1.In India February 28 is celebrated as the National Science Day i.e. Rashtriya Vigyan Diwas every year.Theme for year 2016 is Scientific Issues for Development of the Nation.
2.President Pranab Mukherjee declared Kerala as the Country's first fully digital State.
3.Malayalam filmmaker Rajesh Pillai passes away.
4.Wawrinka defeated Baghdatis to clinch Dubai ATP Tennis title.
5.The Opening day of the National race Walking Championships in Jaipur saw as many as Seven Indians in the 20 Km Category better the Olympic Qualification Timings. Gurmeet Singh clinched the Gold in Men's Category and Khushbir Kaur won the Women's event.
6.A team of MIT Engineers has developed a new prediction tool that acts as an early warning System for the incoming rogue waves.
7.Vedanta limited has won India's first ever auction of a gold mine , beating three other bidders in the auction of the Baghmara Mine in Chattisgarh.
8.Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has decided to utilise the luggage coaches of Airport Express line to transport cargo.
9.The filibuster began on Tuesday and had continued around the clock for more than 115 hours by Sunday afternoon, making it the world's longest, according to the Kyunghyang Shinmun newspaper.
10.The New Development Bank set up by BRICS countries aims to lend up to USD 2 billion this year starting in about two months and the multilateral lender's first loan to India could be for a green solar energy project.
11.A US appeal court ruled in a Favour of Samsung in the $119.6 million patent case against Apple .
12.Aurobindo Pharma has received tentative approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) for its Ritonavir tablets (100 mg) used for the treatment of human immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection.
13.The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films has nominated India's mega-budget film "Baahubali: The Beginning" for the 42nd Saturn Awards under five categories.
14.The Afghan passport has been identified as the least powerful in the world and the German Passport is the most powerful passport in the world for third year in row. Indian Passport has been placed at 48th position in the list of 50 Most Powerful Passports in the world.
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