Top GKToday’s News Headlines-21 February 2020

February 21, 2020

Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for February 21, 2020

Statehood Day of Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh celebrated, both got statehood on February 20, 1987
Great Indian Bustard, Asian Elephant and Bengal Florican classified as “endangered migratory species” by the UN’s Convention on Conservation of Migratory Species
IRCTC-operated Varanasi-Indore Kashi Mahakal Express starts its commercial run; connects Jyotirlinga Omkareshwar (near Indore in MP), Mahakaleshwar (Ujjain, MP) and Kashi Vishwanath (Varanasi in UP)
10th edition of Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad (Indian Student Parliament) being organised in New Delhi on February 20-23
Ideal Legislative Assembly Speaker/Ideal Legislative Council Chairman Award presented to the Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly P. Ramakrishnan at Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad
Railway Board, University of Birmingham of UK launch Joint Masters programme in Railway Systems Engineering and Integration at Vadodara-based National Rail Transportation Institute (NRTI)
World Bank releases report “Delivering Road Safety in India” at the ‘Third Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety’ in Stockholm

RBI approves appointment of Sunil Gurbaxani as MD & CEO of Dhanlaxmi Bank
Banks Board Bureau recommends G.R. Chinatala as the next Chairman of NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development)
Biocon CMD Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw named EY Entrepreneur of Year 2019

Indian freelance reporter Ahmer Khan named winner of the 2019 Agence France-Presse (AFP) Kate Webb Prize
Sweden creates two Food Planet Prize prizes, each worth USD 1 million, for solutions to feed billions of people
Larry Tesler, the computer pioneer who created the cut, copy and paste features, dies at 74
UNESCO celebrating International Mother Language Day on February 21 with theme as ‘Languages without Borders’; day celebrated as Matribhasha Diwas in India
World Day of Social Justice celebrated by UN on February 20; theme: “Closing the Inequalities Gap to Achieve Social Justice”
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar opens the India Pavilion at Berlin International Film Festival in Germany
India will be the Guest of Honour at the International Tourism Fair of Madagascar in June
South Sudan president Salva Kiir, rebel leader Riek Machar agree to form unity government

India was ranked 77th while Burundi was first on Sustainability Index that takes into account per capita carbon emissions and ability of children in a nation to live healthy lives.
Index released by the World Health Organization (WHO), UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and The Lancet medical journal.

India was ranked 131st while Norway was first on Child Flourishing Index that measures the best chance at survival and well-being for children.
Index released by the World Health Organization (WHO), UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and The Lancet medical journal.

Asian Wrestling Championship in New Delhi: Sarita Devi (59kg), Pinki Jangra (55kg), Divya Kakran (68kg) win gold, Nirmala Devi (50kg) wins silver in women’s freestyle category.

Badminton player P. V. Sindhu wins ESPN’s ‘Female Sportsperson of the Year’ award
Shooter Saurabh Chaudhary wins ESPN’s ‘Male Sportsperson of the Year’ award
.Women’s sprinter Dutee Chand won the ‘Courage’ award
Women’s chess player Koneru Humpy won the award for the ‘Comeback of the Year’
Wrestler Deepak Punia won ‘Emerging Sportsperson of the Year’ award
Pullela Gopichand claimed the ‘Coach of the Year’ award
Hockey legend Balbir Singh (Senior) won ‘Lifetime Achievement’ award