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.