Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh defeated Harutyun Bargseghyan of France to win the 34th Cannes Open in France. Siva Mahadevan of India steps on the 10th place with six points.
FC Goa has become the first Indian club to qualify for the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League group stage. FC Goa clinched the top spot in the Indian Super League (ISL 2019-20) standings, ending as the league’s table-topper after beating Jamshedpur FC 5-0 in an Indian Super League match.
New Delhi hosts the International Judicial Conference which was addressed by PM Modi. The conference was organized with the theme of “Gender Just World”. The topic of the one-day conference is “Judiciary and The Changing World”.
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has permitted the use of regulatory sandbox by the market players on select customers. SEBI will also grant limited registration for such testing purposes.
The appointment of Sunil Gurbaxani as managing director and CEO of Dhanlaxmi Bank has been appointed by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). The appointment has been made for a period of three years. Gurbaxani is presently working with Axis Bank.
The Indian Railways has started the Hindi Version of Artificial Intelligence-based chatbot called “ASKDISHA”. The hindi version has been started to further enhance the customer services rendered and to further strengthen the services of the chatbot.
J&K Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan has flagged off a youth exchange programme ‘Watan Ko Jano’. The programme has been managed by Jammu and Kashmir Rehabilitation Council, Department of Social Welfare under the aegis of Department of JK Affairs, Government of India.
India’s first floating jetty has been inaugurated by the Union Minister of State for Shipping Mansukh Mandaviya at a cruise terminal in Vasco at Goa. The floating jetty is made of cement concrete and is expected to uplift inland waterways.
On the occasion of 1st anniversary of the launch of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar started PM KISAN mobile application for the further expansion of the scheme.
Former Indian footballer Ashok Chatterjee passed away. He made his international debut when he came on as a second-half substitute for PK Banerjee against Japan in the Merdeka Cup in 1965.
The ‘Historical Gastronomica – The Indus Dining Experience’ exhibition was held at the National Museum in New Delhi which was jointly managed by the National Museum along with One Station Million Stories (OSMS).
The ‘5G Hackathon’ is launched by the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in association with the government of India, academia and industry stakeholders to shortlist India’s focused cutting edge ideas that can be transformed into workable 5G products and solutions.
Ross Taylor has reached the landmark feat during the first international cricket match of India and New Zealand bilateral test series started at Basin Reserve in Wellington. He has become the first player in the cricket world to play 100 matches in all three formats of the game.
Retired Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers Amarjeet Sinha and Bhaskar Khulbe have been selected as the Advisers to Prime Minister Narendra Modi by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.
Leo Varadkar resigns as Prime Minister of Ireland but chose to staying on as interim leader while the country’s three main parties battle out deadlocked coalition talks after an inconclusive election.
“Shaheed Dibash” which is also known as ‘Amar Ekushey’ was noticed on 21st of February in Bangladesh to commemorate and to pay tribute to the martyrs of language movement who lost their lives during Pakistani police firing on 21st of February 1952 in Dhaka.
The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has found gold reserves in Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. These reserves are approximated to be around 3000 tonnes which is almost five times of India’s present gold reserves. The newly found reserves are valued at Rs 12 lakh crore.
The Bharatiya Chitra Sadhana will host the 3rd edition of the Chitra Bharati Film Festival at Gujarat University in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The prime aim of the Chitra Bharati Film Festival is of establishing a ‘Bharatiya’ narrative in Indian cinema.
V L Dutt, the former Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) president has passed away. He led the federation in 1991-92 and also worked as the chairman of the India Vietnam Joint Business Council of FICCI.
According to the report commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO), UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Lancet medical journal and backed by United Nations, India is at 77th position in the Sustainability Index 2020 and 131st on the Flourishing Index 2020.
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