Category: Miscellaneous Current Affairs

To ensure passenger’s safety Delhi Police unites “Himmat Plus app” with app of ride hailing company Uber

Uber

The Delhi Police has released its “Himmat Plus App” to ensure safety and security of people travelling in cabs at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport. Delhi Police has united the app with the app of ride hailing company “Uber”.

GoI renames IDSA as ‘Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses’

Manohar Parrikar

The Union government has renamed ‘The Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses’ (IDSA) as ‘Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses’.

Radhakishan Damani becomes India’s 2nd richest person

Radhakishan Damani

Avenue Supermarts, which is doing business as D-Mart, founder Radhakishan Damani has now become the 2nd richest Indian after Reliance Industries Ltd chairman Mukesh Ambani, with a net worth of $17.8 billion.

Ambala City bus stand to be renamed after late Sushma Swaraj

Sushma Swaraj

The Haryana Government has renamed the Ambala City bus stand after former Union minister late Sushma Swaraj. The bus stand will now be called ‘Sushma Swaraj Bus Stand’.

65th Amazon Filmfare Awards 2020

Amazon Filmfare Awards

The 65th Amazon Filmfare Awards 2020 hosted in adorable Assam on 15th February 2020. It was hosted by Karan Johar (film director), Bollywood actors Vicky Kaushal and Varun Dhawan.

“Operation Nakail” for Auto-rickshaws in Ghaziabad

Operation Nakail

The Ghaziabad police started ‘Operation Nakail’ under which the identity of auto-rickshaw drivers will be verified and a unique four-digit number will be given to them. The drivers have to get the unique number written on front, left, right and rear side of auto-rickshaws.

Two prominent institutes named after Sushma Swaraj by GoI

Sushma Swaraj

The Government of India has renamed two institutions after Sushma Swaraj in an honour of the late External Affairs Minister. The two institutions are: the Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra and the Foreign Service Institute.

India bans e-cigarettes in both domestic and international flights

India bans e-cigarettes in both domestic and international flights

The Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), under the Ministry of Civil Aviation of India, has issued a circular that Electronic-Cigarettes and all forms of Electronic Nicotine Delivery System(ENDS) will be banned in both domestic and international flights as well as at airports

Elephant and Indian Bustard to be added in India’s global conservation list

Elephant and Indian Bustard

India to add the Asian Elephant and the Great Indian Bustard in the list of species that merit heightened conservation measures. The list will be debated at the 13th Conference of Parties (COP) of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS).