Daily Current Affairs Update --- 1st & 2nd February, 2017

• Today (1st February) is 40th Indian Coast Guard Day.


• India and Russia have held high-level consultations on counter-terrorism issues in New Delhi.


• Arun Jaitley announced the launch of Swayam, an online education platform that will give students access to over 350 courses, while presenting the Union Budget . Jaitley also announced the launch of a skill acquisition fund, at an investment of ₹400 crore.


• 31st Surajkund International Crafts Mela began .
The mela is being hosted jointly by the Haryana Tourism Corporation and Surajkund Mela Authority, in collaboration with the Union Ministries of Tourism, Textiles, Culture and External Affairs.
Theme state : Jharkhand
Partner nation : Egypt


• The Income Tax Department (ITD) launched Swachh Dhan Abhiyan (Operation Clean Money), an e-platform to analyse large cash deposits made during the demonetisation window (9 November to 30 December 2016).


• Ministry of Defence to Set up Rs 1500 cr Defence Unit in Madhya Pradesh.


• Ireland became the world’s first country to stop investing in fossil fuels.


• India signs Financing Agreement with World Bank for $201.50 million for the 'Third Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme' (TEQIP III)


• Meghalaya’s first ever Apparel and Garment Centre inaugurated at Ampati.


• The 19th Bharat Rang Mahotsav or International Theatre Festival of India commenced on 1 February 2017 in New Delhi.


• Rex Tillerson, the former chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ExxonMobil has been sworn in as the 69th US Secretary of State under the new President Donald Trump’s government.


• The ‘Winners of Excellence’ under the state category of the eGovernance Awards for the year 2017 are Rajasthan and Telangana.


• Neeti Mohan has become the first Indian female singer to collaborate with the United Nations on a project aimed at empowering women, ending human trafficking and promoting gender equality.


• Today (2nd February) is World Wetlands Day.
Theme of World Wetlands Day 2017 :  “Wetlands for Disaster Risk Reduction”


• • The Centre today approved an investment of Rs 1,350 crore to Andhra Pradesh for improvement of basic urban infrastructure under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) over the next three fiscals.


• The Sports Ministry received a hike of ₹350 crore in the Union Budget, presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley yesterday.
Jaitley allocated a total of ₹1,943 crore to sports, compared to the ₹1,592 crore given last year.


• To augment income of farmers budget has proposed setting-up of a Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund with a corpus of Rs 8,000 crores over three years.


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