DAILY GK 12 FEB 2020
1. African
Union (AU) Summit 2020
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33rd African Union (AU) Heads
of State Summit 2020 under the theme “Silencing the Guns:
Creating Conducive Conditions for Africa’s Development” was held
in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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President of
the Republic of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, is the newly
elected Chairperson of the African Union for one year.He
replaces Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.
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The African Union (AU) is a continental union
consisting of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa.
2. WHO
renames deadly coronavirus from China as ‘COVID-19’
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WHO has
officially renamed Coronavirus as ‘COVID-19’ [“co”
stands for “corona”, “vi” for “virus” and “d” for “disease”, while “19” was for
the year, as the outbreak was first originated in China’s Wuhan area in
December 2019].
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Earlier the WHO had given temporary name for
the virus as 2019-nCoV
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Wild mammal pangolin suspected as coronavirus
host
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According to the researchers at South
China Agricultural University, pangolin, an endangered, scaly,
ant-eating mammal is believed to be the cause of coronavirus.
3. International
Darwin Day-February 12, 2020
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This year on 12th February
has marked the 211th birth anniversary of the Charles Darwin.
4. India’s
foreign investment jumps 40%
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According to RBI on RBI data on ‘Outward
Foreign Direct Investment (OFDI), India ‘s Foreign investment rose by nearly 40
per cent to USD 2.10 billion on a yearly basis in January 2020.
