Today's Important News : 20 February 2014

Today's Important News (20-02-2014)

The Hindu

National:

1. T-Bill shuts down Seemandhra; drama in RS
2. IRS 2013 kept in abeyance
3. Centre moves SC for Muslim quota
4. Lok Sabha passes interim budget
5. 680 million Indians lack the means to meet their essential needs: report
6. Option B Plus to cut risk of perinatal HIV transmission

Current Affairs MCQ

International:

1. TTP sets conditions
2. Yanukovych gets tough with protesters
3. Nun sentenced to jail
4. Iran and global powers have a mountain to climb
5. China cautious on Pak. investment deals
6. Italy to approach U.N., EU again

India & The World:

1. India, Bahrain sign three MoUs

Business News:

1. Telecom M&A norms soon
2. Car makers cut prices
3. Global Beverages gets equity funding
4. Govt holding in Vijay Bank rises to 74 %
5. Ennore Port to raise Rs.500 crore

S&T, Environment, Defence :

1. Management of bacterial blight of rice
2. Duplication of images in stem cell papers spotted
3. Why the smell of food makes you hungrier
4. Cause of decline in wild bumblebee populations identified

Sports:

1. India’s refusal to admit flaws is disturbing
2. Smooth sailing for Devvarman

Others:

1. ‘Love for regional languages will unite India’

Editorials & Articles:

1. Chaotic endgame
2. The battle for water
3. Pension deal for veterans
4. Saving dying lake is Iranian leader’s priority
5. A just war or a catastrophe?

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Courtesy: The Hindu