CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 25th FEBRUARY 2022

CURRENT AFFAIRS OF 25^th  FEBRUARY 2022

1. National War Memorial's 3rd anniversary was observed on February 25. The Chiefs of the Indian Army, the Indian Navy and the Indian Air Force laid wreaths at the National War Memorial to commemorate the occasion.
2. The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) celebrated its 70th Foundation Day on 25 February .  
3. The Ministry of Women and Child Development has extended the ‘PM Cares for Children Scheme’ till 28 February.
4. The latest edition of the Indian Navy’s multilateral exercise ‘MILAN 2022’ is commencing from 25 February in, Visakhapatnam.
5. Indian Air Force will participate in a multilateral air exercise named ‘Exercise Cobra Warrior 22’ at Waddington, in the United Kingdom from March 6 to 27, 2022 . 
6. The Indian Navy has received the 12^th anti-submarine warfare aircraft P-81 from the U.S.-based aerospace company Boeing.
7. Chief of Army Staff General M.M. Naravane has presented ‘Award of President’s Colours’ or the ‘Nishan’ to four parachute battalions at Parachute Regiment Training Centre in Bengaluru.
8. The Govt. is organizing a two-day international conference ‘Devayatanam – An odyssey of Indian temple architecture’ on 25-26 February  at Hampi, Karnataka.
9. Professor Neena Gupta has conferred the Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians 2021.
10. Indian author, Anirudh Suri has come out with his new book titled ‘The Great Tech Game: Shaping Geopolitics and the Destinies of Nations’.
11. Dish TV India, has announced the appointment of Indian cricketer Rishabh Pant as Brand Ambassador. 
12. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cautioned people against the car pooling app called sRide, citing that the firm was operating a semi-closed (non-closed) pre-paid instrument (wallet) without required authorization from the central bank.
13. The Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee has organized a regional farmers’ awareness programme as part of the ‘Gramin Krishi Mausam Sewa’ (GKMS) project and launched KISAN mobile application for the farmers.
14. Reliance Jio has announced that it will land the next generation multi-terabit India-Asia-Xpress (IAX) undersea cable system in Hulhumale, Maldives. The high-capacity and high-speed IAX system will connect Hulhumale’ directly with World’s major internet hubs in India and Singapore.
15. The Indian Institute of Technology will establish its first branch outside India in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as part of the India-UAE trade deal signed.
16. Dubai opened its Museum of the Future, a structure it calls as the world’s most beautiful building, in February 2022. The museum is a seven-storey hollow silver ellipse decorated with Arabic calligraphy quotes from Dubai’s ruler.