Current Affairs Capsule: FEBRUARY-2020

Sreedhar’s CCE CURRENT AFFAIRS CAPSULE FEBRUARY-2020
CURRENT AFFAIRS CAPSULE – FEBRUARY- 2020

BANKING
 Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation increases the insurance coverage
for depositors in all insured banks to Rs 5 lakhs.
 According to the RBI, the special lending window with CRR exemption will be open from
February 14 and incremental loans disbursed under this facility will have CRR exemption
for the next five years.
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) issued a draft framework for authorization of a pan-
India new umbrella entity (NUE) for retail payment systems.
 As per RBI data, gross NPAs of PSBs rose from Rs 2,79,016 crore as on March 31, 2015,
to Rs 6,84,732 crore as on March 31, 2017 and Rs 8,95,601 crore as on March 31, 2018.
 IndusInd Bank tops list of 'Highest increase in brand value' among global banks.
 Pact with HDFC to open new avenues for startups in Odisha
 General Insurance Corporation of India has received license from Bank of Russia to
commence reinsurance business in Russia.
 RBI board recommends aligning accounting year with fiscal year from 2020-21.
 India, World Bank sign USD 450 million loan agreement to improve groundwater
management.
 RBI gets Rs 1.94 lakh crore bids for maiden Rs 25,000 crore LTRO.
 Gujarat government signs MoU with SBI to facilitate MSME loans.
 SBI signs MoU with Govt of Gujarat to facilitate MSME loans.
 HDFC, MasterCard and SAP concur partnered to manage spending in corporate sector.
 Kotak Mahindra Bank gets RBI’s approval for reducing the promoter’s stake to 26%.
 HDFC Bank ties up with Mastercard & SAP concur for spending management services.
 SBI Card join hands with Landmark group to launch 3 new retail co-branded credit cards.
 Securities market regulator SEBI redefines ‘pledge’ to protect client securities.
 Sveriges Riksbank (or simply the Riksbank), the central bank of Sweden, had begun
testing its digital version of currency, e-krona.
 NABARD sanctions Rs 400.64 Cr to boost infrastructure in J&K.
 Microsoft, SBI join hands to train differently-abled for employment in BFSI sector.
 NPCI launches UPI awareness campaign “UPI Chalega”.
 RBI allows Bandhan Bank to open new branches without prior permission.
 IRDAI forms 9-member panel led by Srinivasan to examine the possibility of allowing life
insurers offer indemnity based health policies.
 RBI introduced 12 indicators for calculating India’s growth by paper titled “Nowcasting
Indian GDP growth using a Dynamic Factor Model”.
 Government to include non-scheduled urban, district cooperative banks in 3 schemes
for MSME.
 Finance secretary Rajiv kumar launches”Baroda Startup Banking” initiative for start-ups
in 15 cities.
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 Capri Global Capital Ltd launched UDAAN new SME lending scheme for Women
Entrepreneurs.
 Aadhaar-enabled Payment System rolled out by Airtel Payments Bank.
 The Reserve Bank of India has directed all Scheduled Commercial Banks (excluding
RRBs), all Small Finance Banks and all Local Area Banks to link all the new floating rate
loans to medium enterprises with external benchmarks.
ECONOMY
 Fitch forecasts India's GDP growth at 5.6% for Financial Year 2021.
 The World Health Organization has called for 675 million US dollar in donations for a
plan to fight the novel coronavirus, mainly through investment in countries considered
particularly "at risk".
 Oil major Total to invest $510 mn for 50% stake in Joint Venture (JV) with Adani Green.
 The department of telecommunications has approved the merger of the consumer
mobile operations of the Tata group with Bharti Airtel.
 PFRDA doubles minimum net worth for pension fund managers to ₹50 cr.
 Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp has secured regulatory approval for
launching its digital payment platform — WhatApp Pay — in a phased manner, close to
two years after the US-based company’s pilot run.
 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approved two million dollars in new funding to
support efforts to combat the spread of novel coronavirus (nCoV).
 Mahindra & Mahindra and Ford Motor Company had signed a definitive agreement to
create a joint venture in India valued at Rs 1,925 crore ($275 million).
 Adani Transmission has sold 25.1 per cent stake in its arm Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd
(AEML) to Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) for approximately Rs 3,220 crore.
 The Economist Intelligence Unit has revised downwards its global growth forecast for
2020 to 2.2% from 2.3%.
 Industrial production shrinks 0.3% in December 2019 as manufacturing sector dips; retail
inflation rises to 7.59% in January 2020 on high food prices.
 Facebook to provide digital literacy training to 1 lakh women in seven Indian states.
 Amazon to set up two data centres in Telangana with USD 1.6 billion investment.
 SEBI constitutes municipal bonds development committee.
 Moody's cuts India's GDP growth forecast for 2020 to 5.4% from earlier 6.6%.
 In accordance with the report titled ‘Women Entrepreneurship in India – Powering the
economy with her’ by Bain & Company and Google, Indian women entrepreneurs can
generate transformational employment in India with 150–170 million job opportunities,
which is more than 25% of the new jobs required for the entire working age population
by 2030.
 EESL, BSNL inks MoU for installing 1000 public EV charging stations.
 Twitter acquired Chroma Labs founded by Facebook veterans.
 According to the NCAER, India’s GDP growth to be 4.9% in 2019-20.
 DPIIT amended FDI Policy to allow 100% FDI for insurance intermediaries.
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
 The third Scorpene-class submarine Karanj was launched at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders
Limited (MDL) in Mumbai.
 Researchers from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad have found a new
molecule that could help in finding cure to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
 Income tax dept launches e-calculator to compare due tax under new, old regime.
 Indian Army Major develops world's first bulletproof helmet against AK-47 bullet.
 The Northern Coalfields Ltd (NCL) has set up a research and development centre
focusing on a sustainable model for development in coal mining.
 Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras is going to collaborate with AIIMS
Mangalagiri on affordable future technological solutions in various areas including
patient safety and quality healthcare.
 Astronomers have found a monster galaxy causing trouble in the early Universe. When
the Universe was just 1.8 billion years old, galaxy XMM-2599 was already a colossal
chonker. It was also already dead as a doornail.
 ''Parth'' gun shot locator device developed by the Army's College of Military Engineering
jointly with a private firm costs much cheaper than the imported ones.
 Ananth Technologies is the first Indian private firm to build foreign-owned satellites.
 The UK-based OneWeb company has sent 34 satellites into orbit on a single Soyuz
rocket from Baikonur in Kazakhstan.
 India developing new 200-km strike range Pranash ballistic missile.
 Bhabha Kavach developed by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) is the lightest
level III plus bullet proof jacket (6.8 kgs nominal weight) available in India.
 The scientists from Rochester Institute of Technology has discovered the nearest-known
'baby giant planet' which is named as "2MASS 1155-7919 b".
 NASA is sending a new laser-toting robot to Mars.
 ISRO plans to launch 10 surveillance satellites in 2020-21.
 Mobile App ”Yodhavu” Launched in Kerala to Combat Drug Menace.
 Credai launches app to connect homebuyers with developers.
 The Delhi Police has launched its “Himmat Plus App” to ensure safety and security of
people travelling in cabs at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport.
 Lithium reserve found in Mandya near Bengaluru.
 India-Russia defence deals set to cross USD 16 billion.
 GRSE delivers 4th Anti-Submarine warfare corvette INS Kavaratti to Navy.
 Pakistan successfully tests nuclear-capable air launched cruise missile Ra’ad-II.
 Netherlands Scientists discovered new snail species; named after Swedish climate
activist Greta Thunberg.
 Indian Railways launched HRMS Mobile app for its employees.
 “5G Hackathon” launched by Telecommunications Department.
 IRCTC ‘ASKDISHA’ upgraded to converse with Railway Customers in Hindi Language.
 Birla Estates has introduced “LIDEA” on WhatsApp for its customers.
 Scientists discover breathable oxygen in galaxy outside of Milky Way for 1st time.
 HPF validated its 1st exoplanet called G 9-40b.
 An e-commerce app “Thirumathi Kart” for SHG products launched at Tiruchi, Tamil
Nadu.
 ISRO to launch Geo Imaging Satellite “GISAT-1”.
 World’s largest species of cave fish discovered in Meghalaya’s Jaintia Hills.
 Union Labour Minister Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar to launch “Santusht” mobile app
for ESI beneficiaries.
 ‘Henneguya salminicola’-First ever animal that can survive without oxygen discovered
by Scientists from Tel Aviv University (TAU).
 A team of Astronomers including a student Michelle Kunimoto at University of British

