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- TN governor appointed, K Pitchumani as the VC of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University for a period of three years with effect from the date of assuming the office.
- Justice S M Subramaniam of the Madras high court has become the first judge in the country to go under continuous CCTV Surveillance in his chambers.
- The North-Eastern States of Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram celebrated Statehood Day on February 20.
- Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh celebrated the 32nd and 47th Statehood Day respectively.
- Government of Punjab has sought an apology from the British government for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
- A resolution demanding an apology from the British government was passed unanimously from the Punjab Assembly.
- South Central railway launched a new Mainline Electric Multiple Unit (MEMU) express train between Nellore and Chennai.
- Union Minister of State for Food Processing Industries Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti inaugurated Sikaria Mega Food Park Pvt Ltd at Village Tulakona in Agartala.
- This is the 17thMega Food Park in the country and first in the state of Tripura.
- 4th India-ASEAN Expo and Summit was inaugurated by Union Minister for Commerce and Industries, Suresh Prabhu in New Delhi.
- US defence producer Lockheed Martin unveiled the F-21 multi-role fighter jet at Asia’s biggest air show Aero India-2019 in Bengaluru.
- Lockheed Martin will manufacture the plane in collaboration with Tata Advanced Systems under India’s flagship programme Make in India.
- Union Minister of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal on February 12, 2019 commissioned Godavari Mega Aqua Food Park at Tundurru Village in West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh
- It is India’s first aqua mega food park launched exclusively for fish and marine products processing
- Central government has signed a (MoU) with the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada to work on various environmental issues including climate change, forest resource management and wildlife.
- Central government decided that all the personnel of central paramilitary forces can take commercial flights to either join the duty or to go on leave free of cost.
- Till now, officers in the rank of Inspectors and above were given this air travel facility.
- West Indies player Chris Gayle breaks former Pakistan cricketer Shahid Afridi’s record of 476 sixes by hitting 477 sixers on the international arena in the first ODI between West Indies and England.
- Umpires Eloise Sheridan and Mary Waldron are on the verge of making history as they will be the first women pair to preside in a men's first grade premier (club) cricket match.
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