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Daily Current Affairs – 07 March 2020

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Current Affairs 07 March 2020

5th BIMSTEC Summit 2020 to be held in Colombo, Sri Lanka

  • The 5th edition of the BIMSTEC Summit will be held in Colombo, in Sri Lanka in 2020.
  • Sri Lanka is serving as chair of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) from 2018 to 2020.
  • BIMSTEC is a regional organization comprising seven Member States of South Asiaand South East Asia, including Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka from South Asia, and Myanmar and Thailand from Southeast Asia

Nasa names its Mars 2020 rover as Perseverance

  • The American space agency NASA has come up with a new name for the rover that it will send to the Mars (Red Planet) in July 2020 under the Mars rover mission.
  • Till date, the project was known by its code name – Mars 2020.
  • However, from now on, it will be referred to as the Perseverance rover.
  • The name has been selected out of a schools competition that drew 28,000 entries.
  • The Scientists think that Perseverance rover is the best approach to establishing whether or not life has ever existed on Mars.

India ranks 83rd in Freedom in the world 2020 report; Finland tops

  • India has been ranked among one of the least free democracies, as per the annual Freedom in the World 2020 report, published by Freedom House, a US-based watchdog, which has been tracking global political and civil liberties for almost past half a century.
  • India is placed at 83rd position along with Timor-Leste and Senegal in bottom five of “free democracies”.
  • 85 nations were surveyed in the current report  in the ‘free countries’ category.
  • The overall score of India declined from 75 in 2019 to 71 in 2020.
  • India has the worst score decline among the world’s 25 largest democracies in the current report.
  • Finland, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands and Luxembourg are the top five countries in the free category.

 Jan Aushadhi Diwas 2020 is observed on March 7

  • Every year on 7 March, India celebrates “Janaushadi Diwas” across the country to create awareness about the use of generic medicines.
  • The day was started in the year 2019 in order to celebrate achievements of the Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadi Pariyojana (PMBJP) scheme and provide further impetus,
  • Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi interacted with seven Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadi Pariyojana Kendras on 7 March 2020 in New Delhi through video conferencing.

PV Sindhu Bags Sportsperson of the Year Title at Times of India Sports Awards (TOISA) 2019

  • The fourth Times of India Sports Awards (TOISA) 2019 was held in New Delhi on March 6, 2020, to honour the best performances in Indian sports in the year 2019.
  • World champion shuttler and Rio Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu bagged three awards including the top honour Sportsperson of the Year, and Unbreakable Spirit of Sports as well as Badminton Player of the Year (female).
  • Complete winners list
    1. Sports Person of the Year- PV Sindhu
    2. Team of the Year- Men’s Hockey Team
    3. Coach of the Year- Jaspal Rana
    4. Emerging Player of the Year (Male)- Anish Bhanwala
    5. Emerging Player of the Year (Women)- Lalremsiami
    6. Archer of the Year (Male)- Abhishek Verma
    7. Archer of the Year (Female)- Deepika Kumari
    8. Athlete of the Year (Male)- Tajinderpal Singh Toor
    9. Athlete of the Year (Female)- Dutee Chand
    10. Badminton Player of the Year (Male)- Sai Praneeth
    11. Badminton Player of the Year (Female)- PV Sindhu
    12. Billiards/Snooker Player of the Year- Sourav Kothari
    13. Boxer of the Year (Male)- Amit Panghal
    14. Boxer of the Year (Female)- Lovlina Borgohain
    15. Chess Player of the Year- R Pragnanandha
    16. Cricketer of the Year- Rohit Sharma
    17. Footballer of the Year- Sunil Chhetri
    18. Hockey Player of the Year (Male)- Harmanpreet Singh
    19. Hockey Player of the Year (Female)- Rani
    20. Shooter of the Year (Male)- Saurabh Chaudhary
    21. Shooter of the Year (Female)- Manu Bhaker
    22. Squash Player of the Year (Male)- Saurav Ghosal
    23. Squash Player of the Year (Female)- Joshna Chinappa
    24. Table Tennis Player of the Year- Manika Batra
    25. Wrestler of the Year (Male)- Bajrang Punia
    26. Wrestler of the Year (Female)- Vinesh Phogat
    27. Weightlifter of the Year (Male)-Sathish Sivalingam
    28. Weightlifter of the Year (Female)- Saikhom Mirabai Chanu
    29. Para-athlete of the Year (Male)- Pramod Bhagat
    30. Para-athlete of the Year (Female)- Manasi Joshi
    31. Lifetime Achievement Award- Bhaichung Bhutia
    32. Mentor of the Year- Pullela Gopichand
    33. Inspiration of the Year – Rani
    34. Unbreakable Spirit of Sports Award- PV Sindhu
    35. Change Agent of the Year- Odisha
    36. Youth Icon of the Year- Vijender Singh
    37. Corporate Supporter of the Year- Reliance Foundation

Former India Opener Wasim Jaffer Announces retirement from all forms of Cricket

  • Former India opener and domestic cricket giant, Wasim Jaffer, has announced his retirement from all cricket on 7 March 2020.
  • The 42-year-old Jaffer became the first cricketer to play 150 Ranji matches in December 2019.
  • He is also the only batsman to score 12,000 runs in Ranji Trophy as well as has the highest number of first-class hundreds to his name.
  • Internationally, Jaffer has played 31 Tests, scoring 1,944 runs.

Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiuju inaugurated the inaugural five-day Khelo India Winter games at Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir on 7 March 2020.


Indian runner (400m) Prachi has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for the presence of a steroid Oxandrolone by the National Anti Doping Agency (NADA)


 West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard becomes first player to play 500 T20s


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