Current Affairs 2nd February 2017

Neeti Mohan will collaborate with UN for a music album 

• Neeti Mohan has become the first Indian female singer to collaborate with the United Nations on a project focusing on empowering women, ending human trafficking and promoting gender equality.
• Her composition called ‘Udne de’, which was created as a tribute to all women and in support of gender equality, has been selected to be a part of an album for the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund project.

 UAE aims to Launch Its First Ever Mars Mission in 2020 

• The United Arab Emirates is planning to launch an unmanned orbiter called 'Hope' from Japan's space center to Mars in July 2020. It's first-ever Mars mission from an Arab Country. Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries will be fulfilling the responsibility of launching the orbiter.

Eminent theatre personality Asim Basu passed 

• On 1st February 2017, Asim Basu, an eminent theatre personality, writer artist and painter passed away due to prolonged illness in Bhubaneswar. He was 82 at the time of death.

Nik Khanna has been appointed as MD-India of BAE Systems on 1st Feb 2017 

• BAE systems appoints Nik Khanna as a Managing Director to handle India Operations on 1st Feb 2017.He was a Country President at Raytheon where he took care of business development, marketing and strategy in India for the last four years. 
• And before Raytheon, he worked as an Associate Vice-President at The Cohen Group. He also worked as Aerospace & Defense Director at the U.S-India Business Council.

World Wetlands Day observed on - 2nd February

• 2nd February each year is World Wetlands day.

• The World Wetlands Day is observed globally on 2ndFebruary 2017. The event aims the theme 'Wetlands for Disaster Risk Reduction’, by raising the awareness of healthy wetlands in reducing the impacts of extreme events such as floods, droughts and cyclones on communities.

Rupak Kumar Dutta  has been appointed as DGP of Karnataka 

• Rupak Kumar Dutta was appointed as the Director General of Police (DGP) of Karnatakaon 31 January 2017. He will serve the post for 9 months as he will be retiring in Oct 2017. 
• Mr. Dutta was serving as Special Secretary (Internal Security) in the Union Ministry of Home Affairsin Centre.

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