Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF Download (Feb 01st to 07th Feb 2022)

Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs of Feb 01st to Feb 07th 2022. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming SBI Clerk 2022 and other competitive exams can make use of it.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: IMPORTANT DAYS

• Indian Coast Guard is celebrating its 46th Raising Day on February 1^st,2022

• February 2, 2022 is the first year that World Wetlands Day will be observed as a United Nations international day, following its adoption by the General Assembly on 30th August 2021.
• World Interfaith Harmony Week is observed during the first week of February (1-7 February), after General Assembly designation in 2010.

• World Cancer Day is observed annually on February 4 to raise worldwide awareness, improving education and catalysing personal, collective and government action.
• The ‘International Day of Human Fraternity’ is celebrated across the world on 4th February. The first International Day of Human Fraternity was held in 2021.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: NATIONAL NEWS

• The nation remembered Mahatma Gandhi on his death anniversary on January 30^th with President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi paying floral tributes to the Father of the Nation at Raj Ghat.
• The government has mandated storage of international calls, satellite phone calls, conference calls and messages made over normal networks as well as on the internet for a period of at least two years, according to circulars issued by the telecom department
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addressed 30th National Commission for Women Foundation Day programme via video conference.
• Applications have been invited from Indian Women Scientists and Entrepreneurs to felicitate a select few with the prestigious India National Tech Excellence Award for Women 2022 for pursuing, prevailing, creating an impact, and etching out stories of inspiration for future young girls.
• The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind addressed the joint sitting of two Houses of the Parliament.
• The Bilateral consultations on United Nations related issues were held between India and Russia in New Delhi.
• A virtual function was held to mark the launch of the Global Center of Excellence in Affordable and Clean Energy (GCoE-ACE) at the Indian Institute of Technology, Dharwad (IITDh), Karnataka on 28th January 2022 in the presence of, K. Vijay Raghavan, Principal Scientific Adviser, Government of India.
• The Union Budget for Financial Year 2022-23, presented by the finance minister on February 01,2022, has given further impetus to modernisation of Defence Services and Defence Security Infrastructure development, including the Border Road Infrastructure and Coastal Security Infrastructure.
• Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Ministry has decided to convert the Experimental Scheme for Induction of Women Fighter Pilots in the Indian Air Force into a permanent scheme.
• Ministry of External Affairs organised an outreach programme on Export Controls focusing on start-ups in various sectors of the
• The Competition Commission of India (CCI) had passed a final order against five Tyre companies namely Apollo Tyres, MRF Ltd., CEAT Ltd., JK Tyre and Industries Ltd., Birla Tyres Ltd. and their association i.e. Automotive Tyre Manufacturers Association (ATMA).
• The Government of India in its Union Budget for FY 2022-23 has increased the capital outlay for the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), by a record 40 percent, to Rs 3,500 crore as compared to Rs 2,500 crore in FY 2021-22.
• Government is implementing various schemes viz the Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (A-TUFS), Schemes for the development of the Power loom Sector, Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP).
• The Union Government has approved continuation of Scheme of Assistance to National Sports Federations (NSFs) with an outlay of 1575 crore for XV Finance Commission Cycle (2021-22 to 2025-26).
• Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) tableau is selected as the best central ministry tableau for Republic Day 2022.
• India’s unemployment rate is currently at 57 per cent but during the second wave of the COVID-19, the unemployment rate reached 11.84 per cent in the month of May 2021.
• The Government has decided to continue the Scheme of “Rashtriya Yuva Sashaktikaran Karyakram” over the 15th Finance Commission Cycle (2021-22 to 2025-26) at an outlay of Rs 2,710.65 Crore.
• Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), which, in the recent years, has adopted “zero tolerance” against the sale of spurious/non-Khadi products, has cancelled the “Khadi Certification” to its oldest Khadi Institution named Mumbai Khadi & Village Industries Association (MKVIA).
• Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi launched a financial assistance scheme Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Bhumiheen Krishi Mazdoor Nyay Yojana at a function organized in Science College Ground in Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur for landless laborers of rural areas.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: INTERNATIONAL  NEWS

