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PSLV was designed and operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

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He was the first Asian to receive a Nobel Prize in any branch of science. The black-and-white footage from 1930s when Dr C V Raman was awarded the prestigious prize in Physics for Raman effect, has left many delighted online.
Why in the news?
National Science Day, which fell on February 28, commemorates a path-breaking discovery at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Calcutta in 1928, that came to be known as the Raman Effect. Three more physicists from Calcutta, namely Jagadish Chandra Bose who was C.V. Raman’s senior, Satyendra Nath Bose and Meghnad Saha, both of whom were Raman’s juniors, had by then made major contributions that were globally acclaimed.

But Raman’s discovery marks the pinnacle for which he would win the Nobel Prize in physics two years later, making him the most visible face of Indian science.

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The Monetary Policy Committee is responsible for fixing the benchmark interest rate in India.
The meetings of the Monetary Policy Committee are held at least 4 times a year (specifically, at least once BIMONTHLY) and it publishes its decisions after each such meeting.
The committee comprises six members – three officials of the Reserve Bank of India and three external members nominated by the Government of India.

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The Attukal Pongala is celebrated in the Attukal Temple located in the Capital of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram. Attukal Pongala is a famous Malayalam festival that will be celebrated on February 27, this year.

Attukal Pongala is a ten-day festival that is celebrated at Attukal Temple, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. Millions of devotees gather around the temple to worship Attukal Dev.

It is an all-women religious congregation at the Attukal Bhagavathy Temple in Kerala each year. Attukal Pongala is celebrated every year in the Malayalam month of Kumbham and falls in the month of February-March every year.