1.Budget-2023-Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her fifth straight budget today. This was also the last the full budget of Modi 2.0 govt before the next parliamentary elections in 2024.India will lose Rs. 35,000 crore of net tax revenue after the Union Budget tweaked direct and indirect taxes to provide relief to the middle-income group, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said today.-The Economic Times
2.US law enforcement began a search Wednesday of President Joe Biden's beach house in Delaware, his lawyer said, in the latest stage of an operation to track down improperly stored classified documents.The search in Rehoboth, which attorney Bob Bauer said was done "with the president's full support and cooperation," followed similar searches that turned up small numbers of documents in Biden's home in Wilmington and a former office space in Washington, DC.-ndtv.com
3.US President Joe Biden believes that the India-US initiative on Critical and Emerging Technologies, or iCET, is key for the two countries to create a democratic technology ecosystem, the White House has said.iCET, which is being billed as the “Next Big Thing” in the India-US relationship, was launched by national security advisors Jake Sullivan from the US and Ajit K Doval from India at the White House here on Tuesday.-ndtv.com
4.The International Monetary Fund projected a slowdown in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from 3.5 per cent to 2 per cent for the current fiscal, The News International reported.According to the Pakistan daily, the IMF had also projected that the GDP growth rate would rebound in the next fiscal 2023-24 up to 4.4 per cent.Global growth is projected to fall from an estimated 3.4 per cent in 2022 to 2.9 per cent in 2023, then rise to 3.1 per cent in 2024, according to IMF's World Economic Outlook (WEO) released on Tuesday.-ndtv.com
5.The Dawoodi Bohra community is all set for the inauguration of the fourth campus of their Arabic academy in Marol by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has accepted their invitation for the opening ceremony on February 10. Aljamea-tus-Saifiyah, Arabic Academy (also known as Jamea) is a premier educational institute of the Dawoodi Bohra community whose sole benefactor is the 53rd al-Dai al-Mutlaq and head of the community, Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin.-hindustantimes.com
6.Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her budget speech on Wednesday underlined the potential of tourism sector in promoting job opportunities for the youth of the country, even as the government is working on several schemes to identify thematic circuits and iconic destinations. “There is a large potential to be tapped in tourism. The sector holds huge opportunities for jobs and entrepreneurship, for the youth in particular,” Sitharaman announced in the Union Budget 2023-24.-Hidustantimes.com
7.Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday hailed the Union Budget, saying that envisions a prosperous and inclusive India in which the fruits of development will reach all sections and citizens, especially the youth, women, farmers, OBCs, SCs, and STs.The Budget, which in all likelihood is the last by the BJP-led NDA government before the general elections next year, was presented by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday.-ndtv.com
8.Despite weak sentiments on Dalal Street, railway stocks are trading green today. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation or IRCTC share price surged half per cent in early morning deals while shares of Indian Railway Finance Corp or IRFC shot up to the tune of 2 per cent. Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd or RVNL share price went up around 3 per cent whereas IRCON International share price is up over 2 per cent in early morning session
9.The hotel industry in the country has welcomed the emphasis that the government has put on the tourism sector in the Union Budget 2023-24 presented in the on February 1, 2023. The proposal by the finance minister to put the sector on “mission mode” to attract more domestic and foreign tourists has been hailed by the stakeholders. At the same time, sidelining the key long pending demands of industry by the government didn’t go down well with the stakeholders.-hospitalityworld.com
10.ITDC has signed an MOU with Ministry of AYUSH, Government of India for promotion of Medical Value Travel in Ayurveda and other traditional systems of medicine.Under the agreement ITDC will promote ’ Heal in India’ – Medical Value Travel in Ayurveda, Yoga and other Indian traditional Systems of Medicine as well as assist in establishing India as No 1 destination for Medical value Travel in consultation with Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Ayush. Under the MoU, besides other responsibilities, ITDC will also explore establishing Ayurveda and Yoga centres in the Hotels run by ITDC.-hospitalitybizindia.com
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