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Current Affairs of February 2020
- India’s first of its kind fruit train was launched from Tadipatrai Railway Station in Anantapur district and from Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh.
- Andhra Pradesh becomes 1st Indian State to launch the doorstep Pension delivery scheme YSR Pension Kanuka.
- Bangladesh has won the ICC under 19 Cricket World Cup 2020 held in South Africa defecting India.
- Arvind Krishna has been elected as CEO of American IT giant IBM.
- M. Ajit Kumar has been appointed as the chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC).
- Waheeda Rehman will be honored National Kishore Kumar Samman by the Madhya Pradesh government
- The Chief National Coach for the Indian Badminton team Pullela Gopichand honor with the Coaches lifetime achievement award by International Olympic Committee.
- South Indian Bank has won two awards at Banking Technology 2019 for best customer service amongst small banks.
- Manoj Kumar has been honored by the World Book of Records, Landon with the WBR Golden Era of Bollywood.
- Forest man of India Jadav Payeng will be awarded Swami Vivekananda Karmayogi Award 2020 in New Delhi.
- Larry Tesler, the computer scientist who introduction the cut, copy, and paste commands passed away.
- The Sardar Patel Stadium also Known as Motera stadium will become the largest cricket arena in the world when its construction will be completed in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
- 34th edition of Surajkund International Crafts Mela the Largest fair in the world was held in Surajkund, Haryana. And Himachal Pradesh was chosen ‘theme state’.
- Deepa Malik was been elected as President of the Paralympic Committee of India.
- World Wetlands Day was observed on February 2 to spread awareness and to conserve the wetlands all over the world. The theme is “ Wetlands and Biodiversity”.
- India’s biggest rural technical festival ‘ Antapragnya 2020 ‘ was held at Telangana with the theme “ Spot and encourage rural tech innovators’.
- Sourav Ganguly was invited by Indian Olympic Association to be Goodwill Ambassador of Team India at Tokyo Olympics 2021.
- Shaktikanta Das won the “Banker Magazines” Central Banker of the Year 2020’, Asia-Pacific.
- Indore won the 1st position in the implementation of Pardhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana ( PMMVY).
- Sofia Kenin of the U.S.A won the Women’s singles champion of the 2020 Australian Open.
- Novak Djokvic won the Men’s singles championship of the 2020 Australian Open.
- Amazon has partnered with Eastern Railways to set up a pick-up kiosk at the railway station.
- Delhi State’s transport corporation has won Transport Ministry’s Road Safety award 2018-19 for its low accident rate.
- Documentary film Babenco: Tell Me When I Die has won the 16th edition of Mumbai International Film Festival’s Golden Conch Award 2020.
- Film 1917 has won the Best movie award in the 73rd edition of British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA )2020 held in London, UK.
- Parasite movie won the 2020 Oscars Awards under the best movie category.
- World Cancer Day is observed every year on February 4, And this year’s theme was “I am and I will”.
- Bala Devi from Manipur became the first Indian women footballer to get a professional contract from Scottish Rangers FC.
- American astronaut Charistina Koch has set the record for staying the longest time in space by women.
- Glass floor suspension bridge, the first of its kind in the country to have a floor made of toughened transparent glass across River Ganga in Rishikesh.
- Kaamya Karthikeyan of Mumbai became the youngest girl in the world to climb the highest peak in South America it is located in Argentina.
- Great Indian Bustard bird is made the mascot of UN Convention of Conservation of Migratory Species.
- National Payment Corporation of India has launched an industry campaign name “UPI Chalega” to promote UPI as an Easy, Safe, and Instant mode of Payment.
- Prachi Dhankar won the ‘Best Boxer’ award at the Golden Girl Championship in Sweden.
- The ‘ Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Memorial Center’ is built in Varanasi.
- 30% is the highest income tax rate slab in India after Budget 2020-2021.
- Madhya Pradesh is the first in the country to launch the Unified vehicle registration card.
- “Janasevaka scheme” in Karanataka is launched to provide delivery of government services at doorstep between 8 am to 8 pm with the charge of Rs.115 for the service.
- Kerala government has launched the “Yodhav” mobile app at Kochi, Kerala through which the public can inform police about drug abuse and its distribution.
