Top GKToday’s News Headlines-14 February 2020

February 14, 2020

Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for February 14, 2020

SC directs political parties to list candidates’ criminal records on websites, social media
KVIC’s ‘Apiary on Wheels’ flagged off by the Union Minister of MSME Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi
President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa arrives in New Delhi on a four-day visit
President presents colour to INS Shivaji, a training establishment of Indian Navy, at Lonavala
Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) organises BIMSTEC nations’ conference on “combating drug trafficking” in New Delhi
Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) comprises India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand
Bihar govt. launches ‘Pyaar ka Paudha’ (a plant of love) campaign to encourage planting trees
R. K. Pachauri, former TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) Director General, dies at 79
New Delhi: Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra renamed as Sushma Swaraj Bhawan; Foreign Service Institute renamed as Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service
Thai Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn visits Aryabhata Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) in Nainital
2-day Destination Management and Community Participation event/meeting held at Rann of Kutch in Gujarat

Rating agency Standard and Poor affirms India’s sovereign rating of ‘BBB-‘, maintains “stable” outlook
Railway Minister Piyush Goyal inaugurates first phase (4.88 km) of the East-West Metro corridor in Kolkata
Arth Ganga to boost economic activity along Ganga bank; cargo volumes to increase: Union minister Mansukh Lal Mandaviya
ICAI to set Sustainability Accounting Standards Board to help companies in achieving sustainable development goals
Bureaucrat Rajiv Bansal appointed CMD of Air India
Bureaucrat Debasish Panda appointed as the new financial services secretary
BMW launches sedan BMW 530i Sport priced at Rs 55.4 lakh

India’s Gita Sen wins Dan David Prize for ‘Present-Gender Equality’ jointly with Debora Diniz of Brazil
Lonnie G. Bunch III (US) & Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett (US) won for ‘Past-Cultural Preservation & Revival’
Demis Hassabis (UK) & Prof. Amnon Shashua won for ‘Future-Artificial Intelligence’
The Prizes are given by the Dan David Foundation at Tel Aviv University, Israel.

India, UK begin Ajeya Warrior joint counter-terror Army exercises in UK
US Congress comprising Senate & House of Representatives votes to restrain President Trump from attacking Iran
OHCHR (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights) publishes blacklist of companies cooperating with Jewish settlements in the West Bank; Israel freezes ties with OHCHR
Indian Navy’s INS Jamuna to conduct in hydrographic surveys in Sri Lanka for next two months
Indian-origin politician Rishi Sunak appointed UK’s new finance minister (Chancellor of the Exchequer)
Soviet spy Alexei Botyan, known for “saving” the Polish city of Krakow from the Nazis in 1945, dies at the age of 103
World Radio Day celebrated on February 13