Top 10 Current Affairs – 20 February 2021
Daily Current Affairs 20 February 2021 is the most important area from which a major share of questions come in SSC, Railway, state government recruitment exams, UPSC prelims and mains. We are trying our best to create daily national and international Current Affairs articles from various newspapers, journals, magazines, TV etc.
UK is set to conduct the first COVID-19 human challenge trials (HCT)
The UK is set to conduct the first COVID-19 human challenge trials (HCT) within a month from now. The UK government is spending £33.6 million for the trials, being conducted jointly by the government’s Vaccines Taskforce, Imperial College London, the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and the clinical company called hVIVO. Read More
Ground set for LIC IPO
Decks are being cleared for the mega listing of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), India’s largest financial institution with assets of over Rs 32 lakh crore. Read More
Central government issues MSP guidelines for sugar mills
The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution issued separate guidelines for sugar mills and cane commissioners in regards to sale of sugar below the Minimum Selling Price (MSP) of Rs 3,100/- per quintal. Read More
Delimitation process of UT of Jammu and Kashmir
Delimitation Commission comprising of Chairperson held a meeting in New Delhi with the Associate Members from Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, for seeking their suggestion/views on the process of delimitation in respect of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Read More
Apps and instruction manuals for 5 All India Surveys on Labour
Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Kumar Gangwar launched Software Applications and instruction manuals with questionnaires for five All India Surveys on Labour. Read More
Asia Environmental Enforcement Award 2020
The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) has received the Asia Environmental Enforcement Award-2020 awarded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Read More
Pariksha Pe Charcha 2021
Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged parents and teachers to take part in the annual ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’ interaction programme along with the students saying: It’ll be a fun-filled discussion on an otherwise serious subject. Read More
6th Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi chaired the sixth meeting of the Governing Council of NITI Aayog on 20th February 2021 via video conferencing. Read More
Hyderabad wins ‘Tree Cities of the World’ title
Hyderabad has won a green contest among cities in India, and emerged one of the ‘Tree Cities of the World’. The city joins 120 others from 23 countries, including the U.S., the U.K., Canada, and Australia. Read More
Air pollution caused 12,000 deaths in Bengaluru
According to the Greenpeace Southeast Asia Analysis of IQAir data, at least 12,000 people have died in Bengaluru as a result of air pollution and related problems and caused economic damages to the tune of Rs.12,365 crore in 2020. Read More