Top GKToday’s News Headlines-1 February 2020

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Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for February 1, 2020

Budget Session of Parliament starts with an address by President Ram Nath Kovind to the joint sitting of two Houses of Parliament

The Economic Survey 2019-20 was tabled in Parliament on January 31, 2020.
Theme: Enable Markets, Promote ‘Pro-Business’ Policies and Strengthen ‘Trust’ in the Economy
GDP growth pegged at 6-6.5% in fiscal year starting April 1, up from 5% in current fiscal
Share of formal employment increased from 17.9% in 2011 -12 to 22.8% in 2017-18
India ranks 3rd in number of new firms created; 1,24,000 new firms created in 2018
To achieve GDP of USD 5 trillion by 2024-25, India needs to spend about USD 1.4 trillion over these years on infrastructure

Govt. revises downwards the economic growth rate for 2018-19 to 6.1% from 6.8% estimated earlier
Alliance Air, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air India, launches Bhubaneswar-Varanasi flight; 250th route operationalised under RCS – UDAN (Regional Connectivity Scheme – Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik)
India bans export of all kind of respiratory masks used to protect people from air borne particles
Auto component maker Omega Seiki launches electric three wheeled cargo vehicles under brands Singha and Singha Max
Abidali Z Neemuchwala quits as CEO and MD of Wipro

Ajay Bisaria appointed India’s High Commissioner to Canada
WHO announces ‘public health emergency of international concern’ over the coronavirus crisis in China and other nations
Indian-origin Arvind Krishna named new CEO of IBM
Dr Pratap Chauhan of Jiva Ayurveda wins Ayurveda Ratan Award at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium
NASA decommissions Spitzer Space Telescope after 16 years of operation
Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST), the world’s largest solar telescope in Hawaii (US), captures its first image of the sun
China: Year of the Rat starts with the Spring Festival on January 25

Australian Open tennis in Melbourne: France’s Kristina Mladenovic and Timea Babos of Hungary win women’s doubles title
Russia’s David Paravyan wins Gibraltar International Chess Masters Festival
Indian women’s team captain Rani Rampal becomes first ever hockey player to win World Games Athlete of the Year’ award
India beat New Zealand via Super Over in the fourth T20 International at Westpac Stadium, Wellington