Daily Current Affairs, News Headlines 29.02.2024
National News
- NTPC Limited, has signed a Joint venture Agreement with Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited, to develop Renewable Energy Parks in Maharashtra.
- Six eminent personalities in the field of performing arts have been elected by Sangeet Natak Akademi as Akademi Fellows or Akademi Ratna.
- Jal Shakti Ministry has signed agreement with 12 technical education institutions for academic and research collaboration towards basin management of six rivers.
- BJP today demanded the Election Commission to videograph the voting process at all polling stations during the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
- PM Modi Releases 16th Installment of PM Kisan Scheme Worth ₹21,000 Crore in Maharashtra, Inaugurates Irrigation Projects and Rail Infrastructure
- The Work Programme on Electronic Commerce, an important topic of discussion with respect to India, at World Trade Organisation’s 13th Ministerial Conference MC 13 in Abu Dhabi, is scheduled for February 29th.
- A poetry anthology titled “SOLDIER AND WAR POEM: BEST OF NATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION” was released by Commandant, National Defence Academy Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar in Pune today.
- India’s Largest Offshore Drug Seizure: 3110 Kg Charas, 158.3 Kg Meth, 24.6 Kg Heroin Confiscated
- CBI has summoned Samajwadi Party President and former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav in an illegal mining case.
- National Science Day will be celebrated across the country today. The theme of this year’s Science day is Indigenous Technologies for Viksit Bharat, emphasizing the importance of home-grown Technologies in shaping the future of India.
- The central government is planning to launch a fodder bank in various regions of India to improve storage, transport, and logistical problems faced by livestock farmers.
- Centre has extended the ban on Jamaat-e-Islami, Jammu Kashmir for five years. The outfit was first declared an Unlawful Association on 28 February 2019.
- The National Testing Agency, NTA, will conduct the Common University Entrance Test, CUET PG 2024, from March 11 to 28 in Computer-Based Mode throughout India and in 24 cities outside India.
- The Enforcement Directorate has once again summoned Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the alleged excise policy scam.
International News
- India and Germany have discussed a range of bilateral security and defence issues, with a focus on developing the defence cooperation as a key pillar of the Strategic Partnership between both the nations.
- Bharti Enterprises founder and chairman, Sunil Bharti Mittal has become the first Indian citizen to receive an Honorary Knighthood from United Kingdom’s King Charles III.
- India and US today reviewed ongoing cooperation in counter-terrorism and security domains, which has been a key pillar of the India US strategic partnership.
- Foreign Secretary Vinay Kwatra held a bilateral meeting with his Nepal counterpart Sewa Lamsal in New Delhi today.
- Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that cooperation between Bangladesh and India is necessary as they are close door neighbours.
Sports News
- The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) today announced the annual retainership contracts for the senior men’s team for the 2023-24 season with Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Jasprit Bumrah, and Ravindra Jadeja being put in the Grade A category with 7 crore rupees annual retainership.
- In Ranji Trophy, Mumbai’s Tanush Kotian and Tushar Deshpande created history by becoming the first batters in 78 years to score centuries at number 10 and 11.
- In German Open Badminton, India’s Sankar Subramanian to face Brian Yang of Canada in Men’s singles
- In Delhi Open Tennis, Indian duo of Nitin Kumar Sinha and Manish Sureshkumar will face Eric Vanshelboim of Ukraine and Oliver Crawford of Britain in the Men’s doubles pre quarters today.
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