CURRENT AFFAIRS 15th FEBRUARY

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February 15, 2021

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# Trump impeachment

 

 

  • Former US president Donald trump was acquitted by the US senate in the impeachment trial of inciting an insurrection with regard to the january 6 attack on the capitol.
  • The senate voted 57-43 on saturday to acquit Donald trump.
  • 7 republican senators cross voted in favour of impeachment but total 67 votes were needed for the impeachment.

 

 

 

# Arjun MK-1A tank

 

 

  • PM modi on sunday handed over the indigenous main battle tank Arjun MK-1A to the army in a function to the Jawaharlal nehru indoor stadium in chennai.
  • Arjun MK1A tank is designed and developed by chennai based Combat vehicles research & development establishment (CVRDE), a unit of the DRDO.

 

 

 

# Environmental activist case

 

 

  • Disha Ravi, a 23 year old climate activist was on sunday remanded in custody of the Delhi police for five days.
  • She was arrested for sharing and editing the toolkit shared by Greta Thunberg (climate activist).
  • The toolkit was created as a plan to review Pro-khalisatan groups in the country.

 

 

 

# Fossils of “Dickinsonia”

 

 

  • Resaearchers have discovered three fossils of the earliest known living animal.
  • This is a 550 million year old “Dickinsonia” on the roof of the Bhimbetka rock shelters, about 40 km from Bhopal.
  • These new discoveries are published in a journal, Gondwana reasearch.
  • These journals can be found in the “auditorium cave” the first of such caves at “Bhimbetka”, a UNESCO heritage site.

 

 

 

# Trip of envoys to J&k

 

 

  • 4G internet services has been restored in J&K.
  • Indian government is planning to take a group of diplomats to srinagar and jammu to showcase the situation in J&K.
  • The visit will be the third official one by foreign diplomats to J&K since the abrogation of article 370 from J&K.

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