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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nTata Power and Germany-based RWE Renewables GmbH have joined hands to explore the potential for joint development of offshore wind projects in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in this regard was signed between Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited,<\/strong> a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Power, and RWE, one of the world\u2019s leaders in offshore wind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The collaboration comes after the Indian Government set a target of installing 30GW of offshore wind power capacity by 2030 to meet the country\u2019s growing energy demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n State-run Maharatna Coal PSU, Coal India Limited (CIL), under the administrative control of the Ministry of Coal, has bagged the \u2018Public Sector of India\u2019 award at the Energy Meet 2019 & Excellence Awards of ASSOCHAM (The Associated Chambers of Commerce & Industry). The award was received by Coal India\u2019s Chairman Anil Kumar Jha for Coal India\u2019s contribution and commitment to providing energy security to India and towards the environment on December 20 in a ceremony held in Kolkata.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Coal India has been honored for providing energy security to India and not allowing the situation of power crisis in the country by significantly increasing coal production and supply in the last few months to meet the increased demand for coal for the power sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Bharati Pravin Pawar inaugurated India\u2019s first Biosafety level-3 containment mobile laboratory in Nashik, Maharashtra.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The mobile laboratory has been set up to investigate newly emerging and re-emerging viral infections that are highly infectious and of lethal potential to human beings, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.\u00a0The newly launched lab will be able to access remote and forested areas of the country, to investigate outbreaks using samples from humans and animal sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bank of Baroda has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Assam Rifles to provide \u2018Central Forces Salary Package\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Under the agreement, Bank of Baroda will offer the Baroda Central Forces Salary Package to all personnel of the Assam Rifles, both serving and retired. Further, the\u00a0Bank\u00a0will also provide special benefits, including Personal Accident Insurance and a co-branded credit card. Assam Rifles\u00a0is country\u2019s oldest paramilitary force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the Council for Leather Exports (CLE), country\u2019s leather and footwear exports are expected cross $6 billion in 2022-23. This is due to increasing demand in the US and new markets such as Middle East, Africa and Latin America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n During April-January this fiscal, leather and leather products exports rose by 33 per cent to $3.6 billion. The exports stood at $3.3 billion in 2020-21 and $4.7 billion in 2019-20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chairman of CLE:\u00a0Sanjay Leekha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla is leading a Parliamentary delegation to the UAE from 21th to 25th February. This is the first-ever visit under the bilateral exchange of Parliamentary Delegations from either side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\u00a0Lok Sabha Speaker\u00a0will have the rare honour of addressing the Federal National Council of UAE on the 22nd of this month. The\u00a0Delegation will also visit\u00a0places of cultural and historical importance in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bharti Airtel<\/strong>\u00a0said it has joined the \u2018SEA-ME-WE-6\u2019\u00a0undersea cable consortium<\/strong>\u00a0in a bid to scale up its high-speed global network capacity to serve India\u2019s fast-growing digital economy.\u00a0Airtel will be the major investor in the SEA-ME-WE-6. It shall be anchoring 20 percent of the overall investment in the cable system, which will go live in 2025. SEA-ME-WE-6\u00a0stands for South East Asia\u2013Middle East\u2013Western Europe 6. Through SEA-ME-WE-6, Airtel will be able to add 100 TBps capacity to its global network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Indian Air Force (IAF) and Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO)<\/strong> have organised bilateral air exercise named Eastern Bridge-VI<\/strong> from February 21 to 25, 2022 at Air Force Station Jodhpur in Rajasthan.<\/strong> The exercise named Eastern Bridge-VI is in its sixth edition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The exercise will provide an opportunity to enhance operational capability and interoperability between the two Air Forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2022 was held in Mumbai on February 20, 2022 to honour and appreciate the creativity & talent of Indian Film and Television Industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The event was held in Mumbai<\/strong> and the best performances from last year were honoured in the event this time. This year Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2022 celebrated the opulence of Indian Cinema and also commemorated the 75 years of Independence or Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Some of the winners are given below:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Film of the Year \u2013 Pushpa: The Rise<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Film \u2013 Shershaah<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Actor \u2013 Ranveer Singh for 83<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Actress \u2013 Kriti Sanon for Mimi<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best Director \u2013 Ken Ghosh<\/p>\n\n\n\n The biography of Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore<\/strong> titled \u201cA History of Sriniketan: Rabindranath Tagore\u2019s Pioneering Work in Rural Construction\u201d, written by historian and Tagore biographer Uma Das Gupta<\/strong> has been released. It has been published under Niyogi Book\u2019s \u2018Paper Missile\u2019 imprint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A new book explores Nobel laureate\u00a0Rabindranath Tagore<\/strong>\u2018s work for rural reconstruction by setting up \u2018Sriniketan\u2019, a wing of his Visva Bharati International University at Santiniketan in 1922.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The closing ceremony of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games<\/strong> was held on February 20, 2022, at National Stadium (known as the Bird\u2019s Nest) in Beijing. <\/strong>The 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, was held from 4 to 20 February 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Norway tallied the most gold medals, 16, and the highest total number of medals, 37, of all the countries competing in Beijing. This is a new record for the most amount of gold medals won at a single Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Indian team at the game was represented by one male alpine skier,\u00a0Arif Khan. India could not win any medal at the games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n President Ram Nath Kovind reviews the Indian Naval Fleet comprising over 60 ships and submarines, and 55 aircraft. The 12th edition of President\u2019s Fleet Review is being conducted at Visakhapatnam as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Defence Minister\u00a0Rajnath Singh\u00a0was also present at the event. This is the second time that Visakhapatnam has been hosting the PFR, the first being in the year 2006 by the then President of India A P J Abdul Kalam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sportswear company adidas has announced that it has roped in table tennis player, Manika Batra as the brand ambassador. With this association, the duo aims to drive credibility and inclusivity in sports, further fanning the aspirations of upcoming women sportspersons across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Manika has been onboarded with focus on empowering women to realise their dreams, cheering for women to break barriers and create a reverberating impact in the world of sports. With this partnership, Manika joins Adidas\u2019 women athletes group consisting of players like Mirabai Chanu, Lovlina Borgohain, Hima Das, and Nikhat Zareen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shakuntala Choudhary, the 102-year-old Gandhian social worker and freedom fighter, passed away this morning in Guwahati. Hailing from Assam\u2019s Kamrup, she worked for the wellbeing of villagers, especially women and children, and was popularly known as Shakuntala Baideo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Choudhary hailed from\u00a0Kamrup in Assam<\/strong>\u00a0and was known for her commitment and devotion to the popularization of the Gandhian way of life. She worked for the wellbeing of villagers, especially women and children. She was felicitated with\u00a0Padma Shri award in 2022\u00a0<\/strong>by the Government of India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Veteran Trinamool Congress leader and senior West Bengal minister Sadhan Pande passed away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Pandey represented\u00a0Kolkata\u2019s Burtolla\u00a0assembly constituency 5 times since 1987, when he was in the Congress, and the\u00a0Manicktala\u00a0constituency 3 times since 2011. He joined the TMC after its formation in\u00a01998.<\/p>\n\n\n\n World Thinking Day is celebrated each year by the Girl Guides and Girl Scouts across the world on the 22nd February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2022-2024 Theme of World Thinking Day is<\/strong>: \u201cOur World, Our Equal Future: The Environment and Gender Equality\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Current Affairs is the most important area in all competitive exams. But the difficulty level is very high. 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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nIndia\u2019s first Biosafety Level-3 mobile laboratory inaugurated in Maharashtra\u2019s Nashik<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nBoB signs MoU with Assam Rifles to provide \u2018Central Forces Salary Package<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nLeather, footwear exports to reach $6 billion in 2022-23: CLE<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nOm Birla leads Parliamentary delegation to UAE from Feb 21 to 25<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nBharti Airtel joins SEA-ME-WE-6 undersea cable consortium as major investor; anchoring 20% investment<\/a>\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nIndia and Oman begins Eastern Bridge-VI Air Exercise in Jodhpur<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWinners of Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2022<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nRabindranath Tagore\u2019s biography \u2018History of Sriniketan\u2019 authored by historian Uma Das Gupta<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing concludes; Norway tops with 37 medals<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nPresident Ram Nath Kovind reviews Naval Fleet at Visakhapatnam<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nAdidas ropes in table tennis player Manika Batra as brand ambassador<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nFreedom fighter and Gandhian social worker Shakuntala Choudhary passes away at 102<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nBengal minister Sadhan Pandey passes away<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nWorld Thinking Day: 22 February<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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