Banking and Financial
- Moody’s projected India’s GDP growth at 9.5% for 2022
- RBI directed NBFCs to implement core financial services solution by September 2025
- EaseMyTrip partnered with Toffee Insurance to provide travel insurance policy
- International Air Transport Association (IATA) joined hands with Standard Chartered Bank to launch new payment platform in Indian airlines industry
- National Hydropower Generation Company (NHPC) inked pact with HDFC Bank to monetise RoE of Chamera-I Power Plant
- Alternative Investment Policy Advisory Committee reconstituted by SEBI; chaired by NR Narayana Murthy
- ICICI Bank bought 49% stake in Verve Financial Services for Rs. 19.9 crores
- SEBI extended deadline for client-level segregation of funds
- Brickworks Ratings projected India’s GDP growth at 8.3% in FY22
- Bharti Airtel inked a deal with Vodafone to acquire a 4.7% stake in Indus Towers
- Competition Commission of India (CCI) approved acquisition of stakes by Kirloskar Ferrous Industries Ltd in ISMT
- Ideal Finance rebranded itself to Mahindra Ideal Finance Ltd
- Mastercard partnered with SBI Payments to boost digital payments infrastructure in Guwahati, Lucknow & Varanasi
- IIFL Home Finance signed $68-million loan agreement with ADB for affordable Green Housing
- Paytm Payments Bank signed up as acquiring partner for e-RUPI service
- HDFC Bank collaborated with Indore Clean Energy Private Limited (ICEPL) to finance Asia’s largest Bio-CNG plant ‘Gobar-Dhan’
- SBI Life Insurance to reclassify BNP Paribas Cardif as non-promoter
- LIC acquired additional stake of 0.085% in Capri Global Capital
- India’s fuel demand expected to grow at 5.5% in FY23
- India Ratings projected GDP growth at 8.6% for FY22
- GoI celebrated 3rd anniversary of PM-KISAN, over Rs 1.80 lakh crores transferred directly into farmers’ accounts
- Union Bank of India launched MSME RuPay Credit Card
- New Development Bank will be the 1st multilateral agency to open office in Gift City
- RBI cancelled CoR of PC Financial Services operating ‘Cashbean’ app
- South Indian Bank entered into Bancassurance partnership with Star Health and Allied Insurance to offer health insurance
- FDI equity inflows dip 16% during Apr-Dec 2021 to $43.17 bn: DPIIT data
National News
- Centre approved continuation of Immigration Visa Foreigners Registration Tracking (IVFRT) visa scheme till March 2026 with an outlay of Rs 1,364.88 crores
- Delhi Cabinet approved India’s first’ e-waste eco-park
- MSME Technology Centre with an outlay of Rs 200 crores to be set up in Sindhudurg
- BSES Yamuna Power Limited commissioned India’s 1st smart managed EV charging station in New Delhi
- India’s 1st Biosafety Level-3 containment mobile laboratory launched in Maharashtra
- Khajuraho Dance Festival began in Madhya Pradesh
- Assam became 1st state to launch Night Navigation Mobile App in Brahmaputra River
- PM Modi inaugurated ‘Kisan Drone Yatra’ and flagged off 100 ‘Kisan Drones’ to spray pesticides on farms
- Kerala Startup Mission partnered with Google for Startups to foster global links
- Centre approved continuation of National Means-cum-Merit Scholarship Scheme for 5 years with an outlay of Rs 1,827 crores
- Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Delhi headquarters declared a prohibited place
- Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) approved Rs 1,000 crores river clean-up project in Pune
- Centre approved continuation of umbrella scheme of Border Infrastructure and Management (BIM) from 2021-22 to 2025-26 at a cost of Rs 13,020 crores
- Centre extended PM CARES for Children scheme till 28th Feb 2022
- Assam govt launched “Project Arohan” to hone student’s skills
- Minister of State for Culture released signature tune of ‘Vande Bharatam’ composed by Ricky Kej and Bickram Ghosh
- Giriraj Singh launched Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAYG) Dashboard
- Giriraj Singh launched Ombudsperson app for smooth functioning of MNREGA scheme
- Indian Railways & BHEL commissioned India’s 1st solar photovoltaic plant of 7 MW at Bina, MP
- Tamil Nadu overtook Karnataka to become top state in overall installed renewable capacity
- Cochin International Airport to become power-positive with new solar plant
International News
- World Economic Forum signed MoU with National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) to collaborate on ‘Sustainable Cities India program’
