International Mother Language day is celebrated on 21st February to spread awareness of linguistic, cultural diversity, and to promote multilingualism. The 24th edition of International Mother Language Day will focus on the theme 'multilingual education - a necessity to transform education'.

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) is organizing a seminar at Hyatt Regency on building capacities among Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) partner nations through skill training and nurturing a new generation of entrepreneurs. 

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari laid the Foundation Stone of the world's largest and unique Divyang Park - Anubhuti Inclusive Park in Nagpur, Maharashtra.  This is the world's first inclusive disabled park.

Union internationale des chemins de fer (UIC) or International Union of Railways (UIC) and Railway Protection Force (RPF) are coming together to organize 18th World Security Congress in Jaipur. Theme of Congress is "Railway Security Strategy: Responses and Vision for Future".

Indian Naval Ship Sumedha arrived at Abu Dhabi, UAE to participate in NAVDEX 23 (Naval Defence Exhibition) and IDEX 23 (International Defence Exhibition). INS Sumedha is the third ship of the indigenously built Saryu class Naval Offshore Patrol Vessels (NOPV).

As envisaged under National Education Policy 2020, Union Education Minister Shri Dharmendra Pradhan launched Learning - Teaching Material for Foundational Stage. ‘Jadui Pitara’ -a play-based learning-teaching material tailored for children between the age group of 3-8 years has been launched.

In a first for a mass rapid transit system in India, an indigenously developed signalling technology was launched for operations on the Red Line of the Delhi Metro.  India’s first-ever Indigenous Automatic Train Supervision System (i-ATS) has been developed by a joint team of DMRC and Bharat Electronics Limited.  

Tollywood actor Nandamuri Taraka Ratna breathed his last in Bengaluru. He was 39. Taraka Ratna was the grandson of TDP founder, legendary actor and former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N.T. Rama Rao. 

The Union government appointed former Commerce Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam as the new chief executive officer (CEO) of NITI Aayog for two years. Subrahmanyam will take over from current CEO Parameswaran Iyer, who will join World Bank as executive director in Washington DC.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Singapore counterpart, Lee Hsien Loong will witness the launch of cross-border connectivity between the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) of India and PayNow of Singapore through video conferencing. The launch will be done by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das and Ravi Menon, Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore.