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Current Affairs – February 2020Current Affairs February 2020This is a guide to provide you a precise summary and a huge collection of Multiple ChoiceQuestions (MCQs) covering national and international current affairs for the monthof February 2020.This guide will help you in preparing for Indian competitive examinations like Bank PO,Banking, Railway, IAS, PCS, UPSC, CAT, GATE, CDS, NDA, MCA, MBA, Engineering,IBPS, Clerical Gradeand Officer Grade, etc.AudienceAspirants who are preparing for different competitive exams like Bank PO, Banking,Railway, IAS, PCS, UPSC, CAT, GATE, CDS, NDA, MCA, MBA, Engineering, IBPS, ClericalGrade, Officer Grade, etc.Even though you are not preparing for any exams but are willing to have newsencapsulated in a roll, which you can walk through within 30 minutes, then we have putall the major points for the whole month in a precise and interesting way.Copyright and Disclaimer Copyright 2020 by Tutorials Point (I) Pvt. Ltd.All the content and graphics published in this e-book are the property of Tutorials Point(I) Pvt. Ltd. The user of this e-book is prohibited to reuse, retain, copy, distribute orrepublish any contents or a part of contents of this e-book in any manner without writtenconsent of the publisher.We strive to update the contents of our website and tutorials as timely and as preciselyas possible, however, the contents may contain inaccuracies or errors. Tutorials Point (I)Pvt. Ltd. provides no guarantee regarding the accuracy, timeliness or completeness ofour website or its contents including this tutorial. If you discover any errors on ourwebsite or in this tutorial, please notify us at contact@tutorialspoint.comi
Current Affairs – February 2020Table of ContentsCurrent Affairs February 2020 . iAudience. iCopyright and Disclaimer . iTable of Contents. iiAPPOINTMENTS . 1AWARDS . 7BILLS AND ACTS. 13BOOKS & AUTHORS. 15COMMITTEES . 17DEATHS . 19DEFENCE . 25ECONOMIC . 30ENVIRONMENT . 40FINANCE. 43IMPORTANT DAYS . 47INTERNATIONAL. 54MISCELLANEOUS. 65NATIONAL . 68PERSONS IN NEWS . 85ii
Current Affairs – February 2020PLACES IN NEWS . 87REGIONAL . 91REPORTS . 102RESIGNATIONS & RETIREMENTS . 105SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY . 108SPORTS . 112UNION BUDGET 2020-2021 . 126HIGHLIGHTS OF ECONOMIC SURVEY. 129iii
AppointmentsCurrent Affairs – February 20201. Center appointed M Ajit Kumar as Chairman of CBICThe Government of India appointed M AjitKumar IRS (C&CE 84) as Chairman of theCentral Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs(CBIC). M Ajit Kumar is a 1984 batch IRSofficer hailing from Kozhikode.M Ajit has experience of working asDirectorate of Vigilance in New Delhi;Directorate of Revenue Intelligence inMumbai; Principal Chief Commissioner of GSTZone for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry andPrincipal Chief Commissioner of Customs zones in Chennai. He was honored with WorldCustoms Organisation certificate of merit for the year 2019.2. Ajay Bisaria appointed as India’s next Ambassador to CanadaIndia's High Commissioner to Pakistan, AjayBisaria was appointed as the next HighCommissioner of India to Canada. Prior to thisappointment, he was serving as HighCommissioner of India to Pakistan. Ajay Bisariareplaced Vikas Swarup. Recently, Pakistanurged India to recall its envoy due to risingtensions between India and Pakistan after NewDelhi scrapped Article 370, a constitutionalprovision that granted special status to Jammuand Kashmir.Taranjit Singh Sandhu was appointed as the next Indian ambassador to the UnitedStates. He replaced Harsh Vardhan Shringla.3. Gopal Baglay appointed as India’s next Ambassador to Sri LankaGopal Baglay appointed as the next HighCommissioner of India to the DemocraticSocialist Republic of Sri Lanka. He will replaceTaranjit Sandhu. Prior to this appointment, hewas serving as Joint Secretary in the PrimeMinister's Office.Baglay has held many key positions includingspokesperson of the MEA. 1992 IFS officerBaglayhasservedasDeputyHighCommissioner of India to Pakistan andhandled sensitive PAI (Pakistan-AfghanistanIran) division in the MEA.1
