Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 05 February 2024 | Current Affairs
Exam Related Current Affairs with Static Gk : 05 February 2024
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1) The Reserve Bank of India has imposed restrictions on Paytm Payments Bank and barred the entity from offering incremental banking services effective March 2024, due to concerns regarding breach of and compliance with regulatory norms.
Reserve Bank of India:-
➨Headquarters:- Mumbai, Maharashtra,
➨Established:- 1 April 1935, 1934 Act.
➨Hilton Young Commission
➨ First Governor - Sir Osborne Smith
➨ First Indian Governor - Chintaman Dwarkanath Deshmukh
➨Present Governor:- Shaktikanta Das
2) The Indian Navy has declared the year 2024 as the 'Year of Naval Civilians' in order to address all aspects of civilian human resource management.
3) North India's first human DNA bank is being set up at Banaras Hindu University (BHU).
➨ The Automated DNA Extractor Machine has been installed in the Gnyaneshwar Lab of the Zoology Department of BHU.
4) India officially launched the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) at the iconic Eiffel Tower in France, marking a significant step towards realising Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s "vision of taking UPI global."
5) Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) secretary Jay Shah was appointed as the president of the Asian Cricket Council for a third consecutive term.
6) Dr. Niranjan Rajadhyaksha, Executive Director, Artha Global, has been appointed by the President of India to the Sixteenth Finance Commission.
➨The Commission will be chaired by Dr. Arvind Panagariya and has 4 full-time members: A.N. Jha, Annie George Mathew, Soumya Kanti Ghosh and Niranjan Rajadhyaksha.
7) The Ministry of Culture announced that India is nominating the ‘Maratha Military Landscape’ for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List for the 2024-25 cycle, with a total of 12 components included in this nomination.
8) Dr Nitya Anand, who discovered India’s first oral contraceptive pill, ‘Saheli’, passed away at the age of 99 in Lucknow.
9) The Khelo India Winter Games 2024 was inaugurated by Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur at the NDS Stadium in Leh.
➨The first phase was held in the Union Territory of Ladakh, with ice hockey and speed skating demonstrations.
➨The mascot of the Khelo India Winter Games 2024 is a snow leopard. It has been named ‘Sheen-e She’ or Shan in Ladakh region.
10) The Chief Minister of Punjab, Bhagwant Mann, has launched a new initiative called the 'Sadak Suraksha Force' to improve traffic movement and reduce road accidents in the state.
11) Union Heavy Industries Minister Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey gave in-principle consent for the construction of Center of Excellence in Roorkee and Pantnagar, Uttarakhand.
Uttarakhand CM :- Pushkar Singh Dhami
Governor :- Gurmit Singh
➠Asan Conservation Reserve
➠Country's first moss garden
➠Country's first Pollinator Park
➠Integrated Model Agriculture Village Scheme
➠Rajaji Tiger Reserve
➠Jim Corbett National Park
12) India's first woman judge of the Supreme Court, Justice Fathima Beevi, passed away at the age of 96 in Kollam, Kerala.
13) Former Expenditure Secretary Ajay Narayan Jha, who was also part of the Fifteenth Finance Commission has been reappointed as a member of the new panel tasked with recommending the tax-revenue sharing formula between the Centre and the States for the five-year period beginning April 2026.
14) Uttar Pradesh has ranked first for the third consecutive year in recording the highest entry rate on the Inter-Operable Criminal Justice System (ICJS) platform, conceptualized by the Supreme Court's e-committee and implemented by the ministry of home affairs.
Uttar Pradesh :-
Governor - Smt. Anandiben Patel
➨Chandraprabha Wildlife Sanctuary
➨Dudhwa National Park
➨National Chambal Sanctuary
➨Govind Vallabh Pant Sagar Lake
➨Kashi Vishwanath Temple
➨Kishanpur Wildlife Sanctuary
➨Turtle Wildlife Sanctuary
➨Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary
➨Hastinapur Wildlife Sanctuary
