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• A document that appears to give the most powerful insight yet into how China determined the fate of hundreds of thousands of Muslims held in a network of internment camps has been seen by the BBC.


• Listing the personal details of more than 3,000 individuals from the far western region of Xinjiang, it sets out in intricate detail the most intimate aspects of their daily lives.


• The painstaking records - made up of 137 pages of columns and rows - include how often people pray, how they dress, whom they contact and how their family members behave.

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• EU states have agreed to launch a new military mission off the Libyan coast to enforce a shaky UN arms embargo.


• The 27 governments still have to draft a legal text for the mission, after agreeing on it in principle in Brussels.


• "The main objective is the arms embargo," said Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn.

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• The death toll from China’s new coronavirus epidemic jumped past 1,800 on Tuesday after 93 more people died in Hubei province, the hard-hit epicentre of the outbreak.


• In its daily update, the province’s health commission also reported 1,807 new cases, a decline on the number of new cases reported.

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• Britain’s trade negotiator warned that his government would not accept EU supervision of its economy in exchange for close trade ties.


• Senior diplomat David Frost told academics in Brussels that London intended to set its own laws following Brexit and not follow EU-imposed “level playing field” rules.


• “It isn’t a simple negotiating position which might move under pressure it is the point of the whole project,” he said.

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• The World Health Organization (WHO) warned against “blanket measures” over the novel coronavirus outbreak, pointing out the epidemic outside of China was only affecting a “tiny” proportion of the population.


• WHO also said that - with a mortality rate of around 2 percent COVID-19 was “less deadly” than other coronaviruses such as Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) or Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).

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• Officials working on a trade deal for announcement during President Donald Trump’s upcoming visit shouldn’t despair at the lack of progress lately, because India-US deals, agreements and announcements have tended to go down to the wire historically. Something to do with how democracies work


• The 2010 US support for India’s claim to permanent membership of the UN Security Council was not irreversibly final till 10 or 15 minutes before President Barack Obama and his delegation set out for Parliament in New Delhi where he announced it, overturning a long-running US policy.

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• Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Monday visited the Motera stadium to inspect the security arrangements regarding US President Donald Trump’s visit to the state.


• The American President along with the first lady Melania Trump will be attending the welcome event named ‘Namaste Trump’ at the world’s largest cricket stadium at Motera.


• “It is a delight and Honour for the state as well as for the nation, as two of the biggest global leaders, US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be sharing the same stage at the Motera stadium which we are eagerly awaiting,” said Rupani.

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• The Odisha assembly passed the Odisha State Backward Classes (Amendment) Bill to enable its newly constituted Backward Class Commission to conduct a survey for identifying socially and economically backward classes on the basis of their socio-educational status.


• The bill was passed unanimously. The assembly also passed a resolution to take up the survey of the social and educational conditions of people of backward classes.

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• India lodged a strong protest with Turkey over President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recent remarks on Kashmir, with people familiar with developments saying New Delhi is eyeing other measures to register its displeasure.


• Ties between New Delhi and Ankara hit an all-time low after Erdogan raised the Kashmir issue at the UN General Assembly last September, saying the region was “virtually under blockade”. Turkish leaders have also continued to criticize the Indian government’s decision to revoke Jammu & Kashmir’s special status.

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• The matriculation examination of the Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) began with a total of 15.29 lakh students undertaking the science paper in the midst of contractual teachers’ strike.


• Of the total expelled, 12 were caught using unfair practices in Nalanda, six each booked in Rohtas and Madhubani districts, three each in Saran, Bhojpur, and Madhepura, two each in Arwal, West Champaran, Lakhisarai, Vaishali, Samastipur, Saharsa and Jamui. One each was expelled in Patna, Siwan, and Munger.

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• Indo Tibetan Boder Police has released the Admit Card for Constable tradesman. The exam will be conducted on March 1. Candidates can download their admit card online at recruitment.itbpolice.nic.in


• The recruitment is done to hire 241 constables (tradesman). Candidates will have to log in using their registration number to download their admit card.

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• India has emerged as the fifth-largest world economy in 2019, overtaking the UK and France, as per a report by US-based think tank World Population Review.


• "India's economy is the fifth-largest in the world with a gross domestic product (GDP) of $2.94 trillion, overtaking the UK and France in 2019 to take the fifth spot," it said.

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• India's annual electricity generation from coal-fired utilities fell in 2019 for the first time in a decade, government data showed, amid a broader economic slowdown and increased use of renewable energy.


• India is the second largest consumer, importer and producer of coal behind China.

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• Manchester United moved to within three points of fourth-placed Chelsea with a smash and grab 2-0 win at Stamford Bridge thanks to goals from Anthony Martial and Harry Maguire.


• Chelsea had two goals disallowed by VAR reviews and were furious Maguire was not sent-off early on for an off-the-ball kick out at Michy Batshuayi.


• Blues boss Frank Lampard cut a frustrated figure as the flaws in both boxes which have seen his side win just four of their last 14 league games were exposed once more against ordinary opposition.

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• Four-time Grand Slam champion Kim Clijsters lost her first match in her second tennis comeback following a 6-2, 7-6 (8/6) defeat to Garbine Muguruza in the opening round of the WTA event in Dubai.


• Former world number one Clijsters, 36, had been out for seven years before the clash with world ranked 16 Muguruza, who reached the final of the Australian Open last month.


• Spain's two-time Grand Slam winner Muguruza will play one of Veronika Kudermetova and Dayana Yastremska in the next round after having to fight off a determined Clijsters in a tight second set following a simple first.

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• Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton and football superstar Lionel Messi shared the Laureus sportsman of the year award at ceremony in Berlin.


• Hamilton, 35, a six-time world champion and Barcelona star Messi, 32, share the award for their achievements in 2019.


• This is the first time a footballer has won the award and also the first occasion in the event's 20-year history when the jury reached a tied decision.

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• World rapid champion Koneru Humpy claimed her second title in the last two months by emerging triumphant at the Cairns Cup chess tournament following a draw against compatriot Dronavalli Harika in the ninth and final round here.


• Humpy, who was crowned world champion in the last week of December 2019, finished the tournament with 6 points. The icing on the cake is that Humpy would be gaining five ELO rating points (the basis for international rankings) and moving to no.2 in the world list.

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• Veteran Bengali actor and former Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Pal died of cardiac arrest early this morning, a family source said.


• Tapas Pal, who had gone to Mumbai to visit his daughter, complained of chest pain at the Mumbai airport during his return to Kolkata and was rushed to a hospital in Juhu but died around 4 am, the source told news agency Press Trust of India.