Current Affairs 18th February 2021

Current Affairs 18th February 2021

1. India Joined Iran – Russia Maritime Security Belt 2021
2. GE Power Conversion, GRSE ink pact to Collaborate on Propulsion System Design
3. Amazon India to begin its 1^st Manufacturing Line in India at Chennai
4. PM Narendra Modi lays Foundation Stone for Maharaja Suheldev Memorial in Bahraich, UP
5. India, Australia sign MoU to increase cooperation in Civil Space Activities
6. MoE to rename Schools Under Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan after Subas Chandra Bose
7. RBI permits Residents to Make Remittances to IFSCs under LRS
8. RBI issues draft guidelines on Credit Default Swaps
9. Flipkart Partners with ICICI Lombard to Offer Group SafeGuard Insurance
10. PHDCCI Signs a MoU with SIDBI to Facilitate Credit Schemes for its MSME Members
11. India’s Growth to Rebound in FY22 at 10%: S&P
12. AP CM YS Jegan Mohan Reddy Received the SKOCH Challenger Award – Chief Minister of the Year Award
13. S Theodore Baskaran Honoured with Sanctuary Lifetime Service Award 2020
14. AWBI confers ‘Pranit Mitra’& ‘JeevDaya’ Awards – 2021 to 14 Individuals / organisations/ Corporates
15. Kiran Bedi Removed as Puducherry LG; Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan Given Additional Charge
16. ICICI Bank to Buy 5.40% Stake in CityCash & 9.65% Stake in Thillais Analytical Solutions for Rs.6.03 Crore
17. GoI to sell its 26.12% Stake in Tata Communications Ltd by March 20, 2021
18. New Chameleon Species “Brookesia nana”: Earth’s Smallest Reptile Species
19. South Africa’s Faf du Plessis Announces Retirement from Test Cricket
20. Former Journalist Kavita Kane Penned a New Novel Titled, “Sarasvati’s Gift”
21. Sabarna Roy Unveils his 7^th literary work Titted, ‘Fractured Mosaic’
22. Dr Vishkha Shivadasani Launched E – book Titled “COVID and Post – COVID Recovery: DoctorVee’s 6- Point  Plan”
23. International Childhood Cancer Day Observed on February 15
24. Tamil Nadu CM unveils Industrial Policy 2021 – 2025 & MSME policy 2021; 28 MoUs Signed