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• National Caregivers Day is observed annually on the third Friday in February.


• Across the Nation dedicated health care professionals serve those who require long-term or hospice care. National Caregivers Day honors those men and women dedicated to providing these vital services.

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• Several US law makers expressed solidarity with India in the wake of a dastardly terror attack on a paramilitary convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district and said that the two countries stand united in condemning and defeating terror.


• Cutting across party lines, over 50 Congressmen and Senators took to social media to express their solidarity with the people of India and called for strict action against the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and its state sponsors.

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• The European Commission has added Saudi Arabia, Libya and Nigeria, among other nations, to a blacklist of countries that fail to tackle money laundering and the financing of terrorism.


• The EU's banks will have to carry out additional checks on financial operations involving entities from the blacklisted countries. The list needs approval by all 28 EU member states.

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• British Prime Minister Theresa May suffered another defeat in parliament over her Brexit strategy, just 43 days before Britain is due to leave the European Union.


• The House of Commons rejected a government motion intended to express MPs' support for May as she continues an 11th-hour bid to renegotiate her Brexit deal with the EU.

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• US Vice President Mike Pence called Iran the "greatest threat" to peace and security in the Middle East. Freedom-loving nations must stand together to hold the Iranian regime accountable for the evil it has inflicted on the world".


• while addressing a conference on the Middle East. India also attended the conference where over 60 nations participated.

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• PM Narendra Modi will launch the ₹75,000-crore cash transfer scheme for farmers on February 24 in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur.


• The first instalment of ₹2,000 each would be transferred to about one crore beneficiaries. Under the scheme, ₹6,000 will be given in three instalments to 12 crore small farmers holding cultivable land up to two hectares.

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• In order to focus on the issues in the area of chid protection in the state, the UNICEF in Maharashtra joined hands with Goa Women and Child Development (WCD).


• Discussion was held on “Key challenges around child protection in Goa” at a training programme on Integrated Child Protection Scheme(ICPS), by WCD, which saw the participation of Ms. Rajeshwari Chandrasekar, Chief Field Officer,UNICEF Maharashtra and Ms. Alpa Vora, Consultant, Child Protection, UNICEF.


• Issue of migrant children who face a whole lot of different problems linked with challenges of livelihood, alcoholism, etc., of their poor parents, or the children themselves were brought to light, among other issues.

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• Bihar Chief Minister, Nitish Kumar announced an Universal Old Age Pension scheme, named Mukhya Mantri Vriddha Pension Yojana (MMVPY), irrespective for all caste, community, religion, except for those who are retired from government organizations.


• The scheme facilitates the amount of Rs. 400 monthly pension for all in the state above the age of 60 who are not getting pension from the government.


• The scheme will come into its enforcement from 1st April, 2019.


• Other than this scheme, Bihar’s govt. has also proclaimed a pension of Rs. 6,000 for journalists above 60 years of age, which will get implemented from 1st April, 2019.

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• MoU between India and Morocco for setting up of a Joint Working Group on Counter-Terrorism.


• Proposal for leasing out of 1.61 acres of land at Alipur, Delhi, owned by Delhi Milk Scheme to Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium for setting up of Kisan Mandi.


• MoU between India and Finland on Cooperation in the field of peaceful uses of outer space.


• Proposal for allotment of land measuring 30 acres to Pasteur Institute of India for the establishment of New Viral Vaccine Manufacturing Unit at Coonoor, Tamil Nadu.


• Extension of tenure of the National Commission for SafaiKarmacharis beyond 31.3.2019 for three years.
  
• Introduction of Registration of Marriage of NRI Bill 2019.


• Signing of MoU between India and Argentine in tourism.


• Revision in the list of Scheduled Tribes of Chhattisgarh.


• Signing of MoU between India and Saudi Arabia on establishing a mechanism for Investment Infrastructure in India.


• MoU between India and Saudi Arabia on cooperation and Mutual Assistance in Customs matters.


• Signing of MoU between India and Saudi Arabia in the field of tourism.


• Partial modification of CCEA’s earlier decision for allowing all eligible Central Public Sector Enterprises and private sector entities to participate in the bidding for the Strategic Disinvestment of Engineering Projects (India) Limited.


• Continuation of sub-schemes under “Umbrella programme for development of Scheduled Tribes” for the period till March, 2020.


• Continuation of Credit Linked Capital Subsidy and Technology Up-gradation Scheme (CLCS-TUS) beyond 12th Plan for three years from 2017-18 to 2019-20.


• Minimum Support Price for Raw Jute for 2019-20 season hiked to Rs.3950/- from Rs.3700/- per quintal by the Cabinet.

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• Andhra Pradesh has made a significant move by merging Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi Portal with its own Annadatha Sukhibhava scheme. This move will further allow a fixed amount of Rs. 10,000 per annum to all farmers in the state, irrespective of the size of their land.


