Top GKToday’s News Headlines-5 February 2020

February 5, 2020

Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for February 5, 2020

INDIA

Karnataka govt. launches Janasevaka scheme for home delivery of services like ration cards
President opens annual Udyanotsav of the Mughal Gardens of Rashtrapati Bhavan; public can visit gardens from February 5 to March 8
UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay visiting India on February 4-6
India and Norway sign MoUs in the field of research and higher education during visit of Director-General, Anne Line Wold, Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research
Veteran actress Waheeda Rehman gets MP Govt.’s Kishore Kumar Samman for 2018
Congress MLA and former Assam Assembly speaker Pranab Gogoi dies in Guwahati at 84
MEA to organise fourth East Asia Summit Conference on Maritime Security Cooperation in Chennai on February 6-7
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh meets Defence Ministers of Qatar (Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah) and South Korea (Jeong Kyeongdoo) in New Delhi
No document will be collected during updation of National Population Register; providing Aadhaar number voluntary: Govt
Frequency of Kolkata-Dhaka Maitree Express and Kolkata-Khulna Bandhan Express trains connecting India and Bangladesh increased

WORLD

World Cancer Day observed on February 4; theme for 2019 – 2021: ‘I Am and I Will’
Bhutan’s parliament passes legislation making it mandatory for visitors from India to pay a fee of Rs 1200 per day for its “sustainable development” from July 2020
Daniel arap Moi, Kenya’s longest-serving (24 years from 1978 to 2002) President, dies at 95 in Nairobi
Thai woman delivers a baby mid-air on Qatar Airways flight from Doha to Bangkok