Columbia (UBC) astronomy in Canada, has discovered 17 new planets, including a
potentially habitable Earth-sized rocky body.
 The Indian Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Vessel “ICGS Varad” has been commissioned
by the Union Minister of State for Shipping (I/C) & Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri
Mansukh Mandaviya.
 Astronomers discovered a mini-moon or planet’s 2nd moon, “Dubbed 2020 CD3”.
STATE
 The Karnataka government launched the Janasevaka scheme in a few municipal
corporation wards to ensure home delivery of various services like ration cards, senior
citizen identity and health cards.
 The Jammu and Kashmir administration sanction to renaming of the Public Health
Engineering and Irrigation and Flood Control Department as the 'Jal Shakti Department'.
 Uttar Pradesh government allots 5 acres of land to Sunni Waqf Board to build mosque
in Ayodhya.
 Andhra Pradesh CM inaugurates first ‘Disha’ police station in Rajamahendravaram.
 Haryana CM Launches Rs 1500 Crore Mukhya Mantri Parivar Samridhi Yojna.
 Reading Mission- Haryana has been launched by the state government to inculcate
reading habits and social values among students.
 The Uttar Pradesh government has given its approval to the Ground Water Act-2020.
 Jammu and Kashmir has been allocated two AIIMS - one in Jammu and other in Kashmir.
 Haryana government announces Rs six crore to those winning gold medals at Olympics.
 Punjab to honour cops under 'Appreciate and Commend' scheme.
 Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has approved the renaming of the Latur
Medical College as Vilasrao Deshmukh Institute of Medical Sciences.
 PM Modi launches 50 development projects worth over Rs 1,200 crore at Varanasi
 Bihar is set to have a bird ringing station, devoted to observation, monitoring and
research on migratory birds -- the fourth such facility in the country and the first to be
set up with the support of a state government.
 AP CM Jagan Mohan Reddy launched Nadu-Nedu scheme for modernizing hospitals.
 Arunachal Pradesh celebrates Statehood Day on 20th of February.
 Tripura Tea Board organizes ‘Run for India Tea’ event.
 1st edition of Bharat-Bangla Paryatan Utsav commenced in Agartala.
 Atal Kisan – Majdoor canteens to be openend by Haryana Government.
 Central and UP government renamed 4 railway stations of Prayagraj.
 Odisha government presented Rs 1.5 Lakh crore paperless budget 2020-21.
 Govt of Haryana to open Atal kisan – majdoor canteens to provide affordable meals to
farmers.
 The Kerala Police have operationalised Dial 112, the pan-India number of the
Emergency Response Support System (ERSS), introduced by the Ministry of Home
Affairs, for citizens in emergencies.
 AP CM Jagan Mohan launches ‘Jagananna Vasthi Deevena’ scheme for Students.
 Madhya Pradesh has become the 1st state in the country to introduce the unified
registration card.
 Bihar 1st NDA state to adopt resolution against NRC, and to implement NPR.
 The Maharashtra(MH) state government assembly has unanimously approved a law,

