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Daily Current Affairs – 24 February 2022

This post contains the current affairs for 24 February 2022. These current affairs are important for banking exams, insurance exams and other competitive exams like IBPS PO and Clerk, SBI PO and Clerk, RBI Assistant and Grade B, etc. You can also attempt our Current Affairs Quiz after reading our daily current affairs.

National

PM Modi virtually inaugurates ‘Kisan Drone Yatra’ at Manesar and flags off 100 Kisan Drones

Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the ‘Kisan Drone Yatra’ at Manesar, in Haryana, on February 19, 2022, and addressed a group of farmers.
As a part of the event, PM flagged off 100 Kisan drones in different cities and towns of India.
These Kisan drones will be used for crop assessment, digitization of land records, spraying of pesticides and other nutrients in farms across India.
The initiative will support the farmers and further boost the agricultural sector and drone sector of the country.
These drones have been manufactured by Chennai-based Garuda Aerospace, which has set a target of manufacturing 1 lakh Made in India drones in the next 2 years.

48th Khajuraho Dance Festival Commences in Madhya Pradesh

The 48th edition of the world famous Khajuraho Dance Festival began in Madhya Pradesh on February 20, 2021.
The week-long festival is organized annually since 1975, by the state Culture Department, MP Tourism and the Archaeological Survey of India.
The festival will culminate on February 26, 2022.
The Khajuraho Dance Festival is an internationally acclaimed cultural event, hosted at the magnificent city of Khajuraho located in the Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh.
The festival highlights the richness of the Indian classical dance forms like Kathak, Odissi, Manipuri, Bharatnatyam, Kuchipudi, and Mohiniattam, to promote and encourage dance, artists, culture and heritage of India.

Centre extends PM CARES for Children Scheme up to February 28, 2022

The Ministry of Women and Child Development has extended the PM Cares for Children Scheme till February 28, 2022.
Earlier the scheme was valid till December 31, 2021.
PM Cares for Children Scheme was launched by Prime Minister Modi on May 29, 2021 to support children who have lost both their parents due to COVID 19 pandemic.

Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy addresses North East MSME Conclave of CII

The Union Minister of Development of North East Region, Tourism and Culture Sri G. Kishan Reddy addressed the ‘North East MSME Conclave: Building Competitiveness for Leveraging Opportunities’.
The conclave was organized by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII).
The main objective of this conclave was to empower the MSME sector in the North East Region, which has immense potential for the development in the North East and support overall economic growth of the country.

Defence

India to participate in multi-nation ‘Exercise Cobra Warrior 22’ in United Kingdom in March 2022

Indian Air Force will be taking part in amulti nation air exercise named ‘Exercise Cobra Warrior 22’ at Waddington, in United Kingdom from March 06 to 27, 2022.
Five IAF Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas will participate in the exercise from the country to demonstrate its manoeuvrability and operational capability..
Exercise Cobra Warrior is one of the largest annual exercise by the Royal Air Force (RAF). India will be participating in the exercise for the first time.
Other countries participating are United Kingdom, Sweden, Saudi Arabia and Bulgaria.

GDP Rate

India Ratings lowers FY22 GDP growth to 8.6 percent from 9.2 percent

India Ratings & Research (India Ratings) has revised downwards the GDP growth forecast of the country for 2021-22 (FY22) to 8.6 percent.
Earlier this was projected at 9.2 percent.

Awards

Indian Professor Neena Gupta wins 2021 Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians

The Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians for the year 2021 has been conferred upon Professor Neena Gupta, a mathematician of the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata.
She has received the award for her outstanding work in affine algebraic geometry and commutative algebra.
Prof Gupta is the fourth Indian and second female winner of the award from the country.

Appointment

K.N. Raghavan appointed as Chairman of International Rubber Study Group (IRSG)

India’s K.N. Raghavan has been elected the new Chairman of the International Rubber Study Group (IRSG) for a period of two years.
Raghavan is currently the Executive Director of Indian Rubber Board and Head of the Indian delegation to IRSG.
India has taken over the chair of the IRSG from Cote d’Ivoire.
IRSG is an intergovernmental organisation of natural rubber (NR) and synthetic rubber (SR) producing and consuming countries.

Shah Rukh Khan appointed as brand ambassador of Thums Up

Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan has been appointed as the brand ambassador for Thums Up. Thums Up is owned by Coca-Cola.
Earlier Shahrukh Khan was associated with the cold drink brand Pepsi Co.
Thums Up was acquired by The Coca-Cola Company in 1993.

Days

Central Excise Day: 24 February

Central Excise Day is celebrated in India on February 24 every year
The day aims to encourage the employees of excise department in carrying out the central excise duty in a better way.
The Central Excise Day also commemorates the Central Excise and Salt Act, which was enacted on February 24, 1944.

Obituary

Renowned Malayalam actress KPAC Lalitha passes away at 74

Veteran Malayalam film and stage actress KPAC Lalitha has passed away due to age related health issues. She was 74.
In her acting career spanning five decades, Lalitha starred in over 550 films, comprising both Malayalam and Tamil.
She had won two National Film Awards for Best Supporting Actress and four Kerala State Film Awards.
She also was the Chairperson of Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy for five years.