Banking & SSC 1st feb Imp Current Affairs 2020

Budget Session of Parliament Starts with an address by President Ram Nath Kovind to the Joint Sitting of two Houses of Parliament

Ajay Bisaria Appointed India’s High Commissioner to Canada
WHO announces ‘public Health Emergency of International concern’ over the Coronavirus crisis in China and nations
Indian-Origin Arvind Krishna named New CEO of IBM
Dr Pratap Chauhan of Jiva Ayurveda wins Ayurveda Ratan Award at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium
NASA Decommissions Spitzer Space Telescope after 16 years of Operation
Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST), the wolrd’s largest solar Telescope in Hawaii (US), Captures its First photograph of the sun
China: Year of the Rat begins with the Spring Festival on January 25

Government. Revises downwards the Economic Growth Rate for 2018-19 to 6.1% from 6.8% expected in advance
Alliance Air, a Wholly-Owned subsidiary of Air India, Launches Bhubaneswar-Varanasi Flight; 250th route Operationalised under RCS – UDAN (Regional Connectivity Scheme – Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik)
India bans export of all form of respiratory masks used to people from air borne particles
Auto Component maker Omega Seiki Launches electric powered three wheeled cargo vehicles under brands Singha and Singha Max
Abidali Z Neemuchwala quits as CEO and MD of Wipro

Australian Open tennis in Melbourne: France’s Kristina Mladenovic and Timea Babos of Hungary win ladies’s doubles name
Russia’s David Paravyan wins Gibraltar International Chess Masters Festival
Indian ladies’s Team Captain Rani Rampal turns into first ever hockey player to win World Games Athlete of the Year’ award
India beat New Zealand via Super Over within the Fourth T20 International at Westpac Stadium, Wellington

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