Current Affairs – February 20204. Karen Pierce appointed as Britain’s next ambassador to U.S.Britain appointed its current United Nationsenvoy Dame Karen Pierce as the nextambassador to the United States. Shebecame the first woman to hold the position.Pierce joined Foreign Office in 1981. She hasbeen posted to Tokyo, the Balkans andGeneva. She served as the UK’s ambassadorto Afghanistan in 2015 and 2016.Britain's previous ambassador to US, KimDarroch, had resigned in 2019 over hiscontroversial comments on US PresidentDonald Trump in leaked diplomatic cables.5. Rajiv Bansal appointed as CMD of Air IndiaThe Appointments Committee of the Cabinethas approved the appointment of Rajiv Bansalas the Chairman and Managing Director of AirIndia for a second time. Bansal is a 1988batch IAS officer of the Nagaland cadre and iscurrently the Additional Secretary in theMinistry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.Mr Bansal replaced Ashwani Lohani. Bansalwas in August 2017 named as Air India'sinterimCMDforthree months. Thegovernment has announced 100% stake saleof the debt-ridden national carrier.6. Rear Admiral Puruvir Das assumed charge as the Flag OfficerCommanding Gujarat Naval AreaRear Admiral Puruvir Das, Nau Sena Medaltook over the reins of the Gujarat, Damanand Diu Naval Area from Rear AdmiralSanjay Roye, Vishisht Seva Medal as itsfourth Flag Officer Commanding. In a careerspanning 30 years, he has held .The Navy gives very high priority to thefrontline state of Gujarat; due to itsstrategic location, vast coastline and economic importance for India. The FOGNA isresponsible to the Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command for allNaval operations in Gujarat, Daman and Diu Naval Area.2
Current Affairs – February 20207. Rear Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan took over as Eastern Fleet CommanderThe command of the Eastern Fleet washanded over to Rear Admiral SanjayVatsayan, NM by Rear Admiral Suraj Berry,AVSM,NM,VSM.TheEasternFleetcomprising of frontline warships of the IndianNavy are deployed across the indo-pacificregion to safeguard the nation’s maritimeinterest.Rear Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan is a Gunnery &Missile systems specialist and has vastexperience at sea and ashore. He hascommanded missile vessels Vibhuti and Nashak and has also been the commissioningCommanding Officer of the indigenously constructed state-of-the-art stealth frigateSahyadri.8. Atul Kumar Gupta elected as new ICAI PresidentAtul Kumar Gupta was elected as President ofThe Institute of Chartered Accountants(ICAI)for the year 2020-21. Nihar NiranjanJambusaria was elected as the Vice Presidentof the ICAI for 2020-21. Atul Kumar hasserved as Chairman of SAFA Committee onEducation, Training & CPD and Director ofXBRL India and ICAI-Accounting ResearchFoundation (ARF).Nihar has served as the Chairman of – IndASImplementationCommittee,ICAI,International tax Committee and various other important Committees/ Board of ICAI.9. G Narayanan to head space PSU NSILVeteran space scientist G Narayanan hasbeen named as the chairman of Indian SpaceResearchOrganisation'snewlyformedcommercial entity New Space India Ltd(NSIL). Prior to this appointment, he workedas deputy director (systems reliability andquality assurance) at the Liquid PropulsionSystems Centre (LPSC). LPSC develops liquidpropulsion stages for launch vehicles.NewSpace India Limited is a Central PublicSector Enterprise of Government of India,meant to scale up industry participation in Indian space programmes and excel inproviding space related products.3
Current Affairs – February 202010. IndusInd Bank names Sumant Kathpalia as MD & CEOIndusInd Bank hasappointed SumantKathpalia as the MD & CEO for three years,effective March 24, 2020. Kathpalia currentlyheads the bank’s Consumer Banking business.He will take over from Romesh Sobti, thecurrent MD & CEO.Kathpalia has been with the bank since 2008.Before joining IndusInd Bank, he led theconsumer banking business of ABN AMRO. Hehas also worked with Citibank and Bank ofAmerica.11. Vinay Dube appointed as GoAir new CEOGoAir appointed Vinay Dube, the former chiefexecutive officer (CEO) of Jet Airways, as itsnew CEO. His duties will be to achieve longterm growth objectives of the company, tostreamline operations, open new markets,keepmarginsintactandlookaftermanagement of the airline. The budget airlinedid not have a CEO since the departure ofCornelis Vrieswijk in March 2019.GoAir is an Indian low-cost airline based inMumbai, India, owned by Wadia Group. In2017, it was rated as the fifth largest airline in India with an 8.4% passenger marketshare.12. Sunil Gurbaxani appointed as new MD and CEO of Dhanlaxmi BankDhanlaxmi Bank appointed Sunil Gurbaxani asManaging Director & Chief Executive Officer ofthe Bank for three years from the date oftaking charge under RBI approval. Prior tothis appointment, Sunil Gurbaxani wasworking with Axis Bank.Gurbaxani has handled various roles such asCredit officer, Operations Head, AssistantGeneral Manager, Assistant Vice President,Vice President, Senior Vice President andExecutive Vice President in Axis Bank.Dhanlaxmi Bank Ltd is an old private sector bank headquartered in Kerela.4
Current Affairs – February 202013. Rajlaxmi Singh Deo was elected as President of Rowing Federationof IndiaRajlaxmi Singh Deo was re-elected as thePresident of the Rowing Federation of India(RFI) for four years till 2024. Rajpal Singh, GBhasker, Souvik Ghose and SreekumaraKurup will serve as the Vice-Presidents.Krishna Kumar Singh and Chirajit Phukanwere elected as the joint secretaries. JasbirSingh, Venkateswara Rao, Ismail Baig, Jacoband Manjunatha are the executive committeemembers.The Rowing Federation of India is the centralbody for the game of rowing in India. It is affiliated with the Indian Olympic Associationand Fédération Internationale des Sociétés d'Aviron.14. USIBC appointed Vijay Advani as new Chairman of Global BoardThe US-India Business Council (USIBC)appointed Vijay Advani as new Chair of itsGlobal Board of Directors. Prior to this, heserved as Executive Chairman of the Board.Lockheed Martin International Senior VicePresident Tim Cahill and GE South AsiaPresident & CEO Mahesh Palashikar wereselected as two new members of the GlobalBoard of Directors.Advani has worked at the World Bank,advising governments on developing financialmarkets. The U.S.-India Business Council encourage the private sectors of both Indiaand United States to enhance investment flows.15. Bhaskar Khulbe and Amarjeet Sinha appointed as Advisers to PMRetired IAS officers Bhaskar Khulbe andAmarjeet Sinha were appointed as Advisors toPrime Minister Narendra Modi by theAppointments Committee of the Cabinet.Appointments Committee of the Cabinet hasapproved the appointments in the PrimeMinister's Office (PMO) in the rank and scaleof Secretary on contractual basis initially for aperiod of two years.Bihar cadre’s Amarjeet Sinha retired as theRural Development Secretary in 2019. Bengalcadre’s Bhaskar Khulbe has served in thePMO.5
Current Affairs – February 202016. Sanjay Kothari appointed as new Central Vigilance CommissionerSanjay Kothari was appointed by a highpowered committee headed by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi as the new Central VigilanceCommissioner. Prior to this appointment, hewas serving as the Secretary to the President.Bimal Julka was appointed as the ChiefInformation Commissioner in the t,hewasservingasanInformation Commissioner.The three-member panel appointed SureshPatel as Vigilance Commissioner and AnitaPandove as Information Commissioner.17. Nritya Gopal Das elected as the President of Ram Mandir TrustMahant Nritya Gopal Das was electedPresident and Champat Rai as GeneralSecretary of the Ram Temple Trust at its firstmeeting held in New Delhi to oversee theconstruction of Ram temple in Ayodhya. Thetrust has been mandated by the CentralGovernment to complete the construction ofRam Temple at Ayodhya.The trust announced to create a Committee todecide on the construction of the temple.NripendraMisra, former principal secretary of Prime Minister Modi will be the head of thetemple construction committee.6
AwardsCurrent Affairs – February 20201. International Gandhi Awards for LeprosyPresident Ram Nath Kovind presented theInternational Gandhi Awards for Leprosy to DrN.S. Dharmashaktu in the individual categoryand the Leprosy Mission Trust in theinstitutional category. The Award is presentedonce in two years and consists of Rs. 2 lakhsas cash award, a Medallion and a Citation.Dr. N S Dharamshaktu has been recognized fordedicating several years of his life towardsfighting leprosy. Leprosy Mission Trust Indiahas been tirelessly working for and with the people afflicted by Leprosy for over acentury.2. Waheeda Rehman honoured with Kishore Kumar SammanNoted yesteryear actor Waheeda Rehmanwas conferred with the Madhya Pradeshgovernment'sNationalKishoreKumarSamman. She received a cash prize of Rs 2lakh and a citation. Popular directorPriyadarshan was also honored with KishoreKumar Samman.Waheeda Rehman appeared in many Hindi,Telugu, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam films.Prior to this, Waheeda Rehman has beenhonored with Padma Bhushan and Filmfare award for best actress.3. Shaktikanta Das named best central banker in Asia PacificThe Reserve Bank of India governorShaktikanta Das won the ‘Central Banker ofthe Year 2020’ for the Asia-Pacific region byfinancial intelligence magazine “The Banker”.He was honored for his outstanding stepstaken to bring banking in India up to standardvia a restrained approach to governance. Themagazine lauded Shaktikanta Das for settingup a college for supervisors, and mandatingbanks to select external benchmarks forlinking their lending rates.Other awardees include Jorgovanka Tabakovi, National Bank of Serbia as the GlobalCentral Banker of the Year.7
