20 February 2015 Current Affairs
Scientist Tapan Misra To Head ISRO’s Space Application Centre
Eminent scientist Tapan Misra has been appointed the Chief of ISRO’s Space Applications Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad Gujarat. He will succeed A S Kiran Kumar, who was appointed as the Chairman of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in January 2015.
Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi Resigned
Jitan Ram Manjhi has resigned as Chief Minister of Bihar on 20 February. His resignation was accepted by Governor of Bihar Keshri Nath Tripathi. He resigned before the trust vote. Jitan Ram Manjhi was 23rd CM of Bihar, elected in May 2014 by the Janata Dal (United) Party legislators.He was appointed as CM following the resignation of then CM Nitish Kumar, who had resigned from the post taking the responsibility of his party’s (JDU) dismal performance in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
Union Government Approved Various Highway Projects
Union Government has approved various highway projects in states of Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Chhattisgarh worth over Rs 8,600 crore. The work for these approved road projects will be under the National Highways Development Project (NHDP) Phase-V.This decision was taken by Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.