• India and the European Union has held their second maritime security dialogue in a virtual format.
• DD Sports channel will not telecast live the opening and closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics being held in Beijing, China.
• Secretary General at the Ministry of Defence, Oman Dr Mohammed Bin Nasser Bin Ali Al–Zaabi called on Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh in New Delhi on February 01, 2022 to enhance defence cooperation between the two countries.
• Army Chief MM Naravane discusses bilateral defence cooperation with Australian counterpart

CURRENT AFFAIRS: STATE NEWS

• Government has approved strategic buyer for Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited located in Odisha.
• Finance Ministry has granted additional borrowing permission of 7,309 crore rupees to Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh for undertaking the reforms in power sector
• Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will visit Hyderabad on 5th February 2022.
• Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology; Minister of State (Independent Charge) Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh, the Government of India’s Vision of New India by 2030, the Blue Economy as the sixth dimension of its vision.
• The government has postponed the NEET-PG 2022 examinations by six to eight weeks.
• Uttar Pradesh has been selected as the best state tableau at the 73rd Republic Day parade 2022 and the Indian Navy marching contingent has been adjudged as the best marching contingent among the three Services.
• A Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) was signed between electric two-wheeler maker Ather Energy and Electric Supply Companies (ESCOMs) of Karnataka for setting up 1,000 fast charging stations across the state.
• Ministry of Finance has released the monthly Post Devolution Revenue Deficit (PDRD) Grant of 9 thousand 871 crore rupees to 17 States.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BUSINESS NEWS

• In a bid to push reforms aimed at promoting clean energy, India aims to blend 10 per cent ethanol with petrol this year and double it to 20 per cent by 2025, for which the government expects investments to the tune of $5.5 billion, or roughly ₹41,000 crore in the next three years.
• Assets under management for environmental, social and governance (ESG) funds increased 2.5 times to USD 650 million in India in financial year 2021 on an annual basis, a top official of IT industry body Nasscom

• ADVIK Hi-Tech Pvt Ltd has entered into a joint venture agreement with H2X Global Limited for the production of critical components for hydrogen vehicles and hydrogen-powered products.
• The Center has extended the tenure of Life Insurance Corporation of India’s Chairperson M.R. Kumar by one year, till March 2023.
• The gross GST revenue collected in the month of January, 2022 is one lakh 38 thousand 394 crore rupees.
• The retail inflation, as measured by Consumer Price Index-Combined (CPI-C) moderates to 5.2% in 2021-22 (April-December) from 6.6% in the corresponding period of 2020-21.
• First Revised Estimates of National Income, Consumption Expenditure, Saving and Capital Formation, 2020-21
• The exports of marine products registered a growth of 35 per cent to 6.1 Billion dollars during April to December last year as compared to the same period in 2020.

• NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd (NVVN), a wholly-owned subsidiary of NTPC Limited, has acquired a 5 percent equity stake in Power Exchange of India Limited (PXIL).
• Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) and Indian Army have signed a contract worth Rs 3,131.82 crore for manufacture and supply of Konkurs – M Anti-Tank Guided Missiles to the Indian Army.
• IPO- bound Life Insurance Corporation and Policybazaar.com, one of the largest insurance marketplaces, have joined hands to offer a wide range of term and investment products to consumers.

CURRENT AFFAIRS: BANKING AND ECONOMY

• Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL), under its modernisation initiatives, has set up ‘new bank note printing lines’ each at Currency Note Press, Nashik and Bank Note Press, Dewas

• The Government of India did a conversion transaction for Government Securities (G-Secs) and Oil bonds with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on January 28, 2022 for an amount of ₹1,19,701 crore (Face Value).
• The RBI has stressed the need for another green revolution in the nation in its latest bulletin.
• The Reserve Bank, it has imposed several restrictions on Indian Mercantile Cooperative Bank Ltd, Lucknow, including a cap of Rs 1 lakh on withdrawals.
• Tata Group has chosen State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda and HDFC Bank as preferred bankers for Air India.

