NATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
E-commerce giant Flipkart ties up with Hero Cycles.
2.
Bidyananda Barkakoty appointed as new vice-chairman of Tea Board.
3. Hydrocarbon Vision 2030 for
North-East released: The Union Ministry of
Petroleum and Natural Gas has consciously and constantly focused efforts
towards making hydrocarbons a tool to enable social and economic development.
4. Justice Dhirendra Hiralal Waghela
appointed as Chief Justice of Bombay High Court.
5. Andhra Pradesh proposed to
develop INS Viraat as Tourism Centre.
6. National Deworming Day observed
on 10th February 2016: The first
Deworming Day was observed in schools and preschools to combat parasitic worm
infections among preschool and school-age children.
7. Sikkim Government to construct Mini
Sikkim for showcasing state’s diverse and rich culture.
8. Rs 580 crore sanctioned for
construction of railway track to connect Kolkata and Tripura via Bangladesh: The
Agartala-Akhaura rail link between Indian Railway and Bangladesh Railway will
reduce the current 1700 km road distance between Kolkata to Agartala via
Siliguri to just 350 km by railway.
9. Committee on Aviation
Environmental Protection of International Civil Aviation Organisation proposed
binding of carbon emission standards for aviation industry.
10. National Arogya Fair-2016
concluded at Dehradun: The themes were based
on Immune system, homeopathy in women’s disorders, treatment in Ayurveda, Yog
se Arogya and Non-communicable Diseases management in Sidhha System etc.
11. Two day Governor’s Conference
hosted by President held in New Delhi today: It
was the 47th such conference to be held at RashtrapatiBhavan.
12. UAE crown prince Mohammed bin
Zayed Al Nahyan is on a three day visit to India along with seven ministers.
13. Vodafone launched 4G services
in Mumbai.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
Pakistan approves Hindu Marriage Bill after decades of inaction: After
decades of delay and inaction, the Hindu minority community in Pakistan will
soon have a marriage law as parliamentary panel has unanimously approved the
Hindu Marriage Bill.
2.
US President unveiled Cyber Security National Action Plan to protect US from
risks from new technologies.
3.
US Supreme Court stalled Obama’s Clean Power Plan: The
Court’s five conservative member bench in its verdict ruled that the
President’s Clean Power Plan to regulate emissions of carbon dioxide from US
power plants could not go forward until all legal challenges were heard.
4.
UN Secretary General launched One Humanity: Shared Responsibility Report: The
report was launched as part of the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit that is
scheduled to be held from 23 May to 24 May 2016. The report called for a global
campaign to prevent the erosion of humanitarian law and protect civilians in
conflict.
5.
World’s largest concentrated Solar Plant Noor opened in Morocco.
OTHER UPDATES:
FINANCE/BANKING:
1.
RBI released PG Apte Working Group Report on Introduction of Interest Rate
Options in India.
SPORTS:
2.
Quinton de Kock of South Africa became fastest cricketer to make 10 ODI
centuries by achieving the feat in mere 55 innings.
3.
Lord’s to host Women’s Cricket World Cup Final in 2017.
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