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6th Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Vessel “VAJRA” released

Vajra

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.

Rajnath Singh launches new Helicopter Production Hangar at HAL

Rajnath Singh launches new Helicopter Production Hangar at HAL

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.

Finance Secretary starts Baroda Startup Banking in 15 cities

bank of baroda

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.

National Science Day observed on 28th February across India

National Science Day

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.

Centenarian vedic scholar Sudhakar Chaturvedi passes away

Centenarian vedic scholar Sudhakar Chaturvedi

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.

MoFPI signs Rs 162 cr under Operation Greens scheme

Ministry of Food Processing Industries

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.

Kerala High Court bans all forms of strikes in schools, colleges

Kerala High Court

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.

Abhishek Singh to be India’s next Ambassador to Venezuela

MEA

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.

HDFC Bank starts co-branded credit card with IndiGo

Kaching

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.

Jadav Payeng awarded with Swami Vivekananda Karmayogi Award 2020

Jadav Payeng

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.

“ICGS Varad” commissioned as Indian Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Vessel

ICGS Varad

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.

Niti Aayog & Nasscom roll out AI modules in schools

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.

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