FEBRUARY 2019 CURRENT AFFAIRS
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- Sultan Abdullah sworn in as new Malaysian King
- UAE, Saudi central banks launch common digital currency called 'Aber'
- US says to withdraw from INF missile treaty with Russia
- World Cancer Day is observed on 4th February.Union for International Cancer Control is launching a new 3-year campaign with the theme: “I Am and I Will."
- Pope Francis becomes 1st pontiff to visit Arabian Peninsula
- Russia to abandon nuclear arms treaty in retaliation to US withdrawal from treaty
- India and Germany join hands on water and waste management
- Macedonia signed an accord to join NATO to become the 30th member of the US-led alliance.
- 2018 fourth warmest year on record
- The 5th India-Bangladesh Joint Consultative Committee Meeting held in New Delhi
- Egypt's President el-Sissi Elected as the new chairman of African Union
- Women with four children to get life tax exemption in Hungary
- Hindi included as third official court language in Abu Dhabi
- India withdraws Most Favoured Nation status granted to Pakistan
- The 40th International Annual Desert Festival kicked-off in Jaisalmer
- International Mother Language Day is celebrated every year on 21st February.
- Saudi Arabia joins International Solar Alliance
- In Nepal, a month-long 'Festival of India' began in Kathmandu to familiarise the new generation of the country about the similarities between the two countries.
- FATF keeps Pakistan on grey list for failing to curb terror funding
- China's state-owned TV channel Xinhua unveiled the world's first female Artificial Intelligence(AI) news anchor.
- Sudan's Omar al-Bashir declares state of emergency
- Cuba votes on new constitution
- Britain's World War II spy Noor Inayat Khan was confirmed as the first Indian-origin woman to be honoured with a Blue Plaque at her former London home.
- Muhammadu Buhari Re-Elected as Nigerian President
- Government proposes to launch mega pension yojana 'Pradhan Mantri Shram-Yogi Maandhan for the unorganised sector workers with monthly income upto Rs. 15,000.
- Rashtriya Kamdhenu Ayog to be setup for sustainable genetic up-gradation of the Cow resources.
- 22nd AIIMS to be setup in Rewari, Haryana.
- The Minister of State for Culture, Dr. Mahesh Sharma, inaugurated the 21-day-long nationwide theatre spectacle ‘Bharat Rang Mahotsav’ in New Delhi.
- India’s largest multi-cultural street festival Kala Ghoda Arts Festival inaugurated at Mumbai.
- Indus River dolphin declared as state aquatic animal of Punjab
