1.Myanmar’s businesses will be left without power for five hours a night for much of this month to allow students to burn the midnight oil, a stark illustration of how energy shortages are forcing tough choices and worsening already acute economic pain.State-owned Yangon Electricity Supply Corp. will prohibit customers from using electricity for commercial purposes between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m.-hindustantimes.com
2.Foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia, China, Indonesia, Spain and Croatia on Thursday arrived in India to participate in the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting being held in New Delhi from March 1-2.Saudi Arabia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Faisal bin Farhan, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs Jose Manuel Albares Bueno, and Croatian Foreign Minister Gordan Grlic Radman on Thursday arrived in India for the meeting.-hindustantimes.com
3.With China yet to reopen fully, Indians have emerged as the the biggest globetrotters garnering the maximum visas for several key destinations and the US pulling out all stops to cut the just-less-than-two-years for visitor visa interview cases. Britain last year issued the maximum number of visas to Indians, who accounted for a quarter of the 28.4 lakh visas given in 2022.
4.Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said, "global governance has failed" and multilateralism is in crisis as he opened a Foreign Ministers' meeting of the G20 where Russia's war in Ukraine has taken centre-stage.Multilateral institutions had failed to meet the world's most pressing challenges, PM Modi said in a recorded message before the first session of the Foreign Ministers' meet.-ndtv.com
5.The Supreme Court (SC) will today pronounce its order on a batch of PILs seeking a probe into fraud allegations against the Adani Group by US-based short-seller Hindenburg Research. The short-seller's scathing report caused a massive selloff in Adani stocks, wiping off billions of dollars of retail investors.The top court is likely to deliver its verdict today over the setting up of a panel of domain experts for strengthening existing regulatory measures for stock markets.- https://www.businesstoday.in/
6.Five-day week for banks may soon become a reality. Negotiations between the Indian Banks’ Associationand the United Forum of Bank Employees have progressed, with the association agreeing in-principle for a five-day week in exchange for longer hours.-Times of India
7.A group of students at St Xavier’s College, Dhobi Talao, has recreated the hit song ‘Kabhi Kabhi Aditi’ from the movie ‘Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na’, which was shot on the campus, prominently featuring the college’s galleries, hallways and the iconic central quadrangle. The video, which has gone viral over the past week and received over 1.6 lakh views and counting, was posted by St Xavier’s College’s Extracurricular Committee (ECC) on Instagram.-hindustantimes.com
8.India is an incredibly diverse country, with each region offering something unique and exciting. From the bustling cities of the north to the laid-back beach towns of the south, India has something for everyone. But when it comes to the hottest cities in India, there are some that stand out. Here are the five hottest cities in India that you should visit.Mumbai,Delhi,Banglore,Hyderabad and Goa.-hindustantimes.com
9.Hotel to eradicate plastic waste through sustainable glass water bottles-Boon’s proprietary Zero-Mile Water ™️ system is a well-designed mechanism that uses AI and the IoT to reduce daily plastic usage. Zero-Mile Water helps in creating a safe and affordable circular system for hotels. It purifies and packages drinking water in the glass bottles, thereby removing the plastic bottles from the pollution chain altogether.-hotelrierindia.com
10.The Kerala government on Sunday agreed with the United Nations (UN) Women to boost women-friendly activities in the state’s tourism sector.A memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by Kerala Tourism and UN Women India agreed to work towards promoting gender-inclusive tourism sites in the state.The MoU was signed by Kerala Tourism Director P B Nooh and UN Women India representative Susan Ferguson, and it would be implemented by the Responsible Tourism Mission, a government release said.- https://hospitalitybizindia.com/
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