Current Affairs (19th February, 2024)

Current Affairs

World Human Spirit Day is annually observed on 17th February.
The day was first established in 2003 by Michael Levy, a peace activist and author.
The day aims to promote positivity, resilience and the indomitable human spirit or power that lies within everyone to face adversity with courage and determination.

The National Institute of Nutrition and Augsburg University, Germany launched the NutriAIDE mobile app.
The app promotes healthy and sustainable nutrition through AI-based photo recognition, food content tracking, and environmental impact assessment.

India and Colombia signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the field of sharing digital solutions implemented at population scale for digital transformation.
It was signed between the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and the Information Technologies and Communications of Colombia.
The MoU aims to foster digital transformation through the sharing of India’s open-sourced Digital Public Infrastructures (DPIs), particularly focusing on India Stack Solutions.

Global Tourism Resilience Day is annually observed on 17th February.
The day aims to create greater consciousness about tourism resilience.
The term tourism resilience is used to describe a tourist destination’s capacity to withstand and recover from a crisis.

Ravichandran Ashwin joined the 500th Test wicket in the first innings of the third Test match against England at the Niranjan Shah Stadium in Rajkot.
He becomes the second Indian after Anil Kumble to join 500th wickets in Test history.

The Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) launched a non-participating product ‘Amritbaal’ for children.
It is a non-linked, non-participating, individual, savings, life insurance plan.
The minimum entry age is 30 days with the maximum being 13 years. The age of maturity must be between 18 to 25 years at the last birthday age.
The minimum sum assured is Rs. 2,00,000, with no limit for the maximum basic sum assured.