CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 6th FEBRUARY 2022
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‘International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female’ is observed on 6th February globally. This year theme of International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female: ‘Accelerating Investment to End Female Genital Mutilation’.
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Researchers at Oxford University have discovered a highly virulent strain of HIV in the Netherlands for decades.
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SpaceX has added another 49 satellites to its growing Starlink internet megaconstellation.
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West Bengal government will launch an open-air classroom ‘programme’ Paray Shikhalaya (Neighbourhood Schools) for primary and pre-primary students on February 7, 2022.
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Renowned religious orator and ‘Padma Shri’ awardee Ibrahim Sutar, who had earned the recognition of Kannada Kabir, passed away in February 2022.
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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.
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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.
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Bata India Limited has on-boarded actress Disha Patani as the new brand ambassador.
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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.
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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.
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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’.
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Professor Dinesh Prasad Saklani has been appointed as the new Director of the National Council of Educational Research and training (NCERT).
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A Trilogy book series titled, ‘India, That is Bharat: Coloniality, Civilisation, Constitution’ is authored by J. Sai Deepak and published by Bloomsbury India.
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Chief, Jens Stoltenberg will take over as Norway’s central bank Governor at the end of the year.
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The Institute of Science (IISc.), Bengaluru, has installed and commissioned ‘Param Pravega’, one of the most powerful supercomputers in India.
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Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar has passed away at the age of 92 after suffering a multi-organ failure.