Ministry of Corporate Affairs has been started ‘SPICe+’ Web Form (pronounced ‘SPICe Plus’) to offer 10 services by 3 Central Government Ministries/ Departments and of State Government of Maharashtra in a single web form.
The National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom), in collaboration with Niti Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), started an artificial intelligence (AI) based module for students of Indian schools.The AI-Base Module will be implemented across 5,000 Atal Tinkering Labs (ATL), teaching 2.5 million students.
The Mumbai International Airport Ltd (MIAL) has started the world’s largest airport-based temperature-controlled facility known as the ‘Export Cold Zone’ for processing and storage of agro and pharma products.
The world’s oldest man, Chitetsu Watanabe of Japan, has passed away at 112. He was born on March 5th, 1907. He was got his Guinness World Record certification on February 12, 2020.
The 11th National Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) Conference 2020 on ‘Empowering Youth for Technology Led Farming’ has been launched in New Delhi. The conference was started by the Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar.
The Indian Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Vessel “ICGS Varad” has been commissioned by the Union Minister of State for Shipping (I/C) & Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri Mansukh Mandaviya. The minister also accorded the ‘Guard of honour’ parade as part of commissioning ceremony of ICGS Varad which was organized in Chennai.
Forest Man of India Jadav Payeng will be honored Swami Vivekananda Karmayogi Award 2020 which comprises of a trophy, a recitation and a reward of Rs 1 lakh in New Delhi for his consistent efforts in creating a real man-made forest through massive reforestation.
HDFC Bank tied hands with the country’s largest airline IndiGo to start a co-branded credit card, which will effectively work like a loyalty programme for the carrier. Its first travel credit card named ‘Ka-ching’- powered by Mastercard.
Abhishek Singh has been selected as the next Ambassador of India to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. He is presently serving as Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of India in Kabul, Afghanistan. He will succeed Rajiv Kumar Napal, who passed away recently.
The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet has approved a proposal to rename Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Urdu, Arabi-Farsi University in Lucknow. The Cabinet has finalized to rename the university as Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Languages University.
The Kerala High Court newly passed an order and banned all types of political movements in the college and school premises. Banning various forms agitations like gherao and sit-in in the campuses, the High Court also said no one can be persuaded to participate in such protests.
The Ministry of Food Processing Industries(MoFPI) has signed Rs 162 crore under Operation Green scheme which has an outlay of Rs 500 crore to stabilize the supply of tomato, onion and potato (TOP) crops and to ensure their availability round the year without price volatility.
Centenarian freedom fighter and Vedic scholar Sudhakar Krishna Rao, widely known as Sudhakar Chaturvedi passed away. He was born in a Madhva family and became a disciple of Swami Shraddhananda, the disciple of the founder of Arya Samaj Swami Dayananda.
Right to Protein, a national-level public health initiative has released India’s first ‘Protein Day’ on 27th February. The target of the day is to draw public attention, raise awareness, and educate India on the health benefits of protein.
National Science Day is observed on 28th February. On this day, Sir CV Raman had declared the discovery of the Raman Effect for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1930. Government of India designated 28 February as National Science Day (NSD) in 1986.
The 91st Annual General Meeting of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Society was organized in Delhi. The Annual General Meeting was led by the Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar.
Bharti AXA General Insurance, a private non-life insurer to be the 1st company in India to use Whatsapp chatbot. Through this service, the company initialized delivering policies and renewal premium to its customers.
Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar started “Baroda Startup Banking”. It is an initiative targeted at making the Bank of Baroda (BoB) a preferred banking partner for the start-up community and establishing link with at least 2,000 start-ups over the next two years.
The Airtel Payments Bank has released the Aadhaar-enabled Payment System (AePS). The facility has been started by the payment bank at over 2,50,000 banking points across India.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh launched the new Light Combat Helicopter (LCH) Production Hangar at Helicopter Division in Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Complex at Bengaluru, Karnataka. LCH is a 5.5-tonne class combat helicopter designed and developed by HAL.
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