Top GKToday’s News Headlines-27 February 2020

February 27, 2020

Here are Top GKToday’s News Headlines for February 27, 2020

Union Cabinet approves major changes to the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2020
Not only close relatives but any woman who is “willing” would be allowed to act as a surrogate
A widow or divorced woman will also have a right to surrogacy apart from infertile Indian couples

HRD Ministry launches ‘Higher Education Leadership Development Programme for Administrator’ for functionaries in Universities
IAF and Britain’s Royal Air Force conducting 5th edition of Ex Indradhanush at Air Force Station Hindan on February 24-29
Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar lays foundation stone of a 100-bedded ESIC (Employees’ State Insurance Corporation) hospital at Kakinada (AP)
Jawed Ashraf appointed as the next Ambassador of India to France
Govt. to organise a summit on Artificial Intelligence titled RAISE 2020 – ‘Responsible AI for Social Empowerment 2020’ in New Delhi on April 11-12
Cabinet approves amendments to give occupancy rights to scheduled tribes in Lakshadweep
National Institutes of Food Technology at Kundli (Haryana) and Thanjavur (TN) to be accorded the status of national importance
Cabinet gives its nod to order on adopting central laws in concurrent list for J&K
Maharashtra International Education Board (MIEB), started by the previous BJP-led government, shut down by the new Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) coalition of Congress-NCP-Shiv Sena

Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman unveils EASE 3.0, an initiative of PSBs, that seeks to enhance ease of banking in all customer experiences, using technology.
Food Processing Industries Ministry launches ‘Market Intelligence and Early Warning System (MIEWS) Web Portal’ to enable ‘real time monitoring’ of prices of tomato, onion and potato
CCEA approves setting up a national technical textiles mission with a total outlay of Rs 1,480 crore
Power PSU NTPC to provide Rs. 80 crore financial support for installation and commissioning of 25 CAAQMS (Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations) across 6 states and 3 UTs
Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) launches self-charging hybrid electric MPV Vellfire at Rs 79.5 lakh
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) starts bookings of the new Land Rover Defender priced from Rs 69.99 lakh

Sri Lanka announces withdrawal from a UNHRC resolution that called for accountability to human rights abuses committed during the nation’s civil war with the Tamil separatists that ended in 2009
Slovenia: Janez Jansa of the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) appointed as new PM