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Current Affairs 22nd February 2020

1. International Mother Language Day: 21 February
  • International Mother Language Day has been observed every year since February 2000
  • The 2020 theme is “Languages without borders”.
  • UN declared 2019 as The Year of Indigenous Languages
  • UNESCO Headquarters: Paris, France
2. Haryana govt to open Atal Kisan – Majdoor canteens to provide meals at concessional rate
  • Haryana government will open Atal Kisan – Majdoor canteens in all mandis and sugar mills across the state
  • To provide affordable and cheap meals to farmers and labourers
  • At a concessional rate of 10 rupees per plate.
  • Governor of Haryana: Satyadev Narayan Arya
3. Divya Kakran wins a gold medal at Asian Wrestling Championships
  • became only the 2nd Indian woman to win a gold medal
  • at the Asian Wrestling Championships defeating junior world champion Naruha Matsuyuki in New Delhi.
  • Navjot Kaur had become the 1st Indian woman to win a gold medal at 2018 championship
  • Pinki won gold in 55kg,
  • Sarita Mor won gold in 59kg.
4. Centre releases Rs 19,950 cr as GST compensation to states, UTs
  • GST compensation to states which gets to a total of over 1.20 lakh crore rupees
  • during current fiscal
  • Minister of State Finance: Anurag Singh Thakur
5. Axis Bank inks pact with Max Life to raise stake
  • Axis Bank HQ: Mumbai;
  • Virtual Bank asst: Axis Aha!
6. Indian Railways launches new mobile app HRMS for its employees
  • The app will help lakh of railway employees to check their employment record during the tenure of their job
  • The HRMS Mobile App was launched by Railway Board Chairman Vinod Kumar Yadav.
  • App designed & developed by Centre for Railway Inform. System
7. International protection for Great Indian Bustard, Bengal Florican and Asian Elephant
  • India’s proposal to include Great Indian Bustard, Asian Elephant and Bengal Florican in Appendix I of UN Convention on migratory species
  • Proposal accepted at the 13th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species in Gandhinagar.
  • Govt has declared Indian elephant as National Heritage Animal
8. Indian Railways launches joint research initiatives with University of Birmingham
  • The programme that has been launched leads to dual M.Sc. that would see NRTI students obtaining two post graduate degrees from both institutions,
  • After spending a year studying at each institution from academic year 2020-2021
  • National Rail Transport Institute was set up in 2018 at Vadodara.
9. RBI clears appointment of Sunil Gurbaxani as Dhanlaxmi Bank MD
  • Managing Director and CEO of the Bank for a period of 3 years from the date of taking charge.
  • Dhanlaxmi Bank was removed from the RBI PCA framework
  • Dhanlaxmi Bank Headquarters: Thrissur, Kerala
10. Larry Tessler, computer engineer behind ‘cut, copy and paste’, passes away
  • Larry Tesler, commonly known as the developer of the ‘cut, copy and paste’ functions, and ‘find and replace’,
  • for user-friendliness in applications like the word processor,
  • Died at the age of 74
  • He was also one of the pioneers of modeless computing
11. P V Sindhu wins 3rd successive ESPN’s Female Sportsperson of the Year award
  • ESPN’s Female Sportsperson of the Year award for a 3rd consecutive time
  • Shooter Saurabh Chaudhary bagged the honour in the male category.
  • Chess player Koneru Humpy won the award for the Comeback of the Year
  • Manu Bhaker-Saurabh Chaudhary grabbed : Team of the Year honour
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