• Punjab National Bank (PNB), and Patanjali Ayurved Limited (PAL) have launched co-branded contactless credit cards in partnership with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
• Domestic rating agency CRISIL estimated 2022-23 (FY23) real GDP growth at 7.8 percent as compared with the 8.5 per cent projected in the Economic Survey.
• According to London-based Brand Finance, a brand consulting firm, Life Insurance Corporation has been ranked at 10th in the list of insurance brands globally.
• As per the notification issued by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, the former secretary, Department of Sports, Ravi Mittal has been appointed as the Chairman of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) for a term of five years or till he attains 65 years of age, whichever is early.
• Former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Urjit Patel has resigned from the post of non-executive and independent director of Britannia Industries Limited.
• Reserve Bank of India has canceled the license of Independence Co-operative Bank Ltd., Nashik, Maharashtra with effect from the close of business on February 03, 2022.
• Edelweiss General Insurance (EGI), has launched an AI Voice Bot to enable its customers intimate insurance motor claims in a convenient and seamless manner.
• RBI has noticed a few misleading advertisements of unauthorized Electronic Trading Platforms (ETPs) offering forex trading facilities to Indian residents.
• A tripartite Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the State Bank of India, Indira Gandhi Centre for the Arts, and National Culture Fund for Development of Atmanirbhar Bharat Centre for Design at L1 Barrack, Red Fort, Delhi.
• The Export Import Bank (EXIM) of India and the Government of Sri Lanka signed a USD 500 million Line of Credit (LoC) Agreement, to purchase petroleum products.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS

• The Government has appointed Lieutenant General Manoj Pande as the new Vice Chief of the Army Staff on February 1 & he will succeed Lieutenant General Chandi Prasad Mohanty who superannuated on January 31, 2022.
• Italy’s current president Sergio Mattarella has been re-elected for a second mandate, speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Robert Fico.
• The Prime Minister of Portugal, Antonio Costo, has been re-elected after his center-left Socialist Party secured a landslide victory in the 2022 Portuguese legislative election.
• Games24x7 announced Hrithik Roshan as the brand ambassador for India’s largest online skill gaming platform, RummyCircle.

• Capital markets regulator Sebi has restructured its four member high-power advisory committee on settlement orders and compounding of offences & the committee will now be chaired by Jai Narayan Patel, former chief justice of Calcutta High Court.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS

• Tata Steel Long Products Ltd (TSLP), a Tata Group firm has won the bid for acquiring 93.71 percent stake in Odisha-based Neelachal Ispat Nigam Ltd (NINL) for Rs 12,100 crore.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : DEFENCE NEWS

• Lieutenant General GAV Reddy, SC, has been appointed as the new head of the Defence Intelligence Agency & he replaced Lieutenant General KJS Dhillon & he was awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal on the 73rd Republic Day.
• The marine version of the French-made Rafale fighter jet has been successfully flight-tested at a shore-based facility in Goa where conditions similar to that on the indigenously-developed aircraft carrier INS Vikrant were simulated.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• Researchers from Kerala have identified two new species of fungi from the genus Ganoderma that are associated with coconut stem rot & they have also genotyped the two fungi species, named Ganoderma keralense and G. pseudoapplanatum and identified genetic biomarkers.
• North Korea has fired a Hwasong-12 “mid-range ballistic missile” from the Jagang Province area the first time it has tested a weapon of that size since 2017.
• The fifth submarine of Project 75, Yard 11879, Indian Navy’s Kalvari class commenced her sea trials on 01 February 2022.
• A classified satellite NROL-87 for the U.S. the National Reconnaissance Office was launched into space by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, US.
• The Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) has installed and commissioned Param Pravega, one of the most powerful supercomputers in India, and the largest in an Indian academic institution, under the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM).

