Current Affairs 24th February 2020
1. Ravi Dahiya won gold medal at
Asian Wrestling Championship
- In men’s
freestyle 57 kg category,
- Defeating
Tajikistan’s Hikmatullo Vohidov
- Earlier,
India’s Bajrang Punia, Gourav Baliyan & S Kadian won silver medals
- Asian
Wrestling Championships began in 1979
2. 13th COP to CMS concludes with
Gandhinagar Declaration
- At the
Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals convention.
- Total of
10 species were listed in the CMS appendices 1 & 2
- While 13
species recommended for concerted action
- Great Indian Bustard, Asian elephant listed in appendix 1
3. PM Modi inaugurates 1st Khelo
India University Games at Cuttack
- As many
as 3,400 athletes
- From 159
universities across the country will vie for top honours
- 17
disciplines including
rugby which is among the 6-team events
- Odisha
Chief Minister: Naveen Patnaik
4. Govt pays over Rs 50,000 crore
to farmers under PM-KISAN scheme
- Enabling
them to meet farm input cost & household expenses.
- The
agriculture ministry shared the progress made under the scheme, ahead of its first anniversary
- PM-KISAN launched on Feb 24, 2019
by PM Modi at Gorakhpur
5. Vice President felicitates 3
Padma Awardees from Telangana
- Player Ms
PV Sindhu,
- Innovative
farmer C. Venkat Reddy
- Well
known Sanskrit/Telugu poet V. Sribhashyam,
- At a
function organized by Swarna Bharat Trust, Hyderabad
- Sindhu is
a recipient of Padma Bhushan
6. PM Modi Addresses
International Judicial Conference in New Delhi
- Modi said
“1.3 billion Indians” disregarded apprehensions &
“wholeheartedly” accepted recent critical judicial verdicts which
were subjects of global discussion,
- At the
International Judicial Conference 2020 – ‘Judiciary and the Changing World’
- Chief
Justice of India: Justice
Arvind Bobde
7. Wipro Digital acquires
customer experience firm Rational Interaction
- Wipro
Digital, the digital business unit of Wipro
- Acquired
Washington-based Rational Interaction, a full-service digital customer
experience company.
- Wipro HQ:
Bengaluru
8. Dr Harsh Vardhan inaugurates
New Institutional Campus at NIPHTR in Navi Mumbai
- Union
Minister of Science & Technology, Health and Family Welfare and Earth
Science Dr Harsh Vardhan
- Inaugurated
a New Institutional Campus at the National Institute of Public Health Training
& Research (NIPHTR)
- At Navi
Mumbai.
- NIPHTR
estd in 1957 under Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
9. Maharashtra CM presents State
awards to 44 sportspersons
- Maharashtra
CM : Uddhav Thackeray
- Presented
the Shiv Chhatrapati award
- For 44
sportspersons apart from a lifetime achievement award & awards to
sportspersons in the adventure category for 2018-19 at the Gateway of India,
Mumbai
- Maharashtra
Governor: Bhagat Singh Koshyari
10. Goa ‘Carnival 2020’ kicks off
in Panaji
- Goa Chief
Minister Pramod Sawant
- Flagged
off the Carnival 2020 float parade in Panaji.
- The
annual Goa Carnival, which is the major traditional Catholic festival
celebrated in the state
- Governor
of Goa : Satya Pal Malik
