February Current Affairs 2020

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DateDayTheme 2020
02 FebruaryWorld Wetlands DayWetlands and Biodiveristy
04 FebruaryWorld Cancer DayI am and I Will
06 FebruaryInternational day of zero Tolerance to female genital MutatilationUnleashing Youth power
10 FebruaryWorld Pulses DayPlant proteins for a sustainable future
11 FebruaryInternational day of women and Girls in ScienceInvestment in women and Girls in science of inclusive Green growth
13 FebruaryWorld Radio DayRadio and Diversity
13 FebruaryNational women's day in India
15 FebruaryWorld Pangolin Day
(Third Saturday of February)
19 February%th soil card day
20 FebruaryWorld day of social justiceClosing the inequalities gap to achieve Social Justice
21 FebruaryInternational Mother Language DayLanguages without borders
22 FebruaryWorld Thinking dayLiving Threads
24 FebruaryCentral Eccise day
27 FebruaryIndia's First Protein Day#ProteinMeinKyaHai
27 FebruaryWorld NGO Day
28 FebruaryNational Science DayWomen in Science
29 FebruaryRare Disease DayRare is Many. Rare is Strong. Rare is Proud
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Punjab govt bans sale of online lottery schemes to stop illegal sales

lottery

Punjab Cabinet led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh finalized to ban the sale of all types of online lottery schemes in the state under  under section 5 of the Lotteries (Regulation) Act 1998.

Biggest rural technical festival of India titled ‘Antahpragnya 2020’

Antahpragnya 2020

National Level India’s Biggest Rural Technical Festival named Antahpragnya 2020 in Telangana at Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies-Basar.

Karnataka to get a new airport with flights between Bidar and Bengaluru

Bidar Airport

GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd. has confirmed a concession agreement to commission, operationalise and maintain the Civilian Enclave at Bidar Airport in North Karnataka.

Telangana government started new virology lab at Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad

Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad

The State Government of Telangana has started the new virology lab at Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad to enable taking up diagnostic tests for Novel Coronavirus in the Telangana itself.

Deepa Malik elected as president of Paralympic Committee of India

Deepa Malik

Silver medalist para-athlete and India’s lone woman Paralympic medalist Deepa Malik has been elected as president of Paralympic Committee of India

Canara Bank appointed new MD and CEO

Canara Bank's new MD and CEO

LV Prabhakar appointed as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Canara Bank. Earlier, Prabhakar was the Executive Director at Punjab National Bank.

Union govt fixes aim of 30 km of highways a day in current fiscal

Highway

Union Government has fixes the aim for construction of highways about 30 kilometers per day in the current fiscal. Earlier it was 25.23 kilometres per day till December in 2019-20.

Amulya Mica got 7th MSME Excellence Award For Most Promising Brand 2019

Amulya Mica

7th MSME Excellence Awards & summit was managed by ASSOCHAM at Le Meridien, New Delhi. The winner for Most Promising Brand of the Year Award 2019, Gold Category was Amulya Mica(Purbanchal Laminates Pvt. Ltd.)

Madhya Pradesh grabs the first position for implementation of PMMVY

Madhya Pradesh grabs the first position for implementation of PMMVY

Madhya Pradesh has grabbed 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 at New Delhi.

60 year old pharmacy worker made record of being first deaf person to row across Atlantic Ocean

Mo O’Brien

60-year-old pharmacy worker, Mo O’Brien and her fellow crew members, including her daughter has become the first deaf person to row an ocean by finishing a 3,000-mile journey across the Atlantic Ocean in 49 days.