Top GKToday’s News Headlines-6 February 2020
Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for February 6, 2020
INDIA
- ‘Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra’ trust set up for constructing Ram temple at Ayodhya (UP)
- UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay presents World Heritage Certificate for the walled city of Jaipur to Rajasthan government
- Cabinet approves grant of Institution of National Importance (INI) status to 5 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) at Surat, Bhopal, Bhagalpur, Agartala and Raichur
- Maharashtra CM presents lifetime achievement award of Mantralaya & Vidhimandal Vartahar Sangh to Lokmat group journalist Dinkar Keshav Raikar
- PM inaugurates 11th edition of DefExpo-2020, a flagship biennial event of the Ministry of Defence, being organised in Lucknow from February 5 to 9
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduces ‘The Direct Tax Vivad se Vishwas Bill, 2020’ in the Lok Sabha
- Cabinet gives in-principle approval for setting up a new Major Port at Vadhavan in Maharashtra
- Unemployment rate in the country was 6.1% in 2017-18 per the new Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS): Minister of State for Labour Santosh Gangwar
- Cabinet clears amendment to banking laws to strengthen cooperative banks; regulation will be done by RBI and administrative issues will be handled by Registrar of Cooperative
- Cabinet approves Air India’s subsidiary Alliance Air to start flights services between India, Sri Lanka
- Mercedes Benz launches AMG GT 63S 4Matic 4-Door Coupe for Rs 2.42 crore
WORLD
- India ranked 40th among 53 economies on International Intellectual Property (IP) Index by US Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Center; index topped by US
- Britain’s Prince Charles launches Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIIF) focussed on reducing the exploitation of children in India
- Twitter to start labelling tweets containing “manipulated media” which aim to mislead people
SPORTS
- New Zealand (348/6 in 48.1 overs) beat India (347/4 in 50 overs) by 4 wickets in first ODI at Seddon Park, Hamilton
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020