CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 15th FEBRUARY 2022

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 15^th  FEBRUARY 2022

1. Every year, February 15 is observed as ‘International Childhood Cancer Day’ (ICCD) to raise awareness about the evil that entails this issue and the ways to deal with the same. The theme for 2021-23 is ‘Better Survival’ is achievable #throughyourhands.
2. The Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar jointly inaugurated the 14.5-kilometre long ‘Rail-cum-Road-Bridge’ in Bihar.
3. Ministry of Railways has approved to set up a state-of-art wrestling academy at Kishanganj, Delhi. The wrestling academy will be the biggest in India.
4. Union Power Minister R. K. Singh has announced that India will achieve zero-diesel use in agriculture and replace fossil fuel with renewable energy by 2024.
5. Under the ‘Saubhagya’ scheme, Rajasthan has the maximum number of households electrified through the solar-based standalone system.
6. Reliance Jio has tied up with Luxembourg-based satellite and telecom services provider SES to provide satellite-based broadband communication services in India. 
7. Maharashtra’s Health Minister, Rajesh Tope has announced that “Hope Express” will be launched in the state to prevent cancer.
8. The Delhi High Court has appointed former Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court, Gita Mittal as the Chairperson of the Committee of Administrators which will run the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI).
9. Haryana-cadre IPS officer Kala Ramachandran was posted as Gurugram's first woman police commissioner on 15 February 2022.
10. Debashis Mitra has been elected as the President of ‘The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India’ (ICAI) for the year 2022-23. 
11. Ilker Ayci has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD) of Air India.
12. Bhojpuri singer and BJP MP Manoj Tiwari will be the ''brand ambassador'' for Khadi and other handicrafts of Bihar.
13. A team of Indian scientists from the Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST), Guwahati, has identified the next-generation probiotic bacterium Lactobacillus Plantarum JBC5 from a dairy product.
14. Scientists in the United Kingdom said they have achieved a new milestone in producing nuclear fusion energy, or imitating the way energy is produced in the Sun.
15. Ayurveda products maker Dabur has become a 100 percent Plastic Waste Neutral company in India.
16. The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2021/2022 report, unveiled at the Dubai Expo, India is among the top five easiest places to start a new business. 
17. A book titled ‘How to Prevent the Next Pandemic’ has authored by Bill Gates will be published this year in May 2022.
18. The Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau called for emergency legislation on February 14, 2022, for the first time in 50 years. Emergency law has been enacted to control the ongoing protests by gathering at least 400 trucks on the Canada-US border and on the streets of the capital Ottawa, for about 18 days as the Canadian government has made it mandatory for international truck drivers to take the corona vaccine .
19. The Russia-Ukraine Conflict 2021-2022, have been simmering for more than two months, with diplomatic efforts to resolve the issue showing little sign of progress. 
20. Sandhya Mukhopadhyay, one of the best singers of modern Bengali music, passed away at the age of 90.