International
- New Prime Minister of Italy - Mario Draghi.
- This country’s main securities regulator has cleared the launch of the world’s first bitcoin exchange traded fund - Canada.
National
- Ministry of Culture and Tourism organised the 11th Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav from 14th to 28th February, 2021 which is being held in West Bengal at - Cooch Behar, Darjeeling and Murshidabad.
Persons in News
- Winners of the SERB Women Excellence Award 2021, given by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) - Dr. Shobhna Kapoor, Dr. Antara Banerjee, Dr. Sonu Gandhi and Dr. Ritu Gupta.
- New Chief Justice of the Manipur High Court - Shri Justice Puligoru Venkata Sanjay Kumar.
- A lawyer from the UK who has been elected as chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), will replace outgoing prosecutor Fatou Bensouda from Gambia - Karim Khan.
- Indian origin author who has won the prestigious John Florio Prize 2020 for translating Domenico Starnone’s Italian novel ‘Trick’ - Jhumpa Lahiri.
State Current Affairs
- The ____ is joining hands with the UK Space Agency’s National Space Innovation Programme (NSIP) for collaborative projects on 'Impact Based Flood Forecasting using Earth Observation (EO) based Information' - Union Territory of J&K.
- The Government of India, the Government of Chhattisgarh and the World Bank signed a $100 million project to develop sustainable production systems in remote areas under - CHIRAAG (Chhattisgarh Inclusive Rural and Accelerated Agriculture Growth) Project.
- On an experimental basis, the distribution of E-ration card scheme has begun in - Kerala.
- A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Indian Economic Trade Organization (IETO) and the Government of ____ for working closely to implement the Sustainable Development Goals in the state - Karnataka.
- This state government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for climate resilience and low carbon development strategy formulation - Bihar.
General Knowledge
- Italy - Capital: Rome; Currency: Euro.
- The Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) is a statutory body established in - 2008.
- International Criminal Court (ICC) - Established: 17 July 1998; Headquarters: The Hague, Netherlands.
- Namdapha Tiger Reserve is located in - Arunachal Pradesh.
- Nagarjunsagar Sagar Tiger Reserve is located in - Andhra Pradesh.
- Dudhwa Tiger Reserve is located in - Uttar Pradesh.
- Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve is located in - Tamil Nadu.
