Today Current Affairs: 20th February 2021 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Day: February 21, 2021
Announced Projects For Railway Infrastructure In West Bengal : List
Projects For the development of Railway Infrastructure In West Bengal: Union Minister of Railways, dedicated to the Nation series of Projects for the development of Railway Infrastructure in West Bengal. He inaugurated 2nd Foot Over Bridge at Santragachi, Freight Terminal at Sankrail (Phase-I) & Vivekananda Meditation Centre at Howrah and dedicated to the Nation an […]
What is the Shauryanjali Programme?
Shauryanjali Programme: The Union Home Minister attended the ‘Shauryanjali’ program, organized to commemorate the 125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. He also flagged off a cycle rally. Three teams, namely Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Rasbehari Bose, and Khudiram Bose, are participating in the rally which will create awareness in different parts of West […]
Critical Infrastructure Development In Arunachal Pradesh : Key Points
Critical Infrastructure Development In Arunachal Pradesh: The Union government approved more than Rs 1,100 crore for critical infrastructure development in Arunachal Pradesh. The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) also cleared a proposal for the construction of 32 roads under phase II of the Indo-China Border Roads (ICBR) scheme. Earlier, the government followed a restrictive policy, […]
Indian Naval Ship Pralaya : Arrived At Abu Dhabi
Indian Naval Ship Pralaya: Indian Naval Ship Pralaya arrived at Abu Dhabi, UAE to participate in the NAVDEX 21 (Naval Defence Exhibition) and IDEX 21 (International Defence Exhibition), scheduled from 20 to 25 February 2021. INS Pralaya, the second ship of the indigenously built Prabal Class Missile Vessels, was commissioned in the Indian Navy on […]
35th Statehood Day of Arunachal Pradesh And Mizoram
Arunachal Pradesh And Mizoram: The Prime Minister of India extended his wishes to the people of Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram on their 35th Statehood Day. Mizoram became the 23rd state of India on the same day, with the 53rd Amendment of the Indian Constitution, 1986. Similarly, through the 55th amendment to the Indian Constitution in […]
Anti-Tank Guided Missile of India : Helina And Dhruvastra
Helina And Dhruvastra: India has successfully test-fired indigenously-developed anti-tank guided missile systems ‘Helina’ and ‘Dhruvastra’ in the Pokhran range, Thar desert (Rajasthan). The Helina (the Army version) and Dhruvastra (Indian Airforce version) are helicopter-launched versions of third-generation anti-tank guided missiles (the Nag missile system). The missile system has the all-weather day-and-night capability and can defeat […]
PASSEX Exercise 2021 : India – Indonesia
PASSEX Exercise: The Indian and the Indonesian navies held the PASSEX military exercise in the Arabian sea on February 18, 2021. This military exercise was organized in order to enhance operational interoperability and overall cooperation. INS Talwar represented the Indian naval ship. The Indonesian Navy was represented by the multirole corvette KRI Bung Tomo. India’s […]
11th India-European Union Macroeconomic Dialogue : Highlights
The 11th India-European Union Macroeconomic Dialogue: The 11th India-European Union macroeconomic dialogue was held in the virtual mode on February 19, 2021. The Indian Delegation was led by the Secretary of Economic Affairs, Tarun Bajaj. Director-General of Economic and Financial Affairs, European Commission led the European Union delegation. The Indian delegation also comprised of representatives […]
US Re-joined Paris Climate Deal : Implication
Paris Climate Deal: The United States has officially re-joined the Paris climate accord on February 19, 2020. It has joined the deal again after 107 days it left. With the rejoining of US, the world leaders expects that now the country will prove its seriousness as it was mostly absent for four years. The countries […]
