current affairs 02 march 2021

  1. 11th Edition of the GAPIO - Global Indian Physicians Congress held

• Summit is an important milestone in the exchange of knowledge from across the globe on COVID-19 and several medical and surgical specialties
  
  
  

2. HP makes first ever PCs with plastic waste in ocean

• HP estimates that the use of these plastics in devices will keep around 92,000 plastic bottles out of the oceans and landfills
• The computer, the HP Elite Dragonfly, uses just a tiny amount of the ocean-bound plastic, recycled from litter collected in Haiti
• The material is used in a speaker enclosure that’s made with 5% of the plastic (and 50% recycled plastic in total)
  
  
  

3. Thaawarchand Gehlot To Virtually Launch “Sugamya Bharat App” And Handbook “Access – The Photo Digest” 

• Sugamya Bharat APP — a Crowdsourcing Mobile Application for sensitising and enhancing accessibility in the 3 pillars of the Accessible India Campaign i.e. built environment, transportation sector and ICT ecosystem in India
  
  
  

4. Russia launches its first Arctic monitoring satellite

• Russia has successfully launched its first satellite to monitor the arctic's climate and environment
  
  
  

5. Odisha to host Indian Women's League football