compulsory “ Maharashtra Compulsory Teaching and Learning of Marathi Language in
Schools Bill, 2020 ” to make Marathi Language as a mandatory subject in all schools of
the state.
 The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet has approved a proposal to change the name of Khwaja
Moinuddin Chishti Urdu, Arabi-Farsi University to Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Languages
University in Lucknow.
 Haryana CM Manohar lal khattar presents Rs 1,42,343-crore budget for 2020-21.
 The Maharashtra’s Government’s “Smart gram yojana” will be named after former
Deputy Chief Minister the late Raosaheb Ramrao Patil.
 The Punjab Finance Minister Manpreet Singh Badal presented Punjab govt’s Rs ₹1,
54,805 crore budget for financial year 2020-21 in the state assembly.
 2 day unique initiative “Nimad Chilli Festival 2020” begins at Kasrawad in Khargone
district,Madhya Pradesh.
SURVEYS
 Virat Kohli is the shiniest star on the celebrity list as he holds on to the top rank, third
year in a row, in the latest brand valuation study by Duff & Phelps.
 Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) secured the third rank in the global
list of Top Business Schools of 2020 by MOOCLab.
 Indian leopard population declined by 75-90% as per study conducted by CWS & WII.
 India ranks 40th in Global Intellectual Property Index 2020.
 Uttar Pradesh becomes first state to enforce Performance Regulation Act for power
department.
 The State of India's Bird 2020 report assesses the status of 867 Indian birds using a
massive database of information contributed by at least 15,500 birdwatchers from
across the country.
 India ranked 35th in Worldwide Education for The Future Index (WEFFI) 2019.
 Hindi becomes 3rd most spoken language in the World.
 India’s foodgrain production to hit a record high of 291.95 million tonnes for crop year
2019-20.
 India ranked 77th on Sustainability Index.
 Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) ranked first in the Nature Ranking
Index 2020.
PLACES IN NEWS
 Tripura government for the first time to hold two-day Hornbill Festival with twin goal -
conservation of the striking forest bird "Hornbill" and to boost the livelihood of the
people through tourism.
 Railway Minister Piyush Goyal inaugurated the first phase of East-West Metro in
Kolkata.
 Seed sowing festival 'Lui-Ngai-Ni' celebrated at Ukhrul.
 Mansukh Mandaviya lays foundation stone of lighthouse in Rameswaram.
 8th edition of Ganga Kayak Festival celebrated in Uttarakhand.
 India’s tallest pier bridge built by Northeast Frontier Railway in Manipur.
 Ahmedabad to host Chitra Bharati Film Festival.
 Mumbai airport gets world’s largest ‘Export Cold Zone’ to Store Agro, Pharma Products.
 Gandhinagar hosts cultural fair “Vasantotsav” at Sanskruti Kunj.
PERSONS IN NEWS
 Wipro Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director Abidali Z Neemuchwala has
decided to step down due to family commitments.
 Public sector lender, Canara Bank MD and CEO Sankara Narayanan has retired.
 A 60-year-old pharmacy worker ‘Mo O’Brien’ has become the first deaf person on
record to row an ocean by finishing a 3,000-mile journey across the Atlantic Ocean.
 The Indian Olympic Association has invited BCCI President Sourav Ganguly to become
the Goodwill Ambassador of the Indian contingent at the Tokyo Olympics this year.
 American Greek economist and Chief Economist of the World Bank (WB) Pinelopi
Koujianou Goldberg have announced her resignation.
 American astronaut Christina Koch has returned to earth after longest stay in space by a
woman (328 days).
 Kaamya Karthikeyan is from Mumbai to become the youngest girl in the world to climb
Mt. Aconcagua, Argentina, (highest peak in South America).
 The National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) has imposed a ban of 4 years on Haryana’s
javelin thrower Amit Dahiya.
 The central government has renamed Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA)
as Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses.
 Left-arm Indian spinner Pragyan Ojha has announced retirement from all forms of
cricket.
 The 4th Anniversary of the launch of Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission
(SPMRM) was observed on 21st February.
 New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor becomes world’s first cricketer to play 100 matches
in all 3 formats cricket.
 Great Britain women's field hockey captain Alex Danson-Bennett announced her
retirement from the sport.
 Adline Castelino from Karnataka has won LIVA Miss Diva Universe 2020 title. The event
held in YRF (Yash Raj Films) Studios, Mumbai.
 Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has announced his resignation over
political issues.
 The International Cricket Council (ICC) banned Oman player Yousuf Abdulrahim Al
Balushi from all forms of cricket for 7 years.
 Jiya Rai has created a world record by becoming the youngest and the fastest specially-
abled girl to swim 14 kilometers in open water in 3 hours 27 minutes and 30 seconds.
 Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova has announced her retirement from
tennis.
 Veteran editor Sreekar Prasad has entered the Limca Book of Records for 'films edited
in the most number of languages'.
APPOINTMENTS
Name of the Person Name of the Organization
M Ajit Kumar Chairman of Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC)
Arvind Krishna CEO of International Business Machines Corp (IBM)
Ajay Bisaria Next High Commissioner of India to Canada
Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi New Prime Minister of Iraq
Mandan Lal, Rudra Pratap 3-members of Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC).
Singh and Sulakshana Naik
Gopal Baglay India's next High Commissioner to Sri Lanka
Deepa Malik President of Paralympic Committee of India
Pramod Agrawal New chairman and managing director of Coal India Ltd
Albin Kurti 4th Prime Minister of Republic of Kosovo
Rishabh Pant brand ambassador of JSW Steel
Jeff Weiner Executive chairman of LinkedIn
Philip Barton Britain's new High Commissioner to India
Dame Karen Pierce First female British Ambassador to USA
Ajay Patel New President of All-India Chess Federation (AICF)
Arvind Kejriwal Chief Minister of Delhi for 3rd consecutive time
Robin Singh United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) director of Cricket
Rishi Sunak New finance minister of UK
Atul Kumar Gupta New President of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI)
G Narayanan Chairman and Managing Director of NSIL (New Space India Limited)
Vinay Dube New Chief Executive Officer of Go Air
Pawan Kumar Agarwal New Secretary of Consumer Affairs
Usha Sharma New Secretary of Youth Affairs
Barry O'Farrell Australia appoints next high commissioner to India
Ashraf Ghani President of Afghanistan
Supratim Bandyopadhyay Chairman of Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority
(PFRDA)
Sanjay Kothari Next Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC)
Bimal Julka Next Chief Information Commissioner (CIC)
Mahant Nritya Gopal Das President of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust
Sunil Gurbaxani Managing Director and CEO of Dhanlaxmi Bank
Bhaskar Khulbe and Advisors to Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Amarjeet Sinha
Vijay Advani New chairman of USIBC’s (US – India Business Council) global board
of directors
Rajalaxmi Singh Deo president of the Rowing Federation of India (RFI)
Ms. Padmaja Next High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Vanuatu
Riek Machar First vice president of South Sudan
Faure Gnassingbe President of Togo’s

