Current Affairs 27th February 2020
1. Madhya Pradesh becomes first
state to launch unified vehicle registration card
- 2nd state
to launch the unified driving license after UP.
- CM Kamal
Nath distributed the unified cards to six persons in a function held in Bhopal.
- The card
bears a unique number recognized across the country.
2. India and US sign defence
deals worth 3 billion dollars
- Signed
three agreements, including in health and oil sectors.
- A MoU was
signed on mental health between the health departments of both the countries.
- Another
MoU on the safety of medical products was also signed.
3. 3,000 Km long power grid from
Myanmar-Thailand to India: BIMSTEC
- Bay of
Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical & Economic Cooperation
(BIMSTEC).
- Working
on connecting about 3,000-kilometre long power grid from Myanmar-Thailand to
India.
- Countries
had signed a MOU for forming a power grid in 2018.
4. New Zealand Deputy PM Winston
Peters arrive on 4-day India visit
- He will
attend the inaugural ceremony of New Zealand Centre at IIT Delhi.
- He will
give speech on Indo Pacific at the Indian Council of World Affairs.
- New
Zealand Capital : Wellington,
- Currency
: Dollar.
5. UNSC renews its sanctions
regime on Yemen for another year
- Effect
through February 2021.
- 13
countries eventually adopted the London-drafted resolution on the sanctions.
- Russia
and China abstained the resolution.
6. Bangladesh records sharp
decline in Child malnutrition: UNICEF Survey
- over the
last 6 years.
- The
finding was reported in the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) 2019,
- MICS
conducted by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics & United Nations
Children’s Fund.
- The rate
of chronic malnutrition among children is 28% in 2019.
7. 16th Session of the Joint
Ministerial Commission between India & Australia held in New Delhi
- It was
co-chaired by Union minister Piyush Goyal and Hon. Senator Simon Birmingham of
Australia
- Senator
Simon Birmingham, is the Minister for Trade, Tourism & Investment,
Government of Australia.
- Piyush
Goyal : Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry.
8. In a first Canadian doctors
use robot to perform surgery to treat brain aneurysm
- The
medical condition is a weakness in a blood vessel in the brain that balloons
and fills with blood.
- The
experimental procedure was described at the Internationa.
- International
Stroke Conference-2020 was held in US.
9. UP, MP, Bihar send most
patients out for treatment under PM-JAY
- send
maximum patients out to other states for treatment
- PM-JAY
provides health insurance cover of Rs 5 lakh.
10. Human Resource Development
Minister Pokhriyal presents Chhatra Vishwakarma Awards to 23 teams
- Awards
2019 instituted for promoting an innovative spirit and scientific temperament
for the holistic development of society through stakeholders of its approved
institutes.
- AICTE has
been organizing Vishwakarma Awards since 2017.
- AICTE = All
India Council for Technical Education
11. Kiren Rijiju inaugurates 1st Khelo India Winter Games in Leh, Ladakh
- Minister
of State for Youth Affairs & Sports (I/c), Kiren Rijiju
- Inaugurated
the first-ever Khelo India Winter Games in the UT of Ladakh at Leh, Ladakh.
- The
event, which is first of its kind in India,
- To
promote winters sports in India.
- The
second leg of the Winter Games will be held at Gulmarg.
12. J&K bags gold in 6th National Ice Stock sports Championship at Ice Rink in Gulmarg
- Hosts :
Jammu &
- Organized
at Ice Rink in Gulmarg, Jammu & Kashmir.
- Two
hundred participants from 18 different states across the country participated
in the three-day event.
- The event
was organized by J&K Ice Stock Sports Association.
13. Egypt’s former President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak passes away
- Who ruled
the country for 30 years,
- Died at
the age of 91.
- Current
Egyptian President : Abdel Fattah El-Sissi.
