CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 3rd FEBRUARY 2022

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 3^rd FEBRUARY 2022

1. The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has approved the setting up of India’s first geological park at Lamheta village on the banks of the Narmada river in the Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh.
2. The Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary near Jamnagar in Gujarat and Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh have been listed as Wetlands of International Importance by the Ramsar Convention.
3. Chhattisgarh has become the 35^th State/UT to implement the ‘One Nation One Ration Card’ (ONORC) plan.
4. The Kerala government will implement and exclusive ‘rating score’ for state’s traders who submit their annual returns accurately on time and remit income tax without fail.
5. The first-ever Kerala Olympic Games, slated to be held in mid-February, have been rescheduled for May.
6. GA Srinivasa Murthy has been appointed Director of Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) in Hyderabad.
7. The government of India has approved the proposal for the appointment of Eastern Army Commander Lieutenant General Manoj Pande as the next Vice Chief of Army Staff.
8. Lieutenant General GAV Reddy (As of Feb 2022) has been appointed as the Director-General of the Defence Intelligence Agency.
9. Neeraj Chopra, India’s first-ever winner of an Olympic athletics gold medal, has been nominated for the 2022 Laureus World Breakthrough of the Year Award.
10. India and the European Union on 1 February 2022 held their second maritime security dialogue in a virtual format.
11. The Indian Army has signed a contract with Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) for the manufacture and supply of Konkurs – M, anti-tank guided missiles.
12. Tata Sky has dropped the ‘sky’ brand name after 15 years and has rechristened itself as Tata Play.
13. Senior advocate and Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Rupinder Singh Suri passed away in February 2022.
14. Actor and filmmaker Amitabh Dayal has passed away.
15. Unnati Hooda and Kiran George clinched the women’s and men’s singles title respectively in the Odisha Open Super 100 badminton tournament in Bhubaneshwar in January 2022.