Daily Current Affairs 9 February 2020

Daily Current Affairs 9 February 2020: Your guide for daily General Knowledge Preparation

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This post contains important current affairs of 9 February 2020. It includes all Major National, International, Business and Sports related current affairs of 9 February 2020. A brief explanation of every current affair is provided to further enhance your general knowledge. Once you have gone through these current affairs we would recommend to you to try 9 February 2020 Current affairs test.

National News

1. Institution of National Importance

• Government has gave its approval to confer the status of Institution of National Importance to five Indian Institutes of Information Technology.
• These Five IIITs are Surat, Bhopal, Bhagalpur, Agartala and Raichur.

2. India-Sri Lanka Alliance Air flights

• Alliance Air, a 100 per cent subsidiary of Air India, will fly on international sectors between India and Sri Lanka.
• Alliance Air is an Indian regional airline and a wholly owned subsidiary of Air India. It was founded in 1996 and mainly operates domestic routes as part of the government’s Regional Connectivity Scheme.
• Parent organization: Air India Limited || Headquarters: Mumbai

3. ‘Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries’ (SFURTI) Scheme

• Ministry of MSME has implemented a ‘Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries’ (SFURTI) Scheme.
• A financial support is being provided for setting up of traditional industries clusters viz. Khadi, Coir & Village industries clusters.

International News

1. World’s first bulletproof helmet

• Indian Army has developed world’s first bulletproof helmet.
• The bulletproof helmet can stop an AK-47 bullet round fired from a distance of 10 meters.
• The 28th Chief of Army Staff: General Manoj Mukund Naravane.

2. Astronaut Christina Koch

• Astronaut Christina Koch of NASA has come back to Earth after record stay of 328 days in International Space Station.
• She has surpassed Peggy Whitson’s record for an American woman on a single spaceflight at 289 days.

3. World Bank’s Chief Economist

• Pinelopi Koujianou has resigned from the chief economist post of the World Bank.
• World Bank: President: David Robert Malpass || Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer: Anshula Kant.

Business News

1. Instamojo’s New Acquisition

• Instamojo has acquired digital commerce platform ‘GetMeAShop’ for $5 million.
• GetMeAShop was the subsidiary of Times Internet.
• Instamojo: Founded: 2012 || Headquarters location: Bengaluru

2. Pension Fund Manager

• The Minimum net worth for Pension Fund Manager has been raised to Rs 50 crore from 25 crore by PFRDA.
• The National Pension Scheme (NPS) is one of the most accepted pension-oriented products in the country. The programme was introduced by the Central Government as part of a social security initiative for all Indian citizens. The NPS scheme allows individuals employed in the public and private sectors to invest in low-risk equity funds, security funds, or alternative investments with good returns.
• At present, there are 8 pension fund managers in the country.
• Aditya Birla Sun Life Pension Management Limited. || HDFC Pension Management Company Limited. || UTI Retirement Solutions Limited. || SBI Pension Funds Private Limited. || ICICI Prudential Pension Funds Management Company Limited. || Reliance Pension Fund. || Kotak Mahindra Pension Fund Limited. || LIC Pension Fund.

3. Indian Oil with Phinergy

• Indian Oil and Israel’s battery developer Phinergy will jointly make metal-air batteries in India.
• Indian Oil Corporation Limited, commonly known as IndianOil is an Indian government owned oil and gas company headquartered in New Delhi.
• Headquarters: New Delhi || Chairperson: Sanjiv Singh

4. External Benchmarking of loans for MSMEs

• RBI has announced External Benchmarking of loans for MSMEs from April 1.
• The Reserve Bank of India is India’s central bank, which controls the issue and supply of the Indian rupee. RBI is the regulator of entire Banking in India. RBI plays an important part in the Development Strategy of the Government of India.
• Headquarters location: Mumbai || Founder: British Raj || Founded: 1 April 1935, Kolkata

Sports News

1. Laureus Sporting Moment 2000-2020 Award

• Sachin Tendulkar has been shortlisted as one among five contenders for the greatest Laureus Sporting Moment 2000-2020 Award.
• The moment is titled as the ‘Carried On the Shoulders Of A Nation’.

2. Big Bash League title

• Sydney Sixers has defeated Melbourne Stars to claim their second Big Bash League title.
• The Big Bash League is an Australian professional franchise Twenty20 cricket league, which was established in 2011 by Cricket Australia.

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