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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
- Sports Person of the Year- PV Sindhu
- Team of the Year- Men’s Hockey Team
- Coach of the Year- Jaspal Rana
- Emerging Player of the Year (Male)- Anish Bhanwala
- Emerging Player of the Year (Women)- Lalremsiami
- Archer of the Year (Male)- Abhishek Verma
- Archer of the Year (Female)- Deepika Kumari
- Athlete of the Year (Male)- Tajinderpal Singh Toor
- Athlete of the Year (Female)- Dutee Chand
- Badminton Player of the Year (Male)- Sai Praneeth
- Badminton Player of the Year (Female)- PV Sindhu
- Billiards/Snooker Player of the Year- Sourav Kothari
- Boxer of the Year (Male)- Amit Panghal
- Boxer of the Year (Female)- Lovlina Borgohain
- Chess Player of the Year- R Pragnanandha
- Cricketer of the Year- Rohit Sharma
- Footballer of the Year- Sunil Chhetri
- Hockey Player of the Year (Male)- Harmanpreet Singh
- Hockey Player of the Year (Female)- Rani
- Shooter of the Year (Male)- Saurabh Chaudhary
- Shooter of the Year (Female)- Manu Bhaker
- Squash Player of the Year (Male)- Saurav Ghosal
- Squash Player of the Year (Female)- Joshna Chinappa
- Table Tennis Player of the Year- Manika Batra
- Wrestler of the Year (Male)- Bajrang Punia
- Wrestler of the Year (Female)- Vinesh Phogat
- Weightlifter of the Year (Male)-Sathish Sivalingam
- Weightlifter of the Year (Female)- Saikhom Mirabai Chanu
- Para-athlete of the Year (Male)- Pramod Bhagat
- Para-athlete of the Year (Female)- Manasi Joshi
- Lifetime Achievement Award- Bhaichung Bhutia
- Mentor of the Year- Pullela Gopichand
- Inspiration of the Year – Rani
- Unbreakable Spirit of Sports Award- PV Sindhu
- Change Agent of the Year- Odisha
- Youth Icon of the Year- Vijender Singh
- 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.