- India & Nepal will set up a joint task force on building hydropower project
- 10th International Intellectual Property Index (IIP Index 2022): India ranked 43rd; US topped
- Japan and India renewed Bilateral Swap Arrangement of up to $75 billion
- Deloitte 2022 CxO Sustainability Report: Indian businesses ranked 5th
- Russian President Putin divided Ukraine into 3 countries
- India and France signed Roadmap on Blue Economy and Ocean Governance
- Reliance Jio will launch India-Asia-Xpress (IAX) undersea cable system in Maldives
- India will set up its first IIT outside the country in UAE
- Adani Group tied up with Ballard Power Systems for commercialisation of Hydrogen Fuel Cells in India
Appointment and Resignation
- Rishabh Pant appointed as the brand ambassador of Dish TV
- Nitin Paranjpe appointed as non-executive Chairman, Sanjiv Mehta as CEO of Hindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL)
- Rakesh Sharma re-appointed as MD & CEO of IDBI Bank
- Abhishek Singh appointed as National e-Governance Division chief
- KS Mani elected to the Board of Directors of the National Cooperative Dairy Federation of India
- Madhabi Puri Buch appointed first woman chairperson of SEBI
- Centre nominated Sanjay Malhotra as a Director of Central Board of RBI
- Tanishka Kotia & Riddhika Kotia appointed as ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ Brand Ambassadors of Gurugram
- Sudha Raghunathan appointed as member of Central Advisory Board on Culture
- Vipula Gunatilleka appointed as Chief Financial Officer of Jet Airways
- Takuya Tsumura appointed as President & CEO of Honda Cars India
- KN Raghavan appointed as chairman of International Rubber Study Group; India elected for chairmanship of IRSG
- Sanjeev Sanyal inducted as full-time member of Economic Advisory Council to PM
- Tan Kim Her appointed as India’s Badminton Doubles Coach
Awards
- Neena Gupta received Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians for 2021
- MM Naravane presented Presidential Colours to four para battalions
Defence
- DRDO successfully tested India’s 1st Quantum Key Distribution Technology in Uttar Pradesh
- MoD signed Rs 1075 crores contract with BEL for retro-modification of Commander Sight of Battle Tanks T-90
- 3rd India-Japan joint military exercise ‘DHARMA GUARDIAN-2022’ conducted in Karnataka
- India & Oman conducted Eastern Bridge-VI exercise in Jodhpur from Feb 21-25
- Israeli Defence Forces successfully tested C-Dome missile defense system
- Indian Air Force will participate in ‘Exercise Cobra Warrior 22’ in UK
- Indian Navy’s multilateral exercise Milan-2022 began in Visakhapatnam
Science
- IIT Roorkee launched ‘KISAN’ mobile app for regional farmers of Haridwar, Uttrakhand
- IBM launched a new Cybersecurity Hub in Bengaluru to address cyberattack
- Canada approved world’s 1st plant-derived COVID-19 vaccine
Sports
- Winter Olympics Games 2022 concluded; Norway topped the medal tally
- 16-year-old R Praggnanandhaa defeated world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen at Airthings Masters
- Mirabai Chanu won gold in Singapore, qualified for CWG in 55kg weight category
- Carlos Alcaraz became youngest ATP 500 winner by winning men’s singles title in Rio Open 2022
- Rafael Nadal won Mexican Open title 2022
- Pooja Jatyan became 1st Indian to win a silver in individual section of Para Archery World Championships
Book and Author
- A book titled ‘The Great Tech Game’ authored by Anirudh Suri
Important day
- 22 February: World Thinking Day & World Scout Day (World Thinking Day Theme 2022: Our World: Our Equal Future: The Environment and Gender Equality)
- 24 February: Central Excise Day
- 27 February: World NGO Day
- 27 February: Polio National Immunization Day 2022
- 27 February: National Protein Day (Theme 2022: ‘Food Futurism‘)
- 28 February: National Science Day (Theme 2022: ‘Integrated Approach in S&T for Sustainable Future’)
- 28 February (last day of February): Rare Disease Day 2022 (Theme 2022: “Share Your Colors.”)
Obituary
- Andhra Pradesh Industries Minister Mekapati Goutham Reddy passed away
- Noted Malayalam actress KPAC Lalitha passed away
- Odisha’s 1st tribal Chief Minister Hemananda Biswal passed away
- Legendary West Indies spinner Sonny Ramadhin passed away