Current Affairs – February 20204. 2020 EE British Academy Film Awards held in LondonThe 2020 EE British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) winners were announced during theaward ceremony held at the Royal Albert Hall in London.CategoryLeading ActressLeading ActorBest FilmBest DirectorSupporting ActressSupporting ActorOutstanding British FilmEE Rising Star AwardWinnersRenee Zellweger (Judy)Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)1917Sam Mendes (1917)Laura Dern(Marriage Story)Brad Pitt (Once Upon aHollywood)1917Micheal WardTime in5. South Korean film 'Parasite' won Best Film OscarIt was for the first time in the history ofawards that a non-english film 'Parasite' wonfour prizes at 92nd Oscar awards. ‘Parasite’movie won awards for best director, bestinternational film and best screenplay.Parasite is a 2019 South Korean dark comedythriller film directed by Bong Joon-ho, whoalso co-wrote the screenplay with Han Jinwon. Parasite dominated the nominationssuch as movie‘1917’, ‘Once Upon a Time InHollywood’ and ‘The Irishman’.Joaquin Phoenix won the best actor for "Joker" and Renee Zellweger bagged the bestactress for "Judy".6. Prez Kovind presented President's Colour to Indian Navy's INS ShivajiPresident Ram Nath Kovind presentedPresident's Colour to Indian Navy's INSShivaji at Lonavala on the occasion ofPlatinum Jubilee of this premier trainingestablishment. The President’s Colour is thehighest honour that can be bestowed uponany military unit.The motto of INS Shivaji is KarmasuKaushalam which translates to imbibing theconcept of Skill at Work in all facets ofhuman endeavour. The establishment has rendered 75 years of glorious service to thenation by imparting training in engineering discipline to personnel of Indian Navy, CoastGuard, other sister services and friendly foreign Countries.8
Current Affairs – February 20207. Pullela Gopichand honoured with lifetime achievement award by IOCChief national badminton coach PullelaGopichand was honored in the male categoryof the prestigious 2019 International OlympicCommittee's Coaches Lifetime AchievementAward in recognition of the role he played inthe development of the game in the country.He became the first Indian coach to behonoured with this Lifetime award by theOlympics Committee.Pullela Gopichand is a former Indianbadminton player. Prior to this, Pullela washonored with Dronacharya award for coaching.8. South Indian Bank bagged two awards at the Banking Technology2019 awards by IBASouth Indian Bank has bagged two awards atthe Banking Technology 2019 awardsinstituted by the Indian Banks’ Association.The Bank emerged winner in the ‘MostCustomer Centric Bank Using Technology’category and runner up in the ‘BestPayments Initiative’ category amongst smallBanks’. Mr. Raphael T J, C.G.M and C.I.O andMr. Sony A, J.G.M received the awards onbehalf of South Indian Bank. Morgan Stanleyreceived award for ‘best digital initiative’ andHSBC won for ‘best use of emerging technology’.Banking Technology Awards recognise excellence and innovation in the use of IT infinancial services worldwide.9. India’s pioneering feminist Gita Sen wins Dan David Prize 2020India's pioneering feminist scholar andactivist Gita Sen won the prestigious DanDavid Prize 2020 for her pioneering work inthe fields of population. She is popularlyknown for her efforts in the fields of women’srights, reproductive and sexual health andpoverty eradication. At present, Gita Sen isservingasthedirectoroftheRamalingaswami Centre on Equity and SocialDeterminants of Health at the Public HealthFoundation of India.The Dan David Prize is an international award, endowed by the Dan David Foundationthat grants annually three prizes for outstanding achievement in the field of innovativeresearch.9