CURRENT AFFAIRS : BOOKS & AUTHORS

• A New Book Titled Fearless Governance authored by Dr Kiran Bedi
• Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha released a book titled “Prakrtik, Vaidik avem Jaivik Kheti- Graameen Udyamita Ka Naya Swaroop” at the Raj Bhavan, Jammu.
• India’s first-ever season style book ‘The Class of 2006: Sneak Peek into the Misadventures of the Great Indian Engineering Life’, written by management professional Akash Kansal, was launched virtually amidst one of the biggest book launch ceremonies of the year at IIT Kanpur & Delhi Technological University.

• A short biography ‘Golden Boy Neeraj Chopra’ penned by sports author Navdeep Singh Gill was released in a ceremony held at Punjabi Bhawan.
• MS Dhoni will be seen as a superhero and warrior leader in an upcoming mega-budget graphic novel Atharva – The Origin.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : SPORTS NEWS

• Unnati Hooda defeated fellow Indian badminton player Smit Toshniwal, 21-18, 21-11, in the women’s singles final match at the Odisha Open 2022 in Cuttack.
• In the 2022 Women’s Pan American Cup, Argentina defeated Chile, 4-2 to clinch their sixth straight Women’s Pan American Cup title.
• In Australian Open 2022 Rafael Nadal (Spain) defeated Daniill Medvedev (Russia) 2-6,6-7,6-4,6-4,7-5 to win the Men’s Single title.
• The Indian women’s hockey team defeated China 2-0 to attain a bronze medal finish at the 2022 Asia Cup in Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Muscat, Oman.
• Netherlands batsman Ben Cooper announced his retirement from international cricket at the age of 29.
• The 2022 Asian Games also known as XIX Asiad will be a multi-sport event that will take place in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China from 10 to 25 September 2022 & Cricket will be back at Asian Games in the T20 format after 11 years to raise the excitement of the viewers.
• World Champion Magnus Carlsen has won the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2022 in the Masters section & he scored 9.5/13 in the Masters section with 6 wins and 7 draws, thereby winning the tournament for the eighth time in his career.
• Veteran Indian hockey goalkeeper PR Sreejesh won the prestigious World Games Athlete of the Year for his 2021 performances & he became the first Indian male athlete and second Indian sportsperson overall to win the honor.
• A People’s Liberation Army (PLA) regiment commander who was involved in the Galwan Valley was chosen by the Chinese government to carry the Winter Olympic torch in torch relay in Beijing.
• New Zealand batter Daryl Mitchell has been named the recipient of the ICC Spirit of Cricket Award after his gesture in the 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup semi-final against England in Abu Dhabi.
• Neeraj Chopra, India’s first-ever winner of an Olympic athletics gold medal, has been selected as one of the six Nominees for the 2022 Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award.
• ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup in Antigua, four-time champions India will face England in the final and will be aiming to extend their dominance in the competition.

• To celebrate India’s success at Olympics and Para Olympics 2021 and to honour the champions, the Public Works Department (PWD) Delhi, has decided to dedicate a long stretch in North Delhi.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : OBITUARIES

• Renowned social worker and Padma Shri awardee Baba Iqbal Singh, in-charge of Kalgidhar Trust Passed away at the age of 95.
• On Jan 30, 2022, In Tamil Nadu, Former Member of Parliament S.K.Paramasivan passed away in Tiruchengode at the age of 103.
• Senior Advocate and Additional Solicitor General Rupinder Singh Suri passed away.
• Prominent Film personality Ramesh Deo, known for playing a diverse range of roles, in Marathi and Hindi movies, passed away at Mumbai’s Kokilaben Ambani Hospital due to a heart attack.

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