The government has decided to stop the share of river waters which flow into Pakistan. India will divert water from Eastern rivers namely the Beas, the Ravi and the Sutlej and supply it to the people in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab.
Pakistan has control over the water from Indus, Jhelum & Chenab
MobiKwik has announced the launch of digital life insurance on its app to its users. MobiKwik partnered with ICICI Prudential to roll out first the group microinsurance product. It offers a life cover of ₹ 1 Lakh for a monthly premium as low as ₹ 20.
The insurance industry in India is likely to reach $280 bn by 2020.
International Mother Language Day is celebrated every year on Feb 21 with the objective to promote linguistic diversity & multilingual education. ‘Indigenous languages matter for development, peace-building & reconciliation’ was the theme of IMLD 2019.
UNESCO served as the lead agency of IMLD for the year 2019.
Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation suggested an interest rate of 8.65% for FY19. The Central Board of Trustees headed by Labour Minister is the apex decision-making body of EPFO that finalizes the interest rate on PF deposits for the financial year.
EPFO is under the control of the Ministry of Labour and Employment.
India & Sri Lanka signed an MoU to establish a centre for ICT incubators in Jaffna via a grant of 25 Cr Sri Lankan rupees from India. The centre would provide chances to enable an environment for ICT & services in the Northern region inhabited by minority Tamils
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka - Ranil Wickramasinghe.
Uttar Pradesh launched a Scheme for Adolescent Girls. It focuses on girls aged between 11 to 14 years who have left studies & will take steps for proper nutrition & special care for them. UP govt decided to observe Adolescent girls day on 8th of every month.
Governor of Uttar Pradesh – Ram Naik.
The Odisha government has agreed to implement the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN). The Centre is expected to formally launch the PM-KISAN scheme at a farmers’ conclave in Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh on February 24.
Odisha had refused to implement the Ayushman Bharat -PM JAY.
A small brown rat which lived on an island off northern Australia is the world's 1st mammal known to have become extinct due to human-induced climate change. Acc. to the University of Queensland report in 2016, the mammal had not been seen for almost 10 yrs.
Highest risk of extinction of Species - Australia, New Zealand
The Supreme Court has appointed Justice DK Jain as the first court-appointed ombudsman for the BCCI. The role of the ombudsman would be to resolve the disputes relating to the players within the state cricket associations and also financial issues.
Board of Control for Cricket in India is headquartered at Mumbai
PM Modi launched India Korea start-up hub in Seoul. It is a one-stop platform to bring Indian & Korean start-up ecosystems closer & to facilitate joint innovation b/w the 2 economies. It was abstracted as part of a joint statement b/w KOTRA & Invest India.
Moon Jae-in is the President of South Korea.