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1.Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne is set to host her counterparts from India, Japan and the United States for the fourth Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Melbourne on Friday.-dnaindia.com

2.President Joe Biden on Thursday flatly rejected reports that the US military is sharply critical of his administration's handling of the Afghan withdrawal last year, ending two decades of war.An investigative report by The Washington Post quoted sworn testimony by military commanders saying that the White House and State Department left evacuation.-hindustantimes.com

3.In a boost to its tourism sector, the United Kingdom (UK) from Friday will remove testing requirements for travellers who have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). According to a government statement issued on January 24, only a Passenger Locator Form (PLF) will be required for all such travellers.-hindustantimed.com

4.Negotiators from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and India finalised the draft of a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) in December and the two sides are waiting for a final signal from their leadership to sign the trade pact, UAE ambassador Ahmed AlBanna said on Thursday.-hindustantimes.com

5.In another sign of the deepening economic relationship between India and the United States, bilateral trade in goods between the two countries crossed the $100 billion mark in 2021, making it the largest volume of goods trade in a calendar year in India-US economic history.-hindustantimes.com

6.External affairs minister (EAM) S Jaishankar will take part in the fourth Quad foreign ministers' meeting in Australia's Melbourne on Friday along with his counterparts from Japan, Australia and the United States. He had left for Australia on a three-day visit from Thursday (February 10) till Sunday (February 13).-hindustantimes.com

7.President Ram Nath Kovind arrived Thursday on a four-day visit to Maharashtra, the Raj Bhavan said.The President was accompanied by First Lady Savita Kovind. He is set to inaugurate the renovated Darbar Hall in Raj Bhavan on Friday.-theindianexpress.com

8.The Maharashtra government has decided to set up an international level music academy at Kalina in Mumbai spread across 2.5 acres as a tribute to Lata Mangeshkar. The academy will be built at a cost of Rs 1,200 crore.-ndtv.com

9.Maharashtra on Thursday reported 6,248 new Covid-19 cases, 894 less than the day ago, which took the caseload to over 78,29 lakh, the health department said. The state also saw 121 new Omicron cases. Mumbai on the other hand recorded 429 cases and 2 deaths in the last 24 hours.-theindianexpress.com

10.Mumbai and Bengaluru have emerged as the 5th and 10th most congested cities in the world in 2021, despite pandemic-related restrictions keeping cars off the roads for the most part.Delhi and Pune ranked 11th and 21st among 404 cities across 58 countries, according to TomTom Traffic Index's global top 25 list.-Economic Times.

11.Aiming to uplift the lives of local communities and help the youths of the state become startup entrepreneurs, OYO has partnered with the Government of Jammu & Kashmir to launch a state-wide initiative – ‘Crown of Incredible India’.-hotelierindia.com

12.ITC Gardenia, Bengaluru has been accredited yet another distinction by the USGBC (United States Green Building Council), making it the third hotel in the world to achieve the LEED Zero Carbon Certification, after ITC Windsor, Bengaluru and ITC Grand Chola, Chennai.-hotelierindia.com

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