India & Myanmar agreed to strengthen the bilateral relations by signing 10 agreements in various fields including infrastructure, energy, communication & health. The agreements were exchanged following talks between PM Modi & Myanmar President U Win Myint.
Myanmar capital- Naypyidaw, Currency- Burmese Kyat.
Government has sanctioned 32 projects in the food processing sector under Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana. The projects are spread across around 17 states leveraging an investment worth 406 Cr. SAMPADA scheme approved on 2017 was later named as PMKSY.
Union Food Processing Minister-Harsimrat Kaur Badal.
Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, Hyderabad launched trio of products-Small Vessel Advisory & Forecast Services System (SVAS), Swell Surge Forecast System & Algal Bloom Information Service (ABIS)-to better cater to its diverse users.
INCOIS is under the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
Minister Arjun Munda launched ‘Programme for capacity building of ST representatives in local self-governments’, ‘1000 Spring Initiatives’ & an online portal on GIS-based Spring Atlas with hydrological & chemical properties of the Springs in Bhubaneswar.
Arjun Munda is the Union Tribal Affairs Minister.
NASSCOM in collaboration with Niti Aayog's Atal Innovation Mission launched an Artificial Intelligence-based module for students of Indian schools. The AI-Base Module will be implemented across 5,000 Atal Tinkering Labs, empowering 2.5 million students.
It will help the students to learn various concepts of AI.
FM Nirmala Sitaraman launched Enhanced Access and Service Excellence (EASE 3.0) along with the annual report of EASE 2.0 at a function organized by Indian Banks’ Association. Aim of EASE 3.0 is to make public sector banking technology enabled & smart.
EASE-Set of banking reforms to ensure better banking experience.
Addressing the 91st Annual General Meeting of the ICAR, Narendra Singh Tomar said budgetary provision has been made to provide each FPO a sum of Rs. 15 lakhs for all farming related activities ranging from sowing, harvesting to distribution & marketing.
ICAR- Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
The union cabinet approved amendment of the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands Land Revenue and Tenancy Regulation, 1965 to confer occupancy rights to the ST population in Lakshadweep. The Occupancy right is the right to occupy and use tribal area.
Lakshadweep island is mostly comprising of ST population.
With an aim to conserve the native species of cattle & domesticated animals in the Marathwada region of Maharashtra, govt is to undertake their genetic study. Genetic traits of Osmanabadi goat, Red Kandhari cow, Deoni bull & Pashmi dogs will be studied.
These animals have never been studied at the genetic level.
The 24th meeting of the Eastern Zonal Council comprising of Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal will be held in Bhubaneswar on 28 February. Home Minister Amit Shah will chair the meeting. CM of Odisha Naveen Patnaik is the Vice-Chairman and host.
CMs will be accompanied by 2 Cabinet Ministers from each state.
The 6th Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Vessel-6 “VAJRA” was launched in Chennai. The ship would be utilized for day & night surveillance along with anti-terrorist/ anti-smuggling operations in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) as well as Coastal Security.
The OPV have two Navigation Radars with ultra-modern technology.
The Eight-day cultural fair called Vasantotsav was inaugurated at Sanskruti Kunj in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. The annual festival is organised by the department of Youth & cultural Affairs of Government to celebrate the rich diverse heritage of the country.
This year’s theme of the festival is Ek Bhaart Shreshth Bharat.
Facebook has cancelled its annual F8 developers conference, the biggest annual event for the US tech giant, over fears about the possible spread of the novel coronavirus. The gathering in San Jose typically draws many software makers around the world.
Game Developers Conference is set to held in San Francisco.
The novel coronavirus outbreak has prompted six countries-China, Hong Kong, Macau, North Korea, Turkmenistan and Taiwan-to withdraw from shooting World Cup slated to be held from 15th of March at the Karni Singh Shooting Range in the national capital.
National Rifles Association of India President-Raninder Singh.
Renowned Vedic Scholar & Gandhian Sudhakar Chaturvedi passed away. The centenarian was given the title Chaturvedi for his mastery over the 4 vedas. Deeply influenced by Mahatma Gandhi & Arya Samaj movement, he had ed over 50 spiritual books in 4 languages.
He was said to be 122-year-old.
National Science Day is celebrated on 28 February. It is celebrated every year to commemorate the discovery of the Raman Effect. On this day, Sir CV Raman had announced the discovery of the Raman Effect for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1930.
Focal theme of the day: “Women in science”