Current Affairs - February 6, 2020 Current Affairs

The ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research's) Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) has built up a cell culture Classical Swine Fever immunization.The immunization will assist with sparing a few bunnies. This is because the present vaccine called the Lapinised CSF (Classical Swine Fever) being utilized is delivered by relinquishing an enormous number of hares.

On February 2, Parasite won the award for Best Film Not in the English Language, as well as Best Original Screenplay, which they were nominated for at the 73rd British Academy Film Awards. The other two awards they were nominated for but did not win were Best Film and Best Director.

Third-seeded Ankita Raina beat fourth seed Chloe Paquet of France 6-3, 7-5 to clinch the title in the $25,000 ITF women's tennis tournament in Nonthaburi, Thailand. It was a double crown for the 171st ranked Ankita who had earlier won the doubles title with Bibiane Schoofs of the Netherlands.

Legendary actor Waheeda Rehman will be honoured with Madhya Pradesh Governments's National Kishore Kumar Samman as per the reports. The award for 2018, will be given to Waheeda Rehman. She will be felicitated with the award at her residence in Bandra in Mumbai by Culture Minister VijaylaxmiSadho.

World Cancer Day is observed on 4th February every year to create awareness about cancer. The theme for the year 2020 is 'I am and I will'. Cancer occurs due to the uncontrolled, abnormal growth of cells in the tissue or organ of the body.

The UK government has donated 20 million pounds to produce a vaccine within six to eight weeks to combat the deadly new coronavirus that has claimed 362 deaths globally. Health Secretary Matt Hancock said the money would help the UK lead the way in developing a new inoculation against the virus.

Lucknow's Awadh Narayan Yadav finished atop the podium with a time of 2:30:30. Tlanding Wahlang of Meghalaya clocked 2:30:51 and his statemate Batsrang Sangma timed 2:31:43 for second and third places respectively.

UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay carried out an official visit to India from 4 to 6 February, with a view to reinforcing the strategic partnership between the Organization and India, one of UNESCO's founding members.

State-owned electricity producer NTPC Ltd announced it had signed a 750-million-dollar syndicated loan in Japanese Yen. The proceeds will channelize to fund programs to reduce emissions from power plants and hydro projects. The loan was issued under the automatic route of the External Commercial Borrowing Regulations of Reserve Bank of India and had an 11-year door-to-door maturity under two tranches.

Local girl Anjali Saraogi took the top honour for the third consecutive year in the IDBI Federal Life Insurance Kolkata marathon. The 46-year-old timed 3:24.02 to win the women's competition in the marathon, flagged off by legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. Sunmul Rahman, also from Kolkata, bagged the second place with a timing of 3:44.12. Meghalaya's Snora Lyngkhoi was third with 3:46:48.

As announced by the Prime Minister of India at the 14th East Asia Summit (EAS) in Bangkok in November 2019, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India in partnership with the Governments of Australia and Indonesia will organize the fourth EAS Conference on Maritime Security Cooperation in Chennai on 6-7 February.

World War I drama 1917 has won the award for best film at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards (BAFTAs), with director Sam Mendes picking up honors for best director at glamorous ceremony in London.

The Supreme Court on February 3, 2020 directed the states to set up 'Gram Nyayalayas'. The states have been directed to issue notification regarding the same within four weeks. The ruling was delivered by an SC bench headed by Justice N V Ramana.

Daniel arap Moi, a former schoolteacher who became Kenya's longest-serving president and led the East African nation through years of repression and economic turmoil fueled by runaway corruption, died on January 4 at age 95.

The theme for 2020 WWD is "Wetlands and Biodiversity". Celebrated every year on 2 February, WWD marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the same day in 1971.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by CSIR-CFTRI with APEDA to set up a Liaison Office in Guwahati, Assam, to give specialized help to the nourishment businesses in the North East district. It will profit the ranchers, makers, and business people. APEDA has embraced numerous limited time exercises as of late to bring the North East conditions of India on to the fare map.

On February 2, 2020, the United Arab Emirates found shallow flammable gas reserves of around 80 trillion cubic feet. The reserve located between the Emirates of Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

Former Speaker of Assam Legislative Assembly and sitting Congress MLA Pranab Kumar Gogoi passed away at a private hospital in Guwahati. He was 84.Pranab Gogoi was suffering from age-related ailments for several days and was admitted to a private hospital in Guwahati. His body was taken to Rajiv Bhawan in Guwahati.

Under PMMVY (started in 2017), Rs 5000 is paid to pregnant women and lactating mothers for the first living child of the family as compensation for wage-loss during childbirth and childcare.

The Karnataka government launched the Janasevaka scheme in a few municipal corporation wards to ensure home delivery of various services like ration cards, senior citizen identity and health cards. The scheme, which was launched by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, will pertain to 53 services involving 11 departments.