Important Day

• Theme for World Wetlands Day 2021 (2 February) – Wetlands and Water.

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.