Abhay Kumar Singh Chairman and MD of National Hydroelectric Power Corporation
Michael Miebach New President and CEO of Master-card
Ajaypal Singh Banga Executive Chairman of Master-card
Rajesh Kumar New MD and CEO of CIBIL
Abhishek Singh Next Ambassador of India to Venezuela
Sumant Kathpalia New MD and CEO of Indusind Bank
INTERNATIONAL
 World Health Organization has declared an international emergency over the novel
Coronavirus from China.
 Maldives has returned to Commonwealth after its exit in 2016 and hence, has become
the 54th member of the global body.
 Ekushey Book fair was recently inaugurated by the Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina at Bangla Academy premises in Dhaka.
 The Pakistan government has declared a national emergency to combat swarms.
 The United Arab Emirates has announced the discovery of a new natural gas field
containing 80 trillion standard cubic feet of gas in the cross-border area of the Emirates
of Abu Dhabi.
 The Government of Bhutan, Thimphu has decided to implement a daily fee of Rs.1200
($17) for “regional tourists” from India, the Maldives, and Bangladesh from July 2020.
 Romania’s pro-European government collapsed in a parliamentary no-confidence vote
after only 3 months in office
 The United States has announced the launch of a 27-nation International Religious
Freedom Alliance, which will try to adopt a collective approach in protecting and
preserving religious freedom across the world.
 Britain's Prince Charles has unveiled a new children's protection fund for India.
 India and Nepal inked financial closure of Nepal's largest hydropower project, the Arun-
III being built with India's assistance.
 United Nations (UN) has released USD 30 million for humanitarian operations in Syria’s
ldlib province from Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)?
 The WHO has officially named the disease caused by the new coronavirus as “Covid-
2019”. It has been taken from the words “corona”, “virus” and “disease”.
 The Mobile World Congress, the annual telecoms industry gathering that draws more
than one lakh visitor’s to Barcelona, was cancelled over coronavirus fears.
 Indian Navy’s Sandhayak class Hydrographic Survey Ship, INS Jamuna, commanded by
Captain HA Hardas, arrived in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
 India and Norway has decided to strengthen the bilateral cooperation in the field of
environment and climate change particularly in the field of marine pollution.
 UAE becomes 1st Arab Nation to issue license to operate a reactor at its Barakah
Nuclear power plant.
 Bangladesh will sign Free Trade Agreement with Nepal to improve the trade between
the two countries.
 External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar will inaugurate Indian Pavilion at 70th Berlin
International Film Festival on Germany
 The 22nd edition of the world language database Ethnologue stated Hindi, as the 3rd
most spoken language of the world in 2019 with 615 million speakers. English and
Mandarin Chinese are 2nd, 3d respectively.
 Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos launches $10 billion fund to combat climate change.
 Union Food processing industries Minister ‘Harsimat Kaur Badal’ has inaugurated the
25th edition of GulFood 2020 in Dubai, UAE.
 Bangladesh has observed language movement martyrs “Shaheed Dibash” also known as
‘Amar Ekushey’ on 21st of February2020.
 The Government of Sri Lanka has formally notified the United Nations that it is
withdrawing from a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution on war
crimes.
NATIONAL
 The Central Government has aimed to achieve objective of Housing for all by 2022
under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Grameen (PMAY-G) scheme.
 The AN-32 aircraft of Indian Air Force powered with 10% blend of bio-jet fuel took off
and landed successfully in Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport, Leh.
 India’s first of its kind fruit train was launched from Tadipatri Railway Station in
Anantapur district & from Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh.
 The President Ram Nath Kovind has inaugurated the 34th edition of Surajkund
International Crafts Mela. The Theme State is Himachal Pradesh and Uzbekistan is the
partner country.
 The third private train (Hamsafar Exp) of the IRCTC would run between Indore and
Varanasi.
 Paytm has launched an Android POS device for small and medium businesses (SMEs) &
merchant partners.
 DST that works under the Ministry of Science and Technology has launched a special
scheme called “Sophisticated Analytical & Technical Help Institutes (SATHI)” to address
need for building strong science & technology infrastructure.
 Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog has begun a series of innovation demo days. The
series aims to unite the stakeholders of the food processing and agriculture sector in
India.
 India signs 1st ever term contract with Russia for Importing Russian Crude Oil.
 The Walled City of Jaipur, known for its iconic architectural legacy and vibrant culture,
made its entry into the UNESCO World Heritage Site list.
 Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Nepal (BBIN) member of nation has deliberated to sign
a MoU for the implementation of Motor Vehicles Agreement.
 The Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has paired up 20 best performing cities
with the 20 bottom cities and they will work as “sister cities”.
 PM Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency Varanasi will guide Amritsar and
Ahmedabad will help Chandigarh in implementing projects under the 'smart cities'
mission.
 Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has organizing an 18-day long Ek Bharat
Shreshth Bharat campaign across India to promote cultural Unity.
 Uttar Pradesh state government is to introduce an internship scheme for students of
class 10th and 12th and those pursuing graduation.
 The Northern Coalfields Ltd (NCL) has set up a research and development centre
‘SARAS' to focusing on a sustainable model for development in coal mining.
 India will include the Asian Elephant and Great Indian Bustard in the list of species that
merit heightened conservation measures.
 The Ministry of Minority Affairs has organized the ‘20th Hunar Haat’ showcases the
handmade indigenous products of master artisans and craftsman to be held at New
Delhi with the theme “Kaushal Ko Kaam”.
 The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will develop an air quality monitoring
network across 90 locations in Mumbai.
 Union HRD Minister and Union Health Minister jointly release curriculum for School
Health Ambassador Initiative under Ayushman Bharat in New Delhi.
 Vice President Venakaih Naidu held bilateral delegation-level talks with his Vietnamese
counterpart Dang Thai Ngoc Thinh in New Delhi.
 ‘Apiary on Wheels’, a unique concept designed by KVIC for the easy upkeep and
migration of Bee Boxes having live Bee colonies, was flagged off by Shri Nitin Gadkari in
New Delhi.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated ‘Kashi Ek Roop Anek’, a cultural arts and
handicrafts exhibition in Varanasi.
 PM Modi flagged off the IRCTC’s 1st overnight journey private train in the country Maha
Kaal Express through video link. The train will run on Varanasi, Ujjain and
Omkareshwar.
 “Indira Gandhi International Airport” of Delhi has been declared by the Delhi
International Airport Ltd as India’s first single-use plastic-free airport.
 The Ministry of Textiles has organized “Kala Kumbh” in New Delhi for to promote GI
(Geographical Indication) crafts and heritage of India.
 The president of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind has inaugurated the Jampore Sea Front
Road from Moti Daman Jetty to Jampore Beach and an Ayushman Bharat Wellness
Centre in Daman.
 Union Government will facilitate doubling of milk processing capacity from over 53
million tonnes to 108 million tonnes by 2025.
 Defense Minister Shri Rajnath Singh laid the foundation stone of the Army Headquarters
new building “Thal Sena Bhawan” in Delhi.
 Union Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) has launched a
National Level Awareness Programme (NLAP) 2020 to spread awareness about the
schemes & Activities of the ministry.
 The Central Government has disburses Rs 50,850 crore to farmers under Pradhan
Mantri Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme.
 Union Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD) Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal
launched the “Higher Education Leadership Development Programme for
Administrator”.
 Union Minister of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal has launched the–
Market Intelligence and Early Warning System (MIEWS) Web Portal.
 The Ministry of Food Processing Industries(MoFPI) has approved Rs 162 crore under
Operation Green scheme.
 The National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom), in
collaboration with Niti Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), launched an artificial
intelligence (AI) based module for students of Indian schools.
 NITI Aayog has selected Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir for first pilot project
among all States and UTs on Sustainable Developmental Goals.
 List of important MoU’s and agreements
Signed Between Purpose of MOU and Agreements

India and Maldives For establishing the Addu Tourism zone in five islands
of Addu atoll at a cost of 2.49 million dollars
CSIR-CFTRI and APEDA To set up a Liaison Office, Guwahati, Assam to provide
technical support to the food industries in the
Northeast region
India and Norway In the field of research and higher education
India and Iceland In the field of sustainable fisheries development
India and Sri Lanka For up-gradation of infrastructure in plantation
schools for estate workers of Indian origin
National Mission for Clean To renovate Ghats at Badrinath & Ghats & Crematoria
Ganga(NMCG),State Program at Gangotri in Uttarakhand. The total cost of the
Management Group-Uttarakhand project is 26.64 Crore.
(SPMG-UK) and Indorama Charitable
Trust (ICT)
NTPC (National Thermal Power To provide financial support for installation &
Corporation Limited) and CPCB commissioning of Continuous Ambient Air Quality
(Central Pollution Control Board) Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS)
 List of Cabinet approved recently