- Losar festival was celebrated at Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh.
- The Union Cabinet has given in-principle approval to set up a new major port at Vadhavana in Maharashtra.
- “Indira Gandhi International Airport” of Delhi was declared as India’s first single-use plastic-free airport.
- India ranks 40 on the global Intellectual property index.
- Ram Nath Kovind presented the International Gandhi Award for Leprosy to Dr. NS Dharmashaktu and Leprosy Mission Trust.
- Aditya Mehta and Vidya Pillai have won the National Snooker Championship held in Pune, Maharashtra.
- British Prince Charles has unveiled new children protection fund for India, Katy Perry will be the ambassador of the program.
- Pakistan has successfully completed the flight test of the air-launched cruise missile Ra’ad-2.
- Ashraf Ghani has won the Presidential elections of Afghanistan and will become the President of Afghanistan for 2nd time.
- Rishabh Pant has been appointed as ambassador of JSW steel.
- Sri Lanka formally notified the United Nations that it will withdraw from the UNHRC (United Nations Human Rights Council ).
- The Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee has revealed the official Games Motto: “United by Emotion” for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
- Indian Railways launched its First “Restaurant on Wheels” for railway passengers at Asansol Station, West Bengal.
- Indian Railways has launched the Hindi version of an AI-based chatbot called “ASKDISHA”
- FC Goa has become the first Indian club to qualify for the Asian Football Confederation Champion League group stage
- Nimad Chilli Festival 2020 was organized in Madhya Pradesh.
- Punjab government has reduced the retirement age of state government employees from 60 to 58.
- Jadav Payeng has been honored with the annual Swami Vivekananda Karmayogi award 2020.
- The 11th edition of the mega defense exhibition, DefExpo 2020 begins at Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh.
- India and the United Kingdom will conduct their 5th edition of the Joint military exercise ‘Ajeya Warriors-2020’ at Salisbury Plains the United Kingdom.
- 29 February is observed as Rare Disease Day.
- Tamil Nadu had decided to count the migratory birds visiting India.
- Microsoft will partnership with the State Bank of India to train differently-abled people to find jobs in the Banking sector.
- 28 February is observed as the National Science Day.
- Michael Miebach has been appointed as the new President of Mastercard.
- Maharashtra will establish the ‘Bharosa center’ to Monitor the impact of social media on youth.
- Rakhi Halder won the Gold at the senior women National Championship in Weightlifting.
- Manoj Das has been selected to receive the prestigious Mystic Kalinga Literary award of India and Global Language.
- Vinod Kumar Shukla has won Mathrubhumi Book of the year award for his translated book “Blue Is Like Blue”.
- BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise 2020 was held in Bhubaneswar Odisha.
- Ankita Raina won both the women’s singles and doubles titles in the ITF Thailand tennis Championship.
- Facebook launched the “We Think Digital” Program to empower women across on digital literacy, digital privacy, and misinformation.
- Kala Ghoda festival is celebrated in Mumbai.
- Vinod Shukla won the first Mathrubhumi Book of the Year award.
- The Insurance is scheduled commercial banks on bank deposits has been hiked to 5 lakh from Rs 1 lakh.
- Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi was appointed as Iraq’s new Prime Minister by President Barhim Salih.
- The Maldives has returned to Commonwealth Organization after its exist in 2016 and hence, has become the 54th member of the global body
- Mo O’Brien has become the 1st deaf person to row across the Atlantic Ocean by finishing a 3000-mile journey.
- Big Bang Boom Solution has won the Prestigious SKOCH Award in the defense sector.
- Rishi Sunak has been appointed as the Finance Minister of the United Kingdom.
- Hrithik Roshan has won the best actor award in Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2020.
- Adiline Casteline won the title ‘LIVA Miss Diva Universe 2020.
- Purushottam Agarwal authored the book ‘Who is Bharat Mata’.
- Lui-Ngai-Ni a seed sowing festival is celebrated in Manipur.
- Jammu and Kashmir will host its first-ever Global Investor Summit in April 2020.
- Kerala government launched the “Yodhavu” mobile app to combat drug abuse and its distribution.
- India will host International Hockey Federation Junior Men’s World cup 2021.
- India’s Rank 5th in the most polluted country list.