Indian feminist scholar, activist Gita Sen has grabbed the prestigious Dan David Prize 2020 under “present” category. She has worked hard in the fields of women’s rights, reproductive and sexual health and poverty eradication.
BioAsia 2020 has declared the Genome Valley Excellence Award. American immunologist and oncologist Dr. Carl H June and Novartis CEO Dr. Vasant Narsimhan will be presented this award for their contributions to life sciences.
Veteran space scientist G Narayanan has been appointed the chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation’s newly formed commercial entity New Space India Ltd (NSIL).
Senior IAS officer Rajiv Bansal was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of national carrier Air India. He succeeds Ashwani Lohani.
Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has declared Khelo India winter games 2020 which will be held in the Union Territory of Ladakh later this month followed by a similar event in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in March.
India celebrates Sarojini Naidu’s birthday as National Women’s Day every year on February 13. This year Nation celebrates its 141st Birth Anniversary of Sarojini Naidu.
Former Chairman and Director General of The Energy Resources Institute (TERI) Rajindra Kumar Pachauri passed away. Pachauri was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of the IPCC in 2007
The Ghaziabad police started ‘Operation Nakail’ under which the identity of auto-rickshaw drivers will be verified and a unique four-digit number will be given to them. The drivers have to get the unique number written on front, left, right and rear side of auto-rickshaws.
Arvind Kejriwal takes oath as Chief Minister of Delhi for the third consecutive time in Ramlila Maidan. He had earlier taken the oath of Chief Minister in 2013 and 2015.
The 65th Amazon Filmfare Awards 2020 hosted in adorable Assam on 15th February 2020. It was hosted by Karan Johar (film director), Bollywood actors Vicky Kaushal and Varun Dhawan.
The Maharashtra government has announced 5-days working week for state government employees. This was declared at the state Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat started the web portal of Shri Badrinath and Shri Kedarnath temple committee. The web portal has been developed by Uttarakhand state National Informatics Centre.
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) 43rd Governing Council meeting was organized in Rome, Italy. The focus will mainly be on the overarching theme “Investing in sustainable food systems to end hunger by 2030″.
Indian-origin Alok Sharma was named as the new UK Minister in charge of the crunch UN climate talks to be hosted by Britain.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the 13th Conference of Parties (COP) of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) at Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
The World’s Biggest Cricket Stadium, the Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad renamed as the Sardar Vallabhbhai Stadium will be unveiled by US President Donald Trump during his visit to India.
The Government of Telangana organizing Bio-Asia Summit 2020 in Hyderabad between February 17, 2020, and February 19, 2020. The main aim of the summit is to explore the capabilities of Life Science Companies and their investments.
World Pangolin Day is celebrated on the 3rd Saturday of February. This international effort aware people about pangolin species and mobilizes various stakeholders to speed up conservation efforts.
The Indian Railways South Central Railways (SCR) zone has declared as the 1st zonal railway in the country to have functional “energy neutral” railway stations on the network.
Saurav Ghosal and Joshna Chinappa clinched the 77th Senior National squash championships in Man’s and woman’s category respectively in Chennai.
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