DAILY GK 7 FEB 2020
1. NCRB
report
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According to the report on report
on ‘missing women and children in India’ released by National
Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). The highest number of women who
go missing in India are from Maharashtra & and the number
of missing children are maximum in the State of Madhya
Pradesh(MP) in the year 2018.
2. UNESCO
DG visited India
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UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay
arrived in New Delhi. She visited the National Museum to see the exhibition
titled ”Indian Heritage in Digital Space” in New Delhi which
showcased augmented reality displays of five UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
3. International
Religious Freedom Alliance
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United States launched the 27-nation
International Religious Freedom Alliance, which will try to adopt a collective
approach in protecting and preserving religious freedom across the world.
4. $118.3
billion received in remittances
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Indian govt. has released data of remittances
received in the country since April 2018- September 2019. As per the report
around 13.62 million Indian nationals are staying abroad &
around $118.3 billion has been received as remittance.
5.
Manoj Das to receive Mystic Kalinga Literary
Award
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Famous Odia and English writer Manoj
Das, will receive Mystic Kalinga Literary award– Indian and
Global languages, during Mystic Kalinga Festival (MSF) which commences in Odisha,
Bhubaneswar.
6.
Diplomat Philip Barton Appointed as Britain’s
New High Commissioner to India
7. Christina
Koch returns to Earth
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NASA’s Christina Koch US who made the
1st all female space walk in 2019 landed in Kazakh desert steppe of Kazakhstan in
a Soyuz MS-13 capsule. She has landed after making a record of longest stay on
the International Space Station (328 days).
