Top GKToday’s News Headlines-2 March 2020

March 2, 2020

Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for 2 March, 2020

Indradhanush joint exercise between IAF and UK’s Royal Air Force concludes at Air Force Station Hindan (UP)
Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan and TN CM Edappadi Palaniswami lay foundation stone for a new govt. medical college in Ramanathapuram
IAF, Savitribai Phule Pune University sign MoU to set up ‘Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh Chair of Excellence’
Explosive detection device RaIDer-X unveiled; co-developed by High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL) Pune and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
Chief Justice of India Sharad Bobde inaugurates 7-day camp for distribution of artificial limbs to specially-abled persons in Nagpur
Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurates Regional Hub campus of National Security Guard (NSG) at Kolkata
Punjab Govt. prohibits online supply of food from food business operators (FBOs) which don’t have hygiene rating
Konkani writer Richard John Pais dies aged 51 in Mangaluru
Rashmi Thackeray, the wife of Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray, named new editor of Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana

ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research), Haridwar-based Patanjali Bio Research Institute (PBRI) sign MoU for joint research and education
Pusa Krishi Vigyan Mela being organised in New Delhi by ICAR-IARI (Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Indian Agricultural Research Institute) from March 1 to 3
44th Civil Accounts Day celebrated on March 1

Berlin International Film Festival concluded
Golden Bear for Best Film awarded to Iranian film ‘There Is No Evil’, directed by Mohammad Rasoulof
Silver Bear for Best Director was won by Hong Sang-soo for ‘The Woman Who Ran’ (Korean)
Silver Bear for Best Actress was won by Paula Beer for ‘Undine’ (German)
Silver Bear for Best Actor was won by Elio Germano for ‘Hidden Away’ (Italian).

Malaysia: Former deputy PM Muhyiddin Yassin sworn in as PM
Zero Discrimination Day observed by UNAIDS on March 1
KHELO INDIA UNIVERSITY GAMES
Khelo India University Games 2020 concluded in Bhubaneswar
Panjab University (17 gold, 19 silver, 10 bronze) were crowned champions
Swimmers Sadhvi Dhuri (Savitribai Phule Pune University) and Siddhant Sejwal (Panjab University) were most successful with five gold each

Tokyo marathon: Birhanu Legese of Ethiopia (2:4:15) win’s men’s race; Israel’s Lonah Chemtai Salpeter (2:17.45) wins women’s race
Mexican Open tennis tournament at Acapulco: Rafael Nadal (Spain) and Heather Watson (UK) win men’ and women’s singles titles respectively
Dubai Championships tennis: Serbia’s Novak Djokovic won the men’s singles title
India’s former national athletics coach and Dronacharya awardee Joginder Singh Saini dies at 90
Ex hockey player Balbir Singh Kullar dies at 77; won 1966 Asian Games gold (Bangkok) and 1968 Olympic Bronze (Mexico