Weekly One Liner Current Affairs 9th February to 15th February 2024

February Weekly One Liner Current Affairs Part 2

National News

• Microsoft to train over 2 million people in India in generative AI skills by 2025
• Divya Kala Mela 2024 inaugurated in Agartala, Tripura
• Uttarakhand CM launches “Dhami against drugs campaign”
• Cabinet approves telecom spectrum auctions at base price of Rs 96,317.65 cr
• Cabinet approves Rs 6,000 crore scheme for formalisation of fisheries sector
• Govt launches SARATHI portal to help insurance companies reach out to farmers
• Tata Trusts inaugurated India’s first small animal hospital in Mumbai
• Indian Oil-Adani Gas joint venture announces Rs 2,500 crore investment
• Google partners with Maharashtra govt to provide AI-led services
• India ranks 3rd in US Green Building Council’s (USGBC) list on green building certification for 2023
• Varanasi to have country’s first conservation centre for Gangatiri cows
• Papanasam beach at Kerala’s Varkala secures spot among world’s 100 best beaches
• India and ADB sign $200 million loan to tackle flood and erosion risk along Brahmaputra River
• VP Dhankhar inaugurates World Sustainable Development Summit in Delhi
• Tata Steel and South East Railway join hands to develop green infra
• Miss World pageant to take place in India from February 18 to March 9
• Railway Protection Force (RPF) to host the 67th All India Police Duty Meet in Lucknow
• IREDA and IIT Bhubaneswar sign MoU for Clean Energy Innovation
• PM inaugurates projects worth Rs 7300 crores in Madhya Pradesh
• Defence Minister unveils statue of Gen Bipin Rawat in Dehradun
• Ashok Leyland invests ₹537 cr. in UK subsidiary
• Wipro acquires Aggne for $66 mn to boost capabilities in insurance sector
• Odisha govt to give interest-free loans to youth under ‘Swayam’ scheme
• Dharmendra Pradhan Inaugurates National Conference on APAAR: One Nation One Student ID Card
• Assam declares ‘Kaji Nemu’ as state fruit
• Government Names of ‘Indira’ and ‘Nargis’ Dropped From National Film Awards
• CIAL partnered with BPCL to set up first green hydrogen plant at Cochin airport
• NTPC commissioned 14 MW unit of Ayodhya solar project

International News

• India, Türkiye & Qatar Named Guests of Honor at 2024 World Governments Summit in Dubai

Banking and Financial

• HDFC Bank raises $300 million through maiden sustainable finance bond issue
• SBI partners with Flywire to modernize international education payments for students
• LIC launches new plan “Index Plus” Policy
• RBI repo rate unchanged at 6.5 percent
• Karnataka Bank launches centenary campaign
• RBI Grants Payment Aggregator Licences to Juspay, Zoho, and Decentro
• Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) Raises Interest Rate on PF Deposits to 8.25%
• Paytm E-commerce rebrands to Pai Platforms
• RBI increases ceiling on fees payable to non-executive directors of banks to Rs 30 lakh per year
• India launches UPI payment services in Sri Lanka, Mauritius
• India’s Retail inflation is at 3-mth low to 5.1% in January
• India’s WPI inflation eases to three-month low of 0.27 per cent in January

Appointment and Resignation

• Venkatachalam H appointed as MD & CEO of Tata AIA Life
• Kazakhstan appoints Olzhas Bektenov as new Prime Minister
• National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) appoints Ajay Kumar Choudhary as non-executive chairman of board
• Ravi Kumar Jha appoints as MD & CEO of LIC Mutual Fund
• IRS Officer Narendra Kumar Yadav appointed as Brand Ambassador for Fit India Movement
• Katrina Kaif Joins CSK as Brand Ambassador for IPL 2024
• Southern Railway appoints first Transwoman TTE, Sindhu Ganapathy
• Sundaram AMC appoints Radhakrishnan as CEO
• Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) elects Ranjeet Kumar Agarwal as its new President and Charanjot Singh as its Vice President
• Former PM Alexander Stubb wins Finland Presidential election

Awards

• Stunning Sleepy Polar Bear Image By UK Photographer Nima Sarikhani Wins Top Picture Prize
• Bharat Ratna For Former PMs Charan Singh, PV Narasimha Rao
• Pyarelal Sharma awarded Lakshminarayana International Award
• Neeraj Chopra honoured by Swiss tourism with plaque at Jungfrau’s Ice Palace
• National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) receives WHO Nelson Mandela Award for health promotion
• ISRO Chairman S Somanath awarded KPP Nambiar Award
• India wins 9th GovTech Prize for AI-Powered Government Services at World Government Summit 2024

Defence

• Embraer teams up with Mahindra to bid for IAF’s medium transport aircraft deal
• Navy Chief Inaugurates New Defence System ‘Precision Approach Radar’
• Defence Ministry Signs Rs 2,269 Crore Contract with BEL

Sports

• SCA Stadium Renamed in Honor of Niranjan Shah
• India declared joint winners Of SAFF Women’s U-19 Championships with Bangladesh
• Australia lifts the Under-19 Men’s World Cup trophy 2024
• Drass Warriors clinch victory in 15th CEC Ice Hockey Cup Championship
• Shamar Joseph and Amy Hunter awarded ICC Players of The Month for Jan 2024

Book and Author

• CDS Anil Chauhan reveals book “Al and National Security”

Important day

• 11 February – International Day of Women and Girls in Science (Theme – Women and Girls in Science Leadership, a New Era for Sustainability and the subtheme is “Think Science … Think Peace”)
• 10 February – World Pulses Day (Theme 2024 – Pulses: Nourishing Soils and People)
• 12 February – International Day for the Prevention of Violent Extremism as and When Conducive to Terrorism (Theme 2024 – Living Together: Fostering Community Resilience to Prevent Violent Extremism as and When Conducive to Terrorism)
• 11 February – World Day of the Sick
• 12 February – National Productivity Day (Theme 2024 – Artificial Intelligence (AI)- Productivity Engine for Economic Growth)
• 13 February – World Radio Day (Theme 2024 – Radio: A Century informing, entertaining, and educating)
• 12 February 2024 (second Monday of February) – International Epilepsy Day
• 15 February – World Hippo Day
• 15 February – International Childhood Cancer Day

Obituary

• Chile’s former President Sebastian Pinera dies in helicopter crash
• India’s oldest Test cricketer Dattajirao Gaekwad dies
• World Marathon Record Holder Kelvin Kiptum Dies in Road Accident

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