• The benefits will be facilitated in 2 portions of Rs. 5000 before the Kharif and Rabi crop cycle.


• Around 70 lakhs farmers will get advantage from this merger.


• PM-Kisan scheme will not only cover the marginalized farmers, but also the tenant farmers who will be facilitated with ‘Cultivation Certificates’ and ‘Loan Eligibility Certificates’ to avail the benefits of scheme.


• Other than Rs. 6000 per household which will given under PM Kisan Samman Nidhi, farmers will also receive Rs. 4000 from Andhra Pradesh government, which will further benefit 54 lakhs farmers.

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• The Reserve Bank of India cleared Yes Bank of Divergence charges i.e. disparity in reporting bad loans and provisioning numbers for the year ended March 2018.


• The final report has observed nil divergence in the bank’s asset classification and provisioning from the norms of the RBI.


• In FY16, after its first assessment, Yes Bank was found divergence of Bad loans by RBI at Rs. 4,176 crore higher than the reported gross NPA of Rs. 748.9 crore. Further, in FY17, Yes Bank was found to be divergence again at Rs. 6,355 crore and reported gross NPA of Rs. 2,018 crore lower than RBI’s estimation of Rs. 8,373 crore.

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• The Finance Ministry has asked the six remaining public sector banks, currently under Prompt Corrective Action (PCA), to improve on seven parameters to get the government's support for coming out of the PCA framework.


• We have told these banks to improve upon net interest margins (NIMs), CASA (current account savings account), RWA (Risk Weighted Assets), NPA recognisation, divergence (disparity in loan recognisation), operating profit and non-core asset selling to be able to get our support for being out of the PCA.

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• Online platforms including Facebook and Google will be required to compensate publishers and creators for their content under the new European Union (EU) rules.


• The technology firms will be required to remove or block uploads if artistes and music producers refuse to grant licences. Google had said it may pull Google News service from Europe in response to the law.

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• Derrick Pereira is set to become the coach of the Indian Under-23 football team for the upcoming Asian Football Confederation (AFC) qualifiers, to be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from 22nd March.


• He will take charge from the preparatory camp in Goa that begins on 2nd March.


• A friendly match between Qatar U-23 and India U-23 is also scheduled in Doha on 11th March 2019.

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• Defending champion Saina Nehwal refused to play her opening singles match of Senior National Badminton Championships in Guwahati, citing a "poor playing surface".


• Saina was scheduled to play Shruti Mundada in a pre-quarterfinal clash. "The wooden planks came out at a couple of places after Sindhu played her match. So they are now going to fix it.

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• People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) awarded actor-director Bradley Cooper ‘Oscat’ award for casting his own dog, rather than one supplied by animal exhibitors, in his movie A Star is Born.


• A Star is Born has received 8 Oscar nominations including best actor for Bradley Cooper and best actress for Lady Gaga.

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• A National Defence Academy (NDA) graduate, Vice Admiral SN Gharmade took charge as the Chief of Staff at Eastern Naval Command, Vishakhapatnam.


• SN Gharmade was commissioned into Indian Navy on 1st January 1984 and he had assumed command of Guided Missile Frigate INS Brahmaputra, Submarine Rescue Vessel INS Nireekshak and Minesweeper INS Allepey in his 35 years long career.


• He was honoured by President of India with Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM) on 26th January 2017 and Nau Sena Medal in 2007.

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• President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Sushil Chandra, the chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), to be designated as the new Election Commissioner on 14th February, 2019.


• Mr. Sushil Chandra is an IIT graduate and is a1980 batch officer of the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) official of Income Tax Cadre, was recently retired from CBDT.


• Mr. Chandra was appointed CBDT Chairman on November 1, 2016 and further he got 2 extensions.


• The Election Commission now has Sunil Arora as the Chief Election Commissioner who will succeed O.P. Rawat and Ashok Lavasa and Sushil Chandra as fellow commissioners.

• A non-venomous snake species has been discovered by Herpetologists Jayaditya Purkayastha of Help Earth, Guwahati and Patrick David of Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris in Guwahati, Arunachal Pradesh.


• The Snake has been named as “Crying Keelback (Hebius lacrima)” due to the presence of black spots below the snake’s eye which is taken as an allusion for crying.


• The 48 mm long Snake is found is “jhum” (shifting) cultivation areas in the Basar area West siang district of Arunachal Pradesh in 2010-11.


• The Discovery of snake is published in a peer reviewed journal for animal taxonomy known as “Zootaxa”.

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• Former Goa Deputy CM and BJP MLA Francis D'Souza passed away at the age of 64.


• D'Souza was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Goa after undergoing surgery for cancer in the US. He was elected to Goa Legislative Assembly for five terms from Mapusa constituency.

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