Daily Current Affairs 4 February 2020

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National News

1. Indian National Commission for Cooperation

HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ has chaired the meeting of the Indian National Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO in New Delhi.
Indian National Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO is a governmental body formed by the Government of India which functions under the Department of Secondary and Higher Education in the Ministry of Human Resource Development.

2. G-20 Presidency in 2022

India will host the G-20 Presidency in 2022.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated Rs 100 crore has been allocated for this purpose.
G20 is an international forum for the Governments and Central Bank Governors from 19 countries and the European Union.
G20 : Leader: Salman of Saudi Arabia (2020) || Chairman: King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (2020) || Founded: 26 September 1999
Venue of G20: 2020: Saudi Arabia || 2021: Italy

3. PEN Gauri Lankesh Award for 2019-20

Kashmiri reporter Yusuf Jameel has received the second edition PEN Gauri Lankesh Award.
Gauri Lankesh was an Indian journalist-turned-activist from Bangalore, Karnataka. She worked as an editor in Lankesh Patrike, a Kannada weekly started by her father P. Lankesh, and ran her own weekly called Gauri Lankesh Patrike.

4. National Kishore Kumar Samman

Veteran actress Waheeda Rehman has been presented with Kishore Kumar Samman for 2018 by Madhya Pradesh Government.
The award carries a cash prize of ₹2 lakh and a citation.

International News

1. World Cancer Day

World Cancer Day is an international day marked on February 4 to raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment.
World Cancer Day is led by the Union for International Cancer Control to support the goals of the World Cancer Declaration, written in 2008.
Theme: ‘I Am and I Will’

2. New member of the Commonwealth of nations

Maldives has rejoined as a member of the Commonwealth of nations.
The Commonwealth of Nations, generally known simply as the Commonwealth, is a political association of 54 member states, mostly former territories of the British Empire.
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom || Founder: Parliament of the United Kingdom || Founded: 11 December 1931

3. New prime minister of Iraq

Mohammed Tawfik Allawi has been named as the new prime minister of Iraq.
Iraq: Capital: Baghdad || Currency: Dinar.

4. World Wetlands Day

World Wetlands Day occurs annually on February 2, marking the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on February 2, 1971 when a small group of environmentalists signed an international agreement at the Ramsar Convention in Iran.
Theme: ‘Wetlands and Biodiversity’

Business News

1. PayTm Android POS device

Paytm has launched an Android POS device for small and medium businesses and merchant partners.
Paytm is an Indian e-commerce payment system and financial technology company, based out of Noida, India.
Founder: Vijay Shekhar Sharma || CEO: Renu Satti || Founded: August 2010

2. New CBIC Chairman

Government of India has appointed M Ajit Kumar as chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs.
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs is the nodal national agency responsible for administering Customs, GST, Central Excise, Service Tax & Narcotics in India.

3. Bank of Baroda with CARE Ratings

Bank of Baroda has signed a pact with CARE Ratings to assess the credit quality of SMEs.
Bank of Baroda: Chairman: Hasmukh Adhia || Head quarters: Vadodara, Gujarat || MD and CEO : Sanjiv Chada

Sports News

1. Cricket Advisory Committee

BCCI has inducted a Cricket Advisory Committee with the appointment of Madan Lal, Rudra Pratap Singh and Sulakshana Naik as its member.
BCCI President: Sourav Ganguly || Headquarter of BCCI: Mumbai.

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