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World Day of Social Justice - 20 February

The World Day of Social Justice is annually observed on February 20 to encourage people to look at how social justice affects poverty eradication. 2019 theme for the day was If You Want Peace & Development, Work for Social Justice.

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World Day of Social Justice has been observed since 2009.

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IRDAI spells out draft norms of standard Mediclaim policy

According to the draft guidelines of IRDAI, the Mediclaim product will have the basic mandatory covers & no additional/add-on covers will be allowed. The minimum basic sum insured under standard product shall be ₹ 50000 with a maximum limit of ₹ 10 lakh.

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Pre-hospitalisation costs(not less than 30 days) will be covered

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India, Saudi Arabia to establish high cooperation council to boost ties

India & Saudi Arabia will set up a high cooperation council to provide a huge impetus to bilateral ties between the nations. It would enable the two nations to discuss any problem and engage directly on various aspects including business, politics & defence.

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Saudi Arabia Crown Prince - Mohammed bin Salman.

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HDFC ERGO Launches the First-of-its-kind Trip Protector' Policy

HDFC ERGO announced the launch of Trip Protector insurance policy. It would safeguard travellers against the cost of cancellation levied by Hotels/Airlines. It covers the cancellation of pre-booked flights & hotels for domestic and international travel.

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CEO of HDFC ERGO General Insurance Company - Ritesh Kumar.

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Kerala Police introduces country’s first humanoid robot into force

Kerala Police introduced the humanoid robot called ‘KP-Bot’. It is designed to provide round-the-clock service, involving public interface and front office administration and overcome human limitations to avoid, to the extent possible, human error.

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KP-Bot would work alongside human beings seamlessly.

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Operation Digital Board (ODB) launched to provide better digital education

Govt has launched Operation Digital Board on the lines of Operation Blackboard to provide better digital education. Under the program, 7L classrooms of 9th, 10th,11th std & 2L classrooms of colleges, Univ will be equipped with digital boards in the next 3 yrs.

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UGC will be the implementing agency for ODB in HEIs.

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Department of justice launches tele-law mobile app, Nyaya Bandhu

Ravi Shankar Prasad launched a tele-law mobile app that is integrated with a dashboard & an application called Nyaya Bandhu. The pro bono legal service was built to accelerate & facilitate practicing advocates to register & connect with the beneficiaries.

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Ranjan Gogoi is the Chief Justice of India.

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MoU b/w Environment Ministry and University of British Columbia on forestry science

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change & University of British Columbia, Canada signed an MoU for 10 years in New Delhi to explore opportunities for future collaborations in the field of forestry science through their respective organizations.

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Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change – Harsh Vardhan

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Rajyavardhan Rathore to inaugurate ISSF Shooting World Cup

Sports Minister will inaugurate the International Shooting Sports Federation World Cup in New Delhi. The ISSF World Cup is crucial for Indian shooting as it has 16 quotas up for grabs for Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualification.

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The mascot for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics is named Miraitowa.

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Government to start water transport in Yamuna river in Uttar Pradesh

The Govt will start Water transport in the Yamuna river in Uttar Pradesh. A water port will be set up in Baghpat dist. Govt is planning to export sugar from western UP to Bangladesh via Yamuna water transport which will be connected to Allahabad.

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Allahabad is officially known as Prayagraj.