The Indian Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Vessel ICGS Varad has been commissioned on 28 Feb 2020.
It was inducted into service by Union Shipping Minister Mansukh Mandaviya at a function held in the Chennai Port.
The ship Varad will be based at Paradip in Odisha, under the operational control of the Coast Guard North Eastern Region.

Union Tribal Affairs Minister launched the ‘Programme for Capacity Building of Scheduled Tribe Representatives in Local Self Governments’ at a programme in Bhubaneswar (Odisha) on 27th February 2020. The Minister had also launched ‘1000 Spring Initiatives’ and an online portal on GIS-based Spring Atlas. This atlas is going to have chemical properties and hydrological of the Springs on the occasion.

atherine Johnson, a mathematician who calculated rocket trajectories and earth orbits for NASA’s early space missions and was later portrayed in the 2016 hit film “Hidden Figures,” about pioneering black female aerospace workers, has died. She was 101.

The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) recently notified that 100 per cent FDI is allowed in insurance intermediaries under automatic approval route.
The FDI policy earlier allowed 49 per cent foreign investment in the insurance sector, including insurance intermediaries. Intermediary services comprise of insurance brokers, re-insurance brokers, insurance consultants, third party administrators, loss assessors etc.

The Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) Capri Global Capital Limited (CGCL) has launched an SME (Small and medium-sized enterprises) lending product “UDAAN” for women entrepreneurs to provide secured loans upto Rs.40 lakhs only for Business purpose with the loan repayment period of 10years to 15 years at a competitive interest rate after conducting due diligence.