Important Day
Defence
- New Vice Chief of the Army Staff after 01 February 2021 - Lieutenant General Chandi Prasad Mohanty.
- Defence allocation in the Union Budget for the Financial Year 2021-22 - Rs 4,78,195.62 crore.
International
- The ASEAN-India Hackathon is being organized online from 1st -3rd February 2021 by - Ministry of Education, Govt. of India.
- Military of this country on 01 February 2021 declared a state of emergency in the country for one year, hours after detaining civilian leaders including State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President U Win Myint - Myanmar.
National
- From 31st January to 4th February 2021, the 8th edition of India International Silk Fair was organised virtually by - Indian Silk Export Promotion Council, Ministry of Textiles.
Persons in News
- Author of the novel, titled ‘The Animals in That Country’ - Laura Jean McKay.
Science & Technology
- Developer of the three indigenous innovative variants ‘Compact, Medium, Heavy’ category of Mob Control Vehicles (MCVs) for Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) - CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI), Durgapur.
General Knowledge
- The first Union Budget of Independent India was presented by the first Finance Minister of Independent India, Sir R.K. Shanmugham Chetty, on - 26 November 1947.
- The Union Budget of India, also referred to as the Annual Financial Statement in the ____ of the Constitution of India, is the annual budget of the Republic of India - Article 112.
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) - Founded: 08 August 1967; Headquarters: South Jakarta, Indonesia.
- Myanmar - Capital: Naypyidaw; Official language: Burmese; Currency: Burmese kyat.
- Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) - Founded: 27 July 1939 (as Crown Representative’s Police); Present name: 28 December 1949.
- Date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands in the Iranian city of Ramsar - 2 February 1971; Effective: 21 December 1975.
