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
Mastercard Chief Executive Officer Ajay Banga will be resigning at the start of the next year and will be taken over by Chief Product Officer Michael Miebach.
A Higher Education Leadership Development Programme for Administrator has been started by the Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Ramesh Pokhriyal. This programme is a joint spirit of UGC and British Council under the aegis of UK India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI).
Union Minister of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal has started the– Market Intelligence and Early Warning System (MIEWS) Web Portal. The portal can be accessed at http://miews.nafed-india.com.
The department of Youth and cultural Affairs, Government of Gujarat has hosted cultural festival called “Vasantotsav”. The annual festival was held at Sanskruti Kunj in Gandhinagar, Gujarat to enjoy the rich diverse heritage of the country.
Losar festival was celebrated at Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh. The festival is observed on the 1st day of the lunisolar Tibetan calendar also called Tibetan New Year.
Madhya Pradesh has become the 1st state in the country to starts the unified registration card and the 2nd state to release the unified driving license after Uttar Pradesh.