1.A massive earthquake of magnitude 6.1 hit the north west of Wellington, New Zealand on Wednesday. According to preliminary data, the quake was located at a moderately shallow depth of 57.4 km. The earthquake struck at 7.38pm at a depth of 76km. It was centred 50km north-west of Paraparaumu. Within 15 minutes, over 31000 people reported on GeoNet that they had felt the earthquake.-hindustantimes.com
2.Marking one year since Russia invaded Ukraine, the UN General Assembly will vote next week on a draft resolution stressing "the need to reach, as soon as possible, a comprehensive, just and lasting peace" in line with the founding United Nations Charter. It again demands Moscow withdraw its troops and calls for a halt to hostilities. The 193-member General Assembly is likely to vote next Thursday after two days of speeches by dozens of states to mark the Feb. 24 anniversary of the start of the war.-hindustantimes.com
3.Ahead of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s visit to India later this month, visiting German special envoy for international climate action, Jennifer Morgan, on Wednesday said Germany would like to see India under its current G20 presidency take the lead on subjects such as renewable energy and circular economy.- https://indianexpress.com/
4.The Biden administration has announced a policy manual update for the purpose of calculating a noncitizen’s age in certain situations under the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA), a move seen as a small but important step in addressing the woes of the aged-out children, a large number of whom are Indians, who came to the US legally with their parents.
5.A delegation of students and faculty of Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan led by Albert Wei-min TANG visited University of Mumbai recently as a part of a voluntary mission to interact with Indian students and share knowledge about Taiwanese culture and other concerns-https://www.asiancommunitynews.com/
6.The first G20 Culture Working Group (CWG) meet, to be held in Khajuraho next week, will be themed around the protection and restitution of cultural property. More than 125 delegates will attend the meeting.Keeping with this, an exhibition of artefacts that have been repatriated to India in recent years from various countries is being organised on the sidelines.-indianexpress.com
7.Tripura Elections 2023 LIVE Updates: 13.7% Voter Turnout Till 9AM-As voting began for the Assembly elections in Tripura today, Chief Minister Manik Saha urged voters to turn out in big numbers and exercise their franchise. The Chief Minister exuded confidence that the BJP would secure a second straight term at the hustings in the Northeast state.About 13.7 per cent of the eligible voters have exercised their franchise till 9 am. –ndtv.com
8.Machindra Kasture, executive chef to former Presidents Pratibha Patil and Pranab Mukherjee, died Tuesday night of a heart attack. He was 60.His body is being taken to Pune for cremation. Kasture is survived by his wife, Hemlata, a Marathi news reader, daughter Vedvanti, an assistant film director in Mumbai, and son Vaishnav, a management trainee with a leading hotel chain-indianexpress.com
9.The Maharashtra State Board for Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) has decided to give extra 10 minutes to the students of classes 10 and 12 to write their board examination. The decision was made in response to critical feedback from parents and students after the state board had cancelled the 10 minutes allotted time to the students to understand the question paper before the exam.
10.The 15th edition of Culinary Art India (CAI) 2023, a professional culinary challenge, will be hosted by Indian Culinary Forum (ICF) at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, and will be integrated with the exhibition area of AAHAR International 2023. This event will provide an excellent opportunity for budding chefs to showcase their culinary skills and share their knowledge with other contestants. “This year’s event will be the biggest ever with newly added categories and an expanded competition venue. We welcome and invite all chefs to send in their participation to Culinary Art India, 2023, so that you can share your experiences through this prestigious culinary event,” said Indian Culinary Forum, General Secretary Vivek Saggar.
11.By Press Trust of India: A two-day literary festival will be organised in Jaipur from February 19, which will bring together authors from across the country, officials said on Wednesday.'Shahrnama Kahani: Apne Shehro' is being organised by the Prabha Khaitan Foundation in collaboration with the Rajasthan Tourism Department. There are several cities in the country, including Jaipur, Jodhpur, Pushkar, Delhi, Bhopal, and Lucknow that are historical. During the festival, authors who have written books on such cities will share their experiences, Tourism Minister Vishvendra Singh told reporters.-indiatoday.in
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