Kerala's first Human Milk Bank will be dispatched by state's Health Minister KK Shailaja on February 5, 2021 at the Ernakulam General Hospital. The Bank will guarantee the accessibility of bosom milk for infants, who are not being breastfed by their moms Centennial Celebrations of Chauri Chaura introduced by PM

1-Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Chauri Chaura Centenary Celebrations at Chauri Chaura, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, via           video  conferencing

2-The Indian Air Force host a Chiefs of Air Staff (CAS) Conclave on 3rd and 4th Feb 21 at Air Force Station Yelahanka. 

3-Union Budget for Financial Year 2021-22 has proposed to set up 100 new Sainik Schools in the country, in partnership with NGOs/private schools/state owned schools etc. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had presented the Budget in Parliament on February 01, 2021. 

 4-On the occasion of the World Wetland Day, the Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Babul Supriyo announced the establishment of a Centre for Wetland Conservation and Management (CWCM), as a part of the National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management(NCSCM), Chennai, an institution under the Ministry. 

 5-PFC issued USD 500 million Senior Unsecured USD Bonds for more than 10 years. 

 6-CSIR-CMERI-Centre of Excellence for Farm Machinery has developed Off-gridSolar Biodiesel Hybrid Minigrid of 50kW peak capacity system for providing 24X7 power to Center for Excellence in Farm Machinery (CoEFM) Residential Colony at Gill Road, Ludhiana (Punjab). 

 7-Tata Consumer Products will acquire Bengaluru-based Kottaram Agro Foods for Rs 155.8 crore to expand its product portfolio.

8-Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has received approval from the Department of Revenue for undertaking e-KYC services for NPS and APY subscribers. 

9-Veteran India and Bengal pacer Ashoke Dinda announced his retirement from all formats of cricket, bringing the curtains down on a career spanning one and a half decade. 

10-Trivitron Healthcare Chairman G S K Velu was appointed as Chairman of trade body Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry - Tamil Nadu State council for 2021. 

 

 

Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare digitally presided over the 58th National Conference of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics.

2-The inaugural function of the 2nd CCTNS Hackathon and Cyber Challenge 2020-21 of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) was held in New Delhi.  

3-India hosted Indian Ocean Region (IOR) Defense Ministers’ Conclave on February 04, 2021 on the margins of Aero India 2021 - Asia’s largest Aero show to be held at Bengaluru from February 3-5, 2021.  

Union Ministry jointly launch unified portal of Govardhan to promote Govardhan scheme and  track real time  progress Union Minister, Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Rural Development, Narendra Singh Tomer; Union Minister of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Steel, Dharmendra Pradhan; Union Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Giriraj Singh; Union Minister for Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Union Minister of State, Jal Shakti, Rattan Lal Kataria jointly launched the Unified Portal of Govardhan

5-Reduction of import duty on copper scrap from 5% to 2.5% announced in Union Budget 2021-22 to boost recycling of copper in the country. 

6-An NHAI contractor has created a World Record for the laying of Pavement Quality Concrete (PQC) for a four-lane highway of 2,580 meters length within 24 hours. 

7-The Union budget for FY 21-22 has allocated Rs 650 crore for the Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP), undertaken for expansion and capacity augmentation of Mumbai's suburban network.  

8-The US extended by five years the last remaining nuclear arms pact with Russia on limiting their stockpiles of atomic weapons. 

9-Pakistan on Wednesday successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile which can strike targets up to 290 kilometers.