The HINDU NEWSPAPER and CURRENT AFFAIRS 05 Feb 2022

 

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Here is important CURRENT AFFAIRS on 05 feb 2022:-

INDIA

– Proposal to rename MP’s Hoshangabad district as Narmadapuram cleared by Centre: CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan
– Employees of Malayalam news channel MediaOne move HC against centre’s order banning channel
– JNU Vice Chancellor M. Jagadesh Kumar appointed as Chairman of UNVERSITY GRANT COMMISSION (UGC).

ECONOMY & CORPORATE
– India’s foreign exchange reserves down by $4.531 billion to $629.755 billion in the week ended Jan 28
– Centre imposes stock limit quantities on edible oils and oilseeds upto 30th June, 2022
– IndiGo appoints Co-founder Rahul Bhatia as Managing Director

- U.P best tableau among states/UTs, Navy best marching contingent among Services at R-Day parade
– Swachhta Saarthi Fellowship 2022 announced by Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser, GoI
– Govt decides to continue the Scheme of Rashtriya Yuva Sashaktikaran Karyakram for another 5 years.

WORLD
– Russia closes office of German broadcaster Deutsche Welle
– International Day of Human Fraternity celebrated on Feb 4 by UN
– World Cancer Day observed on Feb 4; theme: ‘closing the care gap’

---Melting on Mount Everest

Recently scientists found that the highest glacier on the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest is melting at a faster rate. It is the South Col glacier and the glacier has lost 54 metres of thickness in the last 25 years. About the melting The South Col glacier is located at a height of 7,906 metres.

ATLAS Asteroid Tracking System

The NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) has become first survey capable of searching entire dark sky for near-Earth objects (NEOs), every 24 hours. Key Facts ATLAS is a state-of-the-art asteroid detection system. It is operated by University of Hawai‘i (UH) Institute for Astronomy(IfA) for Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) of NASA.

                     By Rohit Parihar