Gk Current Affairs 1 February 2014

1. Janet Yellen, the 1st woman to chair the Federal Reserve in its 100-year as the top central banker from Saturday until the swearing-in ceremony, according to the Fed.
2. Nepal and India have amended a bilateral transit treaty to facilitate the export of goods to the Protocol to the Treaty of Transit of 1999 will facilitate the transit of goods of third country origin exported from Nepal
3. NTPC to cut power supply in Delhi  a notice to BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd and BSES Yamuna Power Ltd*******

1. Harish Rawat will be the new Chief Minster of UttrarakhandHe has been elected leader of the state Congress Legislative Party at its meeting in Dehradun
2.  India’s first monorail service has been launched in Mumbai. The first phase covers 8.9 km long Wadala-Chembur section.Commercial operations

1. Asia’s first  Shore Based Test Facility (SBTF) commissioned  into the Indian Navy at INS Hansa in Panaji.India has the third such facility in the world, after the United States and Ukraine.
2. Rajasthan withdrew its approval for FDI in multi-brand retail byVasundhara Raje, the Chief Minister of Rajasthan has written a letter to Commerce and Industry Minister of India, Anand Sharma for revising the  Rajasthan is one of the 12 states that agreed to allow FDI in the retail sector.