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• US President Donald Trump has confirmed that he'll hold his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Vietnam on February 27 and 28.


• Trump said during the State of the Union Address that "If I had not been elected president of the United States, we would right now, in my opinion, be in a major war with North Korea".

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• US President Donald Trump told Americans in his State of the Union address that illegal immigration was an urgent national crisis and he vowed to build a border wall as he sought funding for a project rejected by Democrats.


• In the past, most of the people in this room voted for a wall, but the proper wall never got built.

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• Pope Francis ministered to the thriving Catholic community in the United Arab Emirates as he concluded his historic visit to the Arabian Peninsula with the first-ever papal Mass here and a call for his flock to remain meek in following God.


• A day after making a broad appeal for Christian and Muslim leaders to work together to promote peace and reject war, Francis celebrated what some considered the largest show of public Christian worship on the peninsula, the birthplace of Islam.

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• Former Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was stopped from leaving the country by security officials at the Lahore airport.


• According to the Federal Investigation Agency, Mr. Gilani had reached the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore to catch his flight for South Korea via Bangkok to attend a conference. However, his name was on the no-fly list.

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• Shehri Samridhi Utsav, an initiative of Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA), is launched with aim to extend the reach of Deendayal Antyodaya Mission – National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM).


• It is the National Exhibition and a sale of Self Help Group products and National Street Food Festival organized in New Delhi.


• Through Shehri Samridhi Utsav scheme, Self Help Group members all over the places are linked to national government schemes like Swachchh Bharat Mission , Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana , Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Yojana and National Nutrition Mission.

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• The Ministry of Coal, Government of India signed an MoU with Ministry of Energy, Republic of Poland in-order to foster relations in the field of coal mining and clean coal technologies.


• The MoU was signed between Sh. Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary, Hon’ble Minister of State for Coal and Mines and Mr. Grzegorz Tobiszowski, Secretary of State, Ministry of Energy, Republic of Poland.


• The objective of MoU includes promoting trade and investment in the coal sector, enhancing the understanding of coal related energy issues, clean coal technologies.


• The new agreement will also promote the exchange of information on policies, programmes and technologies with special emphasis on coal exploration and exploitation, research and development, technical cooperation and capacity building.

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• Punjab government headed by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh decided to constitute a high-powered committee to prepare a comprehensive action plan for boosting the dairy sector with the aim of supplementing the income of farmers in a result-oriented manner.


• The committee will consist of 5 members including Chairman State Farmers Commission, Director Animal Husbandry, Director Dairy Development, a representative of Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU).


• The role of the committee will be to recommend measures for promoting diversification of agriculture with the aim of enhancing farmers’ income from allied sources.


• Besides Israeli dairy farming expert Yehuda Sprecher would also be engaged to advise the Animal Husbandry department of Punjab.


• The suggestions by Yehuda Sprecher include: improving the quality of feed and fodder to increase the quantity and quality of milk in the state. He also apprised about other issues like heat stress, increasing carbon footprint and importance of Total Mixed Ration feed.

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• The Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune organized the 67th Annual Armed Forces Medical Conference which is the largest gathering and the only multi-specialty conference of its kind in the country. The conference will conclude on 8th February 2019.


• The 4 day conference which was organised under the supervision of Surg Vice Admiral Ravi Kalra was inaugurated by Lt Gen Bipin Puri, Director General, Armed Forces Medical Services.


• The conference witnessed the marking of platinum jubilee year of the Medical Journal Armed Forces India (MJAFI) which is the official quarterly Journal published by the Armed Forces Medical Services of India and contains high quality biomedical multi-speciality research from doctor scientists across the world.


• The conference will also include the 57th Armed Forces Medical Research Committee Meeting to discuss new research proposals. It is scheduled on February 6 and 7.

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• Second edition of World Count festival 2019 was held in Pune, Maharashtra.


• The Festival, was hosted by the award -winning screenwriter, author and columnist Advita Kala.


• This festival is held with a motive to bring together speakers from several socio-political spheres and share their insights on various issues.


• Pavan Kumar Verma,A career diplomat and famous writer was honored with first Word Smith Award 2019 for his contribution in Indian Literature.


