NATIONAL UPDATES:
1. Narendra Kumar appointed as new Chairman of
Central Water Commission: Union Government has appointed Narendra Kumar as
the new chairman of the Central Water Commission (CWC).
2.
Arun Jaitley given additional charge of Defence Ministry: Union
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has been given the additional charge of the
Defence Ministry after President Pranab Mukherjee accepted Manohar Parrikar's
resignation. Parrikar resigned as the Defence Minister to head the BJP-led
alliance in Goa as the Chief Minister.
3. BJP to
announce Uttar Pradesh CM on March 16: The Bharatiya Janata Party will announce the Uttar Pradesh Chief
Minister on March 16. This comes after BJP parliamentary board met on Sunday
and nominated Anil Jain and Kailash Vijayvargiya as observers for a BJP
legislative party meeting convened in Uttar Pradesh. The BJP won UP elections
with a massive majority, winning 325 of the 403 seats.
4. Mulayam
defends son, says no single person behind UP loss: Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam
Singh Yadav defended his son and outgoing CM Akhilesh Yadav for the party's
loss in the UP elections, saying no one person is responsible for the defeat.
"It seems that we were unable to impress the people. Everyone is
responsible for the loss," Mulayam said. SP won just 47 seats in UP
against BJP's 325 seats.
5. BJP won 78%
of the seats where PM Modi campaigned: PM Narendra Modi had covered 180 seats across five states to
campaign for the recent assembly elections and the BJP and allies won 140
(nearly 78%) of those constituencies. Modi addressed 23 rallies and held two
roadshows covering 118 seats in UP and BJP won 99 of them. In comparison,
Congress won 22% of the seats where Rahul Gandhi campaigned.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:
1. China warns of trade war if US imposes tariffs on
its goods: China
has warned of a trade war with the US if President Donald Trump's
administration decides to unilaterally impose tariffs on its goods, ignoring
WTO rulings. This comes after Trump told the Congress that America is not bound
by WTO decisions. Branding China as a currency manipulator, Trump had threatened
to impose 45% tariffs on Chinese goods.
SPORTS:
1. Indian boxers to miss international championship due
to visa delay: Indian
boxers will miss the Chemistry Cup in Germany owing to a delay in procuring the
visas. The sport's national federation has assured that the boxers will be
compensated by being sent for another event soon. Federation officials came to
know that visa applications have to be directed from the regions players belong
to instead of the Delhi-based centralised process.
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