DAILY GK 22 FEB 2020
1.
Indian Army is Set to Get New
Headquarters
ü Defense
Minister Rajnath Singh laid the foundation stone of the
Army Headquarters new building “Thal Sena Bhawan” in Delhi
Cantonment. Thal Sena Bhawan, the multi-storeyed complex adopting Green Rating
for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA-5 rating) norms, designed like a
“rising sun” and spread over nearly 39 acres.
2.
High Level Global Conference on Road
Safety
ü The
3rd Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety with theme “Achieving
Global Goals 2030” was held in Stockholm, Sweden.It was hosted
by Government of Sweden in collaboration with WHO.
ü Indian
delegation was led by Minister of Road Transport & Highways, Nitin
Gadkari.
3.
National Strategy for Financial Inclusion
(NSFI)
ü In
order to promote financial literacy RBI has released a National Strategy for
Financial Inclusion (NSFI) 2019-24. The strategy has been prepared by Financial
Inclusion Advisory Committee (FIAC) of the RBI in consultation with
the Centre, SEBI, IRDAI, and PFRDA.
ü NSFI
has been finalized and approved by the Financial Stability Development
Council (FSDC).
4.
London’s World Book of Records
ü Famous
actor Manoj Kumar, 82 years old, has been felicitated by the World
Book of Records (WBR), London, with the WBR Golden Era of
Bollywood honour for highlighting patriotic, social and cultural
feelings through his contribution to Indian Cinema.
5.
AIBA World Cup 2020
ü Russia will
be the 1st country to host the new format of AIBA (Association
Internationale de Boxe Amateur or International Boxing Association) Team World
Cup 2020 which was approved by AIBA Executive committee members.
ü The
Boxing tournament will be coinciding with the 75th anniversary of the victory
in World War II under the motto “Boxing for Peace”.
6.
World Thinking Day-February 22, 2020
ü Theme
“Diversity, Equity and Inclusion”.
