1. President Droupadi Murmu to be on a two-day visit to Arunachal Pradesh from February 20 to 21, to attend 37th Statehood Day celebrations of Arunachal Pradesh at Itanagar.
2. Union Home Minister, Amit Shah to visit poll-bound Nagaland to participate in a mega roadshow. Nagaland will poll for 60 Assembly seats in a single phase on February 27 and the counting of votes will take place on March 2.
3. Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde said that his faction got the Shiv Sena name and the ‘bow and arrow’ symbol because of the blessings of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. He welcomed the decision of the Election Commission.
4. Assam government has started Bal Panchayats, involving village-level meetings, to create awareness among citizens against child marriages. CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said the initiative was officially launched in Cachar on Sunday.
5. Northern India’s first nuclear plant to come up in Haryana’s Gorakhpur.
6. Karnataka, BJP to hold ‘Yuva Morcha’ convention in Mandya; Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan will attend.
7. The third phase of Sagar Parikrama began at Hazira port in Surat on Sunday. Union Minister Parshottam Rupala unveiled.
8. Karnataka’s Lingayat leader HD Thammaiah quit the BJP and joined Congress in the presence of KPCC President DK Shivakumar on Sunday.
9. Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Narayan Rane on Sunday inaugurated the National Seminar cum Exhibition on “Scope for Growth and Development of MSMEs” at Kankavali, Sindhudurg, Maharashtra.
10. Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann to inaugurate a 225-MLD sewage treatment plant (STP) in Jamalpur, Ludhiana.
11. Uttarakhand, online & offline registration for Char Dham Yatra to begin from 20 Feb. Badrinath and Kedarnath, along with Yamunotri and Gangotri, collectively called Char Dham.
12. Brigadier (Retired) BD Mishra was on Sunday sworn in as the new Ladakh Lieutenant Governor (LG).
13. Domestic air travel now at 85% of pre-COVID level: IATA
International air traffic in 2022 climbed 152.7% versus 2021 to attain 62.2% of 2019 levels. Indians spent nearly $10 billion in overseas travel during the first nine months of fiscal 2022-23.
CRIME REPORT
1. Gujarat government-appointed SIT has revealed that corroded wires and welding of old suspenders with new ones were some of the faults that led to the Morbi bridge collapse, which killed around 135 people. The SIT claimed that out of 49 wires of one of the main cables, 22 were corroded, indicating that they were already broken before the incident.
2. Kerala High Court to hear All India Digital Cable Federation’s (AIDCF) appeal seeking interim relief from disconnection notices issued by broadcasters.
3. Allahabad High Court to hear a petition against pharmaceutical company manufacturing Dolo-650 tablets.
4. Two people were shot dead and four sustained injuries in a gun fight over parking between two groups in Patna’s Jethuli village.
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1. The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council recently accepted the Group of Ministers’ (GoM) recommendations on long pending constitution of GST appellate tribunal in the country.
GST Council decides to tax services supplied by courts and tribunals under the reverse charge mechanism.
2. Uttar Pradesh Assembly Budget Session to begin & to continue till March 10, at Lucknow.
3. The budget session of the Haryana assembly will begin here from February 20, chief minister (CM) Manohar Lal Khattar said.
4. Union Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to attend a post budget discussion at Jaipur, Rajasthan on Monday.
5. All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) launches curriculum for technical courses in semiconductor design.
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
1. Bollywood actor Hrithik Roshan to start shooting for ‘War 2’ by end of 2023.
2. Classical dance events in Khajuraho Festival to commence in Khajuraho, district Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. Renowned artists will perform various formats of Indian classical dances in the week-long festival that will conclude on February 26.
3. A three-day North Zone Youth Festival organize by Central Sanskrit University, to begin in Shri Ranbir Campus, Jammu.
DEFENCE
1. Military-to-military exchange program between the Indian Army and Uzbekistan Army, the fourth edition of biennial training Exercise DUSTLIK (2023) will be conducted from Monday till 5th March, 2023 in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand.
2. Indian Army’s medical team at Turkiye’s Iskenderun region is returning home after providing aid to earthquake-affected victims. Meanwhile, the External Affairs Ministry said the final NDRF team, along with their dog squad, has also returned from Turkiye. India had launched ‘Operation Dost’ to extend assistance to Turkiye as well as Syria after a devastating earthquake on February 6.
3. The Indian Navy will soon deploy homegrown firefighting robots on its largest warships, including the aircraft carriers INS Vikrant and INS Vikramaditya.
4. The Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP) seeks 450 high-powered sniper rifles for use by its field units deployed in high altitude areas.
5. Rolls-Royce Marine North America has inked an initial pact with Pune-based Bharat Forge subsidiary KKSL for naval marine propulsors.
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