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CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 18th FEBRUARY 2022

Editor1 Feb 19 2022 Current Affairs

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 18th  FEBRUARY 2022

  1. Water taxi services connecting the twin cities, Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, the first of its kind in India, was flagged off by Union Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal (As of Feb 2022), on 17 February 2022.
  2. Nearly 400 buses in Indore will soon run on Bio-CNG to be generated from waste at a plant which will be virtually inaugurated by PM Modi on 19 February, 2022.
  3. The Government has approved the continuation of the Capacity Development (CD) Scheme till 31 March 2026.
  4. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman participated in the first G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ meeting under the G20 Presidency of Indonesia, on 17 February, 2022.
  5. India will hold the Presidency of the G20 from 1 December 2022 to 30 November 2023 and the G20 Summit will be held in India in 2023 (18th edition).
  6. Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a virtual summit with Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of UAE Armed Forces, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al Nahyan on February 18, 2022.
  7. The government has appointed Vice Admiral (retd) G. Ashok Kumar as India’s first National Maritime Security Coordinator to strengthen the country’s maritime security.
  8. Indian Navy's warship INS Visakhapatnam carried out the test-firing of  BrahMos supersonic cruise missile off the western seaboard February 18, 2022. 
  9. A special court on February 18 awarded death sentence to 38 out of the 49 convicts and life imprisonment to 11others in the 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts case.
  10. ‘URJA Awards 2022’ honored Mr. Yohan Poonawalla, Chairman and Director of various Poonawalla Group of companies, with the Business Leader of the Year award for 2022, in Feb 2022. He received the award from Mrs. Amruta Fadnavis at the Gravittus Foundations URJA Award 2022.
  11. Adidas has brought on board India’s top table tennis player Manika Batra.
  12. Andaman & Nicobar Command (ANC) conducted a joint security exercise at Port Blair airfield on 16 Feb 2022.
  13. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) is organizing a “Darkathon-2022” to find solutions to counter drug trafficking through the darknet.
  14. World Health Organization (WHO) South-East Asia Region (SEAR) has launched a ‘Quit Tobacco App’.
  15. J.P. Morgan has become the world’s first bank to set up shop in the metaverse. 
  16. Google Doodle commemorated the 94th birth anniversary of Japanese virologist Dr. Michiaki Takahashi on February 17, 2022. 
  17. Popular Malayalam actor and comedian Kottayam Pradeep passed away on February 17, 2022 after suffering a heart attack. He was 61.

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