Daily Current Affairs: 5 February 2020 || Tindit DNF ||

 

1. Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli retained the top celebrity endorser rank for the fourth consecutive year in the 2020 Duff & Phelps celebrity brand valuation report.

2. Bharat Ratna awardee Pandit Bhimsen Joshi's birth centenary year began from 4 Feb 2021. To mark the occasion, the Arya Sangeet Prasarak Mandal is organising a musical programme called 'Abhivadan' in Pune on February 6-7, 2021.

3. The RBI has directed select Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) and Urban Co-operatives Banks (UCBs) to implement a risk-based internal audit system

4. China plans to provide 10 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine to developing countries through the global vaccine sharing initiative COVAX.

5. The United States has extended the New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) nuclear arms control treaty with Russia for five years.

6. India has become the fastest country in the world to reach the four million COVID-19 vaccination mark. The country has achieved this feat in 18 days.

7. As part of ‘Swarnim Vijay Varsh’ celebration commemorating 50 years of the 1971 war triumph against Pakistan, one of the victory flames was received at Air Force Station Adampur, on 3 Feb 2021.

8. India hosted Indian Ocean Region (IOR) Defence Ministers’ Conclave on the sidelines of Aero India 2021, on 4 Feb 2021.

9. A web portal for monitoring the progress of the Gobardhan scheme was launched on 3 Feb 2021. Gobardhan is an important component of Swachh Bharat Mission Phase-2 for organic solid waste management.

10. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the Chauri Chaura Centenary celebrations in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh on 4 Feb'21.  The day marks 100 years of the Chauri Chaura incident.