GK & CA
Collection of weekly GK & CA since year 2016.
February, 2022
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy is a Ukrainian politician, former actor and comedian who has been serving as the president of Ukraine since 2019. (Source; Wikipedia)
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SWIFT
The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT), is a Belgian cooperative society providing services related to the execution of financial transactions and payments between banks worldwide. It serves as the main messaging network (11,000 banking / securities organisation in over 200 countries) for international payments (Wikipedia).
Sun, 27 Feb, 20225324
Health Star Rating for packaged foods
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSA) is starting a star rating system for packaged foods. As per the 'Health Star' rating system, packaged foods will display the number of stars on the front of the pack, indicating how healthy or unhealthy it is depending upon the amount of salt, sugar and fat it has. (Source: The Economic Times)
Sun, 27 Feb, 20225323
Norway tops Beijing 2022 medal table
Norway tallied the most gold medals, 16, and the highest total number of medals, 37, of all the delegations competing this month. The Norway finished at the top of the Beijing Winter Olympics medal table, just as the Norway team did four years ago at Pyeongchang 2018! (Source: CNN)
Sun, 27 Feb, 20225322
Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission
The Union Cabinet on Saturday approved the nationwide roll-out of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) with a budget of Rs 1,600 crore for five years. The ABDM will enable the creation of longitudinal health records for individuals and improve clinical decision-making by healthcare providers (Source: The Print)
Sun, 27 Feb, 20225321
Vigyan Sarvatra Pujyate
A countrywide, week-long science festival — was inaugurated at the Vigyan Bhavan in Delhi - With exhibitions spread across 75 locations throughout the country, Vigyan Sarvatra Pujyate (literally, ‘science is worshipped everywhere’) aims to showcase and pay homage to India’s achievements in 75 years of Independence. (Source: The Print)
Sun, 27 Feb, 20225319
Koala
The koala or koala bear (Phascolarctos cinereus) is an arboreal herbivorous marsupial native to Australia. In February of 2022, the koala was officially listed as endangered in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Queensland. (Source: Wikipedia)
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Intranasal Covid booster dose
Bharat Biotech, the maker of Covaxin, on Friday obtained approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for conducting trials of its intranasal booster doses against Covid-19 (BBV154). These vaccines aim to away with the need for needles and syringes. (Source: The Indian Express)
Sun, 20 Feb, 20225317
India's First Geo Park
The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has approved the setting up of the country's first geo park at Lamheta village on the banks of the Narmada river in Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh (Source: The NDTV)
Sun, 20 Feb, 20225316
Covid shutdown linked to record rainfall
Scientists say that a rapid drop in emissions because of Covid played a key role in record rainfall in China in 2020. The decline in greenhouse gases and small particles called aerosols caused atmospheric changes that intensified the downpours. (Source: bbc.com)
Sun, 20 Feb, 20225315
Luc Montagnier
Luc Montagnier was a French virologist and joint recipient, with Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Harald zur Hausen, of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). (Source: Wikipedia)
Sun, 20 Feb, 20225314
Operation Parivartan
The Andhra Pradesh Police initiated ‘Operation Parivartan’, a special operation undertaken to eliminate the cultivation and supply of cannabis. While the primary goal was to find and destroy Marijuana crops and also also aimed to educate indigenous communities participating in the production. (Source: Republic World)
Sun, 20 Feb, 20225312
Statue of Equality
The Statue of Equality, also referred to as the Ramanuja statue, is a statue of the 11th-century vaishnavaite Ramanuja, located on the premises of the Chinna Jeeyar Trust at Muchintal, Hyderabad. It is the second tallest sitting statue in the world. (Source: Wikipedia)
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Digital work plan 2022
India and ASEAN nations have jointly approved a work plan under which they will develop a system to combat use of stolen and counterfeit mobile handsets, among other things (Source: The Hindu)
Sun, 13 Feb, 20225310
NaBFID
The newly-incorporated National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID) is preparing to commence business in the April-June quarter and is targeting a financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh crore in its first year of operations (Source: freepressjournal.in)
Sun, 13 Feb, 20225309
India to launch its own digital currency
India’s central bank will issue a digital rupee in the 2022-2023 financial year which begins Apr. 1. India’s finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the introduction of the digital rupee would be based on “blockchain and other technologies.” (Source: cnbc.com)
Sun, 13 Feb, 20225308
Freedom Convoy
The Freedom Convo is a series of ongoing protests and blockades in Canada against COVID-19 vaccine requirements for truckers to re-enter the country by land introduced by the government of Canada on January 15, 2022. (Source: Wikipedia)
Sun, 13 Feb, 20225307
Spikevax
Spikevax is a vaccine for preventing COVID - 19 in people aged 12 years and older. Spikevax contains a molecule called messenger RNA (mRNA) with instructions for producing a protein from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Spikevax does not contain the virus itself and cannot cause COVID-19. (Source: https://www.ema.europa.eu/)
Mon, 07 Feb, 20225305
Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary
Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary is a bird sanctuary located in Jamnagar district of Gujarat, India. About 300 species of migratory birds have been recorded here.Khijadiya was declared as india's 49th Ramsar site, a wetland of International Importance recently on February 1,2022. (Source: Wikipedia)
Mon, 07 Feb, 20225304
Nehru Trophy boat race in UAE
The race, named after former Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru, will be held on March 27, 2022 in partnership with International Marine Sports Club Ras Al Khaimah and TheBrew Media FZC LLC, at the Al Marjan Island. (Source: Wikipedia)
Mon, 07 Feb, 20225303
Lata Mangeshkar
Lata Mangeshkar was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. Mangeshkar won several awards and honours, including the Bharat Ratna, Dadasaheb Phalke Award, Legion of Honour (Source: Wikipedia)
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Shaastra
Science and tech magazine ‘Shaastra’ supported by 50,000 alumni of IIT Madras, 'Shaastra' is intended to serve as a platform to showcase sterling achievements in science, technology and innovation in India and abroad. (Source: The Indian Express)
Mon, 07 Feb, 2022