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• Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro faced growing regional pressure after his troops repelled foreign aid convoys, with the United States threatening new sanctions and Brazil urging allies to join a "liberation effort".


• Violent clashes with security forces over the opposition`s U.S.- backed attempt to bring aid into the economically devastated country left almost 300 wounded and at least three protesters dead near the Brazilian border.

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• British Prime Minister Theresa May promised to offer lawmakers a vote on her Brexit deal by March 12, the latest delay in her attempt to win approval for a plan to ensure Britain`s orderly departure from the European Union.


• As the United Kingdom`s labyrinthine Brexit crisis goes down to the wire, May is making a last-ditch effort to get changes to the divorce package but lawmakers may try to grab control of Brexit in a series of parliamentary votes.

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• Pakistan PM Imran Khan asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to "give peace a chance" and assured him that he "stands by" his words and will "immediately act" if New Delhi provides Islamabad with "actionable intelligence" on the Pulwama attack.


• PM Khan's remarks came a day after Modi in a rally in Rajasthan said, "There is a consensus in the entire world against terrorism.

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• A team of Army, ITBP, local police and District Disaster Management personnel on [latex]25^{th}[/latex] February launched an operation to rescue five Army personnel trapped in snow avalanche which hit at Namgya in Kinnaur district on [latex]20^{th}[/latex]February. The operation was stopped on [latex]24^{th}[/latex] February night due to bad weather.


• A joint team of over 200 personnel has been working towards rescuing the five since [latex]20^{th}[/latex]February. Operations were halted on Thursday and then again on Friday night due to unfavourable weather.

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• Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stressed that India is a "reluctant" nuclear weapon state, adding that new proliferation risks and challenges can cause "unintended escalations", which may up the "likelihood" of a nuclear strike.


• The former Prime Minister made the statement while speaking at the book launch of Observer Research Foundation's 'Nuclear Order in the Twenty First Century'. The book is written by former diplomat Rakesh Sood.

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• Journalist Priya Ramani, who had last year levelled MeToo allegations against former Union Minister MJ Akbar, will on [latex]25^{th}[/latex] February appear before a Delhi court in connection with the case.


• Ramani, along with a number of women, had last year in October accused Akbar of sexual misconduct and harassment during his time as a media personality.


• Following the allegations, Akbar stepped down as the Union Minister and in counter attack, filed a defamation case against the journalist, following which Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal summoned her.

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• PDP President and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said any tinkering with Article 370 and Article 35A of the Constitution, which provide special status to Jammu and Kashmir, will render the state's Instrument of Accession with India null and void.


• "Article 370 is the constitutional connection between J&K & Indian Union. Instrument of accession is contingent on Article 370 which is inextricably linked to Article 35A. Any tampering will render Treaty of Accession null & void.

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• Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will meet the three service chiefs on [latex]25^{th}[/latex] February to discuss the overall security challenges faced by the country in the wake of the Pulwama terror attack. The Defence Minister along with the service chiefs will also be holding interactions with India's defence attaches in 42 countries in a two-day conclave.


• "A range of issues, including situation along the border with Pakistan, will be discussed at the meeting. The government will also take feedback of the defence attaches on key security challenges".

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• Finance Minister says the government used every method at its disposal in larger public interest to boost credit keeping India’s growth in mind while reiterating that country is more important than any institution.


• Jaitley think government have to blend good governance with clever politics otherwise a sound bureaucrat would be a Prime Minister of India and that is not likely to happen.

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• Real estate stocks are likely to be in focus on [latex]25^{th}[/latex] February following the GST Council’s decision to slash the rate of tax on under-construction and affordable housing projects.


• The decision, along with the interest rate cut announced by the Reserve Bank of India earlier this month, will provide an impetus to a sector that has been reeling under pressure since the introduction of GST in July 2017 and demonetisation in late 2016, market trackers said. Shares of a few realty companies have gained since the RBI rate cut.

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• Shooter Saurabh Chaudhary won gold medal in men's 10m Air Pistol event at ISSF World Cup in New Delhi with a world record score of 245 points in the final.


• With this, the 16-year-old secured India its third shooting quota for the 2020 Olympics. Further, it was Saurabh's first World Cup medal at the senior level.

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• Australia defeated India by 3 wickets in the first T20I on the last ball to register their third victory in 10 T20Is.


• KL Rahul, who returned to India playing XI after over a month, smashed 36-ball 50 including 6 fours and a six. Further, Virat Kohli became the first batsman to complete 500 runs against a team in T20Is.

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• Harmanpreet Singh was awarded the 2018 Player of the Year award while women’s team striker Lalremsiami as the Rising Player of The Year, by the Asian Hockey Federation.


• Harmanpreet Singh led the Indian team to an unbeaten streak at the Asian Champions Trophy in Muscat where the team was declared joint winners with Pakistan and also contributed to the team’s silver medal win at the FIH Champions Trophy in Breda.


• 18-year-old Lalremsiami, has shown remarkable progress in the women’s team with her impressive performance as a striker at the 2018 World Cup and the Asian Games where the team won Silver medal and was also a part of the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires where the under-18 team won a silver.


• The Indian men’s team was awarded the Best Performance of The Year for being the only Asian side to have reached the top eight at the World Cup in Bhubaneswar.

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• 'Bohemian Rhapsody', which was nominated for five Oscars at the 91st Academy Awards, went on to win more awards than any other film at the award show.


• The biographical film, which is about British rock band Queen's lead singer Freddie Mercury, bagged Oscars for Best Sound Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Film Editing and Best Actor.

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• Member of Parliament Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has been elected third time unopposed as the President of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). Election of the Office Bearers and Executive Committee Members of WFI for the next years term (2019-2023) were held in New Delhi at the Constitution Club of India.


• Along with Brij Bhushan, I.D. Nanavati has been elected as the Senior Vice President, V.N. Prasood as the Secretary General and Satyapal Singh Deshwal as the Treasurer.

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• The governor of Gezira state, Mohamed Tahir Ayala was appointed as Sudan’s Prime Minister.


• Sudan’s Defence Minister Awad Mohamed Ahmed Ibn Auf was appointed as first vice president while remaining in his defence post.


• Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir declared a one-year nationwide state of emergency on Friday and set up a caretaker administration but retained his defence, foreign and justice ministers.

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• Iran launched a cruise missile from a submarine for the first time during ongoing annual military drill named “Velayat-97” in the Strait of Hormuz.


• An image showing a green submarine on the surface of the water launching an orange missile was released by Fars news agency and the other submarines are said to have the same capability.