President awarded 9 progressive farmers with Haryana Krishi Rattan Pursakar for commendable work in the production of various crops & visited Agri Exhibition at International Horticulture Market which saw participation of 1.5 lac farmers from 14 countries
Haryana Governor: Satyadev Narayan Arya; Capital: Chandigarh
Sushma Swaraj became the 1st Indian External Affairs Minister to visit the nation of Bulgaria. She lauded the Indian diaspora for commendable role in boosting bilateral ties & invited them to invest in the country & be a part in its transformative journey
Bulgaria Capital: Sofia; Currency: Bulgarian lev
Vidarbha beat Rest of India to retain the Irani Cup title for 2nd time (only 3rd team after Mumbai & K’taka to do so). Their captain Faiz wished for the entire prize money be donated to the families of the CRPF personnel martyred in Pulwama terror attack
Vidarbha team also clinched Ranji Trophy for 2nd time
Developed by CBSE itself, Theory Evaluation Trend Analysis (TETRA) software to establish a better level playing field for students and avoid paper leaks of any kind. software displays the live trend of average marks scored across the centres
Minister of HRD: Prakash Javadekar
39-year old West Indian batsman Chris Gayle has announced that he would retire from One-day Internationals after the forthcoming World Cup 2019 in England. He debuted in 1999 & has scored record of 23 ODI 100s, & first ever World Cup 200 against Zimbabwe
Gayle has the 6th highest individual score of 215 in ODIs
President Kovind would present the Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony to Rajkumar Singhajit Singh, Chhayanaut (cultural institute of Bangladesh) & Ram Sutar Vanji for the years 2014, 2015 & 2016 respectively in New Delhi
Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony is given by GoI since 2012
Indian Air Force carried out a mega exercise in Pokhran involving around 140 fighter jets and attack helicopters to demonstrate of the force's capability to hit targets with "pinpoint accuracy" and carry out missions at short notice
Chief of the Air Staff: Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa
Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu inaugurated the 10-floor Millennium Tower-1 at Rushikonda, Visakhapatnam to promote the city as a destination for investment in IT & ITES. It is built in an area of four acres with an investment of ₹145 crore
Andhra Pradesh Governor: E. S. L. Narasimhan
Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board of India jointly with SBI and the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, organised a 1st of its kind 2-day workshop on “Committee of Creditors: An Institution of Public Faith” in Mumbai
IBBI Chairperson: M. S. Sahoo
Kohli tops the chart with 992 rating points and Pujara gets 3rd rank with 881 points in ICC test Batsmen rankings. Among the bowlers list, Ravindra Jadeja is placed at the 5th spot with 794 points
Kohli also tops the chart of Captains rank in ICC