1.India is a global strategic partner of the United States, the Biden administration said on February 27 as Secretary of State Tony Blinken left for New Delhi to attend a host of key conferences including the G-20 Foreign Ministers' meeting.Mr. Blinken will also attend a Quad Ministerial meeting and hold a bilateral talk with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar.-thehindu.com
2.The Canadian government has banned the social media app TikTok from all its devices as of Tuesday.A release issued by the nodal agency, the Treasury Board Secretariat said the decision to “remove and block TikTok from government mobile devices is being taken as a precaution, particularly given concerns about the legal regime that governs the information collected from mobile devices, and is in line with the approach of our international partners. On a mobile device, TikTok’s data collection methods provide considerable access to the contents of the phone.-hindustantimes.com
3.The Indian government made significant efforts in 2021 to detect, disrupt, and degrade operations of terrorist organizations, according to an annual report by US bureau on counterterrorism. The report suggested a shift in terrorists' tactics in their attacks against civilians and greater reliance on IEDs, including an explosives attack using drones in the technical area of Jammu Air Force Station in June 2021.-hindustantimes.com
4.Britain and the European Union on February 27, 2023 agreed a crucial overhaul of trade rules in Northern Ireland, a breakthrough aimed at resetting seriously strained relations since Brexit.Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen adopted the deal at talks in Windsor, west of London, both sides said.- https://www.thehindu.com/
5.Technology will help India achieve the target of becoming a developed nation by 2047, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday, as he outlined the massive and modern digital infrastructure being created to ensure that benefits of digital revolution reach all citizens.Addressing a post-Budget webinar on 'Unleashing the Potential: Ease of Living Using Technology', Modi said the government wants to reduce the cost of compliance of small businesses, and asked the industry to formulate a list of compliances that can be pruned.
6.An earthquake of magnitude 3.7 on the Richter scale rocked Meghalaya's Tura in the early hours of Tuesday, the National Center for Seismology informed.The tremours were felt at 6.57 am, 59 km north of Tura.The depth of the earthquake was reported to be at 29 kms."Earthquake of Magnitude:3.7, Occurred on 28-02-2023, 06:57:18 IST, Lat: 26.04 & Long: 90.11, Depth: 29 Km, Location: 59km N of Tura, Meghalaya," read a post on the official Twitter handle of the National Center for Seismology.-ndtv.com
7.The flight acceptance hot test of the CE-20 cryogenic engine that will power the cryogenic upper stage of the launch vehicle for the Chandrayaan-3 mission was successfully conducted, according to the Indian Space Research Organisation.The hot test was carried out for a planned duration of 25 seconds at the High Altitude Test Facility of the ISRO Propulsion Complex at Mahendragiri in Tamil Nadu on February 24, the Bengaluru-headquartered national space agency said."All the propulsion parameters during the test were found satisfactory and closely matched with predictions," an ISRO statement said on Monday.-ndtv.com
8.Voting for Assembly by-elections were held in three States — Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand and West Bengal — on Monday. The results of the bypolls will be declared on March 2, along with the results for Assembly elections in Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya.In Tamil Nadu, vote was cast for Erode (East) Assembly constituency.- https://www.thehindu.com/
9.Tourists visiting Bhutan, who pay the 'Sustainable Development Fee' (SDF), can now buy duty-free gold in Phuentsholing and Thimphu. According to Bhutan's national media outlet, Kuensel, the decision was taken by the Department of Tourism (DoT) in partnership with Bhutan Duty-Free (BDF) to mark the birth anniversary of Bhutan's King and Losar, the Bhutanese New Year. –ndtv.com
10.Celebrity chef Sanjeev Kapoor on Monday came down heavily on Air India for its in-flight meal. Unhappy with the food he was served on a flight from Nagpur to Mumbai, the chef took to Twitter to complain about the meal. The chef alleged that he was served cold chicken tikka with watermelon, and cucumber, a sandwich with miniscule filling, and a dessert that was essentially ''sugar syrup.''-ndtv.com
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