FEBRAURY – 2020 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs WWW.IASJNANA.COM 1 FEBRAURY – 2020 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs Sl.No SUBJECT Pg Nos. 1 STATE 03 2 NATIONAL 08 3 INTERNATIONAL 41 4 SPORTS 46 5 SPECIAL DAYS 50 6 OBITUARY 50 GOOD NEWS - ¥ÉÆ°Ã¸ï ¸À¨ï-E£ïì¥ÉPÀÖgï (PSI) 2019 gÀ £ÉêÀÄPÁwAiÀÄ°è eÁÕ£ÀUÀAUÉÆÃwæ ¸ÀA¸ÉܬÄAzÀ Cwà ºÉZÀÄÑ ¸ÀàzsÁðyðUÀ¼ÀÄ vÉÃUÀðqÉUÉÆArgÀÄvÁÛgÉ. MlÄÖ £ÉêÀÄPÁwAiÀÄ 25 ¥Àæw±ÀvÀ «zÁåyðUÀ¼ÀÄ eÁÕ£ÀUÀAUÉÆÃwæ¬ÄAzÀ vÉÃUÀðqÉUÉÆArgÀĪÀÅzÀÄ £ÀªÀÄUÉ ºÉªÉÄä vÀA¢zÉ. F ¸ÁzsÀPÀgÀ AiÀıÀ¹ì£À PÁAiÀÄðvÀAvÀæªÀ£ÀÄß eÁÕ£ÀUÀAUÉÆÃwæ YouTube ZÁ£É¯ï£À°è «ÃQë¹. Warning- We have no Branches WWW.IASJNANA.COM 2 FEBRAURY – 2020 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs through capacity building in government and State empowering citizens to exercise their right to 1. Praveen Sood is the new DG&IGP of service. Karnataka Chief Minister: B S Yediyurappa Minister for Sakala and Primary and Secondary Education: S Suresh Kumar 5. Commercial flight operations at Bidar Airport in Karnataka begin Praveen Sood, a 1986 batch IPS officer took charge as the new Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG&IGP) of Karnataka, following the retirement of incumbent Neelamani N. Raju. About: Post the successful commencement of flight operations from the Kalaburagi 2. Dr. Siddhalingaiah conferred with pampa airport in Karnataka, Ministry of Civil award Aviation (MoCA) flagged off the first direct Dr. Siddhalingaiah conferred with flight from Bidar airport (8th airport in the prestigious pampa Award, awarded by Karnataka) to Bengaluru in Karnataka under Karnataka government. The award will be RCS-UDAN. presented at function to be held at Banawasi UDAN-RCS, UDAN on Feb 08th. (UdeDeshkaAamNaagrik): is a regional airport development and "Regional 3. Gurubasavapuraskara for K Sivan Connectivity Scheme" (RCS) of Government of India, with the objective of "letting the common citizen of the country fly" RecentlyUDAN achieved milestone under by commencing the 250th route. With the inauguration of the Bengaluru-Bidar route, MoCA has successfully operationalized 252 routes and 45 airports under this flagship scheme. ISRO president K Sivan will be conferred Bidar: region in Karnataka is widely with Gurubasavapuraskara awarded by known for its Bidriware, an ancient metal Basavaseva foundation. handicraft that showcases the fusion of Persian, Arabic, and local craftsmanship which 4. Karnataka launches Janasevaka scheme is a testimony of the rich heritage and culture About: The Karnataka government of Bidar. launched the Janasevaka under the Sakala Important places: such as Bidar fort, and scheme in a few municipal corporation wards Mahals like RangeenMahal, TarkashMahal, to ensure home delivery of various services GaganMahal, TakhtMahal. Furthermore, the like ration cards, senior citizen identity and place is also known for its SolahKhambha health cards. Mosque popularly known as Zanana Masjid. Aim: Sakala aims to ensure in-time delivery of Chief Minister of Karnataka: B.S. government services to citizens by practicing Yediyurappa innovative and efficient management systems WWW.IASJNANA.COM 3 FEBRAURY – 2020 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs 6. 15th Finance Commission cuts Karnataka‟s share in Central taxes About: Based on the criteria and weights adopted by the 15th Finance Commission, Karnataka‘s share in Central taxes has been fixed at 3.646% for 2020-21. This is 1.07 percentage points lower than the share of 4.713% that was applicable during the 14th Finance Commission‘s award period of 2016- 20. Up and down: Consequent to the FFC‘s recommendations, the tax share of southern States such as Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Karnataka has come down, while that of Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Maharashtra and Gujarat has gone up. 15th Finance Commission chairman: Nand Kishore Singh 7. KSNDMC to assist Ethiopia on weather monitoring About: Karnataka's agro-meteorological technology to provide real-time weather updates, which is beneficial especially for farmers, is all set to make a mark in faraway Africa. Collaboration: Ethiopia and Karnataka State Natural Disaster Monitoring Centre (KSNDMC) are keen on collaboration for 'knowledge sharing' and 'technical assistance'. This is expected to be the first international collaboration for the KSNDMC, which already provides assistance on local weather monitoring to states such as Bihar and Maharashtra. 8. List of Karnataka Cabinet Ministers WWW.IASJNANA.COM 4 FEBRAURY – 2020 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs Ministers Portfolio 9. Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) GovindKarajol PWD, Additional launches „Vikas Yuva Prerana‟ Charge of Social Vikas Yuva Prerana: Welfare 10. A special scheme to encourage students of Ashwath Narayan C N Higher Education, IT, polytechnics and Industrial Training Institutes BT & ST (ITI) to take up entrepreneurial activities. This move is expected to help students explore LaxmanSavadi Transport career opportunities in the field of K S Eshwarappa Rural Development and entrepreneurship and take up self-employment. Panchayati Raj R Ashoka Revenue 11. UK launches a new £ 2 million challenge JagadishShettar Large & Medium Scale fund in Bengaluru Industries About: UK has launched a new £ 2 million B Sreeramulu Health & Family challenge fund focused on Artificial Welfare Intelligence (AI) and Data Science innovations S Suresh Kumar Primary & Secondary in Bengaluru. Education Aim: at advancing research and development V Somanna Housing of projects in AI and Data Science as well as encourage industry and academic collaboration C T Ravi Tourism, Additional on tech solutions tackling social, economic and Charge of Kannada & environmental challenges. Culture The fund invites proposals in nine challenge BasavarajBommai Home (Excluding areas: healthcare, environmental protection, Intelligence) water management, energy, future mobility, ShrinivasPoojari Muzrai, Fisheries, Ports agriculture, education, increasing access to & Inland Transport information and financial inclusion. J C Madhu Seamy Law, Parliamentary Successful bidders will likely have Affairs & Minor international partners, including from the UK Irrigation UK government also recently launched a £ 2 C CPatil Mines & Geology million Future Mobility Innovation Challenge H Nagesh Excise Fund in Maharashtra. The overall value of the Fund is £4 million. PrabhuChauhan Animal Husbandry ShashikalaJolleAnnasaheb Women & Children 12. Invest Karnataka-Hubballi Conference Welfare ST Somashekar Co-operation Ramesh Jarkiholi Water Resources Anand Singh Forst K Sudhakar Medical Education ByrathiBasavaraj Urban Development A ShivaramHebbar Labor BC Patil Agriculture Invest Karnataka-Hubballi Conference to th K Gopalaiah Food & Civil Supplies be held in Hubballi on 14 January. Aim: of attracting investors to the northern KC NarayanaGowda Horticulture & districts of the State, including Hubballi- Municipal Dharwad. Administration Minister for Large and Medium ShrimantBalasahebPatil Textiles, minority welfare WWW.IASJNANA.COM 5 FEBRAURY – 2020 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs Industries:JagadishShettar entertainment for the rural population in those Chief Minister: B.S. Yediyurappa areas. Traditionally the Tuluva landlords of the area sponsor it along with households in the 13. Oscar glory for Karwar man coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and AmitGanapathiBadkar, the native of Karwar, Udupi of Karnataka did excellent animation works for the computer-animated comedy fil Toy Story 4, which bagged the coveted Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film category 14. Indian Oil to invest 500 crore in Karnataka 16. Reserves of lithium found in Mandya About: Indian Oil Corporation will be investing About: Researchers at the Atomic Minerals Rs.500 crore in the State for setting up a Directorate, a unit of India‘s Atomic Energy petroleum products receiving, storage, and Commission, have estimated lithium reserves distribution terminal under common user of 14,100 tonnes in a patch of land surveyed in facility on the area of about 120 acres in Mandya, 100 km from Bengaluru Chitradurga. Lithium:It is a rare metal, critical for Memorandum of understanding: Between manufacturing batteries for electric vehicles. Indian oil and state government Other major producers: 8.6 million tonnes in Invest Karnataka conference: Hubballi Chile, 2.8 million tonnes in Australia, 1.7 million tonnes in Argentina or 60,000 tonnes 15. „kambala jockey‟ SrinivasaGowda faster in Portugal than Bolt Import of Lithium: India currently imports all its lithium needs. It imported lithium batteries worth $1.2 billion in fiscal 2019, up from $384 million in FY17. 17. Global rice milling center to come up in Mysuru About: Karnataka‘s SrinivasaGowda ran in traditional Indian sport called ‗kambala‘- of 142.5 metersin 13.62 seconds, which when back-calculated, equates to 100m run in around 9.55 seconds, which is 0.03 seconds faster than Usain Bolt‘s record time of 9.58 seconds About: The Global Centre for Rice Kambala: This sport is prevalent in the Technology (GCRT), the first of its kind in the coastal areas of Karnataka. It is a source of country, is coming up in Mysuru WWW.IASJNANA.COM 6 FEBRAURY – 2020 JNANAGANGOTHRI Monthly Current Affairs Aim: To facilitate the rice milling industry to keep pace with technological advancements in the field. Collaborative venture: It will be a collaborative venture between the Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysuru, Buhler India Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru, and Apit, Bengaluru. CFTRI: is