Current Affairs – February 202010. BioAsia 2020 announced Genome Valley Excellence AwardAmerican immunologist and oncologist Dr.Carl H June and Novartis CEO Dr. VasantNarsimhan were honored with GenomeValley Excellence Award at BioAsia 2020 fortheir contributions to life sciences. BioAsia2020wasorganizedbyTelanganagovernment annual global biotechnology &life sciences forum.Carl H June proved breakthrough researchin developing CAR-T therapy for treatmentof Cancer and development and commercialization of world’s first FDA-approved genetherapy. Vasant Narsimhan showed exemplary work in development of over 20 novelmedicines, including advances cell and gene therapies as well as vaccines.11. Election Commission of India gets ‘Silver’ awardThe Election Commission of India has beenawarded ‘Silver’ for Excellence in ation for the year 2019-20. Theaward was given for the ERONET from ECI.ERONET is a common database for all Statesand UTs with data of 91 crore electors. Itprovides bedrock of electoral roll in providingvarious web services to Conduct of Electionsapplications of Election Commission of India.The award was presented during the 23rdNational Conference on e-Governance at Mumbai by Department of AdministrativeReforms and Public Grievances (DARPG), Government of India.12. CSIR-CDRI Scientist Dr. Niti Kumar gets SERB Women ExcellenceAward-2020Dr Niti Kumar, Senior Scientist from Division ofMolecular Parasitology and Immunology, CSIRCDRI, Lucknow, was conferred the SERBWomen Excellence Award-2020. Her researchgroup is trying to understand the proteinquality control machinery in human malariaparasite for exploration of alternative drugtargets for malaria intervention.This award is given to women scientist below40 years of age who have received rs will be supported by research grant of 5 lakhs per annum for 3 years byScience and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science & Technology,Government of India (SERB-DST).10
Current Affairs – February 202013. Mukesh Ambani won Iconic Business Leader of the Decade AwardReliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambaniwas recognised as the Iconic Business Leaderof the Decade at the 15th Indian BusinessLeader Awards held in Mumbai. RajeshGopinathan, CEO and Managing Director ofTata Consultancy Services (TCS) won theOutstanding Business Leader of the Yearaward.TCS also bagged the iconic company of thedecade award. Former Union Finance MinisterArun Jaitley was posthumously given the Hallof Fame award for his contribution to the Indian economy. Most Promising Company ofthe Year award was given to Vinati Organics. HDFC Bank won the Outstanding Companyof the Year award. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was honoured with the 'Global IndianBusiness Icon'.14. 65th Amazon Filmfare Awards 2020 AnnouncedThe 65th Filmfare Awards ceremony, presented by The Times Group were organized inGuwahati, Assam. This is the first time in six decades that a Filmfare Award ceremonywas held outside Mumbai.CategoryWinnerBest ActorRanveer SinghBest ActressAlia BhattBest FilmGully BoyBest DirectorZoya Akhtar (Gully Boy)Best Film (Critics)Article 15 and SonchiriyaAditya Dhar - Uri: The SurgicalStrikeBest Debut Director15. Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2020 held inMumbaiDadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival Awards 2020 were announced in Mumbai,Maharashtra. The key winners of the awards are:CategoryBest FilmBest ActorBest Actor in TelevisionSeriesMost Promising ActorBest Actress in TelevisionBest Reality ShowBest Television SeriesBest Playback Singer MaleWinnerSuper 30Hrithik Roshan30)(SuperDheeraj DhooparKiccha SudeepDivyanka TripathiBigg Boss 13Kumkum BhagyaArmaan Malik11
Current Affairs – February 202016. Veteran Indian actor Manoj Kumar honored by World Book ofRecords, LondonPadam Shri Manoj Kumar was honored by theWorld Book of Records, London with the WBRGolden Era of Bollywood. He was honored forbeing a legendary actor and for hiscontribution to Indian Cinema throughhighlighting patriotic, social, cultural feelingsin Hindi Cinema. Some of his bestperformances were in films like Hariyali AurRaasta, Who Kaun Thi, Himalaya Ki God Mein,Upkar and Patthar Ke Sanam.Manoj Kumar was known for acting in anddirecting films with patriotic themes, and have been given the nickname Bharat Kumar.He was honored by Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2015.12
