According to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) ,GSLV-F10 will launch geo imaging satellite, GISAT-1, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota on March 5. Weighing about 2,275 kg,GISAT-1 is a state-of-the-art agile Earth observation satellite.
Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV)
Smartphone brand realme has appointed Bollywood actor Salman Khan as its brand ambassador. According to Counterpoint Research, realme was the world's fastest-growing smartphone brand in 2019. It ranked at the 4th spot in the Indian smartphone market.
realme Headquarters: Shenzhen, China.
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) amended the Consolidated Foreign Direct Investment Policy 2017 (FDI Policy) to allow 100 per cent FDI in insurance intermediaries through the automatic route.
Till now, FDI up to 49% was allowed in insurance intermediaries.
Union FPI Minister launched the– Market Intelligence & Early Warning System (MIEWS) Web Portal. Portal can be accessed at http://miews.nafed-india.com. It is a ‘first-of-its-kind’ platform for ‘real time monitoring’ of prices of tomato, onion and potato.
Harsimrat Kaur Badal, UM of Food Processing Industries (FPI).
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved setting up a national technical textiles mission with a total outlay of Rs 1,480 crore. The mission will have a four-year implementation period from FY 2020-21 to 2023-24.
Indian technical textiles segment is estimated at 16 bn. dollars
GoI announced the mega event,RAISE 2020- ‘Responsible AI for Social Empowerment 2020,’ to be held from April 11-12 in New Delhi.RAISE 2020 is India's first Artificial Intelligence summit to be organized by the Govt. in partnership with Industry & Academia.
Ajay Prakash Sawhney, Secretary MeitY.
Bob Iger has stepped down as CEO of the Walt Disney Company (DIS), effective immediately. Bob Chapek is the new CEO, the board of directors announced. He most recently served as chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences and Products.
Walt Disney Company HQs-Burbank, California, United States.
ICoSDiTAUS-2020, the 2-day Int'l Conference on Standardisation of Diagnosis & Terminologies in AYUSH Systems of Medicine concluded in New Delhi with adopting the "New Delhi Declaration on Collection & Classification of Traditional Medicine Diagnostic Data.
Ayurveda,Yoga&Naturopathy,Unani,Siddha, Sowa Rigpa & Homoeopathy
The Central Board of Secondary Education has released an app giving information about the examination center for the convenience of the students.CBSE has also launched an Online Exam Center Management System-OECMS for the Principals of the school.
Anita Karwal,chairperson of CBSE.
RBI has directed banks to link all the new floating rate loan to medium enterprises(MEs) with external benchmark. Move is aimed at further strengthening monetary policy transmission so that benefits of reduction in key lending rate can be passed on to MEs.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Founded: 1 April 1935.
A ten-member delegation of MPs, members of the Committee on the Constitution in Riksdag, the Parliament of Sweden, visited the Election Commission in New Delhi.The delegation was led by Ms Karin Enstrom, MP and Chair of the Committee.
Chief Election Commissioner : Sunil Arora
The government approved the exemption of India Ports Global Ltd (IPGL) from the department of public enterprises (DPE) guidelines for speedier development of Iran’s Chabahar Port project, which India sees as a gateway to landlocked Afghanistan.
In 2016,India & Iran signed a pact for developing Chabahar port.
Agents selling products of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) have garnered Rs 14,220 crore in gross commissions in first nine months of 2019-2020 i.e. 1.8-times of what the mutual fund (MF) distributors made for the entire FY19.
M R Kumar ,Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India.
Five-time Grand Slam winner Russian Maria Sharapova, one of the world's most recognisable sportswomen, announced her retirement at the age of 32. Sharapova shot to fame as a giggly 17-year-old Wimbledon winner in 2004. She became world number one in 2005.
She is the third-youngest player to claim Wimbledon trophy.
K.V. Jeyasri, a Tamil teacher from Tiruvannamalai, has won the Sahitya Akademi Award 2019 for her translation of the Malayalam novel Nilam Poothu Malarnna Naal (The day the land bloomed and blossomed) into Tamil as Nilam Poothu Malarntha Naal.
The award includes a cash prize of ₹50,000 and a copper plaque.
Kazuhisa Hashimoto,the man who invented the "Konami code" cheat that became pervasive in video gaming and pop culture, has died. He created the code when he was in charge of taking the arcade version of the spacecraft shooting game Gradius.
The code famously gave players 30 lives in the game Contra.