News :Feb 18 - Feb 25 2016
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Appointments :
Resignations/Retirements
Obituaries
- Eminent Hindustani classical vocalist Ustad Abdul Rashid Khan passed away.He was recipient of Padma Bhushan and Sangeet Natak Akademi award.
Awards
Sports
International
- India and Nepal hope to begin repairing ties as Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli makes his first official visit to India on 19 Feb for 6 days.
National
- The Supreme Court lifted its order to maintain status quo in Arunachal Pradesh till it examined judicial and Assembly records on disqualification of 14 rebel Congress MLAs by former Speaker Nabam Rebia.The lifting of status quo clears the road for Governor J.P. Rajkhowa to recommend to the President for withdrawal of emergency in the State and further a move for the swearing in of a new government.
- All central universities will fly the national flag on a 207 feet high mast at a prominent place on their campuses : HRD ministry
Polity
Economics
- EPFO : 8.8 per cent interest on savings.
Env & Ecology
Science & Tech
- The Delhi government has decided on an ambitious plan to transform its wholesale fruit and vegetable markets into ‘ e-mandis’ .As part of this project, all mandis will be connected with a centralised system with supplies being tracked on a real-time basis.
- Proposal to have a gravitational wave detector in India approved. The gravitational waves were detected by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) — a system of detectors in Washington and Louisiana.The project is piloted by the Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Science and Technology.
- e-agri platform : A digital platform for enabling farmers to sell their produce at a better rate anywhere in the country will be launched on April 14, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in Sehore (MP).On April 14, the birth anniversary of B.R. Ambedkar.
Health
Culture
The Mahamagham is celebrated once in 12 years on the day when Jupiter and the moon are in Simha rasi and the Sun in Kumbha rasi on the full moon day in Masi. This typically happens once in 4,332 days : fourth Mahamagham since 1980
