Top GKToday’s News Headlines-29 February 2020

February 29, 2020

Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for February 29, 2020

INDIA

Delhi High Court judge Justice S. Muralidhar transferred to the Punjab and Haryana High Court
Myanmar President U Win Myint meets PM Modi at Hyderabad House in New Delhi
Myanmar, India sign 10 MoUs out of which four are for construction of water supply systems, roads, schools and solar power systems in Rakhine state
Union Cabinet approves 3 MoUs with Myanmar on ‘combating timber trafficking’, ‘conservation of tigers & other wildlife’ and ‘in the field of petroleum products and communications’
‘Vajra’ offshore patrol vessel of the Indian Coast Guard commissioned in Chennai; was built by L&T Shipbuilding
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurates new Light Combat Helicopter Production Hangar at HAL Complex in Bengaluru
NITI Aayog supported Atal Innovation Mission, NASSCOM launch Artificial Intelligence-based learning courses for students at Atal Tinkering Labs
UP Govt. to rename ‘Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Urdu, Arabi-Farsi University’ in Lucknow as ‘Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Languages University’
Both houses of Mahrashtra Legislature pass resolutions asking the Centre to accord ‘classical language’ status for Marathi
Mahrashtra Legislature passes bill making teaching of Marathi language compulsory for Class 1-Class 10 students
Bihar Legislative Assembly passes resolution to conduct a caste-based census in the state
Guruvayur Padmanabhan, popular elephant of Guruvayoor Sreekrishna Temple in Kerala, dies at 80
KPP Samy, DMK MLA from Tiruvottiyur Assembly constituency, dies at 57
Renowned Vedic Scholar Sudhakar Chaturvedi passes away in Bengaluru
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, 3 others appointed by LG Anil Baijal to represent police in cases related to Delhi violence
US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF)expresses concern over the violence in New Delhi

PETRONET MHB

ONGC and HPCL acquired the 34.56% stake of 8 PSBs in Petronet MHB Ltd for about Rs 371 crore.
ONGC and HPCL bought 17.28% stake each from the PSBs.
Both ONGC and HPCL had held 32.72% apiece in Petronet MHB
Petronet MHB Ltd owns a petroleum product pipeline in Mangalore
N-LRSI 2020
The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) releases NCAER Land Records and Services Index (N-LRSI 2020)
As per N-LRSI 2020, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu were the five best-performing states in terms of digitisation of land records and their quality.

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) achieves milestone of two crore customers, was launched on September 1, 2018

WORLD

IAF’s C-17 Globemaster returns from coronavirus-hit Wuhan, China with 112 evacuees, including 36 foreign nationals
119 Indians from coronavirus-hit Diamond Princess Cruise ship (docked off at Yokohama, Japan) brought back in Air India flight

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