CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 6th FEBRUARY 2022

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 6th FEBRUARY 2022

1. ‘International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female’ is observed on 6^th February globally. This year theme of International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female: ‘Accelerating Investment to End Female Genital Mutilation’.
2. Researchers at Oxford University have discovered a highly virulent strain of HIV in the Netherlands for decades.
3. SpaceX has added another 49 satellites to its growing Starlink internet megaconstellation.
4. West Bengal government will launch an open-air classroom ‘programme’ Paray Shikhalaya (Neighbourhood Schools) for primary and pre-primary students on February 7, 2022.
5. Renowned religious orator and ‘Padma Shri’ awardee Ibrahim Sutar, who had earned the recognition of Kannada Kabir, passed away in February 2022.
6. The centre has given the charge of the Controller General of Accounts (CGA), Department of Expenditure and Ministry of Finance to Sonali Singh, after the superannuation of Dipak Dash.
7. India continued its COVID-19 assistance to Sri Lanka by initiating the delivery of 100,00 Rapid Antigen Self Test Kit from 4 February 2022.
8. Bata India Limited has on-boarded actress Disha Patani as the new brand ambassador.
9. The office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India has announced the “Swachhta Saarthi Fellowship 2022”. It has been launched under its “Waste to Wealth” Mission.
10. Power System Operation Corporation Ltd. (POSOCO)’s Director (System Operation) S.R. Narasimhan has taken additional charge of the post of Chairman and Managing Director.
11. The government of Bangladesh has announced the names of 24 eminent personalities for the award of the country’s second-highest civilian honor-‘Ekushey Padak’.
12. Professor Dinesh Prasad Saklani has been appointed as the new Director of the National Council of Educational Research and training (NCERT).
13. A Trilogy book series titled, ‘India, That is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution’ is authored by J. Sai Deepak and published by Bloomsbury India.
14. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Chief, Jens Stoltenberg will take over as Norway’s central bank Governor at the end of the year.
15. The Institute of Science (IISc.), Bengaluru, has installed and commissioned ‘Param Pravega’, one of the most powerful supercomputers in India.
16. Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar has passed away at the age of 92 after suffering a multi-organ failure.