1.Australian Education Minister Jason Clare arrived in Delhi on Tuesday, leading a delegation of Australian higher education leaders to promote collaborations between the two countries. The Australian Minister is on an official visit to India from February 28 to March 3, during which he will attend a student exchange programme and a series of meetings along with Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to provide momentum to bilateral relations in the domain of education.-thehindu.com
2 Deputy Foreign Minister Kenji Yamada is scheduled to visit New Delhi, India, to attend the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting from March 1 to 3, read Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs press release. "At this meeting, we will take our position and efforts as Japan, the G7 presidency, on important issues in the current international situation, such as multilateralism, food and energy security, and development cooperation, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues," said Mr. Kenji.-thehindu.com
3.Top US diplomat Antony Blinken was due in New Delhi on Wednesday alongside Russia's Sergei Lavrov for a G20 meeting, with Ukraine and tensions with China set to overshadow attempts by host India to forge unity among the world's top economies.A meeting was seen as unlikely between the two men, who have not been in the same room since a G20 meeting in Bali in July when, according to Western officials, the Russian foreign minister walked out.
4.As the toll from Italy's boat wreck keeps on climbing, a horrible facet of the tragedy has come to the surface. As per reports, smugglers responsible for the "voyage of death" threw kids into the sea to lighten the boat's weight. These claims have been made by survivors of the tragedy that took place on Sunday. The incident, as per Afghanistan's Taliban-led foreign ministry, has claimed the lives of 80 of the 170 passengers.- https://www.wionews.com/
5.Saurabh Bharadwaj and Atishi are likely to replace Satyendar Jain and Manish Sisodia in the Delhi Cabinet, government sources told The Indian Express Wednesday. Minister Raaj Kumar Anand, who was given the additional charge of education and health departments following the resignation of Manish Sisodia, said the objective of his party to provide good education and health facilities to the people of the city will remain unchanged. Speaking to PTI after taking charge, he said he has asked all the departments allotted to him to prepare PPTs of the work done by them.-theindianexpress.ocm
6.Prices of 14.2 kg domestic liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and 19 kg commercial cylinders have been hiked with effect from today, March 1.The hike for domestic consumers will be ₹50 per cylinder and ₹350.50 per bottle for commercial consumers. In Chennai, the new price of cooking gas used in kitchens would be ₹1,118.50 per cylinder, and commercial, used in restaurants and industries, would be ₹2,268 per bottle-thehindu.com
7.India’s economic growth rate slowed to 4.4% in the December quarter. The median estimate of 20 economists polled by Mint had showed that growth likely slowed to 4.7% in the December quarter.-livemint.com
8.Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) has introduced a new facility that will allow ease in the transfer of passengers with connecting domestic flights from Terminal (T2). This will reduce the transit time.A CSMIA spokesperson said that with an endeavour to smoothen travel experience, this dedicated space has pre-embarkation security checks. “This transfer area will considerably cut down the minimum connection time (MCT) for transfer passengers and crew members, thereby enabling passengers with a shorter time gap between connecting flights.”-hindustantimes.com
9.The world's longest river cruise MV Ganga Vilas on Tuesday reached Dibrugarh, concluding its 50-day river journey that began from Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.On January 13, Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the cruise from Varanasi.During its journey, the cruise crossed 5 states namely Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Assam. It entered Assam on February 17 via Dhaka, Bangladesh. Ganga Vilas covered 3,200 kilometre across 27 river systems.-ndtv.com
10.Beers manufactured by DeVANS have recently been honored with international recognition.Sharing the stage with established breweries from countries like Belgium, Italy, US, France, Brazil, Germany, Japan, China – Jammu’s family-run brewery wowed judges with its entries – Kotsberg Pils & Six Fields Cult. Other beers that were honored with awards this year included Grimbergen (Carlsberg Breweries), Hoegarden (AB-Inbev), Bavaria Pilsner (Swinkels Family Brewers), Duvel (Duvel Moortgat).- https://www.hotelierindia.com/
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