✈INTERNATIONAL NEWS
1. Telangana, UNICEF to set up India’s first Y-Hub for youth and adolescent in Hyderabad : The state government signed a Statement of Intent with UNICEF India to soon set up an exclusive innovation hub in Hyderabad.
2. Canada opens probe into TikTok over ‘compliance with privacy laws’
3. UN General Assembly passes a resolution calling for an immediate end to hostilities between Ukraine and Russia. 141 members voted in favor of the resolution while seven members opposed it. 32 members including India abstained from voting.
4. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit India to participate in the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on 1st March.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and India from the 28th of February to 3rd of March.
5. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will arrive on a two-day visit to India on Saturday.
6. The government of Bangladesh signed an agreement with the International Solar Alliance (ISA) to increase the use of solar energy in the country. The agreement was signed on Thursday between the ISA Director General Ajay Mathur and the Bangladesh Power Division Secretary Md. Habibur Rahman. The agreement is to be implemented by December 2026.
7. India’s National Highways contribute significantly to the country’s economic development, with the second-longest road network in the world covering 144,634 km.
According to a study conducted by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), fossil fuel-run vehicles on Indian highways emitted approximately 243 million tonnes of CO2 in 2016, accounting for 10.8% of the total national CO2 emissions.
8. External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar on Friday extended greetings to his Estonian counterpart Urmas Reinsalu and the people of the country on their National Day.
🌎WORLD NEWS🌍
1. Pakistan’s first transgender news anchor Marvia Malik survived a gun attack on Thursday outside her residence in Lahore.
2. Sweden will donate up to 10 Leopard 2 battle tanks, and HAWK air defence missile systems to Ukraine.
3. Iran is likely to sell air defence missile systems to ally Syria.
4. Canada opens probe into TikTok over ‘compliance with privacy laws’.
5. Iran says it has developed long-range cruise missile with 1,650 km range. A move likely to raise Western concerns after Russia’s use of Iranian drones in the Ukraine war.
6. Shehbaz Sharif’s austerity drive: No salaries, perks for Pakistan ministers, benefits and luxury cars and fly economy class as part of an austerity drive aimed at saving the government Pakistani Rupee (PKR) 200 billion a year.
7. Snow, rain slam California as Michigan suffers without power. Heavy snow and rain pounded California and other parts of West on Friday in the nation’s latest winter storm, while tens of thousands of people in Michigan suffered in freezing temperatures days after one of the worst ice storms in decades caused widespread power outages.
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