Current Affairs - February 26, 2020 Current Affairs

Elite Indian runners, Rashpal Singh and Jyoti Gawte overcame a strong field to retain their titles at the IDBI Federal Life Insurance New Delhi Marathon. Rashpal, from Army Sports Institute (Pune), was the favourite and finished the Full Marathon (42.2k) with an impressive time of 2:23:29.

Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece, right, celebrates winning the men's singles final of the Open 13 Provence tennis tournament against Felix Auger-Aliassime of Canada, left, in two sets, 6-3, 6-4, in Marseille, southern France, Feb. 23, 2020.

Togo's President Faure Gnassingbe has been re-elected for a fourth term, the national electoral commission has declared, extending his 15-year rule and a family dynasty that began when his father took power in a 1967 coup.

Abhay Kumar Singh assumed the charge of Chairman and Managing Director of the company with effect from February 24, 2020. State-run hydro power giant NHPC announcedappointment of Abhay Kumar Singh as the company's Chairman & Managing Director from February 24, 2020.

Beginning his three-day visit to India, Nadella was addressing Microsoft's Future Decoded CEO Summit in Mumbai. Nadella will meet Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath to help in the digital transformation of his government ecosystem.

Tyson Fury beats Deontay Wilder in world title fight in Las Vegas. Tyson Fury produced the most destructive performance of his boxing life to end Deontay Wilder's five-year reign as WBC heavyweight world champion in seven thrilling rounds of their Las Vegas rematch.

In men's freestyle 57 kg category, Ravi Dahiya won gold medal defeating Tajikistan's Hikmatullo Vohidov by technical superiority in the final match at KD Jadhav Indoor Stadium. Earlier, India's Bajrang Punia, Gourav Baliyan and Satyawart Kadian won silver medals after losing in their respective finals.

Barbara Riveros (Chile) emerged the women's champions of the Chennai NTT ASTC Triathlon Asian Cup.

Government formally approved the twenty-second Law Commission of India for a period of three years. The law commission will provide a recommendation on different aspects of law, to the government, which are entrusted to the Commission for its study and recommendations, as per its terms of reference.

A National Integration Camp (NIC) was inaugurated at the Indian Himalayan Centre for Adventure and Eco-tourism Institute at Chemchey, South Sikkim on 24 February 2020. The camp is organized by Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan, Sikkim. The camp was inaugurated by Lok Sabha MP from Sikkim Indra Hang Subba.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy on February 24 launched 'Jagananna Vasathi Deevena' scheme, which shall provide financial assistance for the hostel and mess charges the students studying in ITIs, polytechnic, and degree colleges.

Ognjen Stojanovic (Serbia) emerged the men's champions of the Chennai NTT ASTC Triathlon Asian Cup. Stajanovic made a sedate start, came third in the opening run, was second after cycling, and finished first after the second running phase.

India to host Commonwealth shooting, archery events at Chandigarh in January 2022; medals to be counted in Birmingham Commonwealth Games (July 27 to August 7, 2022).

Indian men's doubles pair of Achanta Sharath Kamal and Gnanasekaran Sathiyan settled for a silver medal at the ITTF World Tour Hungarian Open after losing the summit clash to German combination of Benedikt Duda and Patrick Franziska at Budapest 5-11, 9-11, 11-8, 9-11.

Senior leader of AamAadmi Party (AAP) Ram Niwas Goel was unanimously re-elected as the Speaker of Delhi Assembly.The proposal to elect the Speaker of the 7th Delhi Legislative Assembly was moved by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.

Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' presented Vishwakarma Awards 2019 to the winners in New Delhi. The awards function was organised by All India Council for Technical Education.

Jyoti Gawte thwarted a strong field of runners to successfully retain their crown at the IDBI Federal Life Insurance New Delhi Marathon. Jyoti of Maharashtra proved to be untouchable in the women's category, winning the title in a canter. She completed the gruelling full marathon, which was flagged off from Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, in 2:50:37 hours, with almost eight minutes to spare.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, at 94 the world's oldest leader, submitted his resignation to the king after a bid by his allies to bring down the government and block the succession of leader-in-waiting Anwar Ibrahim.

International Conference on Banana 2020 was organised in Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu) on February 21-24.

A progress report on Poshan Abhiyaan (Nutrition Mission) released by the NITI Aayog stated that one in three Aadhaar-based payments for the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), the Centre's maternity benefit scheme, was credited to a wrong bank account. This is the second report released by GoI on the implementation of Poshan Abhiyaan.