Today Current Affairs: 4th February 2022 for UPSC IAS exams, State PSC exams, SSC CGL, State SSC, RRB, Railways, Banking Exam & IBPS, etc
Scheme Of Assistance To National Sports Federations (NSFs)
Scheme Of Assistance To National Sports Federations (NSFs): The Union Government has approved continuation of Scheme of Assistance to National Sports Federations (NSFs) with an outlay of Rs. 1575 crore for XV Finance Commission Cycle (2021-22 to 2025-26). The Scheme of Assistance to NSFs is the flagship Central Sector Scheme. It is the main […]
India-Russia Cooperation At The UNSC
India-Russia Cooperation At The UNSC: The Bilateral consultations on United Nations related issues were held between India and Russia in New Delhi. Russia is set to assume the presidency of the UN Security Council in February, 2022. The discussion came in the backdrop of tensions between Russia and Ukraine over possible eastward expansion by […]
BrahMos Export To Philippines
BrahMos Export To Philippines: Philippines has signed a deal with BrahMos Aerospace Private Ltd. for the supply of a shore-based anti-ship variant of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile. This is the first export order for the missile, a joint product of India and Russia. The Philippines wants to induct this missile amid tensions with […]
India’s First Graphene Innovation Centre
Country’s First Graphene Innovation Centre: The Kerala government announced that the country’s first Graphene Innovation Centre would come up in Thrissur, Kerala. It is a joint venture of Digital University of Kerala, Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET) and Tata Steel Limited. Earlier in 2020, the researchers from the City University of Hong […]
Winter Olympics 2022
Winter Olympics: The Russian President, Pakistan Prime Minister and five Presidents from Central Asia will reach China for the opening of the Winter Olympics. The Russian President will discuss the ongoing crisis with Ukraine with the Chinese President. China has close relations with Russia but has been largely silent on the crisis in Ukraine […]
Safforn Bowl Project
Safforn Bowl Project: Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Jitendra Singh informed Lok Sabha about the Safforn Bowl Project. North East Centre for Technology Application and Reach (NECTAR) under Saffron Bowl project has identified few locations in Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya for saffron […]
World Wetlands Day 2022
World Wetlands Day: Union Minister for Environment, Bhupender Yadav, addressed the national level celebration of World Wetlands day 2022 held at Sultanpur National Park, a Ramsar site of Haryana. World Wetlands Day is observed every year on February 2nd all over the world. It is celebrated to raise global awareness about the vital role […]
Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS)
Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS): The Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) will be extended to cover the next fiscal as well, with expanded guarantee cover of Rs 5 lakh crore, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her budget presentation. An additional guarantee amount of Rs 50,000 crore has been announced for the […]
Retrospective Amendment To The Income-Tax Act
Retrospective Amendment To The Income-Tax Act: The Union Budget 2022-23 brought in some amendments to the Income Tax Act that would be effective retrospectively. Making a retrospective amendment to the Income-tax Act from 2005-06, the Budget has clarified that cess and surcharge will not be allowed to be claimed as deductions in the form […]
