The Badminton Asia Championships will be organized in the capital of Philippines i.e. Manila. The Badminton Asia Championship was earlier scheduled to be organized in Wuhan, China. Due to Novel Coronavirus outbreak in China, the Badminton Asia has took a decision to move the Badminton Asia Championships from Wuhan to Manila.
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has declared the first edition of the Khelo India Women’s Hockey League Under-21 in association with Hockey India. The Khelo India Women’s Hockey League Under-21 will be managed by the Hockey India in three phases. The first season of the league will feature the participation of 14 teams. These 14 teams will be further divided into pools of seven teams each following a round-robin format.
RBI Deputy Governor N S Vishwanathan has declared his resignation due to health issues. He was first appointed as the Reserve Bank’s deputy governor for a three-year term in 2016, following which he was reappointed for one year. Vishwanathan has worked under three governors Raghuram Rajan, Urjit Patel and Shaktikanta Das.
The fourth edition of the Women Transforming India Awards 2019 will be managed on the occasion of International Women’s Day i.e. on 8 March 2020. The Women Entrepreneurship Platform of the NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India) will organise the Women Transforming India Awards 2019. The WTI recognizes the inspiring stories of women entrepreneurs who are breaking the glass ceiling.
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has started a mobile application ‘Sebi SCORES’ for convenience of investors to lodge grievances in Sebi Complaints Redress System (SCORES). The mobile app will make it easier for investors to lodge their grievances with SEBI, as they can now access SCORES at the convenience of their smartphone.
The Union Government of India imposed temporary prohibition of the activity of the capital-starved Yes Bank and capped withdrawals at ₹50,000 per account after considering an application created by the Reserve Bank of India. The board of Yes Bank has been superseded with immediate effect by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Former SBI CFO Prashant Kumar has been selected as administrator of Yes Bank.
‘Namaste Orchha’ festival started in Orchha, a town in Niwari district of Madhya Pradesh. The festival aims to create new opportunities to promote the rich cultural, natural and architectural heritage, traditions and history of the state. “Namaste Orchha festival will exhibit the cultural landscape of Madhya Pradesh through a series of activities such as art, music, dance, guided history tours and photography.
Janez Jansa has become the Prime Minister of Slovenia. He will replace Marjan Sarec, who stepped down from his post in January 2020. Janez Jansa has led the Slovenian government previously from 2004 to 2008 and from 2012 to 2013.
New Delhi launches a national level Training Workshop on COVID-19 Management for all the states and hospitals. The workshop was managed by the Health Ministry targets to train the trainers on various aspects to tackle the situation related to novel Coronavirus. Infection prevention, hospital preparedness, disinfection and biomedical waste management, community engagement, non-pharmaceutical interventions are some aspects on which training will be provided to the trainers
President Ram Nath Kovind conferred the 61st annual awards of the National Lalit Kala Akademi to 15 artists at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. The National Lalit Kala Akademi awards are conferred to honour individuals for their extraordinary work in the field of art.