Top GKToday’s News Headlines-6 February 2020

February 6, 2020

Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for February 6, 2020

‘Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra’ trust set up for constructing Ram temple at Ayodhya (UP)
UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay presents World Heritage Certificate for the walled city of Jaipur to Rajasthan government
Cabinet approves grant of Institution of National Importance (INI) status to 5 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) at Surat, Bhopal, Bhagalpur, Agartala and Raichur
Maharashtra CM presents lifetime achievement award of Mantralaya & Vidhimandal Vartahar Sangh to Lokmat group journalist Dinkar Keshav Raikar
PM inaugurates 11th edition of DefExpo-2020, a flagship biennial event of the Ministry of Defence, being organised in Lucknow from February 5 to 9

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman introduces ‘The Direct Tax Vivad se Vishwas Bill, 2020’ in the Lok Sabha
Cabinet gives in-principle approval for setting up a new Major Port at Vadhavan in Maharashtra
Unemployment rate in the country was 6.1% in 2017-18 per the new Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS): Minister of State for Labour Santosh Gangwar
Cabinet clears amendment to banking laws to strengthen cooperative banks; regulation will be done by RBI and administrative issues will be handled by Registrar of Cooperative
Cabinet approves Air India’s subsidiary Alliance Air to start flights services between India, Sri Lanka
Mercedes Benz launches AMG GT 63S 4Matic 4-Door Coupe for Rs 2.42 crore

India ranked 40th among 53 economies on International Intellectual Property (IP) Index by US Chamber of Commerce’s Global Innovation Policy Center; index topped by US
Britain’s Prince Charles launches Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIIF) focussed on reducing the exploitation of children in India
Twitter to start labelling tweets containing “manipulated media” which aim to mislead people