In 24 days, India became the fastest country to reach 6 mn vaccinations in the world. USA took 26 days to reach the mark while UK took 46 days to reach 6 mn vaccinations. India is the 3rd topmost country in terms of number of COVID-19 vaccine administered.
COVISHIELD vaccine is manufactured by Serum Institute of India.
Tamil Nadu govt passed an order for creating the 5th tiger reserve in the state. Srivilliputhur Megamalai Tiger Reserve will span the forests of Megamalai wildlife sanctuary & Srivilliputhur grizzled squirrel wildlife sanctuary spread across 3 districts.
It will be the 51st Tiger Sanctuary of India.
Kerala Feeds Limited (KFL) for the goat feed market launched a low-cost product, as part of the public sector company’s effort to encourage goat farming in the state. It aims to promote a farming culture that combines horticulture, fisheries & poultry.
KFL Chairman: K S Indusekharan Nair.
MD: Dr B Sreekumar.
Delhi approved 'Mukhyamantri Vigyan Pratibha Pariksha' in which ₹ 5000 will be provided to 1000 students of Class 9 in schools of Delhi as a science scholarship. It aims to provide a boost to science education in secondary classes at the school level.
Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi: Manish Sisodia.
Manipur CM N Biren Singh launched a new range of packaged organic products and Loumi Connect App and distributed Bolero Camper vehicles and nurseries to Farmer Producing Companies. The app aims to connect farmers with Horticulture and Agriculture experts.
Nilakuthi Food Park is also located in Manipur.
Union FM Nirmala Sitharaman initiated the ceremonial distribution ceremony of Chah Bagicha Dhan Puraskar Mela in Guwahati. The main objective of the scheme is to incentivize and strengthen the efforts of financial inclusion of the tea tribe community.
Around 7,46,667 beneficiaries of tea gardens covered under this.
According to the report, there was an increase of nearly 65% in the receipt of complaints under the 3 Ombudsman Schemes of RBI in 2019-20, & a disposal rate of over 92% was achieved. In 2019-20, a total of 330543 complaints were received under the schemes.
Banking Ombudsman Scheme was introduced in 1995.
Career diplomat Hamid Ansari, who rose to become Vice-President of India, in which capacity he served from 2007 to 2017, in a conversation with Ashhar Khan over his just-released book By Many A Happy Accident, and the many controversies surrounding it.
M. Hamid Ansari served as the 12th Vice President of India.
Book titled ‘Platform Scale: For a Post-Pandemic World’ has been authored by Sangeet Paul Choudhary. It is published by Penguin Random House India. It explains the importance of inner workings of platform business models and their ability to scale rapidly.
The 1st edition of Platform Scale was published in 2015.
Indian Army in collaboration with the Solar Industry India laid the foundation stone of the tallest 'Iconic National Flag' at the ski-resort of Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir. The flag will be on a 100 feet-high pole, the highest Tricolour in the Valley.
Chief of the Army Staff: Manoj Mukund Naravane.
Bengaluru based Bellatrix Aerospace, founded in 2015, is building an Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV) that will work as taxi in space to ferry small satellites into multiple orbits. It could be a big development for global operators to reduce time and costs.
Founders: Yashas Karanam; Rohan M Ganapathi
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is developing a futuristic high altitude pseudo satellite with a start-up company, a first of its kind in the world. The satellite will be solar energised and become a big asset flying unmanned around 70,000 ft for 2-3 months.
The technology is named Combined Air Teaming System (CATS).
Defence Research and Development Organisation signed an MoU with Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru for creation of JATP–Center of Excellence in the premises of IISc to expand the scope and objective of existing Joint Advanced Technology Program.
Chairman of DRDO: Dr G. Satheesh Reddy.
Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) & Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) granted conditional exemption to the Board of Control for Cricket in India for the deployment of drones for live aerial cinematography of the India Cricket Season in 2021.
The conditional exemption is valid till 31st of December 2021.
Veteran fast bowler Ishant Sharma became the 6th Indian & 3rd pacer from India to take 300 wickets in Test Cricket after Kapil Dev & Anil Kumble. Ravichandran Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh and Zaheer Khan are others who have reached the landmark.
Ishant reached the landmark when he trapped Dan Lawrence.
Safer Internet Day is observed every year on the second day of the second week of February with an aim to provide safer and better internet. This year marks the 18th edition of Safer Internet Day, celebrated in around 15 countries across the world.
The theme for 2021 is “Together for a better internet”.