February 2020 current affairs | Top 50 Monthly current affairs

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50 monthly current affairs for February 2020

1. World radio day is celebrated on 13 February
2. World Cancer Day: 4 February
3. Australia has appointed former New South Wales premier Barry O'Farrell as the next high commissioner to India
4. Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy's son-in-law, Rishi Sunak has been appointed as UK's Finance Minister
5. The government-appointed the 1988 batch IAS officer of Nagaland Cadre Rajiv Bansal as the Chairman and Managing Director of Air India. 
6. Britain appointed career diplomat Philip Barton as its High Commissioner to India to succeed Dominic Asquith.
7. Pramod Agrawal has assumed charge as the new chairman and managing director of Coal India Ltd
8. The Ministry of External Affairs appointed Gopal Baglay as India's next High Commissioner to Sri Lanka.
9.  Indian Paralympic medal-winner Deepa Malik has been elected president of the Paralympic Committee of India.
10. Mohammed Allawi named as Iraq Prime Minister
11. Arvind Krishna has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of IBM, succeeding Ginni Rometty.
12. The Ministry of External Affairs appointed Vinay Mohan Kwatra as India's next ambassador to Nepal
13. The world’s oldest man has died at age 112, less than two weeks after being named the Guinness World Record holder
14. A pioneering US computer scientist Larry Teslar, whose accomplishments included inventing the widely relied on "cut, copy and paste" command, passed away in Feb 2020
15. R K Pachauri, a former chief of The Energy and Resources Institute, passed away in February 2020
16. The Scottish parliament approved to make sanitary products freely available to all women. It is the first nation in the world to make sanitary products free
17. Sweden's Riksbank has begun testing an e-krona in conjunction with Accenture, which could lead to the creation of world’s first central bank digital currency (CBDC). 
18. Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has decided continuation of Pakistan in the 'Grey List'.
19. Jeff Bezos has announced that he will launch a $10 billion fund to fight climate change known as "Bezos Earth Fund."
20. Indian-origin Alok Sharma was named the new UK Minister in charge of the UN climate talks to be hosted by Britain.
21. New Zealand Police unveiled its first Artificial intelligence (AI) officer Ella on 12 February 2020.
22. The 33rd edition of the African Union (AU) summit was held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 9 Feb 2020. 
23. The fifth edition of the Dhaka Art Summit began on 9 Feb 2020
24. The US has announced the launch of a 27-nation International Religious Freedom Alliance.
25. Maldives becomes the 54th member of the Commonwealth
26. New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor on 21 Feb 2020 became the first player in the world to play 100 matches in all three formats of cricket
27. LinkedIn Corp. CEO Jeff Weiner is stepping down after 11 years in the role and will become executive chairman. Ryan Roslansky, currently senior vice president of product, will become CEO effective June 1, 2020.
28. Dr Saima Yunus Khan became the first Indian to be conferred with the prestigious IADR Fellowship in the field of dental research.
29. Union FPI Minister launches MIEWS Portal- Minister of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal launched the Market Intelligence and Early Warning System Web Portal
30. The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme completes one year. PM had launched the scheme on 24th Feb'19 at Gorakhpur in UP
31. The Soil Health Card Scheme completed five years on 19 Feb 2020.
32. An 18 day long focused Ek Bharat Shreshth Bharat Campaign began from 10 Feb 2020 across the country
33. The GoI announced the mega event RAISE 2020- Responsible AI for Social Empowerment 2020 to be held from April 11-12 in New Delhi.
34. Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F10) will launch Geo Imaging Satellite (GISAT-1) from the Second Launch Pad of Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) SHAR, Sriharikota.
35. Microsoft announced the launch of a “100x100x100” program aimed at the B2B startups in India. Under the new initiative, Microsoft will bring together 100 companies and 100 “early and growth” startups that have “enterprise-ready solutions” to offer.
36.  India at second in cash withdrawals from ATM, number 1 is China
37. The US has surpassed China to become India's top trading partner. According to the data of the commerce ministry, in 2018-19, the bilateral trade between the US and India stood at $87.95 bn. India's two-way commerce with China aggregated at $87.07 bn.
38. WhatsApp has received permission from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to expand its pilot UPI services to 10 million users. Its payment feature, called WhatsApp Pay, allows users to pay others or do business transactions through their bank accounts.
39. The UT of Ladakh to host the first-ever Khelo India Winter Games
40. India won one silver and two bronze medals on concluding day of Asian Wrestling Championships in New Delhi
41. India will host the 2021 Junior Men's Hockey World Cup
42. Virat Kohli continued to hold on to the top spot in the batting chart of the latest ICC ODI rankings released in Dubai on 12 Feb 2020. 
43. Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd (GRSE) delivered its 4th anti-submarine warfare stealth corvette to the Indian Navy on 18 Feb 2020.
44. Chief of Defence Staff, General Bipin Rawat announced the plans to create a Peninsula Command with Navy’s Eastern and Western Command under it.
45. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has provided the Indian Air Force with 83 Tejas fighter aircraft at a reduced cost of Rs 39,000 crore
46. The 5th edition of joint military exercise ''Ajeya Warrior 2020'' between India and the UK will be conducted at Salisbury Plains in the UK from 13-26 Feb 2020.
47. An Indian Army Major who had developed a bulletproof jacket for protection against sniper bullets has now developed a helmet that is claimed to be first such in the world. It can stop an AK-47 bullet round from a distance of 10 meters.
48. 11th edition of the DefExpo, a flagship biennial event of the Ministry of Defence, concluded on 8 Feb 2020 in Lucknow
49. The National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom), in collaboration with Niti Aayog's Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), launched an artificial intelligence (AI) based module for students of Indian schools.
50. A unique census of migratory birds is being undertaken in the Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu.