Current Affairs - February 2022
The central government has set a target to replace diesel with renewable energy in the agriculture sector by which year?
Veteran Nobel-winning virologist Luc Montagnier died in Paris recently. He won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2008 for the discovery of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus that causes AIDS, along with his colleague Francoise Barr-Sinoussi.
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has launched an agroecology-based programme called 'JIVA' (meaning life) to promote natural farming, ensure sustainability and rejuvenate 'life' around the agricultural field.
The CEPA, is a free trade agreement between the two countries to increase the bilateral trade from the current USD 60 billion to USD 100 billion in the next 5 years.
India will host the 2023 International Olympic Committee's (IOC) session in Mumbai. India will be hosting the prestigious IOC meeting for the first time since 1983 when the 86th Session was held in New Delhi.