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• National Weatherperson's Day, also known as National Weatherman's Day, is observed on February 5 primarily in the United States.


• It recognizes individuals in the fields of meteorology, weather forecasting and broadcast meteorology, as well as volunteer storm spotters and observers.

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• According to a CNN report Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners have transferred American-made weapons to Al Qaeda-linked fighters, Salafi militias and other factions waging war in Yemen, in violation of their agreements with the US.


• The weapons have also made their way into the hands of Iranian-backed rebels battling the coalition for control of Yemen, exposing some of America`s sensitive military technology to Tehran and potentially endangering the lives of US troops in other conflict zones.

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• North Korea`s nuclear and ballistic missile programs remain intact and the country is working to make sure those capabilities cannot be destroyed by any military strikes, according to a confidential report by UN sanctions monitors.


• The report to a 15-member UN Security Council sanctions committee comes ahead of a second planned summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later this month. They initially met in June 2018 and Kim pledged to work towards denuclearization.

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• Thelogicalindian Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla took Twitter on January 31, 2019, to remind People about Tesla's free patents.


• Musk had made Tesla's patent public since 2014 to support the growth of Electric vechicles.

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• Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik launched scholarship scheme named ‘KALIA Chhatravritti Yojana‘, for the children of farmers under Krushak Assistance for Livelihood and Income Augmentation (KALIA) scheme in Keonjhar district.


• Under this scheme, the beneficiaries will be provided scholarships to pursue higher education in professional courses at free of cost.


• Children of farmers who have taken admission at Government Professional colleges on merit basis are eligible for this scheme.


• Odisha Government has also launched drinking water projects worth Rs 1,050 crore to supply safe drinking water in the district.


• Patnaik also launched Mission Shakti Conclave dedicated the development projects worth Rs 45 crore.

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• Kerala became the first state to set up price monitoring and research unit (PMRU) to track violation of prices of essential drugs and medical devices.


• The new watchdog will offer technical help to the State Drug Controllers to monitor notified prices of medicines, detect violation of the provisions of the Drugs Price Control Order(DPCO).


• This move is taken by the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) .

• The National Foundation for Communal Harmony (NFCH) organized a special workshop for 42 Youth in the age group of 15 to 22 years who have been victims of communal violence in the past under the Know My India Programme in Bengaluru.


• The Youth belongs to Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and Gujarat along with 10 official mentors.


• The programme was organized by the Art of Living Foundation.


• Youth interacted with Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, a spiritual leader.


• The participants were taught various body-breath mechanisms and practical tools of wisdom. The main exercise included the powerful rhythmic breathing practice called Sudarshan Kriya, whose regular practice is known to significantly reduce stress hormones, improve the clarity of mind and increase one’s happiness quotient.

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• 325 children including 11 girls have been rescued in Hyderabad under “Operation Smile” which was launched on 1st January 2019.


• AIM of Operation Smile: The One month long programme aims to rescue child labourers and children engaged in begging.


• Apart from rescuing children from Hyderabad and other parts of Telangana, around 100 children from Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Nepal have been rescued under the mission.

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• 12th Regional Standards Conclave was held in Bhubaneswar (Odisha) that took place on 1st Feb on the occasion of 4th day of the trade fair.


• This conclave will have an onlooker on industry, regulators and experts sharing their views on the importance of Standards for Global trade, with focus on Odisha.


• This conclave was organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in collaboration with the Department of Commerce, Government of India, MSME Department of the Odisha, National Accreditation Board of Certification Bodies (NABCB), Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Centre for Research in International Trade (CRIT) and Export Inspection Council (EIC).

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• According to commerce and industry ministry data Foreign direct investment (FDI) into India has declined 11% to $22.66 billion during April-September period of the current fiscal.


• Sectors that received maximum foreign investment are services ($4.91 billion), computer software and hardware ($2.54 billion), telecommunications ($2.17 billion), trading ($2.14 billion), chemicals ($1.6 billion) and automobile industry ($ 1.59 billion).


• Singapore was the largest source of FDI during April-September 2018-19 with $8.62 billion inflow followed by Mauritius ($ 3.88 billion), the Netherlands ($2.31 billion), Japan ($1.88 billion), the US ($970 million) and UK ($845 million).


• FDI is at a five-year low growth of 3 per cent at $44.85 billion in 2017-18.

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• Singapore and Hong Kong are the number one countries when it comes to online companies doing business abroad. India fell just outside the top ten (Ranked 11th) but still ahead of the UK and US.


• This was revealed in a study conducted by San Francisco-based online payment processing firm Stripe.

• National Bulk Handling Corporation (NBHC) released Kharif Crop estimation for the year 2018-2019.


• According to the report, the basmati rice production is expected to decline by 9.24% to 5.18 million metric tonne.


• The total oil seeds production was estimated to be 19.87 million metric tonne which is 5.36 % lower to in the year 2018.


• The pulses production was projected to be dropped to 9.10 million tonnes.

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• Fitch Solutions the research arm of Fitch Group projected fiscal deficit to increase the budgeted target by 0.2 per cent to 3.6% of GDP in 2019-20 fiscal.


• Government has reported fiscal deficit 3.4% of GDP in the interim budget on 1st February 2019.


• Fitch released a note titled “India’s Populist FY2019-20 Budget To Delay Fiscal Consolidation”.


• The interim Budget for 2019-20 was published by finance minister Shri Piyush Goyal on 1st February 2019.


• According to revised budget estimates the central government plans to spend a total of Rs 27.8 lakh crore in fiscal 2019-20, a 13.3 per cent increase over the 2018-19.


• Earlier Fitch Solutions has predicted 3% fiscal defict for FY 2019-20 and now revised its forecast at 3.6% of GDP in FY 2019-20.

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• Indian squash player Ramit Tandon win the fourth title of Seattle open title by defeating Mohamed El Sherbini of Egypt. Seattle Open is a PSA challenger squash Tour held in USA.
Ramit Tandon who belongs to Kolkata won by 11-4, 11-7, 2-11, 11-2 for his first PSA title.

• Jacques Fountaine is president of World squash federation which is headquartered at East Sussex, England.
  
• Ramit Tandom rose to his career best ranking of 58 in the latest list released in February 2019 by World Squash Federation. Henery Weber is president of Seattle open.

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• West Indies will be without their series-winning captain Jason Holder at St Lucia for the third Test against England as ICC announced a one-Test ban for the all-rounder after finding him responsible of slow-over rate in the team's second Test win at Antigua.


• Following the announcement, former cricketers namely, Michael Atherton, Shane Warne and Michael Vaughan lashed out at cricket's governing body for the 'ridiculous' decision.

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• 9th edition of Aegis Graham Bell Award was held in Panaji Goa.


• Uniphore Software Systems received the Aegis Graham Bell Award under Innovation in Data Science for its flagship product auMina.

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• Former mayor Nayib Bukele won El Salvador’s presidential election.


• He will succeed Salvador Sánchez Cerén ,after whom the leadership chair was vacant for a period of time
  
• He is to assume the chair of president on June 1, 2019.

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• Former executive director of Canara Bank, P V Bharathi assumed charge as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the city-based Corporation Bank.


• P V Bharati surpassed Jai Kumar Garg, and became the first woman CEO of the bank.


• Despite the post of executive director of Canara Bank ,she also holded the post of non-executive director of Can Fin Homes Limited and also director board member of Canbank Venture Capital Limited.

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• Senior Congress leader and former minister Harihar Karan passed away at the age of 72. His son said Karan was being treated for septicaemia for the last three week.


• A six-time MLA from Daspalla constituency, Karan was also the chairperson of the disciplinary committee of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) in 2013.

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