Bills and ActsCurrent Affairs – February 20201. Union Cabinet approved Pesticide Management Bill 2020The Union Cabinet has approved the PesticideManagement Bill 2020. The legislation willpromote organic pesticides in the country andregulate the business of pesticides. The billwill now be presented in the ng the farmers in case of losses ofcrops due to the use of spurious or lowquality of pesticides. The Bill aims to replacethe existing Insecticides Act of 1968.2. Union Cabinet approved the Major Ports Authority Bill 2020The Union Cabinet approved the Major PortsAuthority Bill 2020 that will replace a 1963law governing country's 12 major ports whichwill be introduced in the ongoing session ofParliament. The proposed law is aimed atenhancing the overall efficiencies of the ports.India has 12 major ports - Deendayal(erstwhile Kandla), Mumbai, JNPT, Marmugao,New Mangalore, Cochin, Chennai, nam, Paradip and Kolkata (including Haldia). The 12 major ports in Indiawould get a boost through the new law.3. Arbitration and Conciliation Act 1996 amended to make arbitrationprocess user friendlyThe Union Government has amended theArbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 by theArbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Act,2015 in order to make arbitration processuser-friendly,cost-effectiveandensurespeedy disposal and neutrality of arbitrators.The Amendment provides for the creation ofan independent institution Arbitration Councilof India-ACI. ACI will be headed by aChairperson, who has been a Judge of theSupreme Court or a Chief Justice or Judge ofa High Court or an eminent person, having special knowledge and experience in theconduct or administration of arbitration. Besides, it will also have two Full-time Membersand a Part-time Member.13
Current Affairs – February 20204. Government amended provisions of Arms Act, 1959 and Arms Rules,2016The Ministry of Home Affairs has amendedthe provisions of the Arms Act, 1959 and theArms Rules, 2016 to provide adequatefirearms and ammunition to the shooters fortheir practice. The amendment has increased thenumber of additional weapons kept byInternationalMedalists/RenownedShooters to 12 from 7 under theexempted category. For .22 LR rifle / pistol, 5000ammunition can be purchased insteadof1000,forothertypeofPistol/Revolver, 2000 instead of 600 can be purchased and for shotgun calibers5000 instead 500 can be purchased by the shooters.5. Cabinet approved the Assisted Reproductive Technology RegulationBill 2020The Union Cabinet has approved a historic Billfor the welfare of Women in the Country – theAssisted Reproductive Technology RegulationBill 2020. The bill makes provisions for safeand ethical practice of assisted reproductivetechnology services in the country.The major benefit of the Act would be that itwill regulate the Assisted ently, infertile couples will be moreensured/confident of the ethical practices in ARTs. The government in the recent pasthas introduced the Surrogacy Regulation Bill 2020 and the approval of the MedicalTermination of Pregnancy Amendment Bill 2020.6. Cabinet approved the IIT Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020The Union Cabinet approved Indian Institutesof Information Technology Laws (Amendment)Bill, 2020. The Bill will declare the remaining 5IIITs-PPP along with the existing 15 IndianInstitutes of Information Technology in PublicPrivate Partnership mode as 'Institutions ofNational Importance' with powers to awarddegrees. This will entitle them to use thenomenclature of B.Tech or M.Tech or Ph.Ddegree as issued by a University or Institutionof National Importance.The objective of the approval is for formalization of IIITs at Surat, Bhopal, Bhagalpur,Agartala and Raichur.14
Books & AuthorsCurrent Affairs – February 20201. Ekushey Book Fair began in DhakaThe month-long Amar Ekushey Book Fair 2020has started on Bangla Academy premises and atSuhrawardy Udyan in Dhaka. This year BanglaAcademy has set the theme of the fair as “BirthCentenary of Bangabandhu”.Amar Ekushey Book Fair starts on 1st Februaryevery year and continues throughout themonth. It is the longest book fair of the world.The Book Fair is arranged to commemorate theglorious sacrifices of language martyrs of the Language Movement of 21 February in1952.2. Vinod Shukla won 1st Mathrubhumi Book of the Year awardNoted Hindi poet-novelist and SahityaAkademi award winner Vinod Kumar Shuklawon the inaugural Mathrubhumi Book of
The Government of India appointed M Ajit Kumar IRS (C&CE 84) as Chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC). M Ajit Kumar is a 1984 batch IRS . as the Chairman and Managing Director of Air India for a second time. Bansal is a 1988- .
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