Aam Aadmi Party Convenor Arvind Kejriwal will take oath as Chief Minister of Delhi on 16 February for the third time. Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal will administer the oath of office and secrecy to Mr. Arvind Kejriwal and his Cabinet colleagues.
Delhi is a UT with 70 seats in state Legislative Assembly.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will align its financial accounting year with that of the central government with effect from 2020-21. Fiscal 2019-20 will end on June 30, 2020 while fiscal year 2020-21 will begin on July 1, 2020 but ends on March 31, 2021.
Accounting year was changed to July-June in March 1940.
AsiaOne Magazine and URS Media organized a Networking Meet called India-Thailand: Today, Tomorrow, Together collaboration with the India Thai Chamber of Commerce (ITCC) at Sathon, Bangkok. Meet stressed the India & Thailand historical & cultural link.
Thailand Capital- Bangkok, Currency- Thai Baht.
Adani Enterprises said it has signed concession agreements with Airports Authority of India (AAI) for operations, management and development of Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Mangalore airports. The concession period is 50 years from the commercial operation date.
GMR Group & GVK Group are the largest private airport operators.
The Munich Security Conference is being held in Germany between 2020 February 14-16. Conference was attended by External Affairs minister S Jaishankar representing India. It is one of the world’s leading forum that debates on international security policy.
Munich Security Conference was founded in 1963.
Global spending on defence rose by four percent in 2019, the largest growth in 10 years, led by big increases in the US & China, a study by the International Institute for Strategic Studies said. IISS’s annual report is called as Military Balance report.
The Europe spending has increased by 4.2%.
CDS Gen Bipin Rawat is aiming to set up the first integrated tri-services command for handing the air defence of the entire country by June 2020 which will be headed by an Indian Air Force (IAF) officer. It aims to protect the air space of the country.
Each service has its individual air defence set-up.
The country will send up an unusually large number of 10 earth observation (EO) satellites during 2020-21, according to the latest annual report of the Indian Space Research Organisation for 2019-20. It includes the first Geo Imaging Satellite, GISAT-1.
For the on going year 2019-20, ISRO had planned for 17 missions.
Yodhavu-a mobile app through which the public can inform police about drug abuse and its distribution, was launched by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan as part of efforts to curb the growing menace in the State. Informer's identity will be kept secret.
It was introduced by the Kochi city police.
The Naga tribes of Manipur celebrated their seed sowing festival 'Lui-Ngai-Ni', under the theme “Oneness through Culture”, with much fanfare at Tangkhul Naga Long ground in Ukhrul. Festival Lui-Ngai-Ni reflects the rich cultural heritage of the Nagas.
Manipur Chief Minister- Nongthombam Biren Singh.
Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar will attend bilateral Conference of Parties meetings in Gandhinagar as part of the 13th Conference of Parties of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals.
Theme: Migratory species connect planet & we welcome them home.
Ek Bharat Shresth Bharat programme aims to establish cultural exchanges between people of different regions to further human bonding & a common approach to nation building. Mizoram is paired with the State of Bihar for the year 2019-20 under the campaign.
Mizoram Capital-Aizawl, Bihar Capital-Patna.
Bhawna Jat qualified for the 2020 Olympics after setting a new national record in the 20 km race walk category at the National Championships in Ranchi. Her effort was a great improvement on her personal best of 1 hr 38 minute 30 seconds set in last year.
The 2020 Olympics will be held in Tokyo.
Indian Men's team settled for bronze at the Badminton Asia Team Championships after losing to 2-time defending champions Indonesia in the semi-finals at Manila. Lakshya won over world No.7 Asian games champion Jonatan Christie in the 2nd singles encounter.
It is their 2nd medal after a semi-final finish in 2016.
India's squash ace Joshna Chinappa has clinched 77th Senior National Championship in woman's category at the ISA courts in Chennai. With the win, she claimed her 18th title in the career. Saurav Ghosal won in the Men's category bagging his 13th title.
Chinappa defeated Tanvi Khanna.
Vidit S Gujrathi won over Austrian Grand Master Markus Ragger in the 3rd round of the Prague chess festival to jump to the top spot in the master’s category. P Harikrishna went down to the Iranian Alireza Firouzja in 40 moves in a Spanish opening game.
2nd rank-Nikita Vitiugov, Alireza Firouzja & Jan-Krzysztof Duda.
One of the Agenda of the CMS COP 13 convention includes proposals on infrastructure of migratory mammals. The migratory mammals to be focused in the summit includes Gobi bear, Persian Leopard and Urial along with conservation to Ganges river Dolphins.
COP 13 also focuses on Great Indian Bustard & Asian Elephants.