Cabinet approved Reason
Cabinet clears the setting up of The new Major Port will be established on the basis of land
Major Port at Vadhavan lord model. The projected cost of the Vadhavan Port is over Rs
65,000 crore.
Indian Institutes of Information The bill will declare the remaining five IIITs along with the
Technology Laws (Amendment) existing 15 IIITs in PPP mode as Institutions of National
Bill, 2020 Importance with powers to award degrees.
Amendment to bring These amendments will apply to the urban co-operative banks
cooperative banks under and multi-state cooperative banks. In present, cooperative
regulatory control of RBI banks are governed by dual control of cooperative societies as
well as the Reserve Bank of India.
Cabinet approves to infuse Rs The companies are Oriental Insurance Company Limited (OICL),
2500 crore for three public National Insurance Company Limited (NICL) and United India
sector General Insurance Insurance Company Limited (UIICL)
Companies (PSGICs)
Relaxation of rules to Alliance The exemption has been granted to Alliance Air for a minimum
Air in operating flights between of 20 aircraft or 20 % of the total capacity, with special rules
India & Sri Lanka related to the deployment for domestic operations.
Cabinet nod to changes in Vivad To reduce litigations related to direct taxes pending in various
se Vishwas Bill debt recovery tribunals (DRTs) involving over Rs 9.32 lakh cr
Cabinet gave approval Pesticide Pesticide Management Bill, 2020 to benefit farmers and Major
Management Bill, 2020 and Ports Authority Bill, 2020 to resolve disputes related to sea
Major Ports Authority Bill, 2020 ports
Cabinet approves constitution of The Law Commission shall undertake research in law and
22nd Law Commission review of existing laws in India for making reforms therein and
enacting new legislations.
Cabinet approves second phase According to the Jal Shakti Ministry, The second phase will be
of Swachh Bharat Mission implemented on a mission mode between 2020-21 and 2024-
(Rural) 25 with an estimated central and state budget of Rs 52,497
crore.
Cabinet approves Rs 4,558 crore The government will also install 28000 Bulk Milk Coolers. This
scheme for dairy sector will increase the capacity to keep milk cold by 140 lakh liters.
Cabinet approved Procurement PM Modi has approved the acquisition of 24 Sikorsky MH
of 24 US made MH-60R Seahawk (Maritime Helicopters)-60R (Romeo) seahawk multi-role
helicopters Helicopters from The United States, worth of USD 2.6 billion
(approximately Rs.1871 crores) for Indian Navy.
Cabinet approves National The objective of this mission is to lead India in the manufacture
technical textiles mission costing of technical fabrics used in specific fields like medical, military.
Rs 1,480 crore
Cabinet approves the exemption This will help in the smooth execution of the Chabahar project
of IPGL from the DPE Guidelines in Iran.
Cabinet approves the order to It will implement under Section 96 of the Jammu and Kashmir
include 37 central laws in the Reorganization Act, 2019. The approval is an effort to ensure
concurrent list for administrative effectiveness and smooth transition in J&K.
implementation in the J&K
Union Territory
SPECIAL DAYS
DATE SPECIAL DAY THEME
02 February World Wetlands Day 'Wetlands and Biodiversity’
04 February World Cancer Day “I am and I will”
Sri Lanka celebrates its 72nd
Independence Day
06 February International Day of Zero “Unleashing Youth Power”
Tolerance for Female Genital
Mutilation
10 to 14 February, RBI to conduct “Financial “Micro, Small and Medium
2020 Literacy Week 2020” Enterprises (MSMEs)”
10 Febrauary World Pulses Day
National Deworming Day
11 February International Day of Women “Investment in Women and
& Girls in Science Girls in Science for Inclusive
Green Growth”
World Unani Day
Safer Internet Day 2020 “Together for better

Internet”
12 February National Productivity day
International Darwin Day

13 February National Women’s day
World Radio Day “Radio and Diversity”
15 February World Pangolin Day
19 February 5th Soil Health Card Day

70th National Democracy
Day of Nepal
20 February World Day of Social Justice “Closing the Inequalities Gap
to Achieve Social Justice”
Arunachal Pradesh
Statehood Day
21 February International Mother “Languages without Border”
Language Day (IMLD)
“Matribhasha Diwas” in “Celebrating our Multilingual
India Heritage”
22 February World Thinking Day “Diversity, Equity and
Inclusion”
24 February Central Excise Day
27 February India First Protein Day ProteinMeinKyaHai
World Non-Governmental
Organisation (NGO) Day
28 February National Science Day “Women in Science”
29 February 13th observance of “Rare is Many. Rare is Strong.
International Rare Disease Rare is Proud”
Day
AWARDS AND HONOURS

 Madhya Pradesh has bagged the first position for the implementation of Pradhan
Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana. Union Minister of Women and Child Development
Smriti Irani will present this award to Madhya Pradesh at a function in New Delhi.
 Noted actor Waheeda Rehman will be conferred the Madhya Pradesh government's
National Kishore Kumar Samman. The award, for the year 2017-18.
 The oldest international event for non-feature films in South Asia, 16th edition of
Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF) 2020 was held at Nehru Centre Auditorium,
Worli, Mumbai, Maharashtra.
o Golden Conch, Silver Conch and other Special Awards:
Award Name Won by Director
Golden Conch Babenco: Tell Me When I Die Barbara Paz

Award 2020 for Best (Brazilian documentary film)
Documentary Film
Silver Conch Award Marathi film Paavsacha Nibandh Nagaraj

for the Best Short (An Essay of Rain) Manjule
Fiction Film
Silver Conch Award German film Portrait of Suzanne Izabela
for the Best Plucinska
Animation Film Indian film Panangaatu Nari (The Divakar S. K.
Fox of the Palmgrove)
 The full list of award-winning films and filmmakers across various categories can be
found here:
 http://164.100.117.97/WriteReadData/userfiles/MIFF%202020%20Awards.pdf
 73rd British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards 2020 ceremony, popularly
referred to as BAFTA Awards 2019 was held on February 2, 2020 in Royal Albert Hall, London,
United Kingdom. It honours the best national and foreign films of 2019. Here is the complete list
of winners of 2020 EE British Academy Film Awards: http://www.bafta.org/film/awards/ee-
british-academy-film-awards-nominees-winners-2020
 National Awards for e-Governance 2019-20 presented at 23rd edition of National Conference
on e-Governance 2020 held in Mumbai, Maharshtra.
o The full list of awardees of National e-Governance (NAeG) 2019-20 given in the below
link,
o http://164.100.117.97/WriteReadData/userfiles/National%20eGovernance%20Awardee
s%202020.pdf
 The 2020 Oscars Awards has announced. It’s time to honour the movies of last year (2019). The
92nd chapter of Hollywood’s most prestigious annual awards shows, overseen by the Academy
of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences held at Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
Category Winner
Best Picture Parasite, Kwak Sin Ae and Bong Joon Ho, Producers
Actor in a Leading Role Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Actress in a Leading Role Renee Zellweger, Judy
Best sound mixing 1917
Best sound editing Ford v Ferrari
Best supporting actress Laura Dern for Marriage Story
Documentary short Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)
feature
Documentary feature American Factory
Best costume design- Jacqueline Durran, Little Women
Best production design Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Live-action short film The Neighbors’ Window
Best adapted screenplay Taika Waititi, Jojo Rabbit
Best original screenplay Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
Animated short film Hair Love
Animated feature film Toy Story 4
Best supporting actor Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Best Music (Original Joker, Hildur Guonadottir
Score)
Best Short Film Hair Love
(Animated)
Best Directing Film Parasite, Bong Joon Ho
Best Cinematography 1917, Roger Deakins
Best Writing (Original Parasite
Screenplay)
Best Music (Original “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from Rocketman
Song)
Visual Effects 1917
Makeup and Hairstyling Bombshell
 Other Dan David Prize 2020 Laureates:

S.No Category Won by
Past (Cultural Preservation and Lonnie G. Bunch III (American educator and
1
Revival) historian)
Past (Cultural Preservation and Prof.Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett (University
2
Revival) Professor at New York University)
Prof. Debora Diniz Rodrigues (law professor at
3 Present – Gender equality
the University of Brasilia,Brazil)
Demis Hassabis (British artificial intelligence
4 Future -Artificial Intelligence researcher & co-founder and CEO of DeepMind,
the world’s leading AI research company.)
Prof. Amnon Shashua (Israeli computer scientist
5 Future -Artificial Intelligence and CEO and co-founder of Mobileye, an Israeli
company)
 ESPNcricinfo (sports news website) announced the 13th edition of the Annual
ESPNcricinfo Awards 2019. The awards were presented under 12 categories & selected
by a jury comprising former cricketers, ESPNcricinfo senior editors, writers & global
correspondents.
 Winners list:
Category Winners Country
Test batting performance of the year Kusal Perera Sri Lanka
Test bowling performance of the year Kemar Roach West Indies
ODI batting performance of the year Ben Stokes England
ODI bowling performance of the year Matt Henry New Zealand
T20I batting performance of the year Gleen Maxwell Australia
T20I bowling performance of the year Lasith Malinga Sri Lanka
Captain of the year Eoin Morgan England
Debutant of the year Jofra Archer England
Women’s batting performance of the year Meg Lanning Australia
Women’s bowling performance of the
Ellyse Perry Australia
year
Associate batting performance of the year George Munsey Scotland
Associate bowling performance of the
Bilal Khan Oman
year
 The 65th edition of Amazon Filmfare Awards 2020 was held at Indira Gandhi Athletic
Stadium in Guwahati, Assam from15 Feb 2020 – 16 Feb 2020.
 List of winers:
Best Film ‘Gully Boy’
Best Director Zoya Akhtar for ‘Gully Boy’
Best Film (Critics) ‘Article 15’ (Anubhav Sinha) and
‘Sonchiriya’ (Abhishek Chaubey)
Best Actor In A Leading Role (Male) Ranveer Singh for ‘Gully Boy’
Best Actor (Critics) Ayushmann Khurrana for ‘Article 15’
Best Actor In A Leading Role Alia Bhatt for ‘Gully Boy’
(Female)
Best Actress (Critics) Bhumi Pednekar and Taapsee Pannu for
‘Saand Ki Aankh’
Best Actor In A Supporting Role Amruta Subhash for ‘Gully Boy’
(Female)
Best Actor In A Supporting Role Siddhant Chaturvedi for ‘Gully Boy’
(Male)
Best Music Album ‘Gully Boy’: Zoya Akhtar-Ankur Tewari
and ‘Kabir Singh’: Mithoon, Amaal
Mallik, Vishal Mishra, Sachet–Parampara
and Akhil Sachdeva
Best Lyrics Divine and Ankur Tewari for “Apna Time
Aayega” (Gully Boy)
Best Playback Singer (Male) Arijit Singh for “Kalank Nahi Ishq Hai
Kajal Piya” (Kalank)
Best Playback Singer (Female) Shilpa Rao for Ke Ghungroo Toot Gaye
(War)
Best Debut Director Aditya Dhar for ‘Uri: The Surgical Strike’
Best Debut Actor Abhimanyu Dassani for ‘Mard Ko Dard
Nahi Hota’
Best Debut Actress Ananya Pandey for ‘Student Of The Year
2’ and ‘Pati Patni Aur Woh’
Best Original Story ‘Article 15’ (Anubhav Sinha and Gaurav
Solanki)
Best Screenplay ‘Gully Boy’ (Reema Kagti and Zoya
Akhtar)
Best Dialogue ‘Gully Boy’ (Vijay Maurya)
Lifetime Achievement Award Ramesh Sippy
Excellence In Cinema Govinda
RD Burman Award For Upcoming Sashwat Sachdev for URI
Music Talent
 Laureus World Sports Awards 2020 was held in Berlin, Germany. Indian cricketer Sachin
Tendulkar’s 2011 World Cup-winning moment was voted the Laureus Sporting
Moment of 2000-2020.
 Below is the complete list of winners of Laureus World Sports Awards:

Award Name Winner
Laureus World Sportsman of the Year: Lewis Hamilton and Lionel Messi
Laureus World Sportswoman of the
Simone Biles
Year
Laureus World Team of the Year South Africa Men’s Rugby Team
Carried on the shoulders of a nation’
Laureus Best Sporting Moment
– Sachin Tendulkar
Laureus World Breakthrough of the
Egan Bernal
Year
Laureus World Comeback of the Year Sophia Flörsch
Laureus World Sportsperson of the
Oksana Masters
Year with a Disability
Laureus World Action Sportsperson of
Chloe Kim
the Year:
Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award: Dirk Nowitzki
Laureus Academy Exceptional
Spanish Basketball Federation
Achievement Award
Laureus Sport for Good Award South Bronx United
 Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) Multi-Sport Annual Awards

2019 announced PV Sindhu & Saurabh Chaudhary as ‘sportsperson of the year 2019
female & male’. PV Sindhu received this ‘Sportsperson of the year’(Female) award for
the third consecutive time.
Award Name Winner
Sportsperson of the Year (Male) Saurabh Chaudhary (Pistol
shooter)
Sportsperson of the Year (Female) PV Sindhu (Badminton)
Emerging Sportsperson of the Year Deepak Punia (Freestyle
wrestler)
Coach of the Year Pullela Gopichand (Badminton)
Team of the Year Manu Bhaker-Saurabh
Chaudhary (10m air pistol)
Lifetime Achievement award Balbir Singh Sr (Hockey)
Comeback of the Year Koneru Humpy (Chess player)
Differently-abled Athlete of the Year Manasi Joshi (Badminton)
Moment of the Year PV Sindhu’s World
Championships final win
The Courage award Dutee Chand (Athlete)
 21st edition of Ernst & Young awards held in New Delhi, India.
Award Category Winner
EY Entrepreneur of the year Kiran-Mazumdar Shaw, Chairperson &
MD, Biocon.
Lifetime Achievement Adi Godrej, Chairman, Godrej Group.
Start-up Falguni Nayar, founder & CEO, Nykaa

E-retail.
Transformational Impact Person Tuhin Parikh, senior managing director
of the Year (Real Estate),, Blackstone India.
Manufacturing Arun Bharat Ram, chairman, SRF
Services Sridhar Vembu, founder and CEO,
ZOHO Corporation
Financial Services Yashish Dahiya, CEO & co-founder,
Policy Bazaar.
Consumer Products & Retail Berger Paints Chairman, Kuldip Singh
Dhingra and Vice-Chairman Gurbachan
Singh Dhingra.
Life Sciences & Healthcare Arvind Lal, Chairman & MD Dr Lal
PathLabs and CEO Om Manchanda of
Dr Lal PathLabs.
Entrepreneurial CEO K B S Anand, MD & CEO, Asian Paints.
Energy, Real Estate & Ravi Raheeja & Neel Raheeja, group
Infrastructure Presidents, K Raheja Corp
 Veteran actor Manoj Kumar has been felicitated by the World Book of Records, London
with the WBR Golden Era of Bollywood honour for being a legendary actor and for his
contribution to Indian cinema.
 Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival 2020
 Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2020 were held on
February 20 in Mumbai. Actor Ravi Dubey served as the host of the evening and
many celebrities attended the glamorous event from the film and television
industry.
 Here is the full list of awards/ winners at the Dadasaheb Phalke International
Film Festival Awards 2020:
Category Winner
Best Film Super 30
Best Actor Hrithik Roshan
Most Promising Actor Kiccha Sudeep
Best Actor in Television Series Dheeraj Dhoopar
Best Actress in Television Divyanka Tripathi
Most Favourite Television Harshad Chopda
Actor
Most Favourite Jodi in Sriti Jha and Shabbir Ahluwalia
Television Series (Kumkum Bhagya)
Best Reality Show Bigg Boss 13
Best Television Series Kumkum Bhagya
Best Playback Singer Male Armaan Malik
 Dr. Niti Kumar, Senior Scientist of Molecular Parasitology and Immunology Division,
CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow, has received the SERB (Science and Engineering Research Board)
Women's Excellence Award-2020.
 The Indian Air Force (IAF), The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) won trophies for
Republic Day Parade 2020
 Sahitya Akademi prize for translation 2019 announced
o Chandrashekar Kambar, President of Sahitya Akademi, announced a total of 23

awards in various Indian languages.
o Full List of Awards: http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/pdf/Pressrelease_TP-2019.pdf
SEMINARS AND MEETINGS
SEMINARS & MEETINGS PLACE TAGLINE/THEME
Indian National Commission for New Delhi
Cooperation with UNESCO (INCCU)
Ministerial-level Defence dialogue New Delhi
between India and South Korea
India-Central Asia Business council New Delhi
2 day BIMSTEC ‘Conference on New Delhi
Combating Drug Trafficking’
“National Organic Food Festival” for New Delhi Unleashing India’s Organic
women entrepreneurs Market Potential
All India Conference of the Central New Delhi
Administrative Tribunal (CAT)
meeting on Active Pharmaceuticals New Delhi
Ingredients (API) Industry
International Judicial Conference New Delhi “Gender Just World”
1st ‘National Conference on Coastal New Delhi
Disaster Risk Reduction and
Resilience (CDRR&R) 2020
First Artificial Intelligence summit in New Delhi “RAISE 2020: Responsible AI
April for Social Empowerment
2020”
International Conference on New Delhi
Standardisation of Diagnosis and
Terminologies in Ayurveda, Unani
and Siddha Systems of Medicine
(ICoSDiTAUS-2020)
91st Annual General Meeting of the New Delhi
Indian Council of Agricultural
Research (ICAR) Society
11th National Krishi Vigyan Kendra New Delhi
(KVK) Conference 2020
24th Meeting of the Eastern Zonal Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Council
19th edition of World Productivity Bengaluru, Karnataka “Industry 4.0 – Innovation
Congress (WPC) 2020 and Productivity”
Bilateral air exercise Hindan in Uttar “Base Defence and Force
“Indradhanush-V” 2020 between Pradesh Protection”
Indian Air Force (IAF) and British
Royal Air Forces (RAF)
NCMRWF organizes international Noida, Uttar Pradesh
conference on Ensemble Methods
in Modelling and Data Assimilation
(EMMDA)
NITI Aayog to organize North East Guwahati, Assam
SDG Conclave 2020

A brainstorming session “Chintan Kevadia in Gujarat
Shivir”
The 5th edition of Difficult Panaji, Goa “State of Law” in India.
Dialogues, an annual forum
examining issues of contemporary
relevance in South Asia
1st -ever Global Investors Summit- Srinagar and Jammu,
2020 Jammu & Kashmir
17th edition of Bio Asia 2020 Hyderabad, Telangana ‘Today for Tomorrow’
National Workshop on Disaster Risk Mumbai, Maharshtra
Financing, Insurance and Risk
Transfer
National Water Conference Bhopal, Madhya
Pradesh
20th International Seminar on Manesar, Haryana.
“Comprehends the Evolving
Contours of Terrorism & IED
Threat-Wayahead for the Security
Community”
Intl conference on Climate change Kochi, Kerala ‘Climate Change-Effective
& Ocean health “CLIMFISHCON- Adaptation for a Secure
2020” Future’
2nd BIMSTEC Disaster Management Bhubaneswar, Odisha “Response to a cultural
Exercise, 2020 heritage site that suffers
severe damage in an
earthquake” & “Response to
a Cultural Heritage site that
is affected by flooding or
storm surge”.
6th edition of the mega industrial Vadodara, Gujarat
exhibition ‘Engiexpo 2020’
4th National Conference on Udaipur, Rajasthan.
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
(PMFBY)
India FinTech Festival (IFF) 2020 Mumbai, Maharshtra
23rd National conference on e- Mumbai, “India 2020: Digital
Governance 2020 Maharashtra. Transformation”
4th EAS (East Asia Summit) Chennai , Tamil Nadu
Conference on Maritime Security
Cooperation 2020
Indian Navy Conducts Coastal Kolkata, West Bengal
Security Exercise ‘Matla Abhiyan’
11th five-day DefExpo Lucknow, Uttar "India: The Emerging
Pradesh Defence Manufacturing Hub"
th
5 India-Russia Military Industrial Lucknow, Uttar
Conference Pradesh
22nd edition of India international Kochi, Kerala “Blue Revolution- Beyond
seafood show (IISS) Production to Value

Addition”
DGQA conducted a seminar DGQAs DefExpo 2020 at "DGQA's Role in MoD
Role in MoD Schemes Lucknow Schemes for Incentivizing
Defence Manufacturing"
5th Dhaka Art Summit Dhaka, Bangladesh
5th Joint Military Exercise between Salisbury Plains,
Indian Army and United United Kingdom(UK)
Kingdom(UK) Army AJEYA
WARRIOR-2020
33rd African Union (AU) summit Addis Ababa, Ethiopia “Silencing the Guns: Creating
conducive conditions for
Africa’s development“
43rd Governing council meet of Rome, Italy “Investing in sustainable
International Fund for Agricultural food systems to end hunger
Development (IFAD) 2020 by 2030″
26th session of the Conference of Glasgow, Scotland
the Parties (COP 26) (UK)
13th Asian Business & Social Bangkok, Thailand
Investor Forum 2020 & 4th Asia’s
Greatest Brands & Leaders 2020
Munich Security Conference 2020 Munich, Germany
3rd Global Ministerial Conference Stockholm, Sweden Achieving Global Goals 2030
on Road Safety 2020
9th Defence and Security Expert Islamabad, Pakistan
Working Group meeting of SCO
G20 finance ministers and central Riyadh, Saudi Arabia “Realizing Opportunities of
bank governors meeting 2020 the 21st Century for All”
Conference on Enhancing Energy Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Cooperation in the BIMSTEC Region
SPORTS
 'Rubigula', Flame-Throated Bulbul, has been unveiled as the official mascot for the 36th
edition of National Games will be held in Panaji, Goa from 20th October to 4th
November 2020.
 NADA Suspends Weightlifter Ramshad AR for 2 Years and Wrestler Ravinder Kumar for
4 Years after being found guilty of violating the anti-doping rule.
 108th Australian open 2020 held in Melbourne, Australia
 Winners list:
Category Winners
Men’s Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Women’s Singles Sofia Kenin (US)
Men’s Doubles Rajeev Ram (US)
Joe Salisbury (United Kingdom)
 All Women’s’ Doubles Kristina Mladenovic (France) India
Timea babos (Hungary) Tennis
Mixed Doubles Nikola Mektic (Croatia)
Barbora Krejcikova (Czech Republic)
Association (AITA) announced Rohit Rajpal will continue as India’s non-playing Davis
Cup captain 2020, in the selection committee meeting held at New Delhi, India.
 American tennis player Abigail Spears was handed a 22-month doping ban after a
positive test from last year’s U.S. Open.
 Ladakh Scouts won the first-ever Khelo India Ice Hockey Championship after defeating
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) 3-2 in the final at NDS Indoor stadium
 Indian boxers has clichéd 5 medals (4 silver, 1 Bronze) at the 64th “Bocskai Istvan
Memorial” ,an International Boxing Tournament for Elite Men and Women in 2020 held
in Debracen, Hungary from February 2-8, 2020.
 Indian winners:
S.No. Name Category Medal
1 Gaurav Chauhan 91 Kg Silver
2 Jyoti Gulia 51 Kg Silver
3 Manisha 57 Kg Silver
4 PL Prasad 52 Kg Silver
5 Sachin 57 Kg Bronze
 Aditya Mehta & Vidya Pillai wins National Snooker Championship