• During this festival, Ahmedabad Textile Industry Research Association (ATIRA)’s new composite carbon fabric which is lightweight, durable, and high heat resistance and which is now replacing metal parts of satellites and is of low cost was launched by Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani.

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• The Kala Ghoda festival, India’s largest multi-cultural street festival begins in Mumbai to celebrate its 20 years of art and culture through cinema, theatre, dance, literature, and sculpture. Maneck Davar is Chairman of Kala Ghoda Association.


• The festival hosted the exhibition at the Jehangir Art Gallery to celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and some rich history of Mumbai. To underscore KGAF’s two-decade run, the theme for this year is A Measure of Time.

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• Axis Bank, UCO Bank and Syndicate Bank are Penalised with a total of Rs.5.2 Crore by RBI Bank for violating the guidelines in regulatory compliance.


• The Segregation of the Penalised amount are as follows, Axis Bank and UCO Bank has been imposed with a Penalty of Rs.2 Crore each for their not commiting with the norms related to payment through cheques.


• Further Axis Bank has also imposed a Penalty of 20 Lakhs for the detection and impounding of counterfeit notes.


• Syndicate Bank is imposed with a Penalty of Rs.1 Crore for contradicting the norms in Checking norms and Risk Management.

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• The Economic Affairs Secretary, Subhash Chandra Garg said that the finance ministry is expecting the GDP growth to reach 7.5 per cent in 2019-20 from 7.2 per cent projected for the current fiscal.


• The Government is expecting a nominal growth of 11.5 per cent (for 2019-20) and inflation to remain at 4 per cent.


• The Economic Affairs Secretary stated that India remains the fastest growing major economy in the world.


• He also emphasised on the annual average GDP growth during the last five years which is higher than the growth achieved by any government since economic reforms began in 1991.


• In 2016-17, the year in which the demonetisation of high-denomination currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 took place, the GDP growth rate was 8.2 per cent.

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• Industry and Internal trade secretary Ramesh Abhishek notified that government will form a small working group to have a watch over the matter of angel tax profiled by startups.


• This was concluded against the surrounding of various startups raising issues on notices under Section 56(2) of the Income Tax Act to pay taxes on angel funds. Government may further exempt start-ups and investors from paying angel tax.


• Different surveys showed that more than 2,000 startups which had been given funding from investor angel, private and venture capital funds have received notices under the angel tax.

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• Organizers of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix has extended the contract to host Formula One races in Baku street circuit till 2023.


• This is the first renewal of 2019, the organizers from Belgium, China, Germany, Japan and Singapore has already extended their deals over the previous two years.


• This renewal will help the organizers of Azebaijan GP to maximize commercial revenues through new sponsorship approach and enhanced fan activities.

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• Smriti Mandhana scripted history after she scored a 24-ball half-century, fastest by an Indian woman, in the first T20 International against New Zealand at Westpac Stadium, Wellington.


• Opener Smriti Mandhana was dismissed by Amelia Kerr for 58 runs when India were 102 for two, 58 runs away from the target. However, India lost the T20I series-opener by 23 runs.

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• P.S. Krishnan, former Secretary of Government of India,was entitled with K.Veeramani Award for Social Justice 2018 in New Delhi.


• Mr.V.P.Singh, former Prime Minister of India, was the first recipient of the K veeramani award.


• Social Exclusion and Justice in India, Empowering Dalits for Empowering India: A Road-map are some of books written by P S Krishnan.

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• Nilambar Acharya, Nepal’s former law minister,was appointed as Nepal’s ambassador to India in Kathmandu.


• Nilambar Acharya’s oath of office position was administered by President Bidya Devi Bhandari in Kathmandu.


• The position of Nepalese ambassador to India was vacant after Deep Kumar Upadhyay resigned in October 2017.

• Mashoka5, the mobile app for booking of Bungalow No.5,New Delhi was launched by Minister of State for Housing & Urban Affairs Shri Hardeep S Puri.


• The Application will help an applicant to complete the entire booking process from anywhere and at any time, by using a mobile phone.

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• Noted freedom fighter and former Odisha MLA Priyanath Dey passed away in Bhubaneswar.


• He was elected to Odisha Legislative Assembly from Jagatsinghpur in 1961.


• Priyanath Dey had joined freedom movement in 1942 and was jailed several times.

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