1.On Sunday, President Droupadi Murmu accepted the resignation of Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari who had last month expressed his desire to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to resign from his post. Koshyari (80), who served the state for over three years, has been replaced by Ramesh Bais (75) as the new governor of Maharashtra. Bias is the incumbent governor of Jharkhand, in whose place C P Radhakrishnan has been appointed.-hindustantimes.com
2.The death toll from a massive earthquake in Turkey and Syria will "double or more" from its current level of 28,000, UN relief chief Martin Griffiths has said.Griffiths arrived on Saturday in Turkey's southern city of Kahramanmaras, the epicentre of the first 7.8-magnitude tremor that upturned millions of lives in the pre-dawn hours of Monday.-ndtv.com
3.Russia supplied India with around $13 billion of arms during the past five years, and New Delhi has orders placed with Moscow for weapons and military equipment exceeding $10 billion, Russian state news agencies reported late on Sunday.India is the world's biggest buyer of Russian arms, accounting for around 20% of Moscow's current order book, and New Delhi has not explicitly condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine.-ndtv.com
4.Prime Minister Narendra Modi will today inaugurate Asia's largest aero show, Aero India 2023, in Bengaluru. The 14th edition of the event will display indigenous equipment and technologies to forge partnerships with foreign companies. The five-day aero show will also enthrall visitors with breathtaking air shows, aerobatics and exhibitions.-ndtv.com
5.The G20 countries are discussing whether crypto assets should be regulated and whether there could be a common ground on their regulation, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday, ahead of the G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ (FMCBG) meeting to be held later this month in Bengaluru.-hindustantimes.com
6.The National Center for Seismology informed that an earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter scale hit the Yuksom town of Sikkim on Monday early morning. The earthquake took place at around 4.15 am at a depth of 10 kilometres from 70 km north-west of Yuksom.-livemint.com
7.Agra, Varanasi, Chennai, Pune and Ahmedabad are among the 22 cities that will complete all projects under the government's ambitious Smart Cities Mission by next month, giving their citizens better quality of life and a clean and sustainable environment, officials said on Sunday.-ndtv.com
8.Employees of the state government have threatened to go on indefinite strike from March 14 in protest of the old pension scheme. Teachers’ unions in the state have also supported this strike. This is likely to affect the state board’s 10th and 12th written exams going on at this time. One of the demands for the strike is the implementation of the old pension scheme.-hindustantimes.com
9.The much-celebrated announcement by the Geological Survey of India (GSI) this week that it has found huge lithium deposits in Jammu and Kashmir may have come more than two decades sooner had it not been for what appears to be a lethal dose of inertia and oversight.Almost 26 years ago, the GSI submitted a detailed report about the presence of lithium in the same area, in the union territory's Salal.-ndtv.com
10.Indian Hotels Company (IHCL), India’s largest hospitality company, today announced the signing of its fourth hotel in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. This is a conversion and will be rebranded Vivanta after extensive renovations. The hotel will be operational in 2024.Ms. Suma Venkatesh, Executive Vice President – Real Estate & Development, IHCL said, “Jharkhand with its significant commercial potential is being recognized as an important state.-hospitalitybizindia.com
11.The four manufacturing units of Bisleri International have been awarded in five categories for the avant-grande infrastructure and best practices in food safety.The CII Award for Food Safety has grown to become one of the most trusted awards to promote internationally benchmarked practices on food safety and build capacity in the food value chain.-hotelierindia.com
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