DAILY GK 20 FEB 2020
1. India
turn on to Bharat Stage(BS)-VI
ü India
to switch to World’s cleanest petrol and diesel from April 1,2020, when it
proceeds to Bharat Stage (BS-VI) from BS-IV grades at present. India will join
the select League of Nations using petrol & diesel which contains 10ppm
(parts per millions of Sulphur which cuts down vehicular discharge that is
stated to be one of the reasons for pollution.
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2.
India’s tallest pier bridge
ü The
northern frontier railway construction has constructed India’s tallest railway
pier bridge. It is built across the Makru river in the Tamenglong district of
Manipur,Noney of Manipur.It is 100m tall similar to a 33 storey building.
3.
India to end Thermal coal import
ü Union
Minister of Coal & Mines Shri Pralhad Josh stated India will stop importing
thermal coal from FY 2023-2024 while chairing Chintan Shivir during
two-day national workshop called Chintan Shivir at kevada in Gujarat.
4.
India’s foodgrain production to hit a
record high
ü In
accordance with the Second Advance Estimates for crop year 2019-20 by the Department
of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, the total foodgrain
production in the country is estimated at record 291.95 million tonnes as
compared to the production of foodgrain of 285.21 million tonnes in 2018-19
India’s crop year is July-June.
5.
UN report
ü According
to the report, “A future for the world’s children? A WHO–UNICEF–Lancet
Commission” commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO),
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and The Lancet medical
journal, India ranks 77th in terms
of Sustainability Index and 131st in
the Flourishing Index of Children’s Survival, health,education
and Well-being.
6.
Munich security conference 2020
ü External
Affairs minister (EAM), Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has
attended the 3-day long Munich Security Conference 2020, the
world’s leading forum for debate on international security policy, held at Munich,
Germany.
7.
EESL & BSNL signed MoU
ü Energy
Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) has signed an MoU with BSNL
(Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited) for installing 1000 public charging
stations for Electric Vehicles.
8. FIFA
Under-17 Women’s World Cup 2020
ü Kiren
Rijiju announced the 5 host cities of
India for the FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association)
Under-17 Women’s Football World Cup which begins on 2nd November 2020.
ü The
official slogan of the tournament is: Kick Off the
Dream.
ü Host
cities: Ahmedabad (Gujarat), Bhubaneshwar
(Odisha), Guwahati (Assam), Kolkata (West Bengal) and Navi Mumbai (Maharashtra)
were confirmed as the 5 host cities for the FIFA Under-17 Women’s World Cup.
9. World
Day of Social Justice-February 20, 2020
ü Theme
of 2020: “Closing the Inequalities Gap to Achieve
Social Justice”.