 Armand Mondo Duplaints, 20 years old, American-born Swedish pole vaulter, broke
the World record of frenchman Renaud Lavillennie. Mondo Duplaints jumped a height
of 6.17 meters on his 2nd attempt at the World Athletics Indoor Tour meeting in Torun,
Poland.
 Badminton World Federation (BWF) ,the international governing body for the sport of
badminton has organized Brazil Para badminton International 2020 in Sao Paulo,Brazil.
India ended its campaign with 11 medals (4 Gold, 5 Silver,2 Bronze). While,
China emerged the most successful team with 8 gold medals.
Category Player Medal
Men’s singles SL3 Pramod Bhagat Gold
Men’s doubles SL3-SL4 Pramod Bhagat & Manoj Gold
Sarkar
3Men’s singles SL4 Suhas Lalinakere Yathiraj Gold
4Mixed Double SH6 Nagar Krishna (India) Gold
Carmen Giuliana Poveda
Flores (Canada)
5Women’s singles SL3 Parul Dalsukhbhai Silver
Parmarm
6Men’s Singles SL3 Manoj Sarkar Silver
7Men’s doubles SU5 Raj Kumar & Rakesh Silver
Pandey
8Men’s Singles SH6 Nagar Krishna Silver
9Mixed Double WH1 – Prem Kumar (India) Ale Silver
WH2 Tatiana Gureeva (Russia)
10Mixed Double SL 3 – Raj Kumar & Parul Bronze
SU 5 Dalsukhbhai Parmar
11Men’s singles SL4 Sukant Kadam Bronze
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first-ever Khelo India University Games
at Cuttack in Odisha. With this inauguration, India joined the League of Nations where
University Games are organized.
 The 2020 Asian Wrestling Championships, organized by the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) and United World Wrestling (UWW) , an international governing body
for the sport of amateur wrestling, was held at the KD Jadhav Indoor Stadium in Indira
Gandhi Arena, New Delhi. Japan topped the medal tally with 16 medals( 8 Gold, 4 Silver,
4 Bronze).While India finished 3rd rank with 20 medals( 5 Gold, 6 Silver, 9 Bronze).
Name Category Medal
Ravi Kumar Dahiya Men’s freestyle- 57kg Gold
Sunil Kumar Men’s Greco-Roman-87 kg Gold
Pinki Women’s freestyle-55 kg Gold
Sarita Mor Women’s freestyle- 59 kg Gold
Divya Kakran Women’s freestyle- 68 kg Gold
 India will host the Commonwealth Shooting and Archery Championships in
January 2022. The two events will be held in Chandigarh in January 2022, while the
Birmingham Commonwealth Games is scheduled from 27th of July to 7th of August,
2022.
 The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) announced that the Indian shotgun
team has withdrawn from tournament in the Shooting World Cup in Nicosia, Cyprus
which is scheduled to be from March 5 to 12 due to coronavirus outbreak.
BOOKS AND AUTHORS

Name of the Book Author Speaks About
The book is designed to make
anyone an expert in mind
'The Thin Mind Map mapping by devoting 2 full days
Dharmendra Rai
Book' to reading and doing all the
experiential exercises mentioned
in the book.
A Commentary and The book focuses on ways of
Digest on The Air, Act Dr.K.K. Khandelwal preventing and controlling air
1981’ pollution.
The book consists of the
information about India and its
developments, progress and
The Reference Annual-
Publications Division achievements of various
India/Bharat-2020
Government Ministries,
Departments and Organisations
during the year 2019.
The book contains gatherings of
speeches and writings of the 1st
Prime Minister of India Pandit
Jawaharlal Nehru, including
Who is bharat mata Purushottam Agarwal
information from his books like
“An Autobiography”, “Glimpses of
World History”, “The Discovery of
India” and etc.
OBITUARIES
Name of the Person Field/Importance

Pranab Kumar Gogoi Assam Legislative Assembly Speaker
D. Manjunath Former Karnataka Minister
Kirk Douglas Legendary film actor
Raju Bharatan Veteran cricket journalist
Roger Kahn Author
Renowned thinker, writer & founder director of
P. Parameswaran Bharatiya Vichara kendram
Giriraj Kishore Well-known Hindi novelist and Padma Shri awardee
Nandu Kulkarni Veteran journalist
Wendell Rodricks Fashion designer
Rajendra Pachauri Indian environmentalist
Sonam Sherpa Guitarist
Nikita Pearl Waligwa Disney actress
MP Tapas Pal Bengali actor and former MP
Harry Gregg Northern Irish footballer
Mickey Wright American professional golfer
M.S. Mani Journalist
Kishori Ballal Veteran Kannada actor
Former FICCI president & Executive Chairman of KCP
V.L Dutt Group
Larry Tesler Computer scientist
Ashok Chatterjee Former Indian footballer
C. Chennigappa Former Karnataka Minister
Wife of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s nephew Sisir
Netaji kin Krishna Bose Kumar Bose
Katherine Johnson NASA mathematician
Mohammed Hosni Egypt former President
Mubarak
K.P.P Samy Former Tamil Nadu Minister
Sudhakar Chaturvedi Centenarian freedom fighter and Vedic scholar
Shadakshari Settar Famous Historian and Professor
Chitetsu Watanabe World’s oldest man
S Kathavarayan Tamilnadu DMK MLA
Baidyanath Prasad Mahto Bihar Lok Sabha MP

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Sreedhar’s CCE CURRENT AFFAIRS CAPSULE FEBRUARY-2020

CURRENT AFFAIRS CAPSULE – FEBRUARY- 2020

 A team of Astronomers including a student Michelle Kunimoto at University of British

 The Maharashtra(MH) state government assembly has unanimously approved a law,

Faure Gnassingbe President of Togo’s

Signed Between Purpose of MOU and Agreements

 List of Cabinet approved recently

Safer Internet Day 2020 “Together for better

International Darwin Day

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AWARDS AND HONOURS

Golden Conch Babenco: Tell Me When I Die Barbara Paz

Silver Conch Award Marathi film Paavsacha Nibandh Nagaraj

 Other Dan David Prize 2020 Laureates:

 Below is the complete list of winners of Laureus World Sports Awards:

 Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (ESPN) Multi-Sport Annual Awards

Start-up Falguni Nayar, founder & CEO, Nykaa

o Chandrashekar Kambar, President of Sahitya Akademi, announced a total of 23

SDG Conclave 2020

seafood show (IISS) Production to Value

 Aditya Mehta & Vidya Pillai wins National Snooker Championship

BOOKS AND AUTHORS

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