NATIONAL
1. India & US signed defence deals worth $ 3 billion & 3 agreements in Health & Oil Sectors.
INTERNATIONAL
2. Myanmar President Win Myint will visit India from Feb 26-29.
APPOINTMENTS
3. Sarbvir Singh – CEO, PolicyBazzar.
4. Vijay Advani – Chairman, US-India Business Council.
5. Salman Khan – Brand Ambassador, Realme.
SCHEMES & APPS
6. Ministry of Corporate Affairs Secretary Injeti Srinivas launched SPICe+ Web Form to improve Ease of doing business in country.
7. Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal launched MIEWS Web Portal for Real time price monitoring for Tomato, onion & potato.
SUMMITS & CONFERENCE
8. RAISE 2020 (Responsible AI for Social Empowerment summit) will be held in Delhi from April 11-12.
9. 2-day International conference on Standardisation of AYUSH Terminolgies held in Delhi.
10. 9th Defence & Security EWG (Expert Working Group) of SCO held in Islamabad, Pakistan.
BANKING
11. Sweden’s RiskBank is testing world’s 1st Digital currency e-krona.
INSURANCE
12. DPIIT (Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade)allowed 100% FDI in Insurance Industries.
INVESTMENTS & LOANS
13. CCEA (Cabinet Commission of Economic Affairs) approved National Technical Textiles Mission with outlay of 1480 crore.
RANKS & REPORTS
14. In Nature Ranking Index top 3 spots are occupied by CSIR, IISc Bangalore & Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai.
15. NCAER (National Council of Applied Economic Research) pegged India GDP growth at 4.9% in 2019-20.
SPORTS
16. Maria Sharapova announced retirement from Tennis.
DEFENCE
17. Pakistan successfully conducted flight test of nuclear capable missile Ra’ad-II.
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