1. 🔱💐HAPPY MAHA SHIVARATRI.💐🔱
President Murmu to grace Mahashivaratri celebrations, organised by Isha Foundation at Coimbatore.
President Droupadi Murmu will visit Tamil Nadu from 18th to 19th February 2023.
2. PM Modi to address an election rally in Tura, Meghalaya. Assembly polls in the State on February 24.
3. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has extended the last date for submission of written comments and counter comments on the issues raised in the Consultation Paper on ‘License Fee and Policy Matters of DTH Services’. stakeholders can submit their comments up to 27th of this month and counter comments 13th of March.
4. Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched a book on ‘Roadmap for LSDG through Panchayati Raj Institutions in Odisha.
5. Minister of the State for Education Dr. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh inaugurated 1st International Conference on Science, Technical & Engineering (ICSTE-2023) at NIT Manipur.
6. Manipur, a B20 Conference for the delegates from G20 countries and other invited countries was held today in Imphal. The exchange of ideas took place for economic growth.
7. The Central Government has recently made major changes in the organ transplant regulations in the country under its ‘one nation, one policy’ rule by removing the 65-year age cap for recipients and allowing them to register in any state and not just their state.
8. In a huge setback for the Uddhav Thackeray group, the Election Commission of India (ECI) ordered on Friday that the party name “Shiv Sena” and the party symbol “bow and arrow” will be retained by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde faction. The Election Commission’s decision comes nearly eight months after.
9. Shiv Pratap Shukla to take oath as Governor of Himachal Pradesh at Raj Bhawan Shimla
10. Ramesh Bais to take oath as Governor of Maharashtra at Durbar Hall, Raj Bhavan in Mumbai.
11. Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra, Judge in Uttarakhand High Court & (PHC: Orissa) is appointed as Chief Justice of Jharkhand High Court.
CRIME REPORT
1. The government has declared Khalistan Tiger Force, and Jammu and Kashmir Ghaznavi Force as terrorist organizations under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, UAPA.
2. Rajasthan, Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN) has seized a huge quantity of narcotic drugs, cash and several vehicles from a house in Chakatiya village of Dungla in Chittorgarh district. Two smugglers and a policeman were arrested during the operation.
3. Supreme Court refused to accept the Central government’s suggestion in a sealed cover on panel of experts recommending measures to plug loopholes in the regulatory regime to prevent any loss to investors due to market volatilities as was witnessed during the Adani-Hindenburg episode.
4. Senior BJP leader Khushbu Sundar on Thursday asked why is Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin silent over the alleged murder of Army jawan, Prabhu, by DMK councillor Chinnasamy.
5. Abdul Karim alias Tunda was acquitted by a district court in Rohtak in the 1997 twin bomb blasts case on Friday. He was earlier thought to be a close aide of Dawood Ibrahim and had been facing trial for 26 years.
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1. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to chair 49th meeting of GST Council in Delhi, likely to discuss setting up appellate tribunals & mechanisms to curb tax evasion in pan masala & gutkha business.
2. Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai who also holds the Finance portfolio presented the 2023-24 state budget in the Legislative Assembly. It is a revenue surplus budget with a size of 3.09 lakh crore comprising gross borrowings at 77,750 crore rupees
3. Ministry of Textiles’ flagship event ‘Technotex 2023: Envisioning Indian Technical Textiles@ 2047’, to be held from 22nd to 24th February 2023 in Mumbai.
4. Government reduces reserve price of wheat under Open Market Sale Scheme to check inflation. The reserve price has been fixed at 2,150 & 2,125/quintal for different categories of wheat.
5. Union Steel Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has emphasised the need to adopt new and innovative technologies to accelerate the steel sector. He was addressing the Chintan Shivir organised by the Ministry of Steel in New Delhi.
6. India’s overall exports in the current financial year during April to January is estimated to exhibit a positive growth of 17.33% over the same period last year.
The Commerce and Industry Ministry said, the merchandise exports for the April-January 2022-23 were over 369 Billion dollar.
7. In the recent services trade restrictiveness index (STRI), India’s rank improved a notch to 47 from 48 among 50 countries surveyed by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
1. The two-day National Sanskrit Film Festival will be organised in Jaipur, Rajasthan (February 18 and 19) as part of the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations.
2. Akshay Kumar and Tiger Shroff’s upcoming film Bade Miyan Chote Miyan’s makeup artist Shravan Vishwakarma was attacked by a leopard in Mumbai’s Film City. The 27-year-old was on bike and had gone to drop his friend from shoot when his bike collided with a leopard on his way back. His treatment is being taken care of by the production house.
3. Bollywood actor Sonu Sood is all set to visit Hyderabad on February 18. Sonu Sood has amassed a huge fan following across India not only by his acting skills but also because of his humanitarian nature. He helped thousands of labourers and people to reach home by arranging buses for them during the first and second waves of Covid pandemic.
He will inaugurate India’s biggest and the world’s first unlimited mandi plate in Hyderabad. The plate will be launched at Gismat Jail Mandi by the actor.
4. Yoga guru Baba Ramdev claimed various films and television serials were propagating vulgarity. “Today, there are porn films, and all around there is vulgarity in films and serials. The younger generation is getting carried away,” said Ramdev. He added that there is a need for a ‘Bharatiya Shiksha Board’ as it will ensure children “don’t get carried away”.
DEFENCE
1. Asia’s biggest Aero India show in Yehalanka, Bengaluru concludes with scintillating air display. AERO INDIA 2023 (Feb 13, 2023 – Feb 17, 2023).
2. INDIAN NAVY ALL WOMEN CAR RALLY CELEBRATING NARI SHAKTI -SHE’sUNSTOPPABLE
‘Nari Shakti’ Indian Navy in association with Navy Wellness and Welfare Association (NWWA) are collaborating with M/s Jeep India for conduct of a All Women Motor Expedition as a tribute to brave women of the country and of Indian Navy.
Rally starts from New Delhi to War Memorial, Longewala (Rajasthan) and back over 12 days from 14 Feb – 25 Feb 2023. It is covering a distance of 2300 Kms. The rally aims to:-
(a) Celebrate 75 year of Independence.
(b) Showcase contribution of Naval Women Officers.
(c) Motivate Women to join Indian Navy.
(d) Pay homage at Longewala War Memorial.
(e) Interact with Naval Veterans/ Veer Naris enroute
Note: Women shall be inducted as Agniveer (SSR) and Agniveer (MR) in the Indian Navy.
Agniveer (SSR) is open for Male and Female candidates between the age of 171/2 to 21 who have qualified in 10+2 examination with Maths & Physics and at least one of these subjects: – Chemistry/Biology/Computer Science from the Boards of School Education recognised by Ministry of Education, Govt. of India.
3. Exercise Dharma Guardian-2023
A joint military exercise Dharma Guardian between India and Japan to begin from 17 February 2023 at Camp Imazu in Japan.
4. The governments of Assam, Meghalaya and Nagaland have announced a “special compensatory allowance” for All India Services (AIS) officers posted in their respective states
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18 Feb (Saturday)
Vedic Ritu: Shishir
Drik Ritu: Shishir (Winter)
पक्ष :: Krishnapaksha
Month: Phalguna 13, (Purnimanta)
Magha 28, (Amanta)
Vikram Samvat – 2079
Shaka Samvat – 1944
Nakshatra: Uttara Ashadha (up to 5:42 pm)
Shravana
Tithi: Trayodashi (up to 8:02 pm) Chaturdashi
Rahu: 09:51 AM – 11:16 AM
Yamaganda : 02:05 PM – 03:30 PM
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