Current Affairs in February 2024

Following are some of the current affairs that you should be aware about.

India Current Affairs:

1. Hemant Soren steps down as Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Champai Soren became the new Chief Minister.
2. Varanasi district court permits priest’s kin to offer prayers at Gyanvapi
3. 5 Indian wetlands added to the Ramsar List
   1. Magadi Kere Conservation Reserve
   2. Ankasamudra Bird Conservation Reserve
   3. Aghanashini Estuary
   4. Karaivetti Bird Sanctuary
   5. Longwood Shola Reserve Forest
4. French president Emmanuel Macron launches special French language programme for Indian students
5. Justice PS Dinesh is appointed as new Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court
6. Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection jumps to 10.4 percent to over Rs. 1.72 Lakh Crore in Jan 24
7. India’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Santosh Jha lays foundation stone of Ashoka Pillar in the Waskaduwa temple.
8. As per Elon Musk, first human has received and implant from his computer brain interface company ‘Neuralink’.
9. The Government of Maharashtra issued a GR which asked employees who joined service after November 2005 to submit request within 6 months to avail the benefits of the Old pension scheme(OPS).
10. India will be replacing its military personnel in the 3 aviation platforms in the Maldives by May 10 2024.
11. IIT Madras has become the first IIT to introduce sports quota for its undergraduate admission and will create two supernumerary seats in each course from the 2024-25 academic session, according to its director V Kamakoti.
12. Indian warship INS Sharda foiled piracy attempt on a cargo vessel FV Omaril an Iranian faged vessel with 11 Iranian and 8 Pakistani crew members on board.
13.  UPI enters France, you can book tickets for Eiffel Tower in Paris using India’s UPI system.
14. PM Narendra Modi announced Bharat Ratna award for:
    1. Shri. Lal Krishna Advani
    2. Former PM PV Narasimha Rao
    3. Chaudhary Charan Singh
    4. Scientist MS Swaminathan
15. INS Sandhayak, the first of four Survey Vessel Large (SVL) ships was commissioned into the Indian Navy in Vishakhapatnam in presence of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh.
16. Cricketer Yashasvi Jaiswal scored a double hundred in 2nd test match in the ongoing series versus England in India. The 22 year old playing only in his 6th test match scored 209 of 290balls.
17. Kota Distict Magistrate Dr Ravinder Goswami has launched a weekly ‘Dinner with Collector’ programme under the ‘Kamayab Kota’ campaign to ease the stress of students.
18. In a first, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) has appointed 3 women handler for Dog squads. They are posted in 42nd battalion in Nanpara in Bahraich district. There names are
    1. Kalpanaben Manubhai
    2. Achal Rani
    3.  Neha Sonkar
19. Justice Arun Bhansali sworn in as Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court.
20. India win 2nd test match against England at Vishakapatnam by 106 runs to level 5 match series 1-1.
21. 4 flight trials of high-speed expendable aerial target ‘Abhyas’ were successfully carried out by DRDO from integrated test range at Odisha’s Chandipur between January 30 and February 2.
22. Uttarakhand Assembly tables ‘Uniform Civil Code’ on Feb 6.
23. The Central govt. has disallowed installation of mobile towers in core and critical habitats in the country.
24. Government launches Bharat Rice at Rs 29/Kg.
25. Uttarakhand assembly passes Uniform Civil Code on 7th Feb 2024.

World Current Affairs:

1. Sultan Ibrahim sworn in as Malaysia’s 17 king
2. Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) killed 78 Pakistani soldiers as it conducted its operation ‘Dara-e-Bolan’.
3.  Britain’s King Charles III diagnosed with Cancer

Happy Learning!