Current Affairs Quiz - February, 2021

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Public sector Engineering and manufacturing company public sector engineering and manufacturing company has bagged an order from the Indian Navy to supply two Super Rapid Gun Mounts (SRGM).
SRGMs are standardised for all warships of the Indian Navy. BHEL has indigenised the guns and it aids in production, installation and support of these guns, with a dedicated facilities at its Heavy Electrical Equipment Plant, Haridwar.

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‘World Radio Day’ is celebrated on ‘February 13’ every year, across the world. It was first proclaimed by the member states of UNESCO in 2011.
The UN General Assembly adopted the proposal in 2012. The 2021 edition of WRD is based on three main sub-themes namely Evolution, Innovation and Connection. UNESCO released a video named ‘New World; New Radio”.

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Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) releases the Index of Industrial Production (IIP).
As per the recent edition of the data, the IIP measure grew 1 per cent for December 2020. The Consumer Price Index inflation (CPI) decreased to 4.06 per cent in January 2021, due to the decline in vegetable prices.

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Yoshiro Mori resigned from the post of the President of the Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
After being criticised for his sexist comments he had made earlier. Yoshiro Mori is 83 years old and he is also the former prime minister of Japan. He also served as the president of the organizing body by the previous Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

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The Government of India, Government of Chhattisgarh and the World Bank, have recently signed a USD 100 million project.
Under the project, the state would strive for developing sustainable production systems that allows tribal households in remote areas of Chhattisgarh to practice round the year production of diversified and nutritious food.

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The Kerala state Government announced that it is set to launch an initiative, to set up and modernise mini-museums.
This project is spearheaded by Keralam Museum, an organisation which builds and modernises museums. The state has also launched the ‘District Heritage Museum’ and aspires to be a museum hub of the country.

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The Indian Navy got its third Scorpene submarine, which will be commissioned in Mumbai as INS Karanj. This is a part of the six submarines, which are being constructed under Project 75.
Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited has delivered three Scorpene submarines to the Indian Navy named Khanderi, Kalvari and Karanj.

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N S Vishvanathan, former RBI Deputy Governor, chairs the expert committee to chart regulatory measures and study consolidation among urban cooperative banks. The 8-member panel was formed by RBI in 2021 and mandated to report within three months on stability and sector road map.

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India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin became the first player in the 143-year history of Test cricket to take 200 wickets against left-handed batsmen.
He achieved the feat during the second day of India’s second Test against England at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai. With 391 wickets, he is also the second highest wicket taker in the country.

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As per a communication issued by the President Ramnath Kovind, Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi was removed from her post.
This step has been taken amid a political crisis in the Puducherry Union territory and ahead of the assembly elections in April-May this year. The additional charge of the UT has been given to the Telengana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan.