Daily Current Affairs  – 18 February 2021

                                Facts in News Bilimora-Waghai Train It is a 63-km narrow gauge train connecting Bilimora in Navsari district with Waghai in Dang district in Gujarat. It was started by rulers of the Gaekwad dynasty of the princely state of Baroda […]

In News: Recently, the Delhi trial court has extended a legal shield to women speaking up against sexual harassment. It held that a woman has the right to put grievances before any platform of her choice and irrespective of the time. Background In October 2018, Journalist Priya Ramani accused the then Union Minister MJ Akbar […]

In News According to experts, Pakistan is likely to stay on the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) grey list until June 2021. The FATF’s Plenary and Working Group meetings will decide on Pakistan’s grey list status. Background Pakistan has been on the FATF grey list since June 2018 and was asked to implement the FATF […]

In News Recently, the Special Tiger Protection Force (STPF) has recovered the decomposed flesh of a tiger from the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve. About the Reserve It is located in the Lakhimpur-Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh with an area of 614 sq km. It is one of the finest examples of the exceedingly diverse and productive […]

In News –The Union Finance Minister announced the launch of the Hydrogen Energy Mission during her budget speech. About: Hydrogen Energy Mission It is proposed to launch in 2021-22 for generating hydrogen from green power sources. It is essential to decarbonise heavy industries like steel and cement, it also holds the key to clean electric […]

In News- Recently, the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs has launched the Enrolment Module for TECHNOGRAHIS. About TECHNOGRAHIS are students from IITs, NITs, engineering, planning and architecture colleges, faculty members, academicians, and stakeholders. MoHUA is promoting six Light House Projects (LHPs) as Live Laboratories for transfer of technology to the field. The primary goal […]

In News-Nigeria’s Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was appointed to head the World Trade Organization. The WTO’s 164 members unanimously selected the 66-year-old Nigerian economist to serve a four-year term as the Director-General of the organisation. She is the first African official and the first woman to hold the job. About World Trade Organization It is an international […]

In News: The Union Cabinet approved a Rs 12,195-crore Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for domestic manufacturing of telecom and networking products. These are switches, routers, radio access network, wireless equipment and another internet of things (IoT) access devices. About: The core component of this scheme is to offset the huge import of telecom equipment […]