
financial services for millions of unbanked and underbanked dairy farmers.
6. NEW PRIME MINISTER
OF GEORGIA
• Parliament of Georgia confirmed the
appointment of Defence Minister Irakli Garibashvili (38 years old) of Georgian
Dream party, as the new Prime Minister(PM) of Georgia.
• He took office immediately after the vote.
7. PRESIDENT ACCEPTED
THE RESIGNATION OF PUDUCHERRY CM
• The notification of the Union Home ministry
stated that President Ram Nath Kovind has accepted the resignation of V
Narayanasamy, chief Minister of Puducherry and his council of Ministers with
effect from 22nd February 2021.
• According to Article 356, President’s Rule
can be imposed on any state of India on the grounds of the failure of the
constitutional machinery.
8. SWATI MOHAN LEADS
NASA’S MARS MISSION
• National Aeronautics and Space
Administration’s (NASA) Perseverance rover of Mars 2020 mission successfully
landed on the surface of Mars.
• Notably, its Guidance, Navigation, and
Controls Operations (GN&C) were handled by Indian-American Swati Mohan.
• She is responsible for the training of the
GN&C team, scheduling the mission control staffing for GN&C, as well as
the policies/procedures the GN&C uses in the mission control room.
9.1ST SKILL UNIVERSITY
OF EASTERN INDIA IN DARRANG DISTRICT
• Assam Chief Minister(CM) Sarbananda
Sonowal laid the foundation of the first skill university of eastern India in
Darrang district, Assam.
• This is the 3rd skill university in India.
• The university aims to impart training to
over 10,000 students in 12 disciplines.
• It will be built with a cost of Rs 1,000
crore and is expected to be completed by 2026.
• Note: The 1st skill university of India is
Shri Vishwakarma Skill University (SVSU), Gurugram, Haryana
10. M.P’S HOSHANGABAD
TO BE RENAMED AS ‘NARMADAPURAM’
• Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj
Singh Chouhan announced that the Hoshangabad city in the state will be renamed
as ‘Narmadapuram’ as a tribute to River Narmada.
• The river is one of the major rivers of
the states and flows through important cities like Jabalpur, Omkareshwar,
Jhabua.
• The name change proposal has been sent to
the Central Government.
11. MEETING OF BRICS
CENTRAL BANK DEPUTIES
• India hosted the meeting of BRICS (Brazil,
Russia, India, China, and South Africa) finance and central bank deputies.
• Notably it was the first meeting on the
BRICS Financial Cooperation under India Chairship in 2021.
• It was co-chaired by Economic Affairs
Secretary Tarun Bajaj and RBI Deputy Governor Michael Patra along with the
participation of BRICS countries’ finance and central bank deputies.
• Theme for India’s Chairship: BRICS @ 15:
Intra-BRICS Cooperation for Continuity, Consolidation and Consensus
12. US OFFICIALLY
REJOINED PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT
• United States of America(USA) formally
rejoined the Paris Climate agreement which was adopted in 2015.
• The new government of America under Joe
Biden aims to strengthen the US’s 2030 emission reduction pledge under the pact
by 22nd April 2021, Earth day.
• The US is the biggest historical polluter
and 2nd biggest current emitter after China.
13. SWAVALAMBAN
DIVYANGJAN ATMA FUND
• Social Alpha, a multistage innovation
curation and venture development platform has partnered with Small Industries
Development Bank of India (SIDBI) to set up the
Swavalamban Divyangjan Assistive Tech Market Access (ATMA) fund, a Social Impact fund.
• To promote innovation and reduce the
expenses for persons with disabilities to procure new technologies.
14. NEW CHAIRMAN OF
NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR SCHEDULED CASTES
• Former Union Minister Vijay Sampla assumed
charge as chairman of 6th National Commission for Scheduled Castes(NCSC) in New
Delhi, Delhi.
15. DEPUTY CM OF
HARYANA RE-ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF TTFI
• Dushyant Chautala, the Deputy Chief
Minister of Haryana, was re-elected as the President of Table Tennis Federation
of India (TTFI). He was unanimously elected during the 84th Annual meeting of
TTFI at Panchkula, Haryana.
• He will hold the post for a period of 4
years.
• He is the youngest president of any
National sports federations in India.
16. INDIA’S 1ST FOSSIL
OF A DICKINSONIA DISCOVERED
• Two experts from the Geological Survey of
India (GSI) found three fossils of a
Dickinsonia, the Earth’s ‘oldest animal’, dating back 570 million years
in the roof of Auditorium Cave at Bhimbetka Rock Shelters, Madhya Pradesh.
• It is India’s 1st fossil of Dickinsonia.
The cave is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
for Paleolithic and Mesolithic cave art.
• The discovery was published in Gondwana
Research titled, ‘Dickinsonia Discovered
in India and Late Ediacaran Biogeography’.
17. BOOK -‘INDIA: A
SCAMSTER BORN EVERY MINUTE’
• Snigdha Poonam authors a new book
titled ‘India: A Scamster Born Every
Minute’.
• Penguin Random House India acquired the
book from the leading international literary agency, The Wylie Agency.
• It will be released under Penguin’s Viking
imprint in 2022.
18. WORLD PANGOLIN DAY
2021
• World Pangolin Day is annually observed
across the globe on the 3rd Saturday of February to raise awareness about the
Pangolins, a unique mammal and the difficulties they face.
• 20th February 2021 marks the 10th edition
of the World Pangolin Day.
• The first World Pangolin day was observed
in February 2012.
