Important One Liner News of February 2020

• Indian -Origin Arvind Krishna has appointed as new CEO of IBM.
• Google has announced $1 million grant to promote news literacy among Indians.
• Ajmal Sultanpuri, who passed away, was a renowned poet in the Urdu language.
• The theme of the first Union Budget of 3rd decade of the 21st century is "Ease of Living".
• India and Maldives have signed 5 MoUs for establishing Addu Tourism Zone.
• India has banned exports of all kinds of personal protection equipment, clothing and masks used to protect people from airborne particles.
• Madhya Pradesh bagged 1st position for implementation of Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana.
• LV Prabhakar has assumed charge as MD and CEO of Canara Bank.
• RBI governor Shaktikanta Das has been chosen as Central Banker of year for Asia Pacific Region by "The Banker Magazine".
• 22nd Edition of India International Seafood Show (IISS) 2020 will be held in Kochi. The theme of IISS is "Blue Revolution- Beyond Production to Value Addition".
• Deepa Malik has appointed as new President of Paralympic Committee of India.
• UK police has started Whatsapp helpline for Women.
• Veteran Film Historian and Cricket Journalist Raju Bharatan has passed away. He was 86.
• "Art From Waste" Museum has been opened in Gujarat.
• Nepal will count 3rd gender in its next population census.
• Kaamya Karthikeyan, a class 7th student of Navy Children School (NCS), Mumbai, became the youngest girl in the world to summit Mount Aconcagua, the highest peak in South America and outside in Asia.
• Haryana has won 10th Hockey Indian Senior Women National Championship 2020 (A Division) title at Kollam by defeating Sports Authority of India (SAI).
• Goa Government will set up Farmer producer Organisation (FPO) to boost agricultural production.
• Cabinet has approved the protocol amending the agreement between India and Sri Lanka for the avoidance of double taxation and prevention of fiscal evasion.
• 15th Finance Commission has constituted a five-member group on Defence and Internal Security.
• Rajiv Bansal has appointed as new Chairman and Managing Director of Air India.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 13th Conference of Parties on Conservation of Migratory Species Wild Animals at Gandhinagar.
• Nitin Gadkari has launched Khadi Wrist Watches manufactured as part of a joint initiative by Khadi & Village Industries Commission and Titan.
• Sachin Tendulkar's 2011 World Cup moment has become Laureus Best Sporting Moment.
• In South Sudan, Rick Machar was sworn as Vice President.
• Rs. 5.36 lakh crore will be Net Market Borrowings of government for 2020-21.
• Madhya Pradesh became 1st state in the country to introduce Unified Registration Card and 2nd state to launch Unified Driving Licence after Uttar Pradesh.
• Airtel Payments Bank launched the Aadhar enabled Payment System (AePS).