The 6th Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) “VAJRA” has been released in Chennai. The Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Vessel is expected to strengthen the efforts Indian Coast Guard in securing the vast coastline of over 7500 km, including a special economic zone (EEZ) of over 20 lakh sq kms.
Sreekar Prasad, an expert editor has made place in the Limca Book of Records for ‘films edited in the most number of languages’. Sreekar Prasad has received the certification from the Limca Records for editing films in seventeen languages.
The Raja Ravi Varma State Award was conferred on veteran painter from Kalaburagi, Prof. J.S. Khanderao (for the year 2019) and senior artist from Mumbai, Vasudev Kamath (2020). The award comprises of cash prize of Rs.10,000 and a citation.
The National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC Ltd) has signed an agreement with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). According to an agreement, NTPC Ltd will give financial aid of Rs 80 Crore for installation and commissioning of Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS).
Chinese tech major Xiaomi will bring ISRO’s Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System, NavIC technology to its smartphones. The capability has been presently enabled by Qualcomm Technologies Inc on several of their Qualcomm Snapdragon Mobile Platforms and will be made accessible across multiple Xiaomi smartphones in India.
Maharashtra government has finalized to undertake the genetic study for the conservation of the native species of domesticated animals. The genetic study targets to conserve the native species of domesticated animals in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra.
Union Communications-Electronics IT Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad launched BSNL Fiber to the home (FTTH) and WiFi services at Jolly Grant Airport in Dehradun. Free WiFi facility will now be available to passengers at Jolly Grant Airport.
Sri Lankan Government formally declared the United Nations that it will step back from the UNHRC (United Nations Human Rights Council) resolution for investigating alleged war crimes. The case was dealing with a decade-old clash with Tamil separatists.
A Programme for Capacity Building of Scheduled Tribe Representatives in Local Self Governments has been started in Bhubhaneswar, Odisha. The programme was started by the Union Tribal Affairs Minister Shri Arjun Munda.
The 24th Meeting of the Eastern Zonal Council will be organized in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The Meeting of the Eastern Zonal Council will be led by the Union Minister for Home Affairs, Shri Amit Shah.
The Central Board of Secondary Education has started an Exam center locator app “CBSE ECL” as well as an Online Exam Center Management System “OECMS”. The “CBSE ECL” is a mobile application which aids the students to locate their examination center and see the distance between current location and examination center.
World NGO Day is celebrated globally on 27 February. The day targets to raise awareness about the Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) sector. The day is observed every year to encourage people worldwide who are involved and delicately working for a good cause.
Hurun Report has announced the Hurun Global Rich List 2020. The Hurun Global Rich List 2020 is a ranking of the US-Dollar billionaires in the world. The 9th edition of the Hurun Global Rich list ranked 2,816 billionaires from 71 countries and from 2,182 companies.
The Government of India (GoI) declared the mega event, RAISE 2020- ‘Responsible AI for Social Empowerment 2020,’ to be organized from April 11-12 in New Delhi. RAISE 2020 is India’s first Artificial Intelligence summit to be held by Government with Industry & Academia.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has hoisted USD 118 million from a new issue of offshore Indian rupee-linked 10-year bonds. This represents ADB’s first new maturity raised in Indian rupees since 2017 and provides to an established yield curve which stretches from 2021 through 2030 with Rs 7,240 crore (USD 1 billion) of outstanding bonds.
“Enhanced Access and Service Excellence (EASE) 3.0” has been started by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman along with the EASE 2.0 Annual Report at Indian Banks’ Association function.
The 5th edition of the Exercise Indra Dhanush 2020 started on 24th February. It is a joint air force exercise between Indian Air Force (IAF) and British Royal Air Forces (RAF) has started at Air Force Station Hindan in Uttar Pradesh (UP).
Jawed Ashraf has been designated as the next Ambassador of India to France. He is currently High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Singapore. He will succeed Vinay Mohan Kwatra.
Five-time Grand Slam champion Maria Sharapova has declared her retirement from tennis. She clinched her first Grand Slam at Wimbledon in 2004 aged 17 and completed the career slam, all four major titles, by winning the French Open in 2012.
TransUnion Cibil, the largest credit information bureau designated Rajesh Kumar of HDFC Bank as its new managing director and chief executive. He will succeed Satish Pillai
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