Top GKToday’s News Headlines-17 February 2020

February 17, 2020

Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for February 17, 2020

Inaugurates a 63-feet tall statue of former Bhartiya Jana Sangh leader Pt Deendayal Upadhyaya
Inaugurates the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Memorial Centre
Flags off IRCTC’s Mahakal Express that will connect the three Jyotirling pilgrim centres of Varanasi (Kashi Vishwanath), Ujjain (Mahakaleshwar) and Omkareshwar
Inaugurates a 430-bed super speciality government hospital and a 74-bed psychiatry hospital at Banaras Hindu University
Inaugurates ‘Kashi Ek Roop Anek’, a cultural arts and handicrafts exhibition, at the Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Hastkala Sankul
Attends centenary celebrations of Shri Jagadguru Vishwaradhya Gurukul

India-Bangladesh conduct joint military exercise SAMPRITI-IX at Umroi, Meghalaya on February 3¬–16
Filmfare Awards: ‘Gully Boy’ wins Best Film, Best Director: Zoya Akhtar, Best Male Actor: Ranveer Singh and Best Female Actor: Alia Bhatt awards
Punjab Police launch ‘Appreciate and Commend’ scheme to honour diligent police officers
Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar meets his Norwegian counterpart Sveinung Rotevan in Gandhinagar
Centennial Summit 2020 of Rotary India held in Kolkata on February 14-16

BioAsia 2020, Asia’s largest biotechnology and life sciences forum, being held in Hyderabad on February 17-19; theme:
‘Today for Tomorrow’
Union Minister for Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal inaugurates India Pavilion at GulFood 2020 in Dubai (UAE)

Uganda’s Joshua Cheptegei creates new world record in men’s 5km in 12 min, 51 sec at Monaco
$1,62,000 Bengaluru Open ATP Tennis Challenger tennis: Ramkumar Ramanathan & Purav Raja win men’s doubles title; Australia’s James Duckworth wins men’s singles title