12 February 2021
Important Day
National productivity day - 12 February
Defence
Organiser of the biennial Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise (TROPEX 21) which will culminate by third week of February - Indian Navy
Economy
Delhi-based Fintech company which set to become next unicorn after valuation crosses $900 million - BharatPe
The New Development Bank has committed to invest $100 million into __ and this investment marks NDB’s first equity investment into India and its first ever investment into a Fund of Funds - National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) Fund of Funds (FoF)
🇮🇳 National 🇮🇳
Under the focal theme ‘Digital Mapping Innovations in Make India Initiatives’, National Atlas & Thematic Mapping Organisation (NATMO) is organising 3 days 40th INCA International Congress from 10th February, 2021 in - Kolkata
Two new initiatives of Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) - SAKSHAM (Shramik Shakti Manch) job portal and a Seaweed Mission
Till 11 February 2021, 6 States in the country that successfully undertook Urban Local Bodies (ULB) reforms stipulated by the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance - (respectively) Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Rajasthan, Telangana and Goa
The Telangana government, the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), and the Additive Manufacturing Society of India (AMSI) are conceptualising a National Center for Additive Manufacturing (NCAM) in - Hyderabad
First civic body in the country that setting up a power plant project (at the Vaitarna dam) - Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)
First state in the country that introduced document upload through digital signature, using the NIC platform - Odisha
Persons in News
Winner of the 2021 Genesis Prize (nickname: “Jewish Nobel”) - Steven Spielberg (Director)
State Current Affairs
In Gujarat, the Coast Guard District Headquarters Number-1 conducted the district-level Pollution Response Workshop and Mock Drill - 2021 at - Porbandar
Assam cabinet has taken a decision to appoint __ as a Deputy Superintendent of Police in the state - sprinter Hima Das
This state government will set up temporary schools near brick kilns and continue the Vidyagama scheme till regular schools start all classes - Karnataka
Winner of Swadeshabhiman-Kesari award for the year 2019, given by Kerala government - Yesudasan (Veteran cartoonist)
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General Knowledge
The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) Fund of Funds (FoF) was established in - 2018
New Development Bank (NDB) (formerly BRICS Development Bank) - Founded: 2014; Headquarters: Shanghai, China
Sunderban Tiger Reserve is located in - West Bengal
Periyar Tiger Reserve is located in - Kerala
Sariska Tiger Reserve is located in - Rajasthan
Buxa Tiger Reserve is located in - West Bengal
Indravati Tiger Reserve is located in - Chattisgarh
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