Top GKToday’s News Headlines-18 February 2020

February 18, 2020

Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for February 18, 2020

PM inaugurates Conference of Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP 13) at Gandhinagar
India will chair the presidency of (CMS COP 13) for three years starting February 17
Secretary-General of Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, Martha Rojas Urrego visits India for (CMS COP 13)
Mascot of CMS COP 13: ‘GIBI – The Great’ is based on the Great Indian Bustard
Theme of CMS COP 13: ‘Migratory species connect the planet and we welcome them home’.

SC orders govt to grant permanent commission and command postings to women Army officers
President visits Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu; inaugurates Jampore Sea Front Road and Ayushman Bharat Wellness Centre in Daman
Election Commission awarded ‘Silver’ award for Excellence in Government Process re-engineering for digital transformation from DARPG (Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances)
CEC Sunil Arora names EC Sushil Chandra as his nominee for the proposed Delimitation Commission for J&K
Bird ringing station to come up in Bihar for observation, monitoring and research on migratory birds
Haryana govt announces Rs 6 crore to those winning gold medals at Olympics
Pakistan issues visas to Hindu pilgrims to visit Shree Katas Raj temples in Punjab province’s Chakwal district
Delhi Police, Uber launch Himmat Plus app for safety of people travelling in cabs

4th National Conference on Review of Implementation of PMFBY (Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana) held in Udaipur on February 17-18
RBI gets Rs 1.94 lakh cr bids for maiden Rs 25,000 crore LTROs (long-term reverse repo operation)
World Bank to give $450 million loan for Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABHY) – National Groundwater Management Improvement Programme
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on February 17, 2020 reviewed the performance of four Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) engaged in shipbuilding – Kolkata-based Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers Limited (GRSE), Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL), Mumbai-based Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) and Visakhapatnam-based Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL)
Fifteenth Finance Commission sets up High-Level Expert Group on Agriculture Exports with Sanjiv Puri (Chairman and Managing Director, ITC) as its Chairman
CBIC (Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs) starts capturing district-wise data or origin of export goods
IRFC (Indian Railway Finance Corporation) lists USD 1 bn medium-term notes on BSE-owned India International Exchange (India INX)
Moody’s Investors Service cuts India’s growth forecast to 5.4% for 2020 from 6.6% earlier in its update on Global Macro Outlook
India’s economy was fifth largest in the world in 2019 with a GDP of $ 2.94 trillion: World Population Review (US)
Suzuki Motorcycle India launches BS-VI compliant 125cc Burgman Street scooter priced at Rs 77,900

“3rd High Level Global Conference on Road Safety for Achieving Global Goals 2030” being held in Stockholm on February 19-20; Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSMEs Nitin Gadkari representing India
Storm Dennis wreaks havoc across UK, parts of France
UAE issues reactor licence for Barakah nuclear power plant, the first in Arab world

India’s Koneru Humpy wins Cairns Cup chess tournament in US
“United by Emotion” unveiled as the motto of 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games
Northern Ireland’s Henry Gregg, Best Goalkeeper at FIFA World Cup in Sweden in 1958, dies aged 87
South African rugby legend Bryan Habana inducted into Laureus World Sports Academy