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Current Affairs 17th February 2021

  1. IIT-Madras-Incubated start-up launched The Pi Beam, which is an IIT Madras-incubated start-up, recently launched the electric two-wheeler called ‘PiMO’. Pi Beam has set an aim of selling 10,000 vehicles by the end of the financial year 2021-22. The bike was founded by an IIT Madras Alum Visakh Sasikumar. 100 customers have already pre-booked the e-bike. The electric two-wheeler can charge faster than a smartphone.
  2. New Low-Carbon range of Concrete introduced ACC Ready Mix concrete has recently introduced its new low carbon range of concrete called ECOPact. It is a “Green Concrete” that has been introduced for a high-performing sustainable and circular construction. ECOPact was launched in Mumbai and Hyderabad in the first phase. It will be rolled out across the country in a phased manner with in a few weeks. The ECOPact was rolled out with the objectives of enhancing the transition towards low-carbon and circular construction.
  3. 3rd edition of Indian Sign language dictionary to be released On 17th February 2021 , the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment will release the third edition of the Indian Sign Language Dictionary. The new edition will comprise of 10,000 terms of daily. It will include the academic, legal, medical technical administrative and agricultural terms in it. The second edition of the Indian Sign language was released in the year 2019. It comprised of 6000 terms while its first edition was released in the year 2018 with 3000 terms.
  4. Government to bring 2 Amendments in Privatisation of Public Sector Banks The Government will bring about amendments in the two acts in order to facilitate the privatisation of public sector banks. Amendments will be made in the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970 and Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1980. These two acts had facilitated for the nationalisation of banks in two phases. Now, in order to private the PSU Banks, provision of these acts have to be changed.
  5. In Bahraich, PM lays foundation stone for memorial of King Suheldev On 16th February 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of Maharaja Suheldev Memorial and Develpoment work of Chittaura Lake at Bahraich, Uttar Pradesh via video conference. He also inaugurated the medical college building named after Maharaja Suheldev. An icon of the Rajbhar community, Suheldev of Shravasti had defeated and killed the Ghaznavid General Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud in a battle on the banks of the Chhittaura lake in Bahraich in 1033.
  6. In Delhi, 11th World PetroCoal Congress and World Future Fuel Summit Organized On 16th February 2021, the joint conference of the 11th World PetroCoal Congress and World Future Fuel Summit was organized in New Delhi. Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan highlighted the increase in LPG coverage from 56% to 99.5% in less than seven years. He also mentioned that to reduce vehicular pollution, the country leapfrogged from BS-4 to BS-6 emission standards from April 2020.
  7. Dr. Kiren Bedi removed as the LG of Puducherry The President has directed that Dr. Kiren Bedi shall cease to hold the office of the Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry and has appointed Dr. Tamilisai Soundaranjan, Governor of Telangana, to discharge the functions of the Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry. Dr. Bedi is country’s first woman IPS officer and BJP’s Chief Minister candidate in Delhi in 2015. She was appointed Lieutenant Governor on 28th May 2016.
  8. Under Jal Jeevan Mission-Urban, Pilot on Pey Jal Survekshan launched in 10 cities On 16th February 2021, a Pilot Pey Jal Survekshan under Jal Jeevan Mission-Urban was launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. The Survekshan will be conducted in cities to ascertain equitable distribution of water, reuse of wastewater and mapping of water bodies with respect to quantity ans quality of water through a challenge process. It will be launched in 10 cities namely – Agra, Badlapur, Bhubaneswar, Churu, Kochi, Madurai, Patiala, Rohtak, Surat and Tumkur in the first phase.
  9. Supreme Court registers suo motu contempt case against journalist Rajdeep Sardesai The Supreme Court has registered a suo motu contempt case against journalist Rajdeep Sardesai for his tweets allegedly scandalising judiciary. The case was registered following a petition filed by Aastha Khurana through advocate Om Prakash Parihar under Article 129 of the Constitution to the Chief Justice of India for initiating contempt proceedings against Sardesai.

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